Koo Sung Soo

From the series My Wife, Thirty Years Old

SFMOMA

via model's own

(often mentioned on little augury)

wishing you a restful weekend

two favorites together

The Style Saloniste

is celebrating the work

of P. Gaye Tapp, a.k.a.

Little Augury (whom

I admit being pretty

darn smitten by; adore

her style, her verve, her

charmingly crafted stories

and exceedingly lovely

eye). More, here. Cheers!

Artwork: P. Gaye Tapp, Little Augury

Website: Parthenia

by the way

mrs. blandings is going to los angeles

and that's a very very good thing (&

okay, i know the above isn't LA, but

i came across it here while looking

for palm trees & there you go). so:

hurrah, Patricia! Can't wait to hear

all about this sunny trip-to-be...

Ivan Terestchenko

The colored thread, the braid, the

neat scissors. The sweetly elegant

needlework. The spools, the paper,

the pins. Simple/a universe.

blog

book

eye

somos amigos

Full of Heart, originally uploaded by Bobby Moon

Wish you could have
heard what we heard tonight:
Somos Amigos is changing lives.
It's a marvelous inspiration, a
heck of a lot of (joyfully achieved)
work, and looks to offer one of

those chance-of-a-lifetimes to

make a difference.

Here's the website.
Here's the video.
Here's what you can do right now.

future tense

whatconsumesme

via

jonascarlsson

Frances and Holly

it's all pretty much black & white

"But more so, to skate such a spot and with total rippers, and not be in Cali. Being there felt like a rite of passage."

brillig

mecca

secret forts

happy

mb goffstein

holy smoke

I must confess to having a charming head cold

all week and -- at the tail end of it, one hopes --

I look back to see my posts are spotty (I'd omitted

some important stuff; am working on fixing this) &

not quite as clear as I'd like. Oh my. Keeping my

fingers crossed that the smoke clears and the sun

comes out (goodness! we have gotten some good cali.

rain this year; and who's to complain when those

we love are living through blizzards and the like?

umbrellas ho!)

Anyway.

The above quick pix are a few pieces

from the astonishing & breathtaking

work that comprises

Michael Donaldson Antiques;

there's not one thing in the

showroom that we would

want to live without (given the

chance). Glory glory and

holy smokes indeed. Just

want to go back and get better

pix. To see things in more

detail, you can click each one.

Best idea?

For now (and for the best

look), please go here:

Michael Donaldson Antiques

via, of course,

the tour

diane dorrans saeks

(apologies, again, for any omissions or

muddle-headed words; praise the lord &

pass the kleenex...)

photos: victoria thorne

and more

gabriella sarlo

via the style saloniste tour

photos: victoria thorne

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, 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

northern light

really quite

shockingly

brilliant:

coup d'etat

(more soon)

via

the style saloniste

tour

(wish there had been more time

for pictures, but i took them quick

and you can see sweet details if,

just if, you click on each one)

photos: victoria thorne

tour de force

the salon saloniste

+

michael donaldson

candra scott & anderson

coup d'etat

gabriella sarlo

+

therien

epocha

tod donobedian

coming soon

photos: victoria thorne

Hiroko Kurihara

Is in the Times today.

I love her work.