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Mansion at O
I am finding all sorts of weirdly familiar and reminiscent things in my local newspaper this week. How strange it is to have these offshoot connections. There was an article about The Mansion on O in The Post, O, So Weird and Wonderful, but Zofia Smardz in the travel section. I could travel 20 minutes across town to be there. The odd thing for me is I have been wanting to go here for quite some time — ever since a client of mine was planning her wedding reception at this location back in the 90’s. I had never heard about this strange high-priced ($350 a night) hotel, off Dupont…
A Show House Across the Lake
My mother attended a Show House recently across Lake Ponchartrain, across from New Orleans. Here are her notes. A recent tour of Southern Living’s Louisiana Idea House yielded some surprises but not many ideas. Southern Living calls Bayou Bend, located in the Terra Bella development outside of Covington, Louisiana, a “quiet cottage”. Granted, its location is quiet, but its size is not what I’d call a cottage. It has 4 bedrooms, a study, mud room, a garage apartment and I didn’t even count the number of baths! Designers Grace Kaynor and Vesta Fort did feature works by local artists, though. Large cypress doors open onto an entry with a tile…
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Effen
That’s Effen for Effen Vodka, which in Dutch means: 1) smooth, 2) even, 3) balanced and cleverly is “a five letter word.” It certainly is but there’s a story to go with it. I will start here with giving them high credit for their branding, which is some of the best I’ve seen. I love the clean, sleek look of their design and the play on words. I even like Effen vodka and it’s now our “house” brand. Kettle One still takes the cake for straight flavor taste — if you like vodka. Since I’m running behind this week, the lounge music on their site, btw, is the music for…
