New obsession...

...champagne grapes. So diminutive and sweet!

Thanks for a truly excellent cheese plate, Peter's Inn.

Found today while record shopping with a new friend.

Perhaps it's from growing up near the beach, and the few too-short perfect Cape Cod summers of freedom I had, but there's a feeling I get at some point each summer ever since...that this is the pinnacle. Love it, feel it, take it all in, for this is as good as it gets.



This summer's moment would be the Beach House show at the Creative Alliance.

From the talented Krisatomic

Dreaming of desks

I think I'm in need of a desk. Yes, I've gone without since moving to Baltimore. There's something inspiring about a proper work space that I am really craving now.

First, a couple of dream desks:

Skram - Wishbone Slab Desk


Anthropologie's Intelligentsia Desk

And I will never forget my true love, my very favorite:

A George Nelson leather home office desk, spotted long ago at Oakenshawe in Hampden. If anything it was better than the pic above - the leather was a stunning greenish grey that contrasted perfectly with the warm wood and metal. I climbed the stairs to the store's second floor and my heart skipped a beat at first glimpse. Alas, it was not meant to be.


And now on to some more practical choices:


West Elm's Sawhorse Worktable
has such nice simple lines.

West Elm's tapered frame desk...in my favorite color.


But check out this Parsons in silver. I haven't seen that before (it's a new color), and I think it looks sharp.

July 2008 - the books.

Garlic and Sapphires: The Secret Life of a Critic in Disguise - Ruth Reichl

Tales from the Art Crypt: The painters, the museums, the curators, the collectors, the auctions, the art - Richard Feigen

Plato and a Platypus Walk into a Bar: Understanding Philosophy Through Jokes - Thomas Cathcart and Daniel Klein

Our Story Begins: New and Selected Stories - Tobias Wolff


Too stressed out for much reading this month. Hopefully I'll have better luck in August.