Wow!
Just left OwenLawrence at the Westside Design District. Loooove this china they’re carrying! www.owenlawrence.com
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Atlantans Go National
I ran to Restoration Hardware at Perimeter yesterday at lunch and saw this banner in the window. I recognized the two guys…Mark Sage and Rudi Nijssen, who own Bobo Intriguing Objects, which is based in ATL. They are part of new national ad campaign for RH and the stores are carrying some of their products. Very cool! Kudos to them! www.bobointriguingobjects.com —Clint
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Good News!
http://money.cnn.com/2009/08/26/real_estate/July_new_home_sales/index.htm
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A Gem of a Vacation
I’ve spent two decades trolling the Caribbean for summer deals, and it’s a little-known fact that before the proliferation of the Internet, the fancy-schmancy resorts in the islands offered our European brothers and sisters mega-deals (as in two weeks for the price of one). So, I happily gave up my childhood and adolescent love of the Gulf beaches and traveled from St. Barths to Haiti (more on that in my August column—attendants are a luxury ). Now, 20 (ah-hem) or so years later, I found myself with my New York teen wondering what to do for the three weeks before her school term commenced while all her buddies were still away at camps.
My godmother, Joie, generously offered to give us her house (with guest house) in Watersound amongst the “Emerald Coast” of Florida’s panhandle. Long gone are the astro-turf carpeted, spray-on ceiling, rank-with-mildewed-air-conditioning condos of my youth. This stretch of beaches—which I had all but forgotten—reaches from Destin to Panama City in an almost unbroken 50 miles of luxury, from Seaside (the pioneer in luxury coastal living) with its quaint restaurants and groceries, to the ultra-glam Alys Beach with homes rumored to belong to Paris Hilton and other A-List celebs. Sitting proudly amidst the sugary white sand and glass-green water, our house was the envy of all my Hamptons buddies as I snapped away at Frank Fleming sculptures, art-encased collages and shadowy, haunting beach scenes and e-mailed them to those sad enough to be trapped in Sag Harbor.
The homes along this stretch of Florida are magnificent! The beaches are not the thronged, sweaty, overlapping-beach-toweled landmasses of my youth. Here everyone has space, yet the friendliness remains. A neighbor from Miami popped over to sit under our umbrella, and when I told her I had been e-mailing pictures to friends, she snatched my camera and said, “Stop it now—I live in Miami and I come here to escape! This is a secret—this is for Southerners!”
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Save the Date! Saturday, November 21
Exclusive Christmas House Presentation: The Art of Entertaining
What is the secret to a successful party? Are e-vites replacing RSVPs? Learn the answers to these questions and more from design blogger Jennifer Boles, author of ThePeakofChic.com.
Covering everything from cocktail hour to calling cards (yes, they’re making a comeback!), Boles will discuss the art of at-home entertaining, both easy and elegant.
Along with her personal insight, Boles will share anecdotes about—and tips from—some of America’s most illustrious hostesses of decades past, including Elsie de Wolfe, Dorothy Draper and Dorothy Rodgers, as well as party secrets from today’s top tastemakers. Don’t miss this one-time opportunity to hear from one of America’s most famous design bloggers.
Seminar is free with purchased Christmas House tour ticket. More details to come at AtlantaChristmasHouse.com.
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