keller in brooklyn, stellar
August 25, 2010
seeing these photos from keller immediately brought back memories of brooklyn.
the style, the look, the location.
it’s no wonder that they are from brooklyn based designer kelly clark.
check out more designs here.
who doesn’t love a beach house?
April 29, 2010
this scandinavian beach house featured in house beautiful would be alright by me.
oh, it just smells of lazy summer days.
designed and owned by one of the founders of ochre, a beautiful housewares store in new york, it only makes sense that the home of harriet maxwell macdonald would be gorgeous too.
yep. i think it would be all right.
visit ochre
images via house beautiful
merci
September 12, 2009
when it comes to beautiful stores, you must consider merci. everything from the entryway courtyard to the visual displays, from the products sold to the cafe and bookstore, merci is delightful. now add to all of that, the fact that the proceeds go to various charities, and you have yourself a store worth mentioning.
its no wonder that the gap is choosing to partner with merci in opening up a month long concept store. there is a new trend with these various pop-up shops, in which stores are temporarily switching merchandise with other stores, bringing a new shopping experience to the customer.
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unfortunately i wont be in new york to go to the merci-gap store (september 10th to october 4th, adjacent to gap’s flagship at 680 fifth avenue, at the corner of 54th st) but i’m sure that i will find myself visiting merci quite a bit while i’m here.
picture book art
August 21, 2009
there is an eric carle museum of picture book art in amherst, ma.
i will find my way there some day.
portrait gallery
August 19, 2009
i am constantly inspired by images that tell a story, or at the very least, let you know that there is one. i love these photographs shown on the blog 2 or 3 things i know, of guiseppe logan.
photographs by margo ducharme
rare books, eat them up.
August 11, 2009
the gothamist just did an interesting blurb on the rare books collection at the new york public library. unfortunately i never did visit this section, but i am delighted to find that you can see some of the rare prints online.
it’s written on the wall
July 23, 2009
oh the time and effort that goes into each of these wall murals on the sides of very very very tall buildings. whenever i see these people, i have the same reaction as when i would see the window cleaners washing the windows of my old office building…on the 25th floor.
if they want to go through this much trouble, i will take the time to look.
1001 new yorks
July 12, 2009
i think the best way to find a great guide book for any city, is to ask someone who already lives there.
when i was still in new york, i came across this book, and something about it made me pick it up and flip through its pages.
what i found was a list of all of my favorite things to do, as well as some new and interesting recommendations.
the best things to do (or to buy)
sea soap by the sea shore
June 17, 2009
this brooklyn based shoppe sells a variety of soap, this one being the most enticing (for me). it contains seaweed and sea salt for exfoliation, and is scented with rosemary.
did i mention they make floral arrangements as well? so not 1.800.flowers…
build your own bicycle
June 2, 2009
if you’re looking for something to do one weekend, and you feel like making a bike, head over to the bamboo bike studio in brooklyn. when you walk in on saturday, you will ride out on a sustainable bamboo bicycle on sunday (that you have made under the guidance and supervision of their knowledgeable staff).
does it get any greener?
sign up for a class today.
