Olive & Cocoa.

I met Clifford Selbert and his lovely & talented wife Robin Perkins at a Rhode Island School of Design event for newly-accepted students.

Their daughter, it turns out, is not quite a teenager yet and loves “America’s Funniest Videos”.

We invited them to see a taping, and they brought their daughter and a friend, and it’s been the start of a wonderful friendship.

Their thoughtful  — and very unexpected — Christmas gift showed why they’re great architects: it combined form + function, all coated in chocolate.