this is from a
to-die-for shop
on the haight; i
have the card in
my (again, voluminous)
files. when it turns up
i promise to post the
name. please go there.
26.4.10
mail early in the day (more to love in sf)
i adore the huntington hotel
it is charming and warm and
somewhat quite grand, which you
really can't tell from these photos
because i have a habit of taking
pictures of rather odd things but
somewhere in my voluminous
photo bank (too voluminous,
must sort soon) there are better
pics of this sweet hideaway and if
you go there don't forget to have
dinner at The Big 4 downstairs or
you will miss half the fun. yep.
(plus there is a heavenly spa)
21.4.10
so much to love about san francisco; why not stop by the ferry building and see
the heavenly
goodies
at
(snapped these in february,
perhaps they're still there...if
not, something else wonderful
is surely in store. i promise.)
campfire girl
picked this up a few years ago
for a shop window I was
working on; was going to put it in
with wispy hostess aprons in organdy
and calico, and a few delectable
buff-colored enamel plates trimmed
in faded granny apple green
[& there was a lovely stodgy tin
coffee pot, the color of wisteria leaves]
sort of a tribute to the June Cleavers
of the covered-wagon set . . .
20.4.10
flame-heart
unerringly beautiful
" . . . So much in ten brief years! I have forgot
What time the purple apples come to juice,And what month brings the shy forget-me-not.
I have forgot the special, startling season
Of the pimento's flowering and fruiting;
What time of year the ground doves brown the fields . . . "
18.4.10
from the collection of Daisy Fellowes
all photos:
(Reading another marvelous book that the Aesthete recommends, and loving it; went to research Daisy Fellowes & along came a ladybird . . . here are links -- click each line above -- to fascinating items from the collection of "Daisy Fellowes who vacationed in the Côte d'Azur." Via Sotheby's.)
in the best of all possible worlds
“When you are content to be simply
yourself and don’t compare or compete,
everybody will respect you.”
(quote via Gretchen Rubin and
her delightful happy project)
16.4.10
11.4.10
Nothing is ever invented
Talking About Fashion by Christian Dior"
m. b. goffstein has just published
(word on the notes:
they are
exceedingly
delicious
&
you will find them
at the end of each
of the novelettos)
photo: m. b. goffstein,
Rabanus Maurus
ever since searching for
illuminations & such
last week, i've become (once again)
slightly obsessed with them
(this has been going on for years)
you'll probably be seeing a few more
(i hope to keep better notes, too;
this image, clearly, is from the vatican.
here, a link to the secret archives. oh my.)
[clicking on this image
and enlarging it will
help illustrate what's
to be so obsessed about]
p. s. This looks excellent.
9.4.10
coasting
We have been all about
Easter vacation around
here, lately, and most
efforts have been going
to enjoying the time with
loved ones far and near;
sometimes you prep for
these things for weeks,
don't you, and then they
go by so very quickly?
That's pretty much the
case right now. While
we are still enjoying
the luxury of the next
few days of visits, and
I continue to coast in
posts (hence my pro-
clivity for sending you
elsewhere for the last
several pages at least) . .
well, thought I'd share
more favorites now &
say tschüss for a bit or so.
p&c
(I've added an illustration below -- a great
favorite by the exceedingly remarkable
Ivan Terestchenko -- that might better explain
Thank you, Little Augury,
for the image & your magnificent taste.)
$169,900 (via the Aesthete)
perhaps it's finally
time to set up boxes,
get out your packing tape,
call the moving van?
all because of this:
Marcel Breuer
in Canajoharie
Four Winds
via
(do stop by and see it)
7.4.10
6.4.10
Why I Paint . . .
They abound in the heavens and earths.
They are museums . . .
They are ground into artists pigments
Of almost every color.
...
excerpted from
by
M. B. Goffstein
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