Sometimes they just don’t get it right. This basket appeared — and it looked divine, bulging with John Kelley chocolates (my favorite, even better than See’s Bridge Mix!) — and varietal wines from the Santa Ynez valley. The only mystery was: Who was “Mimi Stewart”? I decided it had to be from “MIMI STARRETT” —…
Daniele had a card-making party this weekend, and Laura and I went out to play. When we got to the mid-century Modern house, we were both excited — it was the exact color Laura’s been searching for, and we’d just been talking about the kinds of houses we grew up in — and how mine…
My friend Laura and I went to see Daniele at her new home in Pasadena today. Laura’s redecorating her own new house, so we were cruising along, looking for paint colors she liked. I was navigator. We cruised along, checking out the colors on Daniele’s street. We talked about what our dream houses looked like….
I met Lyn Winter when she was at the Museum of Contemporary Art… working with Jeffrey Deitch. She is a publicist who is herself an artist; an intellectual, beautiful, thoughtful person. I’m very impressed with her, as you might be able to tell. When Jeffrey went to New York — Lyn stayed here, where she’s the…
Rhode Island School of Design’s interim President Somerson sent around a note to all Trustees about how admirably our administration, faculty and students handled the recent blizzard. I was so impressed by the volunteer efforts of BRANDON WANG, a RISD student, who took it upon himself to shovel the walks of stranded Providence residents…
I’ve always been curious about The Dakota. Ever since John Lennon was murdered there, it seemed like a building of dark mystery. When Vin told me we were invited to a dinner party there — hosted by folks from a Board he’s on — I had to manage my expectations. For the record, it EXCEEDED my expectations……
I’ve always wanted to see the COOPER HEWITT Museum in New York. When Vin announced his Smithsonian National Board meeting featured a day at the museum — literally — I jumped. To my delight, Director Caroline Baumann walked our group around — while I mercilessly peppered her with all my free-associating about RISD artists who have works…
For all of my patience yesterday as I lived at the Apple Emergency Room, today was a different day. The APPLE store called. Their/my phone registration problem was resolved. Come on in for a new phone. Sucker that I am, I dropped everything and trotted in. Nobody seemed to know who I was. I was getting…
http://www.people.com/article/ryan-gosling-eva-mendes-date-don-rickles Ryan Gosling & Eva Mendes were there. So was BOB SAGET, the first host of “AMERICA’S FUNNIEST VIDEOS”, who strolled in right in front of me as we filed into the Saban Theater last night. DON RICKLES was on stage, first time in 17 years. The locals all came out for him. BOB NEWHART….
Down below: Look at the pot, not the car… This image is called “Detail from a Vase, c. 1904″… Caladium design. Incised lines, underglaze painting with glossy glaze. Esther Huger Elliot, decorator; Joseph Meyer, potter. Newcomb College Collection. Tulane University. I loved the detail on this card — “Detail from a Vase” that I kept…
