June 21, 2010
Archive for June, 2010
C'est Inspiré is simply that - what is inspiring. Where the words end, images continue to speak. Seeing all that is around us, we seek some aspect of something that is life enhancing... something that you would like to be reminded of - to revisit. Something to capture and bring into your world, not leave behind... . That is why I take a camera everywhere; have spent countless hours organizing images in scrapbooks and pouring over them later to revisit the place, the people, the memory.
So, C'est Inspiré may be a single photo - or it may be 50, it may mean one thing to me, another to you - the meaning isn't important. Did it inspire? Did it make you smile? Did it bring back a pleasant memory? One or all of the above will do.
During a brief period of his life, the legendary art historian Bernard Berenson kept diaries where he wrote about how to see - and what he saw. These diaries were published under the title The Passionate Sightseer and edited by Raymund Mortimer.
Anyone, anywhere, anytime can be a passionate sightseer - just look.
C'est Inspiré : Monticello in Detail
...Some More Ideas! : Dining at Monticello
For the July issue of ELLE DECOR, Charlotte worked with photographer Pieter Estersohn and curator Susan Stein to produce a story on dining in the newly redecorated dining room at Monticello. After doing several tablesettings, we realized that there were countless options. We couldn’t help ourselves – so here are some others for you to consider…
There are always more options in your pantry than you think. Take the time to experiment, to explore, and create combinations. Photograph them so you won’t forget them, it will make setting the table that much easier.
Create a scrapbook for yourself of ideas and success stories – you will be glad you did.
Dining at Monticello: In Good Taste and Abundance, Edited by Damon Lee Fowler.
Dining with Jefferson, by Frances Carnahan
Thomas Jefferson’s Cookbook, by Marie Goebel Kimball
Check out Mitch Owens’ article on Monticello, Inspiration: Golden Age, in the July/August issue of ELLE DECOR!
“Thomas Jefferson’s table, ‘genteely and plentifully spread’ with a great array of foods and his ‘immense and costly variety of French and Italian wines,’ impressed his visitors and no doubt played a large part in establishing Monticello’s culinary distinction. The ceremony of dining and the cosmopolitan menu helped to establish Jefferson as a member of an international community of educated and worldly people. But in addition to cultivating the palates of family, friends, and visitors, the twice-daily meals were a purposeful social experience designed both to entertain and to edify. With Jefferson as host, the dining room was a stage for engaged discussion, or as his granddaughter recalled, Monticello was ‘completely the feast of reason.’” – Susan Stein, from Dining at Monticello: In Good taste and Abundance
Travel Scrapbook : Shopping in Charlottesville
Make it easy on yourself, go to The Scout Guide website for more on Shopping in Charlottesville!
The Scout Guide
www.scoutcharlottesville.com
And George – 3465 Ivy Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903 – 434.244.2800
www.andgeorge.com
The Organic Butcher of Cville – 416 West Main Street, Charlottesville, VA 22902 – 434.244.7400
www.theorganicbutcher.com
Duo – 101 Elliewood Avenue, Charlottesville, VA 22903 – 434.979.1212
Shopduo.com
Erika Jack Stationnaire – Wedding and Social Stationary, Charlottes, VA – 434.446.0766
www.erikajack.com
Kenny Ball Antiques is always on my must stop list for furniture, accessories, and the thing that was sitting there, waiting for me. Isn’t there always one thing that is just sitting there, waiting for you? And right next door is The Shade Shop, which is the go-to place in Charlottesville for shades of every color and shape.
Caspari for all your paper needs – 100 reasons to have a party – and everything you need for it. (But who really needs a reason? A party is a party.)
Accoutrements for entertaining, setting up a chic desk, for the indoor or the outdoor gardener…the perfect hostess gift. Good Heavens, a little bit of everything! Amongst my must-haves: 24 mini gardening shrugs for a special picnic in the garden, some beautiful tunics for my nieces and a few gourmet goodies…tomato-basil soup…and some colorful files for my desk.
Caspari – 100 West Main Street, Charlottesville, VA 22902 – (434) 817-7880
www.casparionline.com
Kenny Ball Antiques – 2125 Ivy Road, Charlottesville, VA 22903 – (434) 293-1361
www.kennyballantiques.com
