Showing posts with label museums. Show all posts
Showing posts with label museums. Show all posts

5.9.14

The Many Uses of a Fouta Towel!

When we were in Jackson Hole this summer, I picked up a fouta towel on our way to Jenny Lake as a last minute picnic blanket. Aspens Market is a really great deli/butcher/grocer in Wilson that also stocks brands like Rifle Paper Co, Cake Vintage, and Baggu. It's a good thing I don't shop there regularly :) I wasn't very prepared for our hike, so I ended up using my fouta towel as a nursing cover on the boat across the lake, knotted it as a sling for Lela, and then as a scarf! Multitasking at its finest! 
We went to the Matisse exhibit in San Antonio and I nursed my way through it too. I've never been able to maneuver nursing covers gracefully, but the fouta towel is big enough for you and baby to stay covered without causing a scene. The dimensions are 34"x68" so it makes a nice throw for the sofa too! Here's a few websites that carry them:  Scents & Feel, Turkish T,  Fouta Lifestyle, and I've found them on sale via Gilt and One Kings Lane. I also use this one backed in terry cloth from Serena & Lily. The best part is that they dry so much faster than regular bath towels!! 

16.4.12

Tarco Bags

These would make such fantastic diaper bags!
Tarco Nakazato, currently showing at Nidi Gallery in Tokyo

5.5.11

Lulu Love

"Mother Nature is my biggest inspiration."
Now doing china!!

14.4.11

Beach Chic

Deauville (1959)
Cap d'Antibes, Eden Roc (1957)
Biarritz (1959)

Going on now at Bonni Benrubi Gallery, NYC

27.3.11

Urban Oasis

Perfect time of the year to visit the gardens at Bayou Bend.

31.5.10

Shopping at the Museum

No matter what city I'm in, I always visit the museums to browse the exhibits, eat in the restaurants, and explore the gift shops. They're filled with such interesting accessories, objects, and books that are hard to find and always out of the ordinary. My all time favorite gift shops are 107Rivoli in Paris and the V&A Shop in London.
I finally made it to the Alice Neel exhibit at the Museum of Fine Arts last week, which I highly recommend. We were one day too late for the Sargent and the Sea but still managed to reap the benefits at the gift shop, as all sea-inspired merchandise was 50% off. I found this adorable pair of star fish earrings for $7 and could have easily scooped up all the coral.


A museum gift shop seems like the last place to go jewelry shopping, but if you saw these crocheted pieces by Claudia Lobao, you might think otherwise!


No trip to the MFAH is complete without paying a visit to The Corn Poppy...I bought her postcard so I can have her framed at home...

(P was more into spelling words in the atrium than seeing the art)

3.3.10

Art cards

I love receiving hand-written notes in the mail, and I especially enjoy opening the envelope to a piece of art. I have received the following cards, some as thank you notes and holiday cards. Whatever the reason may be, I think they are delightful.

Jean-Louis Forain

Edward Potthast

Lawrence S. Harris

The Met Online Store has a great selection of stationary. And jewelry...