Who is Andy Warhol

A Fascination for Everything Eastern European! 

After all Andy Warhol was in the mix of Everything Eastern European you know!

Andy Warhol

To capture the essence of Andy Warhol, a single lens page just cannot possibly begin to scratch the surface.  So, let this page be your starting point towards an understanding of who Andy Warhol was and what made him tick! Why this lens? ...

Attila the Hun

Attila the Hun lived from 406 to 453 AD -- that's only 47 years; not a long time. He gained his fame as the final and most powerful king of the Huns. He reigned over what was then Europe's largest empire from the age of 28 until his unexpected death....

Bohemian is in Fashion

The proper definition of a Bohemian is a native of the Czech province of Bohemia.  However, in today's language, the term "bohemian" is used to describe a style of fashion which was originally attributed to artists, writers, and d...

Carpatho-Ukraine -- Who, What and Where

In 1946 Carpatho-Ukraine became part of the Ukrainian Soviet Socialist Republic, known as the Zakarpattia Oblast. After the break-up of the Soviet Union, it became part of independent Ukraine as Zakarpattia Oblast. It's also referred to as the Transc...

Club Dobogomajor -- A Hungarian Vacation Resort

This lens is about a marvelous resort we found in Western Hungary and had the opportunity to visit for one week.  I hope you will enjoy this lens and perhaps think about visiting.  I'm actually hoping to get back to Club Dobogomajor ak...

Cyrillic Alphabet -- Did YOU Know?

The Cyrillic Alphabet family of alphabets compose a variety of subsets which are used by certain East and South Slavic languages including Belarusian, Bulgarian, Macedonian, Russian, Rusyn, Serbian and Ukrainian. Cyrillic is also a part of many othe...

David Taylor

You know they say if you are going to be a great musician, that it is in your genes! Oh, and they also say that you had best start at a young age to work on that musical talent of yours. Many a musician was known to be a musician at a very young age....

Ernie Kovacs

Many comics today can thank Ernie Kovacs for paving the way for them!  He had a type of comedy routine that was the cutting-edge of the 1950s.  Well known for his ad-libbing comedy, he is also attributed to inventing many camera tricks that...

Everything Bohemian Headquarters

Everything Bohemian:  This group-lens aka lens-group is about Everything Bohemian which can include quite a variety of "topics" that relate to ANYTHING Bohemian. Buzz words include Boho, Gypsy, Free spirit, Hippie, Funky, Artistic, Cre...

Everything Eastern European Headquarters

Everything Eastern European: This group-lens aka lens-group is about Everything Eastern European including news, politics, travel, shopping, travel, history, people, et. al. What is considered Eastern Europe? The included countries are Hungary, Roma...

Everything Romanian Headquarters

Everything Romanian: This group-lens aka lens-group is about Everything Romanian including news, politics, shopping, travel, history, genealogy, people, you name it. Have a lens on Dracula or Vampires for example--please add your lens to our lens-gro...

Goulash -- Hungarian and More

I know you know, goulash is a hot [as in temperature not spice] dish, originally from Hungary, made of beef, onions, red peppers and paprika powder which is digested in my other lens on Hungarian Goulash. The other definition of goulash says th...

Hungarian Goulash

Do you remember having stew as a child?  I hope you liked it!  It sure seems like I used to have lots of stew when I was younger. Think of this as a stew, a stew Hungarian style.  That's Hungarian Goulash.  Goulash is kno...

Hungarian Gypsies aka Roma

For the purpose of my lens, "Hungarian Gypsies," is about the "Roma" people of Hungary and Romania.  According to Wikipedia, the Roma are "an ethnic group in Southern and Eastern Europe, Western Asia and the Middle...

Hungarian Travel -- My Hunky Story

Ah, the start of the adventure -- the start of a Hungarian "hunky story" -- my Hungarian story -- my trip of a lifetime!  We originally flew into Venice, Italy, where we spent several days before embarking on the night train into Vienna, Austria...

JaguarJulieBuys eCrater Store -- Everything Must Go

Get great buys from JaguarJulieBuys, Jaguar Julie's eCrater Store. You'll find fashionable designer apparel, accessories, jewelry and so much more all at great prices. I'm closing my store so all items must go. I've organized my items by category so...

Kalocsa -- Hungarian Folk Art

The Hungarians are known for their pottery and fabulously-decorated stoneware such as those from Kalocsa. Kalocsa is Hungarian folk art. My first introduction to Kalocsa pottery was in the small Hungarian city of Heviz.  We stopped for a one-we...

Kovacs aka Kovach -- Czechoslovakian or Hungarian?

For some time, I have been researching my great grandparents with the Kovach name.  I am relying on information from my maternal grandmother, who is now deceased, and from my mother. As a child, I remember my grandmother telling...

Laszlo Moholy-Nagy

My sister in Ohio was reading about Laszlo Moholy-Nagy's background and found several of his pictures.  She thought the resemblance to our grandfather, Alexander Nagy, was truly amazing and brought this to the attention of our mot...

Learn Hungarian -- To Understand, To Speak the Language!

To know me, JaguarJulie, is to know that I am of Hungarian descent! I have authored more Hungarian topic lenses than any other lensmaster. You can learn a lot about Hungarian history, people, and items that are made in Hungary by reading my lenses. N...

Made in Bulgaria -- Lalo Orna

If you've not yet discovered Lalo Orna's Made in Bulgaria, artisan jewelry collection, you owe it to yourself to check out her items.  So who is Lalo Orna anyway? She is one of Israel's most distinctive and imaginative artists who has been...

Made in Bulgaria -- You May Be Surprised!

It is amazing the calibre of designers who have their goods produced in Bulgaria. You may have already heard about Lalo Orna artisan jewelry, but did you realize that such designers as Karl Lagerfeld and Perry Ellis would have their designs made in B...

Made in Czech Republic -- You May Be Surprised!

I have been interested in my eastern European ancestry and have been fascinated with the many items that are made in Eastern European countries; particularly made in the Czech Republic. Our last European vacation was to Prague and the Czech Republic...

Made in Hungary -- Not JUST Goulash!

As you may have guessed from the title, this lens is about anything that is "made in Hungary."  I personally wasn't "made in Hungary" or born there, but my grandfather was.  In May 2004, I had the once-in-a-lifetime...

Made in Poland -- You May Be Surprised!

When I was growing up in Northeastern Ohio, I remember all the "made in Japan" or "made in Taiwan" items that were prevalent in our house.  I really don't remember so much of "made in China" like you see today, nor...