C here, another typical week come and gone. I'm settling into the daily grind, and starting to feel relaxed and comfortable living as a New Yorker.This week has been busy as usual in the design community. Drake-sters started the week off making an appearance at the annual Alpha Awards. Every year, Alpha Workshops hosts an awards event honoring a few exceptional people in the design community. Alpha Workshops is a company that creates hand painted wall-coverings and finishes. Most everyone that works for
Alpha has AIDS. They are given the opportunity to carry on with their lives, receive education, and create successful careers despite their illness. Jamie is the President of the board and hosted the awards night this year. This is such a fun event, the whole office comes to show their support, socialize, eat, drink, and make new friends.
Later in the week, I was off to the opening night of the "Decor on the Shore" Showhouse. This is a showhouse out in Deal, NJ. Deal is a community that is comparable to the Hampton's. A very specific group of Sephardic Jews that live in Brooklyn all summer together at their mansions in Deal. 14 different designers were in charge of designing different rooms in this mansion. Drake design, more specifically Darrin and I, took on this project to design the Dining Room.
I was very excited this week to have a visitor, my old boss from Adib's Rug Gallery, Dr. Hamid Adib. He was out here for some conferences and we were able to meet up for dinner. It was so good to see him! Hamid is so much fun to talk to, we spent a good portion of the night talking about religion, and its so great to talk with someone that is so open minded and respectful of others beliefs and thoughts.Well, the weekend is here, and it is time for some much needed R & R. Enjoy the Memorial Day weekend.
XoXo,
C
