Elaine Leon Fashion Illustrator Graphic Designer

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A Life in a Trunk

As soon as I walked in, we locked eyes. I knew he was for me. He was tall, dark and handsome. Rugged and well traveled. He was a drifter. By choice. During war time on the United States Lines, because he followed a hunch, that told him that is where he felt he needed to be. I love a man who lives life on a whim. I do too. He said that the United States Lines went mostly to Europe, to London and Bremen to be exact. Those days people carried trunks without wheels and everyone wore a hat.  ...

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Rice Recipe I Love

For those who didn`t know, I am hispanic. Actually I am very Latina. My mother is Cuban, Dad is Puerto Rican. I guess that makes me Cubarican. :) Mom can cook like nobody`s business and luckily she passed it on. I am going to share a rice recipe I am craving and you should try!! Arroz con TocinoTocino is the skin and fat of the pig. Sounds gross but if you eat bacon, you are eating just a few inches below it. Please note that the wikipedia information is incomplete. The Filipino Tosino is  ...

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A Moment in Time

I buy a lot of ephemera, specially old pictures. My hobby, at one point was a 300 dollar a week expenditure so I have amounted quite a collection. Mostly my pictures are from the 20`s to the 50`s Europe. I even have a pictures of the aftermath of World War 2, of what looks to me as a divisor wall in Germany, a damaged church and a line of people waiting to get food. These are all moments in time. Someone was impressed enough, loved enough, was sadden enough, to burn the image in front of  ...

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