Tea time just got better. Andy just sent word through A+R that the stunning glass Teapot with Diffuser by Jonas Bjerre-Poulsen and Kasper Rønn of Norm Architects and Design Studio for Danish brand Menu has dropped in price from $80 to $60! […]
Today, January 27, marks a half century of my darling Andy Griffith gracing this good earth.
Still foxy as ever at fifty, Darling.
Happy Birthday.
xo+R+n […]
Posted in Current Affairs, StyleCONGRATULATIONS to the talented Arianne Phillips for her Academy Award nomination in Costume Design for her beautiful work on W.E.!
This is Ari’s second Oscar nomination, and so well deserved. […]
Posted in Art, Current Affairs, Film, StyleCRAZY HORSE Trailer – Documentary by Frederick Wiseman
With Andy spending his last night faraway in Paris after a freezing weekend navigating Maison et Objet, I thought of the upcoming release by acclaimed documentary filmmaker Frederick Wiseman on that marvelous Parisienne institution, the Crazy Horse. […]
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Got kids? Today at 1 p.m., I'll be speaking on the positive influence of great design and art on the little ones at the Affordable Art Fair at L.A. Live in downtown. […]
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If you haven't yet, get yourself over to the MOCA Pacific Design Center in West Hollywood to catch the final hours of Hedi Slimane's ode to the Golden State and first solo museum show, California Song. […]
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If the best job in the world is one where it doesn't feel at all like work, then being able to glam it up and cohost a party with truly fabulous pals such as Tracee Ellis Ross, Hutton Wilkinson and Nina Clemente (as we're all pictured above) was a great gig, indeed. […]
If brevity is the soul of wit, then today's feature on the talented Michael Schmidt by The Los Angeles Times fashion critic Booth Moore makes its point as brightly and condensed as a Swarovski crystal. […]
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By now, it should be no surprise, that if the inimitable Pink Martini is playing in Los Angeles or New York or even now Paris (more on that later), among the shifting ensemble of guest musicians and singers is one performer on the triangle who has become a near-regular: the equally inimitable Queen Bee of Pop (Counter) Culture and co-founder of Paper Magazine, Kim Hastreiter. […]
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Every year, Pantone, that gatekeeper for any industry that relies on color, christens a new shade designated to reflect the aspirations of both the times and the trends. For 2012, that is a reddish-orange hue imbued with the real and imagined qualities of optimism, revival and energy and dubbed Tangerine Tango. […]
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