31 March 2012

feast

the HUNGER GAMES





suggested viewing.



painting by David Gauld, 1893.

in memory: Albert Hadley

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Living well, is not Living Large.
Live Simply.
Live Elegantly.















Albert Hadley Requiescat in pace
March 30, 2012



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28 March 2012

the Beauty of Hollyhock

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 There is such elegance and beauty in the shop of Suzanne Rheinstein's HOLLYHOCK.
The exterior is pruned into an enchanted topiary cottage.








Owner Suzanne is At HOME - our host today.




"She tenders the branching hollyhock all abloom,"







 
A spirit haunts the year’s last hours
Dwelling amid these yellowing bowers:
To himself he talks;
For at eventide, listening earnestly,
At his work you may hear him sob and sigh
In the walks;
Earthward he boweth the heavy stalks
Of the mouldering flowers:
Heavily hangs the broad sunflower
Over its grave i’ the earth so chilly;
Heavily hangs the hollyhock,
Heavily hangs the tiger-lily......










Gardener's garters, Shepherd's purse,
Bachelor's buttons, Lady's smock,
And the Lady Hollyhock.
Fairy places, fairy things,
Fairy woods where the wild bee wings,
Tiny trees for tiny dames--
These must all be fairy names!






  

God loved the flowers and invented soil.  
Man loved the flowers and invented vases.





 
Let us dance in the sun, wearing wild flowers in our hair...


Suzanne's collection is beautifully edited- her shop is dedicated to her very personal aesthetic, in doing so-she gathers like-minded birds of a feather. I Am One.

The shop is a Joy to see-especially in a design world of sharp edges- kitschy shapes masquerading as chairs. 

Visiting Suzanne makes anyone with an inkling for a Shop of One's Own- to want it all the more-but Shops like this only exist in the enchanted world of HOLLYHOCK.


 LINKS



poems excerpted from various-on flowers & the Hollyhock
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27 March 2012

LA, Dolce Vita

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The RESTAURANT.
 Stepping back to the 1960's-this is NO Mad Men Set-but the real Glamorous Thing. 
The Reagans had a special table there- and that's where We sat.


Stars were there-actor,  producer-studio head, fashion Ford.



In 1966 when the restaurant opened Its doors Stars were there. 
Sinatra and his Pack,
Mario Praz wrote about it-


Is Glamour gone?
No-it's out there on Santa Monica Boulevard and Wilshire,
if you aren't Looking for Hip.


 Yes, of course They were all there-




heading over to Dolce Vita.

& if She didn't show-
Don't tell Me.



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23 March 2012

just dawning on Me

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 this week has been a busy one, exciting and all that-and it's just dawning on Me that I spent what will be long remembered at a magical evening at Dawnridge! The place is surrounded by a Scheherazade induced haze. The Garden, the host Hutton Wilkinson, Ruth be-wreathed in a clam shell size gold encrusted collar-and what was it? Pearls-that seems likely, but could that be possible?


Hutton announced last night that he will be writing a book based in part on the last ten years of Elsie de Wolfe's life. Tony Duquette and Elsie de Wolfe planned Elsie's  Beverly Hills house After All in 1941, when Lady Mendl was forced to exit France during World War II.
I selected Elsie's rooms at the Villa Trianon as one of my Five Most Inspiring Places I've Never Been for the panel discussion at West Week mentioned in an earlier posting.


Ruth and Hutton in there new digs-that float magically into the original Dawnridge
as seen in Harper's Bazaar
Hutton José Wilkinson-Tejada, and in 2008, the king of Spain issued a letter of succession granting Wilkinson rights to the hereditary title of the 4th Count of Alastaya.



the story of After All on the Tony Duquette site here




CYS of a Child

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"My line is childlike but not childish.- Cy Twombly





" It is very difficult to fake.. to get that quality you need to project yourself into the child's line.-Cy Twombly

It has to be felt"





The Pursuit of Truth and Beauty is a sphere of activity in which we are permitted to REMAIN CHILDREN all our lives- Albert Einstein







Goya's Don Manuel Osorio Manrique de Zuiga
Horst images of Twombly

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21 March 2012

Keeping it Real: the city of ANGELS

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Right Now I am in Los Angeles.
I always ask myself when I travel: Could I live here?  Well of course-I could live anywhere-
I follow myself where-ever I go.



I look forward to meeting some of my fellow bloggers and readers. I am participating in the a Panel at West Week,
TAKE FIVE: FOUR DESIGNERS TALK ABOUT INFLUENCE, FANTASY, AND HOW TO STAY INSPIRED





Come Join Us on Thursday, 10:00AM – 11:00AM, BLUE CONFERENCE CENTER, SUITE B259 at the Design Center.

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