what is your best personality trait? loyalty and perceptiveness. what is your worst personality trait? reservedness. what have you marched in the streets for/against? to get to goosens, the great bakery in antwerp, for their currant bread. if you could live out one fantasy, what would it be? that creativity is embraced as much in [...]
almost two months ago when i was last in berlin, i met up with the adorable lisa for a visit to désirée‘s showroom no. 4, followed by a quick lunch by the water (spargelcremesuppe!) and a stroll around the market. the showroom space was rather small but i absolutely loved the way it was laid out, [...]
here’s a pre-written draft post to keep the blog alive – this is alberta ferretti’s spring/summer 2010 collection and it’s basically everything i’d want (colour palette & texture & subtle details) in a wardrobe! it’s my last full day in berlin and i think i have managed to go to almost everything on my list [...]
we play by ear but learn the words by heart (visions we have by head); yet even when the sight of the remembered page has dimmed the jingles that we gleaned from it remain lodged with us, useful, sometimes, for the work of getting a grip on certain fragile things. john hollander, by heart comme [...]