Showing posts with label magic. Show all posts
Showing posts with label magic. Show all posts

Wednesday, September 22, 2010

The Seasons of Vicki's Eden

for your listening enjoyment, this is Come Rain or Come Shine by Ray Charles
Let me make a very special introduction to my longtime girlfriend Vicki Petulla.
A beautiful person, with an amazing eye for beauty and the most magic green thumb !
( I can't believe she doesn't do this for a living ! )

She and her husband and son live in an adorable stone home in The San Francisco Bay Area
No gardeners involved, all done herself !  She calls it her "therapy".

Her whole yard is a symphony of green sprinkled with seasonal vignettes

Her late summer front porch ...


A to die for backyard in all it's autumnal glory
still, no match to the warmth of her company...

Her front porch urn transformations in the fall ...

Love the use of metal strapping from wine barrels 
to fashion architectural spheres 

a perfect little spot for a little springtime tete a tete
tucked in her backyard full of french antiques




Just as in life, a sweet surprise is at every turn !


Thank you Vicki for a peek into the wonderful world you created !
Your good soul is so evident in all that you touch
 Thank you for the ( has it been ? ) 25 years of inspiration !
Love ya !!! xoxo



For a complete tour of her gorgeous home, inside and out, you can go here and here

Monday, November 30, 2009

Bergdorf's Holiday Windows 2009

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As a child, did you ever dream to spend the night in a candy store ?

All grown, my dream has been refined to an 8 story jewel box in NYC
on the corner of 5th and 58th.

Bergdorf Goodman's.


I will never forget my first visit there last year.
( and after seeing these images I wish I was there now ! )


Truly a place of mAgic and retinal delights.

This year's gift to the city was inspired by the writings of Lewis Carroll ...

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CuRiouser and ....

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curi0uSer !
loving their use of different perspectives ...

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I could just stare at these windows forever and a day

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Photos by Rudy Pospisil. See more of Rudy's photos at anothernormal.com

Here's a quick video of what went on behind the scenes for this years windows
( I wonder how David Hoey does his own home for the holidays )
Behind Bergdorf's Holiday Windows

Tuesday, October 20, 2009

B&W Inspiration by Andrea Galvani

Why am I so crazy about

BLACK&WHITE ?

These photographs by
Andrea Galvani

stopped me in tracks

and just had to share ...
what makes it so simple ...



is what makes it so divine !



To see more click here