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Friday, July 10, 2009

I'm slightly obsessed with the ultramarine lacquered walls and the low Louis XV chair with in peacock blue silk velvet. What the apartment lacks in size, designer Miles Redd made up for in style and color. via House Beautiful

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Maria La Rosa...

Love these sandals from Maria La Rosa.

Daydreaming...

Where I want to be ~ la playa!

What I would like to eat ~ Wildberry!
What I would like to buy ~ a jelly watch.

What I am listening to ~ Donavon Frankenreiter

Porch Delight...

via Delight by Design and Home Sweet Home

Good Stuff...

Wedding Blog...

For those of you who haven't heard...I started a wedding blog, all things design and wedding themed as I plan my first wedding for Kate & Fred in April in NYC. Check out Olive Juice Events. *Inspiration behind the name...when you silently say the words Olive Juice it looks like you are saying 'I Love You'.

Johnnie-O...

Johnnie-O is a men's and women's apparel and lifestyle brand that merges West coast laid back 'surfer chic' with East coast feel 'preppy'. They carry belts, hats, shirts, shorts and accessories that have dressed celebs and sports faves and can take you to the golfcourse, beach, lounging and anywheres coast to coast.

Faux Film Fest...

Alex Cornell created these pieces as part of a hypothetical Wes Anderson Film Festival project. It was completed over the course of the spring semester 2009 for the AAU graduate design program. The trailer created for this project is here. Very cool. via Auburn & Ivory

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Beautiful Table Tops...

Books, glass jars, ceramics, candlesticks, flowers...I love these two tabletops, what's on your table? via Delight by Design and Katie Did

Getaway Car...

Busy would be an understatement, I thought summers were for relaxing and I can hardly manage all the things I need to do...I'm thinking a beautiful pink dress and a vintage getwaway car are exactly what I need. Wanna come? image via Sarah's Fab Day

Look of the Day...

Just blazers with the sleeves rolled up, a white cotton tee and a great big pair of sexy nerd glasses. I like! via Garance Dore

Where the Sidewalk Ends

There is a place where the sidewalk ends.
And before the street begins,
And there the grass grows soft and white,
And there the sun burns crimson bright,
And there the moon-bird rests from his flight
To cool in the peppermint wind.
Let us leave this place where the smoke blows black
And the dark street winds and bends
Past the pits where the asphalt flowers grow
We shall walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And watch where the chalk-white arrows go
To the place where the sidewalk ends.
Yes we'll walk with a walk that is measured and slow,
And we'll go where the chalk-white arrows go,
For the children, they mark, and the children, they know
The place where the sidewalk ends.

Shel Silverstein

Oh, the Places You'll Go!

Congratulations!
Today is your day.
You're off to Great Places!
You're off and away!
You have brains in your head. You have feet in your shoes.
You can steer yourself any direction you choose.
You're on your own. And you know what you know.
And YOU are the guy or gal who'll decide where to go.
You'll look up and down streets. Look 'em over with care.
About some you will say, "I don't choose to go there."
With your head full of brains and your shoes full of feet, you're too smart to go down any not-so-good street.
And you may not find any you'll want to go down.
In that case, of course, you'll head straight out of town.
It's opener there in the wide open air.
Out there things can happen and frequently do to people as brainy and footsy as you.
And when things start to happen, don't worry. Don't stew.Just go right along. You'll start happening too.

