Skirted Roundtable: On Jealousy in Blogland

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiErsIPF2Rw7rQ167XYW6ZEVp_t4U37TRJW8RAKPcqH4AixAgZwlyjv4ejHQaokjCfxFBxl45x6h7lEvDq6iykbdxDwcXGOh8u5Qi9TYR12908HUL9CQbwI2K2P0pSKIonEioqsIhlSqPqw/s1600-h/jealousy8.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="520" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiErsIPF2Rw7rQ167XYW6ZEVp_t4U37TRJW8RAKPcqH4AixAgZwlyjv4ejHQaokjCfxFBxl45x6h7lEvDq6iykbdxDwcXGOh8u5Qi9TYR12908HUL9CQbwI2K2P0pSKIonEioqsIhlSqPqw/s640/jealousy8.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div style="text-align: center;"><div style="text-align: center;"><span style="font-size: x-small;">"Jealousy" by <a href="http://www.androidblues.com/JealousyStepbystep/jealousystep.html">Stephen Stahlberg -</a>click on the image for larger view - the detail is amazing!</span></div></div><div style="text-align: center;"><br /></div>This week at<a href="http://skirtedroundtable.blogspot.com/2010/03/green-eyed-monster-in-blogland.html"> The Skirted Roundtable</a>, Joni, Megan and I chat about blogger jealousy. It's an all too human emotion and we've all experienced it. So, please join us and let us know if you've experienced it and how you deal with it.<br /><br />Listen <a href="http://skirtedroundtable.blogspot.com/2010/03/green-eyed-monster-in-blogland.html">here</a>. <br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/40/61AD69B5456EE9E48D48218DA34439B1.png" style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; border: 0pt none ! important;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/EQjz" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"><img alt="" src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon16x16.png" style="border: 0pt none; vertical-align: middle;" /></a> <a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/EQjz" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml">Subscribe to ::Surroundings::</a>

Skirted Roundtable: On Jealousy in Blogland

"Jealousy" by Stephen Stahlberg - click on the image for larger view - the detail is amazing! This week at The Skirted Roundtable...

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What is old is new again and what is new isn't all that new afterall

