This week we hosted a sail aboard the Seaport Museum’s 125-year-old schooner, Pioneer. It’s insane that we never get on the water, and we live on the most beautiful harbor in the world! I could cry over how much I love this town even on the dirtiest corner of the garment district, so you can imagine how it was to see NYC from the water on a perfect summer night with a perfect summer sunset. Special thanks to Justin and Kloe of A Private Club for the bringing their central-casting-worthy tribe of adorable friends who could hoist a sail!
Category Archives: New York
Remain Stationery!
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!
DECODENCE!
This month sees the opening of DECODENCE: Legendary Interiors and Illustrious Travelers Aboard the SS Normandie. Given my passion for all things early twentieth century, it’s been a total joy to work on developing this project with the Seaport Museum!
For those of you who don’t pore over out-of-print decorative arts textbooks and google things like “Japanning techniques” and “lost Jean Henri Riesener pieces”, the SS Normandie was a magnificent ocean liner and the pride of the French Line in the 1930’s. Get the whole story
Question of the Month
Please tell me. I have wondered about this for twenty years.
Everyday-scapes
These everyday New York City images by Yoanne Lemoine are what my world looked like as a kid growing up in Queens. It’s funny how this French chick is so into this stuff. These photographs capture all the things that made me desperate to get away, but now feel kind of bittersweet. Europeans are always obsessed with things like this.
She also made a bunch of videos about “young New Yorkers” – none of whom are from New York. Not so into those.