http://www.wsj.com/articles/SB10001424127887323723104578185643073638664 I saw this article about the HAAS BROTHERS, brothers who are artists in the exalted field of high-end gold-plated furniture two years ago in The New York Times. I sent it to folks at Rhode Island School of Design, where younger brother Simon had attended school. Tonight we had an Alumni event there, and I…
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http://digitaldetox.org/camp-grounded/ Tonight I heard and met LEVI FELIX, the co-founder and Camp Director of “CAMP GROUNDED”. He says we’re all addicted to our phones and computers, to social media. We need to unplug. He had us all take a selfie before the lecture began, post it to some form of social media, then turn off…
https://www.facebook.com/gloria.gordon.735507?fref=ts&ref=br_tfhttps://www.facebook.com/gloria.gordon.735507?fref=ts&ref=br_tf A few days before my friend Gloria Gordon turned 90, we took her to an event at the Hollywood Museum. When Councilmember Tom LaBonge heard me tell him — he jumped on it immediately. He flipped me his card and whispered, “Call my office. We’ll get her a Proclamation”. He did just that, and…
www.risdstore.com/ePOS/form=robots/item.html&item_number=W187&store=358&design=358 I sent some Rhode Island School of Design ‘swag’ to Andrea, a friend of my father’s who takes the same (rigorous) cardio class up in Berkeley. I’d worn my black RISD t-shirt — the only one I have — to class, and Andrea came up to me afterwards. “I went to Brown,” she began,…
My wedding planner Jennifer Hronek said, “You and Paul Dreher MUST meet!” He’s run over a thousand weddings at the Beverly Hilton, to say nothing of major entertainment events in the main Ballroom… and he teaches Etiquette as well. We had a delightful lunch today, and afterwards, I got taken to his office, where Paul…
Art Sida is on the Board of Regents for Da Vinci Design… after the meeting on Thursday, we spoke for quite some time about our various other passions — he’s involved in an organization that helps give scholarships to students of color who otherwise wouldn’t have made it into college. He went to Stanford University…
After I got to meet the Director of the Cooper Hewitt Museum, I wrote Caroline Baumann a fan letter. She sent me a beautiful book and this note. I loved the Museum she’s overseen recently, and recommend it highly if you find yourself in New York and want to immerse yourself in design. Please Share
I’ve been going to the same bank for years and Edwin and I always talk about generalities… but somehow, it came up today that I’d been at a typewriter store this morning…and he confessed he’s always wanted to buy one, ‘just to have on a coffee table and have people ask ‘WHAT’S THAT?’ I promised…
I got an unexpected, happy Valentine’s Day card from Gail E. Moss, whom I’d met when I gave a seminar on “Thank You notes” to “Women in Film”. I encouraged everyone that they can type their notes on the computer, cut them onto a card, and send them that way… it was a revelation for…
Erica!
What an awesome letter you sent me!
It must be one of the most thoughtful thank you notes I’ve ever received.
Thank you so so much,
Nikolai
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THE HAAS BROTHERS
