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Showing posts with label New York City. Show all posts

The Dream in New York City


Flanked by Broadway and 7th Avenue, on West 55thst, is a hotel which in one way or another is a little bit unique - unique in an incredibly nice manner. This is the Dream Hotel New York.

Distinct considering that not a lot of hotels offer a 2-floor aquariums, or a enormous figurine of Catherine The Great. Dream in New York has that as well as more. This is not sculptured deco, rather it is beautiful simple and fashionable. Friendly, stylishly suited team meet you as you enter the lobby and 14 suites and 200 - ahead of setting out to the shops of the Big Apple. Subject to your flavor in colors, the decor of the suites or rooms are different. They are all made of white and a slight blue neon-blue lighting below the bed. Do not be terrified of the desks with glass tops, they're stronger than they you may think.

On the negative side, the white decorations underlines even the minutest wear.

You will find some facilities in the room or suite but, in the case of internet connection it is pay-as-you go. Plasma TV affixed on the wall offering restricted free to air stations. The suites and rooms are just tailor-made specially for lounging specifically on the bed of feathers and as an additional bonus, a fluffy Monarch bathrobe.

Non-smoking rooms are available just like in-room safes and mini-bars.

The key card gives you a gentle souvenir of eateries are available and a hint of shopping tips. Dream New York has a number of marvelous bargains like a courtesy yoga and meditation sessions at the Chopra Deepak Center not forgetting a gym pass to one of the local facilities. Valet and street parking are on hand. Internal dining and partying is available for you at Ava Lounge - sky high on the 15th floor which has great scene; or " RmFifty5" and its French provincial decorations. For Pizza lovers, Serafina Broadway gives some of the top narrow-crust crispy pizzas in town. For a comfortable, expert atmosphere, you will find it all at The Crystal Room.

Five-star treat is the lot of this Vikram Chatwal owned hotel. So, no need to dream it, check it out and experience the Dream.

A Showroom Home


A rotating collection of mid century furniture and art work in this Upper West Side Apartment is switched out every three months.  Once the decorator duo sells a piece they bring in new ones.  It kinda sounds like what I do with accessories.  Gustavo and Mark travel the Globe to seek out playful wares and chic furniture to maintain a fresh Pied-a-Terre and gallery space for GM Decor  

Stephen Sills and Apthorp


Some say the Apthorp building, designed by Clinton & Russell between 1906 and 1908 is the most beautiful residential building in NYC.  Just recently, the designer known for classic interiors, Stephen Sills was selected as the creative director for this NYC landmark.  I have no doubt that this Upper West Side gem will in fact be the most beautiful complex in the city after Sills waves his magic wand over it!  Stephen's work below is testament to this. 

Things you shouldn't be without

 Beach wood Box with colored pencils

Brook Farm is my new favorite general store.  They carry your basic household items, but with just a little panache!

 Bamboo dish rack

 Leather dog collar

 Gigogne glasses, Duralex!

 Hammam Towels from Tunisia

Royall Lyme, unisex cologe since 1957

Cottage watering can, nickel plated

Oversized iron nails

100% Virgin wood blankets
Waxed canvas tote

Savon de Marseilles. A household staple

Pair of Secateurs with beechwood handles and brass inlay

Sigg mini lunch box

Stanley Flask. Another staple!

Stainless steel straws

Honeycomb weave cotton blanket

Spool of twine

On Line

El Lissitzy

MOMA's current exhibition, "On Line"  is a must see for anyone who appreciates art.  Through Feb.7.  Here are some of my favorites.

"Surface TensionThis first section explores artists’ drive to construct and represent movement through line within the flat picture plane, including examples of the Futurist exploration of speed and movement in form around 1910, and the advent of Cubist collage, originating in 1912— considered a first attempt to move from the imaginary surface of representation to the space of the real world."

 Kurt Schwitters

Lyubov Popova 

 Umberto Buccioni

Vasily Kandinsky


"Line Extension - Works in this section play with lines that extend beyond flatness into real space—that is, into social space." 

 Alexander Calder

 Anna Maria Maiolino

 Atsuko Tanaka

 Paul Klee

Paul Klee

"Confluence of Line and Plane - In the exhibition's final section, artists push their lines, both literally and conceptually, out into the “real” world: onto the walls of buildings, into the earth, and into the spaces of our daily life"

 Emily Kam Kngwarray

 Giuseppe Penone

 Gordon Matta-Clark

 Julie Mehretu

 Michelle Stuart

Edith Dekynd