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Category: Creativity

BRINGING THE LENS IN CLOSER FOR A…DIFFERENT VIEW

A closer look at our world can yield so many wonders which are often missed. I became a seeker of beauty when I was a small boy collecting shells on a beach or searching for interesting rocks. Our daughters, Lisa & Stacy, have similar traits. Stacy displays these beautiful flourite…

POUR A GLASS OF CHAMPAGNE AND TOUR A STUNNING HOME IN DALLAS

Our daughter Stacy and her good friend Bart have worked on various charity events in Dallas for many years. During our last trip Bart invited us to see their new home. We couldn’t wait to see Bart and this latest creation of his and Steven (who was travelling…

A TREASURE TROVE OF MEMORIES FROM THE CHANCE OPENING OF BOXES IN OUR WESCO FABRICS’ STORAGE LOCKER

I pulled out a medley of old photos, marketing materials, fabric work sheets, and much more from the saved boxes when we cleaned out our storage locker. I must say it was really fun to revisit these transformative times. This is a photo of me in my office next to…

A CLOSER LOOK…ARTIFACTS & DESIGN & DECORATIVE CURIOSITIES

Sometimes it is fun as well as interesting to look at things up close. It is easy to miss the beauty of “artifacts & design & decorative curiosities” when only looking at the large view. Let us take a closer look and see things in a new way…

FOR THOSE WHO LOVE TO SHOP…THE PARIS STOREFRONT

I love to shop but I like window shopping even more! I can’t think of anyplace better for this than…Paris! The varieties of creative window displays are almost endless from the iconic and often mesmerizing Louis Vuitton to a tiny boutique on a medieval lane. Everyone…

THE POWER OF THE PORTRAIT…our last day visiting Washington DC museums. A day of surprise, inspiration and transformation.

Our last day visiting museums was wonderful in every way. We organized our itinerary at breakfast with the National Portrait Gallery as our first stop. It was fascinating to see how the museum curators wove a visual story of the people who have shaped the country…presidents, poets, activists, and…

W456, GUN BARREL CITY TEXAS

The Thanksgiving Holiday brought a few very happy surprises. We had the whole family together at our daughter’s lake house on Cedar Springs Reservoir, a little over an hour south of Dallas. We loved seeing the grandkids have fun together as in special times past. I witnessed the…

FASHION AND FABRICS…Reminiscing on how the fashion world influenced our search for exciting fabrics.

The death of iconic journalist, Andre Talley, has put the fashion world on the brain, igniting memories on how this world shaped the development of our own decorative fabrics at Wesco Fabrics. Although we sold the company in 2017 there are times when the old memory bank kicks into overdrive…

LET’S GO TO A MUSEUM! A FEW OF MY FAVORITES

Most of us have our favorite museums which stimulate and enlighten our innately curious nature. We visit to view the ancient iconography and artistic creations of our world’s diverse cultures,…and also to experience the creativity of the new. The first museum I visited as a small…

Halcyon days with the family in Cap d’Antibes… visiting spots Gerald and Sara Murphy frequented in the roaring 1920’s with their friends, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald, Pablo Picasso, and Ernest Hemingway.

While in Cap d’Antibes this past July one of the places I wanted to visit “La Garoupe”, a beach area where Americans’ Gerald and Sara Murphy created summer sunbathing with a party atmosphere and their artistic friends came to soak up the rays in the…