The Creme de la Creme!

I just watched the wonderful film The Prime of Miss Jean Brodie. I have not seen a lot of Dame Maggie Smith's films (Sister Act and Sister Act II, anyone?), but let me say this is her at her best. She plays an unorthodox, wildly exuberant teacher "in her prime" at a girls school in Scotland in the 1930s who has some strange teaching ideas and is adored by her students, the Brodie Girls. "I am in the business of putting old heads on young shoulders and all my pupils are the creme de la creme!"  The scenery and costumes are really terrific as well.

And look at the movie poster! 

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Cafiero Select

From Cafiero Select, an amazing design firm/store. I am totally in love! How perfectly polished and eclectic.

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You Shoe-dn't Have

Just picked up these Sperry Chukka Boots for $38. Good deal, no?

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Consider: Gallery Walls

I love a gallery wall grouping of art, especially when it is a total mix of sizes, mediums and frames. Here's some nice examples:

The new J Crew Mens store

James Hyde Unbuilt Exhibit

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Design on a Dime

I missed the Housing Works Design on a Dime, but I've found some photos from the event. Looks like there were some wonderful rooms. Must go next year!

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Consider: Liam Stevens

Charming stuff by Liam Stevens. Here.

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Consider: Apartmento

Apartmento is "an everyday life interiors" mag.  Says one of the editors, "Apartmento is there to capture the moment in liufe you start living in your own home and you want it to reflect your own personality." I quite like the sound of that. Not available in the US just yet, but I'd like to get my hands on the new issue.

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I think I love you

Tall, tall chair. Perfect for tall, tall me. (and my future 1880's farmhouse)

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Julia

So I was watching the last hour of Legends of the Fall yesterday with my friend D, and might I say I was completely captivated by Julia Ormond. She literally took my breath away everytime she appeared on screen. She was sooo exquisite playing an unhappy, broken woman in early 20th century Montana. Her skin, her face, the costumes, her eyes, her eyebrows! I think I am strangely captivated by women with pale skin, dark hair and thick eyebrows. Kind of like this beauty:

Danielle, from this great blog Backyard Bill

Or Hilary Rhoda, probably my favorite model ever.

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