I was recently invited to visit the IBGM Gem and Jewelry Design Show in Brazil, and am very much looking forward to my first trip back to Sao Paolo in seven years. Last time I had a ten-month-old baby and was visiting friends and family. While a terrific trip full of home made meals and riodizios, my mobility was somewhat limited. This time I’m on my own and super excited about meeting some amazing designers, sipping a caipirinha at Baretto at the Hotel Fasano, and picking up some prints by Ramon Martins and Derlon Almeida at Choque Cultural. Wall candy below…
Ramon Martins
Ramon Martins
Ramon Martins
Ramon Martins
Ramon Martins
Derlon Almeida
Derlon Almeida
Ramon Martins
Interiors and Exteriors of madman Ludwig II‘s Neuschwanstein and Lindenhof Castles in Bavaria. Yes, these places exist.
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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 »
I love Central America. I’ve traveled through Honduras, El Salvador, Costa Rica, and parts of Nicaragua for weeks at a time, mesmerized by these half-Spaniards / half-Indians that carry some of the same DNA I do. There is something so magically forgotten about this little pocket of the world that is right under our noses.
My maternal family has a long history in Central America… My Uncle was Secretary of State in Honduras as well as the Honduran Ambassador to the UN, and is the current head Magistrate of the Central American International Court. My Grandmother was the reigning Miss Central America before her death. So I am always interested in exploring new parts of this little strip of land that connects the massive Americas, and me to a piece of my ancestry. Get the whole story »
Pass the smelling salts… Japan recently introduced the Hermés Shuttle. The service will provide a 30-minute luxury helicopter shuttle service between central Tokyo and Narita International Airport. The four passenger helicopter will take about 22 flights a day and charge approximately $790 for a one-way trip. And yes, it has Toile H fabric interiors.
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Just returned from the legendary 127 Sale… a recap of the adventure HERE & pics after the jump…
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Read my new article for the Huffington Post HERE.
Check out of Hotel Tangerina after obsessing over the coolest wall clock / calendar I have ever seen. Head to station to catch express to Casablanca. Haggle with taxi driver about the fare. He wants to charge us a 50dh flat fee (illegal) and we want him to use the meter. He reluctantly agrees and the ride is 18dh. Almost miss train but make it by the skin of our teeth after Cristina puts the guy who tried to cut her in line in his place (the wonders of cueing are lost on most Moroccans.)
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Ok, I’m about to start a trend… Fave new drink is the oh-so-chic Martini Blanc (Martini Bianco). Absolutely the ONLY cocktail a girl needs for the summer. Neat or on the rocks, in a super chilled glass, it’s a sexy blend of dry white wine, an herb infusion (thyme is in there somewhere, I know it), and some sweetness… garnish with thyme sprig or olive (preferably on the branch). Drank these all over Morocco, always in a magnificent setting. I’m telling you, they taste like that place feels.
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