6.21.2012

SUN AFTER BIBLICAL RAINFALL







LE SOLEIL APRES LE DELUGE


Paris was divine... the second time around. The first time I was there, it rained CATS AND DOGS! 
After a great Tangier week full of beach time and fun time and discovery time -and not too much work time- it was a relief to run around Paris in the sun, have lunch outdoors and enjoy it all.
I am back to 90o temperatures...in June! I thought "l'enfer" was a July/August treat in NYC...
Oh, well; back to the real world.

au revoir.



6.18.2012

PARISIANS...







GOTTA LOVE'M.
image joy hart

"I love nothing, I am a Parisian"

My daughter's kind of humor.
Somewhat true I find...


au revoir.





6.04.2012

GUESS WHERE I AM GOING TODAY








DEVINEZ OU JE VAIS 


Yep!

To Morocco once again! and theoretically, this time around, exclusively for fun; it is, after all, our yearly girls' trip to Tangier. 
If I must whisper so my co-travelers won't hear, I will have to do some work if the abanjá line is to debut mid August, like trying to get all my ducks in a row, or said differently, all the weavers and embroiderers to stay with the program... as in not changing colors and sizes in mid-production for example. 
I would have thought it was not too much to ask.
The latest evidence seems to point to "yes, it is". 

"The best logistics never stopped the monsoon" was written on a huge poster at an import company where I worked a couple of centuries ago. 
Now I really believe it.

During one of the 2 weeks I will be away, I will be busy going up and down the streets of Paris hunting for palatial lodgings, the "palatialness" of which seems to be inversely proportional to my, well, "champagne tastes" and the euro/dollar exchange rate...


And no, I would definitely rather not settle for Coca Cola.



au revoir.




6.01.2012

BEAUTY IS IN THE DETAILS









LA BEAUTE D'UN DETAIL

How proud the various artisans who came together to create the hand-washing corner of this Ryad in Fes should be!
The stone carver, the tile cutter, the metal worker. You have to wonder who came up with the concept. The artisans themselves?
And what of the owner of the house who thought to put a stunning tap over a large stone basin in a corner of his central courtyard so his guests could wash their hands before drinking their welcome glass of sweet mint tea after a long day of sites and discoveries.
Details that reassure. Details that say not every corner of our planet is being homogenized.







bon weekend.