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj-NjFtLi5VTZMVKGxhDtkByXYqMPKQTUSQprzEOzSv5BTdIzwUiuT30qV1OFFVlWmfnTEVOPzQbx0pUzvGlKTDMYWRU98rRiihN6w4HvI2LJ58XDve1NnqUSK6JQ8gmjKWIbJRIOKEmPP/s1600-h/schn.slide.1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="427" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgj-NjFtLi5VTZMVKGxhDtkByXYqMPKQTUSQprzEOzSv5BTdIzwUiuT30qV1OFFVlWmfnTEVOPzQbx0pUzvGlKTDMYWRU98rRiihN6w4HvI2LJ58XDve1NnqUSK6JQ8gmjKWIbJRIOKEmPP/s640/schn.slide.1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Yesterday, I did a post about the gorgeous <a href="http://chameleon-interiors.blogspot.com/2010/03/travel-tuesday-gramercy-park-hotel-no.html">Gramercy Park Hotel </a>in New York, designed by Julian Schnabel. The overall color palette of red, pink reds and apple green is striking and bold. Mr. Schnabel's design of the public areas was carried into the private quarters by the hotel's in house design staff in the bold and dramatic color palette. However, the relative lack of pattern in the textiles and walls makes for a more restful atmosphere - a nice thing in a hotel room. <br /><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWen09ObFaKAmzndZHgtqre_ydTKegVJ7ua_Q2u5fS0oaMiOkjwLrHqDD6-NYEihiMGBc6M-14WR4jHhnVZVyjpuYV1BggujYfITMYAx4U3gAXM2we2fRWIH38XORJiXz2nSiolmawgs7p/s1600/5+Star+Hotel+NYC+-+Gramercy+Park+Hotel,+a+5+star+NYC+luxury+design+hotel_1267507774998.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiWen09ObFaKAmzndZHgtqre_ydTKegVJ7ua_Q2u5fS0oaMiOkjwLrHqDD6-NYEihiMGBc6M-14WR4jHhnVZVyjpuYV1BggujYfITMYAx4U3gAXM2we2fRWIH38XORJiXz2nSiolmawgs7p/s640/5+Star+Hotel+NYC+-+Gramercy+Park+Hotel,+a+5+star+NYC+luxury+design+hotel_1267507774998.png" width="520" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5uRUqxsZkjlOPd-_Po6nUS8TwBROhk0mVQ9Zu4DYl1aSWaqKNYfp1k4AnA-m9cJeqK1LisCbeXdfBJm_9JlS5xYM3MSKkwf7VsL7aIUd5WwwXRz_stCxBuRKpxDoqOKhIxpP7_BPLM3WK/s1600/Images+and+Movies+of+New+York+City%E2%80%99s+Gramercy+Park,+A+Luxury+Ian+Schrager+Hotel+-+Hotel+Photos+New+York,+NY_1267508532504.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="484" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi5uRUqxsZkjlOPd-_Po6nUS8TwBROhk0mVQ9Zu4DYl1aSWaqKNYfp1k4AnA-m9cJeqK1LisCbeXdfBJm_9JlS5xYM3MSKkwf7VsL7aIUd5WwwXRz_stCxBuRKpxDoqOKhIxpP7_BPLM3WK/s640/Images+and+Movies+of+New+York+City%E2%80%99s+Gramercy+Park,+A+Luxury+Ian+Schrager+Hotel+-+Hotel+Photos+New+York,+NY_1267508532504.png" width="640" /></a></div><br />I was clicking around the internet yesterday and came across an image of the rooms below and it struck me instantaneously how similar the color palettes are.  The James Duncan, Jr. House was built in 1805 in  Haverhill, MA is now part of the <a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/hd/fede/ho_12.121.htm">Metropolitan Museum of Art Collection</a>. <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/images/h2/h2_12.121.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="504" src="http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/images/h2/h2_12.121.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/images/hb/hb_12.121_av1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="502" src="http://www.metmuseum.org/toah/images/hb/hb_12.121_av1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br />Naturally, as happens when doing blog posts, one thing leads to another and hours (literally) later, I've collected a handful of images that reflect a similar palette from different eras and regions.<br /><br />Edgar Degas "Dancers in Pink and Green" ca 1890 (Image from the Met Museum website)<br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://go2.wordpress.com/?id=725X1342&site=dancingperfectlyfree.wordpress.com&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdancingperfectlyfree.files.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F09%2Fdegas-dancers-pink-and-green-ca-1890.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://go2.wordpress.com/?id=725X1342&site=dancingperfectlyfree.wordpress.com&url=http%3A%2F%2Fdancingperfectlyfree.files.wordpress.com%2F2008%2F09%2Fdegas-dancers-pink-and-green-ca-1890.jpg" width="585" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;"> "Le Moulin Rouge" by Lucien Genin, 1930</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://www.younghotelier.com/stories/ggf-hotels-france-timeless-luxury.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="312" src="http://www.younghotelier.com/stories/ggf-hotels-france-timeless-luxury.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><i>Palazzo Sagredo </i>in Venice is now in the <a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/works_of_art/collection_database/european_sculpture_and_decorative_arts/bedroom_from_the_sagredo_palace_venice_abbondio_stazio_of_massagno/objectview_enlarge.aspx?page=2&sort=0&sortdir=asc&keyword=&fp=1&dd1=12&dd2=0&vw=1&collID=12&OID=120003585&vT=1"><i>Metropolitan Museum of Art</i></a>. circa 1718<br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.metmuseum.org/Imageshare/es/large/DT11665.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="http://www.metmuseum.org/Imageshare/es/large/DT11665.jpg" width="506" /></a></div><i><br /></i><br /><br />  Bedchamber in Versailles via <a href="http://www.houseandhome.com/design/grand-bedroom-palace-versailles">House and Home</a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.houseandhome.com/files/imagecache/gallery-image/Untitled-2_9.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="337" src="http://www.houseandhome.com/files/imagecache/gallery-image/Untitled-2_9.jpg" width="400" /></a></div><br /><a href="http://www.houseandhome.com/design/grand-bedroom-palace-versailles"></a><br /><br />Gyeongbokgung Palace Chamber, Korea, via <a href="http://www.flickr.com/photos/psychocemia/1864617662/">Flickr</a><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2368/1864617662_3b1cb2df73.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="480" src="http://farm3.static.flickr.com/2368/1864617662_3b1cb2df73.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><br />Oh, and if pink is your color, visit Gwen Driscoll's Ragland Hill Social for her <a href="http://gwendriscoll.blogspot.com/search/label/Week%20of%20Pink">Week in Pink</a> series of posts.<br /><br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.mylivesignature.com/" target="_blank"><img src="http://signatures.mylivesignature.com/54487/40/61AD69B5456EE9E48D48218DA34439B1.png" style="-moz-background-clip: border; -moz-background-inline-policy: continuous; -moz-background-origin: padding; background: transparent none repeat scroll 0% 0%; border: 0pt none ! important;" /></a><br /><br /><a href="http://feeds.feedburner.com/blogspot/EQjz" rel="alternate" type="application/rss+xml"><img alt="" src="http://www.feedburner.com/fb/images/pub/feed-icon16x16.png" style="border: 0pt none; 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What is old is new again and what is new isn't all that new afterall

