a day in a life
happy saturday! i’m here again with just about a minute to say hi. tomorrow am i’m meeting with mb’s friend who’s going to help me lay out the book! i know it sounds stupid but it was real block. so i have homework but just wanted to post a few minutes of a super full day.
we were lucky to have a car and covered a ton of ground.
it’s like disney magic. but of all the things we did and saw,
i think the highlight was a detour into an estate sale held in a quintessential san fran home. it was the home of a woman who lived a san francisco life. the garage was full. there was a vanity, family photos, a pretty green oven, tons of costume jewelry and little chairs. she was a diva!
inside, her personalty really shone through. she loved detail and had a ton of white gloves, lingerie bags and embroidered linen hand towels.
i think this was her but am not positive
it’s kind of weird and sort of sacred when you get to look so intimately into someone’s life.
i had to smile coming across her collection of lotto games.she must have had 45 versions. i could just imagine her hosting lotto parties in this pretty little place on the hill in her bejeweled caftans.
ok well i better go! haven’t touched that homework. happy sunday!
Vicki Archer replied:
Sounds fun Claudia…did you find some goodies? xv
January 31, 2010 at 11:10 am. Permalink.
theparisapartment replied:
hi vicki! if you can believe it, i restrained myself. that’s no fun, i know, but i have so much to take home. i could have gone nuts with the loot in this town. it’s eVerYwHere!
January 31, 2010 at 4:57 pm. Permalink.
yvonne rosenfield replied:
Your comment on weird and invading ,,I know what you mean..
That makes me think of the Movie ZORBA ..
there was a scene that gave me nightmares.
The French woman is on her death bed and
the Greeks are robbing her. It was so awful
I never forgot it.
yvonne
January 31, 2010 at 4:56 pm. Permalink.
theparisapartment replied:
oooh sounds horrible! well this was a little lighter than that!
January 31, 2010 at 4:58 pm. Permalink.
Melissa replied:
Claudia!
You are still here in my pretty city by the Bay! I’m back home now after Southern state jaunt….
Looks like you are finding some pretty treasures.
Oh how I would love to share a latte with you!
~Melissa
January 31, 2010 at 9:08 pm. Permalink.
Nadine Bouler replied:
beautiful pics– thanks for the tour!
January 31, 2010 at 9:16 pm. Permalink.
joanny replied:
Claudia
The pics are real nice shots of SF the way the town is laid out you feel like you are in a stairway to heaven.
I know what you mean about it being “weird and sort of sacred when you get to look so intimately into someone’s life.” In the past I worked in a Trust Department and had to go into peoples homes and sort through every single item and work with auctioneers to arrange for the sale of the property — sometimes it would get to me – for these items held memories & stories for someone. I was young at the time and at first it was just ‘stuff’ -after a while I came to a realization & new respect for how I handled the dispersed someones property.
Joanny
the dowsers daughter
January 31, 2010 at 9:31 pm. Permalink.
unknowntheartist replied:
It is very interesting to be sift through other people’s items that they held dear to them in life. I am loving the front of the home, it is so cute ad elegant at the same time. The lady must have been quite the character :) Some great memories and collections found there, i bet :)
(I must admit that, that is the second monogrammed item pic I have seen in 24 hours on the internet without trying so one more monogram and I am getting some done!)
February 1, 2010 at 1:54 am. Permalink.
Karena replied:
Claudia so interesting! So many intimate objects and the stuff of real life!
February 1, 2010 at 4:45 am. Permalink.
ateliercheri replied:
Love the way you told that story!
Of all the treats, though, is not breathing that air off the bay the best?!
February 1, 2010 at 7:14 am. Permalink.
theparisapartment replied:
oh so true! we traveled the entire perimeter of the city and that is the best air!
February 1, 2010 at 5:46 pm. Permalink.
Libby replied:
The woman’s likeness was used in a Gap display at least a year or so ago. Now I want to go through my Andy Warhol book collection to find her identity!
February 3, 2010 at 5:36 pm. Permalink.
La Petite Plume replied:
Your Majesty!
I want to go now!!!! I can’t take it! The mirrored furniture is TO DIE FOR!!! I just want it ALL:)) What fabulous pics, thank you sooooo much for sharing them with us!
Royal wishes,
Daisy
February 5, 2010 at 1:13 am. Permalink.