Marretti Stairs
Last night I posted about the DIFFA (Design Industries Foundation Fighting AIDS) Dining by Design exhibition. Today, as promised, I want to share with you a few of the exhibitors that really stood out for me at the Architectural Digest Home Design Show. The rest can be seen in my Flickr album starting here. Continue reading
Dan Cretu
It’s spring! It’s spring! I thought we deserved something colorful (even if it is snowing out, damnit!) Continue reading
Photo: Seedratings.com
In 1919, Bohemian oil heiress Aline Barnsdall hired Frank Lloyd Wright to build a private residence Continue reading
Oleg Borodin
Oleg Borodin created The Penguin entirely by accident. Continue reading
“A woman is like a tea bag – you can’t tell how strong she is until you put her in hot water.” – Eleanor Roosevelt
LBSPY.com
100-year-old avante garde writer, painter, costume designer, choreographer, and dancer (Yes, dancer) Eileen Kramer* shows no signs of stopping or even slowing down.
*No relation, alas. Continue reading
“Icarus” detail ©Artūras Tamašauskas
*F.Y.I., a reference to Mackelmore’s “Thrift Shop,” not to genitals. Continue reading
Diana Vreeland’s all red sitting room
For Lempicka ©Katerina Belkina
3/1/14 To Blog or Not to Blog
I did it! I managed at least one post every single day for an entire year. Continue reading
boom-art.com
How’s this for art in unexpected places? Continue reading
In spite of all the damage and the drama that Hurricane Sandy brought into our lives, I still love weather. Continue reading
Last week, fellow blogger Sanpiano posted this picture of a drawing on brick by artist and illustrator David Zinn. I was immediately hooked! Continue reading
Photo credit: Glenwood
Budsies
Details Magazine
“Ulysses” by James Joyce
Best tagline of the year: “Freak out your mom . . . temporarily.” Continue reading
Woo hoo witchy woman
See how high she flies
Woo hoo witchy woman
She got the moon in her eye– “Witchy Woman” by the Eagles
“Bubinga is a boutique studio established in 1985 by Ishay Boltanski in the beautiful slops of Jerusalem mountains.” I assume he meant to write “slopes,” but I cannot resist a typo. I’m kind of a jerk that way. Continue reading
Mac Conner
My OBT 