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dearest dearest readers....

je vous embrasse... i am really touched and delighted by the little comments I've been getting, even after it's been quite a while since I've been posting regularly...

the trees are out, the birds are singing, and it is absolutely lovely outside, and on and on my little manuscript goes....

There is some design news which will be making its way onto silk felt soil when things have settled down. a little taste:

- for the girls out there: wedding pictures! accumulated thoughts on planning a wedding/ designing a wedding... how to do flowers, how to personalize things to your liking, how to spend gobs of money, if you're so inclined. :) I actually had two weddings, a wedding at my parents' house (oh yes!) and a dreamy destination one up in maine, so i'll give you the scoop about both kinds...

- my thoughts on domino's demise, and what we all must do about it!

- some new purchases chez moi (massive custom shelves, glorious shelves!), and potential purchases...

this all will have to wait awhile, of course, but I had to let you know that I'm thinking about you.

baci, besos et bisoux
p

what is your visual DNA? test yourself...

thanks to Maryam, I just discovered Imagini's superb little visual DNA quiz.

Each question (eg, "What is Art"?) can be answered by clicking on one of the many tiles in the mosaic that appears for each question. At the end of the series, the program gives you an analysis of your results, that was spot-on for me. (No registration, no spam emails, no catch.)

I particularly enjoyed being able to see, at the end, how my choices had lined up with other peoples'.



beautiful dna image courtesy of this site run by a dr. john kimball of andover, ma.

kitchen reno.

for those of you who remember the saga of our kitchen renovation, this shot might even look good to you.

today i'll be submitting the photos of our completed kitchen reno to the AT smallest coolest kitchen contest... looking forward to hearing your comments next week!

in the meantime, have a great weekend...

xxp

Tagged?!

Ok, 6 weird things about myself? :) Got tagged recently by Imelda and Terramia, so... here goes:



6. I have synaesthesia. And no, that's not an STD! Synaesthesia for some people means that they smell music, or hear tastes.. for me I just have a color 'value' for every letter and number. 1 is white, 2 is yellow, 3 is blue, etc. For instance, I dislike the American spelling of grAy with an A because for me 'a' is RED and so the English spelling is prettier-- grEy with an E because for me E is blueish.



5. Does this count?-- my lovely late grandmother was friends with Eva Zeisel-- they lived in the same apartment building in NYC and were both artists and had kids the same age.

4. When I was growing up my bro and I weren't allowed to watch TV, eat white bread or "sugar" cereals; I couldn't get my ears pierced until I was 12 and I wasn't allowed to see a PG-13 movie until I was 13!!On the flipside, however, I started sneaking my mom's makeup from her bathroom and wearing it to school in 5th grade, and when she found out, all she said was, "as long as I can't tell you're wearing it, it's fine." This remains the best make-up lesson I've ever received.

3. I hyperventilate when I get the new issue of Domino in the mail.


2. My main man is from India and a very strict kind of vegetarian, which is a bit of a problem considering I am a New England girl through and through, and I love seafood. But I guessssssss I love him more so we'll see what happens. !Mujhe tumse pyar hai, d'ling!

1. I am seriously unathletic except for one moment in my life: at Oxford on "junior year abroad" I rowed [2-seat] the entire year (yes, writing papers all night, crew at 6am, and going to bed after practice) and got really (for me) muscle-y. When my friend from high school, Regine Jean-Charles, saw me in Paris that spring, she looked my newly-athletic body up and down and said, "Phoeeeebeeee! you've gotten so... ROBUST!" :)

Who's next??
I pick: dear ada; hoping for happy accidents; design agent; designer's library; love made visible, and giornale nuovo! c'mon... don't be shy!

(images from top via: littlebirds; npr; 80s tees; domino's b&w living room gallery; india tourism travel; and upenn's photo archives.)