Keetra Dean Dixon

Layered wax reminds me of my mom.  When we were little, she used to make cards, some out of wildflowers and ironed wax paper, others from melted bits of wax crayon. 
They were beautiful and such an immediate expression of delight.

Keetra Dean Dixon makes beautiful melted wax things.

I am the dog whisperer

And this is my new haircut.  I don't think the dog was really into it.

Charleston!

DREARY day here.

Time for some cheering up.  Hot chocolate with Bailey's and.... the Charleston.

Simplicity

In school we're always being pressured to be orignial and have some kind of wild concept for everything. I constantly have to remind myself of the exquisite beauty of simplicity. 



 For example, I love these curtains tied back with ribbon in the film Amélie.  It reminds me of my first apartment where I hung an old lace tablecloth from the window in the kitchen using two nails.  Utterly simple and the loveliest thing in the world.

1stDibs-ing

 

Gustave Tassell taffeta cocktail dress, 1950s





Satin halter dress, 1950s





Pauline Trigere silk day dress, 1960s




Mark Walsh Leslie Chin poured glass cuff




Lanvin embroidered velvet dress, 1960s

Lanvin silk scarf, 1950s-60s





Chanel velvet clutch

 

Henry Dunay melted amber & gold bead necklace, 1970s



Yves Saint Laurent silk blouse, 1970s (sold)

Sandor crystal necklace and earrings, 1950s





Countess Alexander cocktail dress, 1960s

Cartier 18k gold sunglasses with 188 diamonds (!)

  



 

Honouring Winter with Spring

We are SNOWED IN here.  It's magnificent.  If you're in the middle of a winter storm too and want to feel especially fancy, you should try this: Take public transit to the nearest DIPTYQUE retailer and get a sample of Ofrésia (peppery-earthy freesia by Olivia Giacobetti).
Ride home. Once you're nice and warm, spray some of this liquid springtime on your sleeve.

It makes for a curiously glorious juxtaposition.

Capes

The Internet, as we all know, is a magical place where you can over the course of 30 minutes end up far, far away from where you started without knowing how you got there.

In one such instance, I ended up on this blog, where I read:

“Son, if you want people to think you believe in yourself, walk like you’ve got a cape on.”

Which I thought would be interesting to try.  Next morning, on my way to work, I pretended I was wearing a cape.  And it works.
In a Dog Whisperer kind of way. 

Just as I was feeling mighty invincible (and sort of like Larry David) I got on the subway and took a seat across from a woman wearing a leopard print cape. A real, honest to goodness cape.  Which somehow ruined the whole experiment.