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Garden Party

I want to have a garden party. A grey garden party. Some girlfriends and I have been meaning to get together for over a year to lounge, brunch, and sip while screening the 1975 documentary Grey Gardens depicting the eccentric mother-daughter former socialites (of the Bouvier clan) living in a decrepit 28-room mansion in East Hampton. Lounge Wear, slippers, no make-up, and all things cozy will be the dress code for our party. Powdered donuts and a sip of champagne will be part of the brunch menu. I’m ready; I’m going to push for this month.

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image via New York Magazine Daily Intel

I first saw this cult classic about 10 years ago and was fascinated. Of course, it is disconcerting at times but the daughter, Little Edie, is completely endearing. She had such a desire to perform, live in the bustling city, and have some sort of a social life. My heart broke for her that she did not find herself there, but I was so happy to be an audience for her. Jackie O is not the only style icon to come from that family, by the way. Little Edie had quite the fashion sense and designers such as Marc Jacobs, Philip Lim, Isaac Mizrahi, Todd Oldham, and John Bartlett have acknowledged that they have been influenced by Little Edie. In fact, this film and it’s stars have been the inspiration for many and have had a huge influence on pop culture, in general. There is a Tony Award-winning Broadway Musical based on the film. Rufus Wainwright wrote a song called “Grey Gardens” for his album, Poses. I’ve even had a playlist on my iPod for the last three years titled “Grey Gardens” (that would be moody, somewhat haunting music). And, of course, then there is the movie version coming out this year starring Drew Barrymore (as “Little Edie") and Jessica Lange (as “Big Edie"). I’m waiting for that…

Domes

Art I would love to own:

David Stephenson Domes 1993-2003
Julie Saul Gallery

When I first saw these photographs, they were arranged in a grid.  From the distance, they seemed to be an arrangement of beautifully elaborate Spirographs.  It took me a minute to realize they were detailed interior shots of gorgeous domes from architecture all over Europe.  David Stephenson is an Australian based photographer who has spent a decade of his career photographing churches, palaces, mosques and synagogues in countries – including Italy, France, Spain, Germany, Austria and Turkey.  They are all shot straight up and symmetrically with long exposures allowing ordinarily dark spaces to shine in brilliant detail.  I am seriously obsessed with these images.

Yellow + Gray

A great example of how to wear yellow. Pair with our favorite gray.

image from The Sartorialist

Clowns, Snow and Brazilian Jazz

Image via Wikipedia

We love the magic of NYC at Christmas time and this past weekend we took a family trip to the Big Apple to enjoy the holiday scene. This year I bought tickets to “Slava’s Snow Show” in the Helen Hayes Theater on Broadway.  I knew absolutely nothing about the show except that it was to be a sort of “Cirque de Soleil” of clowning.

The show was created in 1993 in Moscow by a Russian born clown, Slava Polunin and has been seen in 25 countries since.  Slava’s Snow Show’s has achieved worldwide success because of its ability to entertain all ages and even cross cultural barriers without the utterance of a single word.

The show consists of short vignettes of clowns employing simple props to tell stories, backed by a clever and eclectic soundtrack. My favorite was the clown dancing to a version of “Mas Que Nada”, a Brazilian jazz piece I remember listening to when I was a little girl.

The show had a huge finale and as the title implies, it involved a snowstorm.  It was surprisingly breathtaking!  The lights, the music, and the absolutely blinding (paper) snow had children and adults laughing and screaming with delight.

After the storm, the clowns took their final bows and then sent huge balls into the audience for everyone to bounce around.  Enormous, colorful, inflatable balls.  The entire audience jumped to their feet to get a chance to interact with the huge spheres.  Why this is so appealing, I have yet to figure out, but it I know that I was definitely smiling.

Sadly, all good things come to an end and our holiday trip was over.  Exhausted and making our way through the airport on our long trek to baggage claim, my 5 year old was dancing and humming.  Other passengers from the flight were smiling and chuckling at this kid’s joyful performance.  How many kids hum Brazilian Bosa Nova?  He’s a boy after my own heart.

Fall in NY (almost!)

We’ve planned for weeks.  This trip to New York will be the shopping opportunity of the year.  Bags packed, kids schedule all in check, carpools arranged and our most fabulous accessories are in tow.  We jet to the airport and our excitement is hard to contain. It’s time!  We leave our primo seats in the lounge, get to the gate, boarding passes out, ......  we are delayed for 2 hours!!!  Oh well, I guess it’s back to the President’s club for more mimosas and CNN.
We are drowning our sorrows over the loss of major shopping time.  I grieve the loss of the perfect cognac hobo bag that I had pictured waiting for me in the Lucky Shops lounge .  The competition is going to be stiff as we are only left with 2 hours of shopping with the most savvy fashionistas in NYC. 
What will we do? 
We will keep you posted on our progress.

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