Summit of Democrat

Happy Thursday! Doug and I hiked up to the summits of 14,184 foot Mt. Democrat and 14,285 foot Mt. Lincoln on Tuesday. Here is a video view from the summit of Mt. Democrat... We started hiking at just under 12,000 feet elevation. From there we walked and snowshoed up to a saddle (a ridge between two higher points) at 13,200 feet then up to Democrat's summit, back down to the saddle, up to Lincoln's summit, back to the saddle and down to the start. We slid down two big snow fields to come down from the saddle, which capped off a really fun day!

Mobile by Veilhan

Happy Monday. I hope you had a beautiful weekend! SO love this...A mobile of thought bubbles by Xavier Veilhan. How beautiful is this mobile in this space? I just love it.
Mobile by Xavier Veilhan. Photography by Sophie Triniac.
Found thanks to the talented Peggy Wong of bluepoolroad and flor.

Yesterday's Run

When I started my running program back in late March, I said I'd take my camera along. It's ended up being my iphone because it's less bulky, and I'm usually breathing too hard to snap photos. But yesterday's run was a slow, fun recovery run and I took a few...It makes me very happy to be out in this beauty consistently. I also feel much stronger and better than I did a few months ago. I hope you too are able to be outside this weekend! Thanks for visiting me this week - I love reading your comments.

The Travel Files is Live

Danielle de Lange of the beautiful The Style Files has a new site: The Travel Files! She says, "The Travel Files is about traveling, exploring, dreaming and enjoying life. We showcase beautiful destinations from all over the world. Small or large, urban or rural, budget or high end: it doesn’t matter, as long as a place has a certain charm, edge or uniqueness. The Travel Files is dedicated to search the globe for beautiful hotels, B&B’s, restaurants, shops and other places worth visiting." This will be a new follow for me! It looks amazing. Congratulations to Danielle. Go check it out for yourself! Happy Thursday!

photos from The Travel Files.

Happy Summer!

Ah, the first official day of this restorative season! I hope yours is going so well and that you're spending lots of time outdoors. This would be a nice place to do that, huh? Perhaps it's made the rounds, but it's worth another look...An amazing lake house in Montauk on Long Island, by Murdock Young Architects.

Slowpoke

Happy late Monday to you! I hope you had a fantastic weekend. I thought I'd tell you that we definitely need these adorable cups in my house... for two of the three of us. I just might be one of the those two. I think I'll spend a day with my little slowpoke at the local art studio making two ceramic ones just like these! His could hold his hot chocolate, mine my coffee. This original is from a new coffee house, Slowpoke Espresso, in Melbourne, Australia. Found thanks to Remodelista.
Photograph and interior design of Slowpoke by Sasufi.

Beautiful Weekend

I hope you have a lovely weekend! I'm running in a 5k trail race tomorrow, which should be fun, and hard. Maybe I'll visualize this pretty painting and the fun pieces below it while I climb the big hill... These are being offered at the LA Modern Auction being held later in June. The painting is Crouching Figure by Frederick Wight, the floor lamp is French modern, maker unknown but it looks a lot like a Nelson lamp shade to me. The last is a Pig Planter by Rex Goode. See you Monday and thanks so much for visiting me here!

Oh Happy Day: Win a Trip to Paris!

Oh Happy Day is giving away a trip to Paris. I do so hope to win, but you can enter too. Click here to get all the details! Good luck.

Boating

Happy Wednesday! I love all the boats I'm seeing these days... 1 by Richard Phibbs via Habitually Chic, 2 by Road Trip in Finland, 3 for sale at honeytree on etsy, 4 in Garden and Gun via prettystuff, 5,6,7 my own, 8 by menthe blanche.

A Bit of Summer Luxury

Yes, please!A perfect spot to spend a Summer's eve or two... or all of them! Posted on the beautiful Rive Gauche Rehab today, I could not resist showing these here. From the current Swedish ELLE Interior. This is heaven to me. Have a great Tuesday!

Cabin

on Flathead Lake in Montana...This says Summer to me! And Flathead Lake, a perfect Summer destination in itself, is only a 20 minute drive from Glacier National Park. We visited seven years ago and we'll definitely go back with Eddie in the next couple of years. We loved it there!
Cabin designed by Andersson-Wise Architects. Via Remodelista.

So Pretty

From Dual on 1st Dibs, an azure ceramic Meridian clock for Raymor...


Their description:
Italy
1950's
A ceramic clock with a Bitossi Rimini Blue style design of impressed geometric forms and glazed in azure and light green. Ceramic body made in Italy, designed by George Nelson, clock components by Howard Miller Clock Company and distributed by Raymor. Italian, circa 1950.

I think it would look great and so summery on my kitchen wall!
I hope you've had a perfect Sunday. I'm refreshed and looking forward to the new week! Be back soon.

Beautiful Weekend

I hope you have a beautiful weekend. I'm loving these by Helen Frankenthaler...





First one found on the beautiful Designbird. 1,5,6,7 originally collected on O Seculo Prodigioso, found via Dark Silence in Suburbia. 2 from Jonathan Novak, 3 from The Best Time of The Day, 4 from Art Brokerage.

At Sotheby's

It is a beautiful Wednesday here and I'm loving it! Today we have a few pieces I'm coveting from Sotheby's upcoming auction of Important 20th Century Design. This Lalanne hippo opens into a bar - go see!... a Francois-Xavier Lalanne hippopotamus bar, a Gilbert Rohde floor lamp, a Line Vautrin box, and an Ilonka Karasz tea and coffee service. Enjoy and thank you for visiting.

Summery Pretty

Happy Tuesday to you! Apparently I need to get Elle Decor Italia from March 2011...I could spend a lot of my Summer relaxing in front of those windows. All these are from Inside and its counterpart Outside, originally from Elle Decor Italia. I found Inside thanks to the lovely Nelya of Head Over Heels.
The top two photographs, at least, are by Damian Russell for Elle Decor Italia.