♥ A Little Bit of Everything

February 9, 2011

February 8, 2011

February 7, 2011

I want you to know
one thing.

You know how this is:
if I look
at the crystal moon, at the red branch
of the slow autumn at my window,
if I touch
near the fire
the impalpable ash
or the wrinkled body of the log,
everything carries me to you,
as if everything that exists,
aromas, light, metals,
were little boats
that sail
toward those isles of yours that wait for me.

Well, now,
if little by little you stop loving me
I shall stop loving you little by little.
If suddenly
you forget me
do not look for me,
for I shall already have forgotten you.

If you think it long and mad,
the wind of banners
that passes through my life,
and you decide
to leave me at the shore
of the heart where I have roots,
remember
that on that day,
at that hour,
I shall lift my arms
and my roots will set off
to seek another land.

But
if each day,
each hour,
you feel that you are destined for me
with implacable sweetness,
if each day a flower
climbs up to your lips to seek me,
ah my love, ah my own,
in me all that fire is repeated,
in me nothing is extinguished or forgotten,
my love feeds on your love, beloved,
and as long as you live it will be in your arms
without leaving mine

February 3, 2011

The Longest Goodbye

Recent projector viewing... Robert Altman's

The Longest Goodbye

This contemporary revision (from 1973) of the classic detective film noir stars a young Elliot Gould, a brief role for Sally Field and a hilarious moment with a very young Schwarzenegger. I loved the dark, low-key cinematography that highlights cynically witty crime films. The movie got me reminiscing of the classics that began this stylish genre.

Asphalt Jungle

Naked Alibi

Brick

To Have and Have Not

January 30, 2011

Lagos Fashion Week

For years now, Western fashion has been taking inspiration from the stunning prints and designs coming from Africa. This spring ARISE Magazine Fashion Week will be taking place in Lagos, putting the spotlight on some of the talented Nigerian designers and showcasing their work on a global platform.

Kemmy Solomon

Jewel By Lisa

Deola Sagoe

To follow Nigerian Fashion keep an eye on Terence Sambo's blog - One Nigerian Boy.

January 29, 2011

Running Wild Through the Aisles...

Supermarket Sweep
I love this show...

January 27, 2011

Beloved Birthdays

Who doesn't love birthday gifts?

Leonid Natapov

Frances Boutique

Ofek Wertman

Shell Yaell

I had an amazing birthday -

Thank you

♥

January 26, 2011

January 22, 2011

What's For Dinner?

I love this website that was recently introduced to me -

What The Fuck Should I Make For Dinner?

January 20, 2011

apartment inspiration

Atelie Gaaya's Studio

January 19, 2011

more than just a bag

Jane Birkin
I can't just call her a muse for
the French songwriter, Serge Gainsbourg,
or the inspiration for the Hermes Birkin Bag.
She was an icon of the 60s
and bred a line of fashionistas to follow.

Vogue '66

Blow Up

Hermes named and designed a handbag for her - Birkin Bag - in 1984.

On an Air France flight Jane pulled something out of her bag and all her papers fell to the floor. She complained to the passenger sitting next to her that the bag needed pockets. That passenger was the chairman of hermes, Jean-Louis Dumas.