What do you get when you put a famous set designer, a famous creative image maker, beautiful orchids and the NY Botanical Gardens? You get the Orchid Show on Broadway!
Let’s say I love orchids and on selected Saturday evenings, I will get the opportunity to see an exclusive late “performance” of The Orchid Show: On Broadway. There’s this great deal to see the show, where you can enjoy cocktails and merriment amid the thousands of spectacular orchids.
Then at the end of the evening have a wonderful dinner at one of the NY Botanical Garden’s partner restaurants featuring special offers exclusively for Orchid Evenings ticket holders (Non-Member $30, Members $10); which includes a cocktail. Go to their http://www.nybg.org to get all the details.
How nice is that!
Orchid lovers, there will be over 300 types of orchids will be displayed in dramatic scenes! I don’t want to give too much away….but it is quite extraordinary!
Tony Award winning*, set designer Scott Pask and image maker Drew Hodges, have collaborated with Botanical Gardens curators a wonderful adaptions of legendary Broadway venues!
Great idea for an evening! If not in NYC, check your city for events at your Botanical Garden.
Letia 🙂
http://www.nybc.org, Pask awarded his first Tony award for the Scenic design of Martin McDonagh’s The Pillowman, which he originally designed for the National Theatre in London.
Hey, you ever thought about giving a glam effect to your desk! Many desk accessories are OK, but guess what you can also use? Bathroom accessories! Next time you are in the bed and bath area of a store, look at the styles you perhaps might would like also on your desk!
Bathroom ensembles are very decorative and fashionable now. Why not choose a holder, one does not have the toothbrush holes, but has slots (or is detachable)? This can be used for holding pens or pencils on your desk! The drinking cup can be used also as a holder!
Some tissue holders are usually designed with a slot at the top; nothing on the bottom. Turn it over and you have a vase to hold silk flowers to put on your desk. Or better yet, if you want real flowers, put a smaller glass vase inside, fill it with water and place your steams. If you can’t use it for what I mentioned, still use it as a tissue holder, but place it on your desk!
Soap dish holders can be used to hold paper clips, rubber bands, staples, change etc. The wastebasket at your desk, does not have to be drab! Use the decorative bathroom wastebasket and place it right by your desk!
If you notice, it appears the wastebaskets are getting smaller in diameter, they also can be used as a vase! Got you thinking??? The soap dispenser, does not have to be in the bathroom. You can fill it with hand sanitizer; it will be a rather nice way to keep you hands clean for you and those who visit! These are just some ideas to bring some brightness to your desk, the way you like it! Let’s call it room recycling!
See what’s on my desk, see the pencils, that’s a toothbrush holder! Really! I love silver and its accented with broken mirror pieces. A little different; but kind of nice for my desk!!
I was also using the matching wastebasket as a vase, until one of my girlfriends said, that it would make a wonderful EARLY birthday present! All I can say to that, is that I don’t have it anymore! 🙂
So the next time you are in a store, take a look! There are so many styles to choose from! You don’t have all the accessories at your desk, but choose a couple! Your space is important and it’s fun to be creative!
Remember; there are no rules!
Letia 🙂
P.s. Don’t forget to look in the clearance section too!
Pearly Queen, Bathroom ensemble by Blonder Bath, ®
It’s important to make your spaces enjoyable, there should be a certain feeling that you want to convey! The feeling should express, I don’t want to leave – OR – I can’t wait to get home. In earlier posts, I provided you with quizzes to find your personal style or suggested using a paint color, that you love, but you’ve dare to tell anyone that you’re; let’s say BOLD! A home should be filled with furniture, flowers, textures..things that make you just happy. Whatever you decide, you don’t have to always hire a designer, decorator or landscaper.. there are various magazines,which can give you great ideas. However, if you just don’t know how, what to do or where to start, they are available to help you; making the experience and journey enjoyable!
