In my reader this week is The Style Saloniste by well known interior design and architecture author Diane Dorrans Saeks. As you’ve probably figured out by now, I read a wide range of things. This week is all about passion. Passion for ideas. Passion for design. Passion for a life well lived on many levels. My choice this week may seem from a landscape and garden designer–but it’s really not. Saeks is a well respected author of more than 20 eclectic design books as well a contributing editor to several magazines, her blog is a beautiful, sumptuous feast of images and high style journalism. There are long and in-depth pieces on personalities and places that influence lifestyle and design. It is a as good a read as the Sunday newspaper…and demands the same amount of time!
Here’s a look at The Style Saloniste. Click each image to link back to the original post.
If I had chickens this is what I’d look like…
From a piece on The Duchess of Devonshire
If I was twenty and in Paris, this is how I’d feel…
Suzy Parker in Paris by Richard Avedon
If I needed to escape for a bit, I’d go here…
Amangiri Resort in Arizona
If I was in San Francisco, I’d shop here…
Shopping in San Francisco
If I went to India (and who doesn’t want to go) I’d stay here…even for a night.
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I love it when you open up your reader. Who wouldn’t want to be Avedon’s assistant when he was photographing Suzy Parker in Paris, just for a day?
Amen to that. I can’t think of a more exciting day!–s
Lost all my RSS feeds in hard disc transfer.
So beginning to build up reads again and resubscribing!
Best wishes
Robert
Guess we’re both having technical issues!–s