Still Life: NYC Kitchen

8:32 am

Rhyme nor Reason: Books

Just....because.

Found here.

Covet: Christian Lacroix Necklace

Nothing like a subtle piece of jewelry by one of my favorite designers to brighten up a gloomy rainy day.

From here.

Extra Special: Donna Summer

Once upon a time there was an adolescent Wandering Eye with a mouth full of braces and a head full of glamorous dreams including (but not limited to) dancing into the wee hours of the morn under the sparkle of spinning mirrored balls....and even if my poster covered bedroom was a far cry from a glittery NYC club, all I had to do was turn up the volume on Donna Summer's Greatest Hits and I was transported miles away....

it is a sad day in my wandering world.

Wishful Wandering: Chiaroscuro Santa Fe

Time to dust off the invisible jet because I'm high-tailing it to Santa Fe for the new exhibition of work by one of my favorite artists: John Garrett.  These beautiful hanging 'columns' incorporate hundreds of elements from keys and razor blades to vinyl records and toy wood blocks so I can't wait to see them up close and personal.....only thing is......where did I park that plane?

See amazing detail images and read more here.

Distraction: Great Expectations

I have to admit that when I sat down to watch the most recent version of Charles Dickens' classic, Great Expectations, my wandering expectations were far from those of the title....but once the opening credits started to flicker across my television screen, I knew I was in for an eerily beautiful visual treat.  No one can spin a tale like Charlie and even if I found the adult Pip distractingly handsome (wait, what did he just say?) that's a minor complaint for a program that had me utterly engrossed.  These images are from the set of Satis House.....home of Miss Havisham.....who knew decay could look so lovely?  

Read plenty more about the production here.

Covet: John Maltby Stoneware Box

 Yes, please!

From here.

Distraction: Darling (1965)

It took me three weeks of on-again-off-again viewing to get through this film and I'm not sure if that was due to my wandering state of mind or my dislike of the main character who flits from relationship to relationship with nary a teased-hair thought of anyone but herself.  Still, Oscar winner (over another Julie....as in Andrews....as in Mary Poppins) Julie Christie looks amazing as do the locations (London, Paris, Capri) and the mid-sixties styling but my favorite is my new movie star crush: Dirk Bogarde....what a face!

If I Were A Girl: Balmain Fall 2012

Seeing as my inner gal is a tad short-waisted, I'm not sure she can pull off some of the boxier shapes in Olivier Rousteing's Fall 2012 collection for Balmain but (and there's always a big one of those around) with all this elaborate detail on display, she'll certainly give these clothes a (fashion) go.

See more here.

Library: Mississippi Sissy by Kevin Sessums

While my lithe body was folded like a piece of plaid-patterned origami into seat 4D of a five plus hour flight, I distracted myself by consuming Kevin Sessum's memoir of growing up gay in 1960's Mississippi.  With nuanced details, Sessum managed to transport this reader from the drone of a jet plane to the deep South during a period ripe with racial tension and introduce characters so lovingly rendered that I wished they were sitting next to me so I to could make their acquaintance. I can't recommend it more.

Available here.