Oh! The Places You'll Go!
You'll be on your way up! You'll be seeing great sights!
You'll join the high fliers who soar to high heights.
You won't lag behind, because you'll have the speed.
You'll pass the whole gang and you'll soon take the lead.
Wherever you fly, you'll be the best of the best.
Wherever you go, you will top all the rest.
Except when you don' t.
Because, sometimes, you won't.
I'm sorry to say so but, sadly, it's true and Hang-ups can happen to you.
You can get all hung upin a prickle-ly perch. And your gang will fly on.
You'll be left in a Lurch.
You'll come down from the Lurch with an unpleasant bump. And the chances are, then, that you'll be in a Slump.
And when you're in a Slump, you're not in for much fun.
Un-slumping yourself is not easily done.
You will come to a place where the streets are not marked.
Some windows are lighted. But mostly they're darked.
A place you could sprain both you elbow and chin!
Do you dare to stay out? Do you dare to go in?
How much can you lose? How much can you win?
And IF you go in, should you turn left or right...or right-and-three-quarters?
Or, maybe, not quite?
Or go around back and sneak in from behind?
Simple it's not, I'm afraid you will find, for a mind-maker-upper to make up his mind.
You can get so confused that you'll start in to race down long wiggled roads at a break-necking paceand grind on for miles across weirdish wild space, headed, I fear, toward a most useless place.
The Waiting Place...
...for people just waiting.
Waiting for a train to go or a bus to come, or a plane to go or the mail to come, or the rain to go or the phone to ring, or the snow to snow or waiting around for a Yes or a No, or waiting for their hair to grow.
Everyone is just waiting.
Waiting for the fish to bite or waiting for wind to fly a kite or waiting around for Friday night or waiting, perhaps, for their Uncle Jake or a pot to boil, or a Better Break or a string of pearls, or a pair of paints or a wig with curls, or Another Chance.
Everyone is just waiting.
NO! That's not for you!
Somehow you'll escape all that waiting and staying.
You'll find the bright places where Boom Bands are playing.
With banner flip-flapping, once more you'll ride high!
Ready for anything under the sky.
Ready because you're that kind of a gal or guy!

Oh, the places you'll go! There is fun to be done!
There are points to be scored. There are games to be won.
And the magical things you can do with that ball will make you the winning-est winner of all.
Fame! You'll be famous as famous can be, with the whole wide world watching you win on TV.
Except when they don't. Because, sometimes, they won't.
I'm afraid that some times you'll play lonely games too.
Games you can't win 'cause you'll play against you.
All Alone! Whether you like it or not, Alone will be something you'll be quite a lot.
And when you're alone, there's a very good chance you'll meet things that scare you right out of your pants.
There are some, down the road between hither and yon, that can scare you so much you won't want to go on.
But on you will go though the weather be foul.
Hakken-Kraks howl. Onward up manya frightening creek, though your arms may get sore and your sneakers may leak.
On and on you will hike and I know you'll hike far and face up to your problems whatever they are.
You'll get mixed up, of course, as you already know.
You'll get mixed up with many strange birds as you go.
So be sure when you step. Step with care and great tact and remember that Life's a Great Balancing Act.
Just never forget to be dexterous and deft.
And never mix up your right foot with your left.
And will you succeed? Yes! You will, indeed!
(98 and 3 / 4 percent guaranteed.)

KID, YOU'LL MOVE MOUNTAINS!
So...be your name Buxbaum or Bixby or Brayor Mordecai Ali Van Allen O'Shea, you're off to Great Places!
Today is your day! Your mountain is waiting.
So...get on your way!

Dr. Seuss

Proust Questionnaire from Vanity Fair

The young Marcel was asked to fill out questionnaires at two social events: one when he was 13, another when he was 20. Proust did not invent this party game; he simply responded to the questionnaires. At the birthday party of Antoinette Felix-Faure, the 13-year-old Marcel was asked to answer the following questions in the birthday book:

Where would you like to live?
What is your idea of earthly happiness?
To what faults do you feel most indulgent?
Who are your favorite heroes of fiction?
Who are your favorite heroines in real life?
Your favorite painters?
Your favorite musician?
The qualities you most admire in a man?
The qualities you most admire in a woman?
Your favorite occupation?
Who would you have liked to be?
What is your idea of the perfect day?

Seven years after the first questionnaire, Proust was asked, at another social event, to fill out another...I only included the questions that varied:

Your most marked characteristic?
What is your dream of happiness?
What to your mind would be the greatest of misfortunes?
What is your favorite color?
What is your favorite flower?
What is your favorite bird?
Who are your favorite prose writers?
Who are your favorite poets?
What natural gift would you most like to possess?
What is your present state of mind?
What is your motto?

Walking Around

Friday, July 10, 2009

Happy Friday...

Small Manhattan Apartment...

Thursday, July 9, 2009

Maria La Rosa...

Daydreaming...

Porch Delight...

Good Stuff...

Wedding Blog...

Johnnie-O...

Faux Film Fest...

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

Beautiful Table Tops...

Getaway Car...

Look of the Day...

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