10 Friday Dec 2010
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© Joan Currie
Christmas Wreaths
Our Christmas wreaths are fat and round,
Made of woodsy things we found.
We tied brown cones upon the green,
And stuck red berries in between.
Upon the wreath on our front door,
We tied red ribbon from the store.
Our version of the red ribboned wreath.
29 Monday Nov 2010
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© Joan Currie
It’s the most wonderful time of the year
With the kids jingle-belling
And everyone telling you
Be of good cheer
It’s the most wonderful time of the year.
Eddie Pola & George Wyle (Amy Grant song)
I could not wait to start decorating for the holidays. Baubles are not limited to the Christmas tree!
27 Saturday Nov 2010
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© Joan Currie
The moral of my ode is this:
beauty is twice beauty,
and what is good is doubly good
when it is a matter of two socks
made of wool in winter.
Robert Bly – Ode to My Socks – translation of Pablo Neruda
I slipped on my cozy wool socks last night and slumbered under the warmth of my eiderdown comforter – absolute bliss!
24 Sunday Oct 2010
© Joan Currie
Toque or tuque def: a woman’s small hat without a brim made in any of various soft-fitting shapes.
I watched Love Story again last night after many years. I was still enchanted by the scene in which Ali MacGraw and Ryan O’Neal frolick in the snow in Harvard Yard – making angels, slipping and falling, and kissing (she even licked the snow off his check). I developed a penchant for wool toques after that movie – forever associating them with the beautiful, but tragic, Jennifer Cavalleri character. Shortly thereafter, I learned how to knit and crochet the hats using rich variegated yarns in blue, purple, and red.
The French mohair toques are my favorite and I have collected several over the years from my trips to Vancouver. They are so beautifully crafted that I consider them wearable art.
Model – Lauren DiMarco
20 Wednesday Oct 2010
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Claire Murray Rug Detail
When love and skill work together expect a masterpiece.
John Ruskin
I am drawn to the whimsical Claire Murray American Heritage Button rug from Nantucket, Massachusetts and the oddly complimentary Campana Brothers‘ Sushi chairs from Brazil. What fun to place them in the same room! The Campana mission to design furniture from objects trouvés, thus sparing the Amazon forest, has led to some truly innovative creations. The limited edition Sushi III chair below sells for $55,000 while the Button Rug sells for approximately $2,300 (8′ x 10′ size).
© Campana Brothers - Sushi II Chair
© Campana Brothers - Sushi III Chair back
© Campana Brothers - Sushi IV Chair
09 Saturday Oct 2010
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© Joan Currie - View Toward the Marina, SF
You will see the graceful aerobatic maneuvers of the four-jet Diamond Formation, in concert with the fast-paced, high-performance maneuvers of its two Solo pilots. Finally, the team illustrates the pinnacle of precision flying, performing maneuvers locked as a unit in the renowned, six-jet Delta Formation. – Blue Angels
As my daughter and I approached the Marina to see the air show this afternoon, a Blue Angels jet blasted up Fillmore Street just yards above our heads. The sonic boom and the raw power of the aircraft were thrilling! The Blue Angels performed to an enthusiastic crowd of about one million people both on the waterfront and afloat in the harbor.
© Joan Currie - En route to Waterfront
© Joan Currie - Souvenir Hats
08 Friday Oct 2010
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© Juan Zambrano
Sketch – Torso by Passarotti
Model – Oleg Galagan
06 Wednesday Oct 2010
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© Joan Currie - Maltese Falcon
The Maltese Falcon is one of the largest privately-owned sailing yachts in the world at 289 feet, similar to Athena and Eos. She was sold in 2009 to Elena Ambrosiadou. Wikipedia
San Francisco Fleet Week, my favorite week of the year in the city, starts tomorrow. This week reliably boasts the best weather, air show, and boats in the harbor. Two years ago when Tom Perkins still owned the Maltese Falcon, I was thrilled to get up close and boat around it.
Maltese Falcon Stern
Maltese Falcon Bow
05 Tuesday Oct 2010
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© Jerome Kelagopian
If you ask old Riva aficionados, ‘Which part of the boat says the most to you?’ it would be the transom, so it was a slightly dangerous element to take on – akin to a plastic surgeon changing the eyes or nose of a famous beauty. Marc Newson, Industrial Designer
Marc Newson’s redesigned, 33-foot Aquariva is the sexiest speedboat on the planet! It is on display as part of Newson’s Transport exhibit at the Gagosian Gallery in New York until October 16, 2010.
The boat has a special attraction for me in that it is reminiscent of the antique Greavette Ditchburn, Duke, and Chris Craft mahogany boats that toured the Muskoka Lakes in Ontario, Canada where my family owned a cottage for over thirty-five years. A limited edition of 22 Aquarivas will be built in the original Italian Riva boatyards in Sarnico on Iseo Lake at a price of $1.28 million each. The first action item on my Top Ten List is now to drive one!
Cobra
28 Tuesday Sep 2010
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Barbie, beautiful, Beauty, BMW, Fashion, Lauren DiMarco, Patrick Rafanan, Photography
© Patrick Rafanan
One of my heroes is Barbie. She may not do anything,
but she always looks great doing it.
Paris Hilton
Strolling along Mission Street at 21st in San Francisco I spotted a custom Barbie BMW 745 LI. Only Barbie would insist on a diamanté BMW logo!
Model – Lauren DiMarco
Satin & Sand 