A few months ago I mentioned starting a new series here as a tribute to my obsession with Chanel jackets, having been particularly inspired by this The Little Black Jacket book/exhibit that’s been touring the world: There’s probably a story or a memory associated with each of my Chanel jackets, hanging sometimes in order of season and other times by …
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Breaking Bad
I always told myself that I’d stay on the straight and narrow just in case some day, when they’ve pretty much run out of options some state would give me a robe and a gavel for a seat on the bench. But that’s probably a fantasy more farfetched than finding a grey Himalayan Kelly sitting on a shelf somewhere, unreserved, …
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Road To Adoption: When Two Birds Collide
Sometimes you just shouldn’t taunt Mother Nature. Last week I glibly wrote to someone that we Los Angelenos don’t even roll out of bed for any earthquake weaker than a 4.5. Fast forward to Friday around 9pm, when I was in the middle of preparing for a big event the morning after, the plantation shutters in my living room began …
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Wooden Music Box
This will be brief. My email box was swamped with requests from readers about the little robot I got from Taiwan so I’m posting more photos with info about it so that you can look for your own special music box online, but if you pass through the Taipei International Airport, you should be able to find them prominently displayed …
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Collier De Chien
So I’m in Taipei, deciphering my fortune cookie messages (wondering if that means one of my successful work projects will take me finally to base camp at Mount Everest!). And all I have to show for Taipei are these photos: Aren’t those cool wooden music boxes? Love the ones with the Eiffel Tower and ballerinas on a carousel but I …