Great piece on Refinery 29 on our little gem, Bowne & Co. Stationers.
RED ALERT!
Check out the all new Field Trip newsletter put out by the fine folks at Refinery 29! Today’s issue features out DECODENCE exhibit on the SS Normandie as well as our little hidden jewel – 18th Century printing press Bowne & Co! (You’ll be hearing more about that place very soon!) There’s also a terrific write-up here!
The first ten lucky ducks to print out their newsletter and bring it to the museum receive free admission to DECODENCE as well as a complimentary Jeremy Scott DECODENCE T-Shirt! Bon Chance!
Bavarian Dream
Interiors and Exteriors of madman Ludwig II’s Neuschwanstein and Lindenhof Castles in Bavaria. Yes, these places exist.
Tags: Bavaria, Castles, Lindenhof, Ludwig II, Neuschwanstein, Pam Bristow
DAILY CANDY / SS NORMANDIE TRIVIA!
Tags: Cabochon, Daily Candy, Decodence, Lalique, Pam Bristow, SS Normandie
The Other Pamela
I wasn’t named after Pam Ewing, although I might as well have been. My mother was obsessed with Dallas and we watched it together every Sunday night for the series’ entire 13-year run. Southfork’s goings-on saw me from footed cartoon PJ’s into early 90’s Pat Fields catsuits. From babbling toddler to sarcastic teenager. Although I watched the show religiously, I quietly resented the gorgeous, rich and stylish wife of Bobby Ewing, knowing I would never be a worthy namesake. Given our weekly ritual, I spent hours of my formative years wondering what it would be like to be the Neiman-Marcus-shopping, Norma-Kamali-clad Texan beauty with the perfect blowout.
I recently came across these TV stills of Pam looking the kind of perfect that used to make me feel hopeless. I give you Mrs. Ewing, looking fresh and current as ever.
Pretty Lady on I-80
Opened in 1921 by Helen and Ed Power, the Nut Tree was, according to the press, a “culinary and curio oasis in a desert of endless roadway.” With furniture commissioned from Charles Eames and artwork by Wayne Thiebaud the restaurant was light years ahead of its Pacific Standard Time – every detail from the furniture the the dishware to the way the food was presented was art-directed by Don Birrell, the Nut Tree’s head designer from 1953 to 1990. ”We had a master plan for everything, from the design of the billboards to landscape architecture, interior design to the way food was arranged on the plate,” Birrell says. “We wanted to create a certain feeling, make people remember us.” Get the whole story
