Word: homeyness
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Dates: during 1980-1989
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...comic strip is the Andy Griffith of literature. It is conservative, it is homey, it is comfortable, and it is in no hurry to reveal how smart it really is. My fascination is to see what Andy would look like in a thong bikini. Traditional and friendly, but dangerous at the same time, which is a likely description of Bloom County...
...most is a quality that the chains, with their reliance on self-service, rarely provide: the warm ambiance of the hometown library. Buyers prefer to talk to booksellers, not to supermarket-style check-out clerks. They like to attend readings by authors or slip off their shoes in a homey shop, settle into an armchair and browse for an hour. Many of these stores provide coffee and other refreshments; Atlanta's Oxford Books (115,000 titles) has a lunch counter and stays open until 2 a.m. on weekends. Says owner Rupert LeCraw: "We've built a following of regular customers...
...holiday and her temptation to stay there -- into genuine introspection. It's easy to see why Collins, who originated the role in London, last month won the Olivier Award for that portrayal. Praise belongs as well to designer Bruno Santini, who makes the kitchen so pleasant and homey that one realizes its constriction only in the second act, as Shirley sprawls on a rocky seaside outcropping beneath an azure Mediterranean sky. The visual metaphor, like the play, is obvious yet enchanting...
Hammered copper, hand-thrown pottery, "honest" furniture even when machine-made -- these were the tenets that created the spare yet homey Treasures of the American Arts and Crafts Movement: 1890-1920, handsomely surveyed by Tod M. Volpe and Beth Cathers (Abrams; 206 pages; $49.50). Founded in Britain by John Ruskin and William Morris as an antidote to the shoddy wares of the Industrial Revolution, the movement was brought to the U.S. by Gustav Stickley. Its principles have blurred, but the work produced by its philosopher-practitio ners endures. Example: the incised birds that flit across the flowers on Mary Frances...
...appearances were relevant, no one would suspect that the David Geffen Co. is a show-business powerhouse. It functions in a homey, two-story structure tucked between Sunset Strip's office buildings and Beverly Hills' mansions. Its owner and chief executive, the boyish Geffen, 45, often dresses for work in blue denim, wears a two-day beard and avoids any restaurant that requires a tie. Yet in an industry dominated by such giants as MCA and Gulf & Western, the Geffen Co. has become a serious contender, a factory of hits. Started in 1981 with just three employees, it pulled...