Yes! Your space should be exactly how you want it to BE! One of my dearest friends, Mark Kramer, Executive Chef, Creative Director & Proprietor of Susan Lawrence in Chappaqua NY for years has often talked about changing the gardens surrounding his Patterson, NY home to show how he feels. Mark has such a great appreciation of life and has had this internal vision for maintaining a certain balance for quite some time, often speaking to him constantly….that he decided “I better do this; it’s very important to me.” http://www.susanlawrence.com/home/biography.aspx
I had the great opportunity of seeing his vision from start to fruition! Mark was so very passionate about this project, taking careful consideration on selecting the right people to help him. Now and then, he would in passing speak with Michael Spitzer; renown landscape architect and partner of New York City landscape architecture firm Landgarden®.He decided to call him; which began a wonderful collaboration of creativity; as well as a wonderful friendship for them both. http://www.landgarden.com/
Michael Spitzer’s work is quite remarkable; however the careful detail plan he developed on Mark’s vision was beyond superb! I am so used to looking at floor plans; that I’d remember that day when Mark received the plans drawn up by Michael Spitzer. Mark spreaded them across his dining room table; I was simply floored and Mark was so excited; he was actually blushing in joy. Every foot of the proposed land was considered; the intended flower beds, tree types, pathways, inclinations, daylight direction and water irrigations! Every foot (giggle)!
Now this is the time, the grounds would depict their true blooming period; the end of May, the middle of June. So Mark called me up and invited me over to see (he was so excited). Well the experience for me was kind of surreal, because when you arrive to Mark’s home, you first walk up a driveway, a normal driveway to a very inviting tall white gate, with this very intriguing black door handle to enter.
Upon going through the gate, you’re simply blown away! It’s like partaking in story you’ve read about, where you’ve moved from reality to enchantment! You are greeted with the sound of various birds just chirping away, a beautiful assortment of flower beds, in so many varieties and such an array of colors. There’s this alliance of holly trees, lilac trees (my favorite) and these poignant evergreens standing tall. As I walked closer, the luring fragrance of jasmine just captured my attention as I approached the first sitting area! Then, when I turn slightly to my far left, I then saw an alluring white trellis protecting this beautiful herb garden!
In my amazement, it got even better! In between my footsteps, I then heard this trickling of water; very calm I must say. As we both walked together a little further, I found slate steps descending down to a miniature patio! As I stepped down, I found to my surprise I was right in front of a koi pond with this simple, yet quite lovely waterfall. The koi pond filled with ten of the most happiest exotic, rather large koi fish you ever did want to see. I kid you not, as I sat there for a while at the foot of the pond I noticed all sorts of nature friends around; from the littlest frog to these two chipmunks popping in out of the cat mint shrubs. Even the bumble bees were quite friendly!
If asked what’s my favorite thing, I can’t decide whether it’s the scrumptious peonies or even the secret path to wisp you beyond the grounds; which literally gives anyone the invitation to have another magical moment. The type of enjoyment which reminds you of your childhood hide and seek days! Pssst, take a sneak peek of Mark Kramer’s gardens!
While sitting drinking my Elderflower martini, Mark expressed how he now wanted to concentrate on the home’s interior. A few rooms have been changed (which he is so pleased with), however understands the same approach as he did for his gardens, should be done for the home’s interior. To help him with this task, Mark indicated that he recently met with Marsha Russell of Satinwood, Ltd Interior Designto share his ideas and is so excited that they are going to be working together!
Marsha Russell recently provided her expertise to one of America’s favorite actresses, Meg Ryan! You can see Meg Ryan’s beach home in the June issue of ELLE DECORtitled “relax”! A five-year project, where Meg Ryan’s Martha’s Vineyard, Massachusetts’ home also scripted a wonderful collaboration between them both, reflecting Meg’s personal style. While talking with Mark, I’d looked through the pages more intently, Meg Ryan’s home is simply divine! My favorite is the dining area, it’s informal, yet very inviting and the multitude of beautiful indoor windows reflects the sunlight spectacularly; incredible! I will say this…without a doubt, Mark will definitely be in great hands with Marsha Russell! If you get a chance review the issue to see Meg Ryan’s home; it’s full of great ideas!
Well, it’s time for me to leave (I didn’t want to go)! Leaving through the same gate I entered only 2 hours ago, I am feeling like I’m placing a bookmark in a magical book I’m reading, pausing the story and now here I’m at my car searching for my keys in my pocketbook! Back to driving and the traffic lights; but oh what a good feeling I will have while driving home! I am truly happy for my friend, truly!!!
Letia Mitchell LifeStyle & Design® 