true

magic

coup d'etat

via the tour

diane dorrans saeks

all photos: victoria thorne

(click each picture for best details)

Dancer on Stage

m b goffstein

exceedingly

...artful, adroit, deft, imaginative,

ingenious, skillful, clever;

skilled

gabriella sarlo

via

the tour

diane dorrans saeks

all photos: victoria thorne

here's a lucky one

michael donaldson antiques

gabriella sarlo

coup d'etat

...who found herself amongst the fortunate

few who were able to attend the brilliant

tour given by The Style Saloniste

herself, Diane Dorrans Saeks,

on Saturday the sixth (yes, yesterday);

and, as Mr. Mercer said, it was "all

too wonderful, I'll never find the words

That say enough, tell enough

I mean they just aren't swell enough..."

It was a great day. More photos (and

a few words) to follow. But, for now, I'd

just like to thank Diane (and all of the

terrifically hospitable and perfectly

fascinating hosts of the showrooms) for

an entirely

(glorious, glamorous,

too marvelous for words)

unforgettable day.

photos: victoria thorne

tour de force

the salon saloniste

+

candra scott & anderson

coup d'etat

gabriella sarlo

+

therien

epocha

paris flea

coming soon

photos: victoria thorne

Hiroko Kurihara

Is in the Times today.

I love her work.

encore

I'm hoping 20x200 has another

[like] Nymphenburg coming

soon. I missed this one and still

wish it was hanging in my house.

Isn't it funny, the things we wind

up loving that we didn't quite expect

to love but then we fall absolutely

irretrievably head over heels over?

[Jen is excellent at finding these things.]

Nympenburg:

Gregory Krum

and

here

Jaques Henri Lartigue

now

lartigue,

boy photographer:

here

traverse sailing

perle

it's like this

good

selby

"...for a writer always studies, looks, and listens."

m.b. goffstein

(duly noted: this is an encore post because the book is like

sunshine, and sunshine is a very good thing in February)

coralie bickford-smith

here

Do they still really have prizes

in Cracker Jack boxes?

Paul Varjak: Oh yes.

Tiffany's salesman: That's nice to know...

It gives one a feeling of solidarity, almost

of continuity with the past, that sort of thing.

the story of a bad boy

"Books by men and women must be segregated, the old Bostonian wrote, to avoid any appearance of impropriety amongst the sexes. Of course, if two writers were married, one may make an exception and place them together.

We were assured that this custom was not followed in our great-grandmother's library. Edith Wharton's books sat next to those of Henry James. (They were great friends in real life, so why should they be kept apart on the shelf?) As a child, this odd and ancient rule fired up my imagination. Could books actually have a life of their own? Would Sarah Orne Jewett fall in love with F. Scott Fitzgerald if their books touched on a shelf? Foolish, I know, but it is often striking what one remembers from childhood."

from

Frognall Dibdin

to camp

secret forts

[delectable]

favorite

the esteemed 20x200

has a wondrous set of

VIP Selections:

these via

Caterina Fake

(with an all-time

favorite: here)

puppen&spielzeugmuseum

rothenburg

worth returning to

photos: victoria thorne

good dish

remodelista

go see

ivan

&

philippe

(they were in venice)

[& more, via ea, here]

take the initiative.

"I've never met someone who had no art in them, though it's buried sometimes. Markets are crying out. We need you to stand up and be remarkable. Be human. Contribute. Interact. Take the risk that you might make someone upset with your initiative, innovation, and insight -- it turns out that you'll probably delight them instead."

Linchpin

Seth Godin

again

mikey burton

via swiss miss

tuck

magnon-gignoux via helen james design

see, also, please:

florica design