Yesterday, I did a post about the gorgeous Gramercy Park Hotel in New York, designed by Julian Schnabel. The overall color palette of red, p...

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Travel Tuesday: Gramercy Park Hotel, a no Ikea zone

<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://blog.oyster.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/lobby-gramercy-park-hotel-v83797-6401.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="425" src="http://blog.oyster.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/02/lobby-gramercy-park-hotel-v83797-6401.jpg" width="640" /></a></div>I got a little heads up email today from Sara Blask who writes a blog for <a href="http://blog.oyster.com/ikea-doesnt-fly-at-the-gramercy-park-hotel-8282/">Oyster Hotel Reviews blog</a>. She wrote was writing to give me a heads up about a post she'd written about an Icelandic couple - formerly wealthy residents of the swank <a href="http://www.gramercyparkhotel.com/">Gramercy Park Hotel</a> in New York - who were being sued for renting out their private residence that had an Ikea kitchen installed. Apparently, the renters weren't thinking Ikea was good enough for the $312k annual rental. Anyway, you can read the whole story <a href="http://blog.oyster.com/ikea-doesnt-fly-at-the-gramercy-park-hotel-8282/">here</a>. It's pretty funny.<br /><br />Meanwhile, I thought I'd post pics of the rest of the hotel, that includes 23 private residences, hotel rooms, restaurants, bars, gym, spa...  The hotel has played home to notables such as Humphrey Bogart and the Joseph P. Kennedy family (pre-Ambassador to England days), and Babe Ruth hung out at the bar. In the 1950's Herbert Weissberg turned the hotel into a Bohemian inspired establishment known for its low prices and privacy. Notable guests included Bob Marley and Bob Dylan, the first cast of Saturday Night Live and Madonna.  In 2003, following Weissberg's death, the hotel was sold to Ian Shrager, whom National Geographic Travel referred to as the "Iventor of the boutique hotel". The hotel was designed by artist Julian Schnabel and still reflects its bohemian past. Here's a link to a New York Times article on Julian Schablel "<a href="http://www.nytimes.com/2006/08/03/garden/03hotel.html?_r=1&pagewanted=2">The Reluctant Decorator</a>". <br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://www.codenuit.com/image/Ian+Schrager+Company_335.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="596" src="http://www.codenuit.com/image/Ian+Schrager+Company_335.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRVhqG78k-v_9PU_d8UhdAflHh6Vglx1-i-z-SDBt0jVqejqpnUENiG_5M8fnG0YeNOFoqwwfXnSkr89BCzITWwC5XOZKK9wHZ4Zmnp9hQV2Rw-U0hcrPDn1tmNcACPjMy4EON5rNlffbU/s1600-h/Images+and+Movies+of+New+York+City%E2%80%99s+Gramercy+Park,+A+Luxury+Ian+Schrager+Hotel+-+Hotel+Photos+New+York,+NY_1267507572385.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiRVhqG78k-v_9PU_d8UhdAflHh6Vglx1-i-z-SDBt0jVqejqpnUENiG_5M8fnG0YeNOFoqwwfXnSkr89BCzITWwC5XOZKK9wHZ4Zmnp9hQV2Rw-U0hcrPDn1tmNcACPjMy4EON5rNlffbU/s640/Images+and+Movies+of+New+York+City%E2%80%99s+Gramercy+Park,+A+Luxury+Ian+Schrager+Hotel+-+Hotel+Photos+New+York,+NY_1267507572385.png" width="507" /></a></div><br /><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt2b-6t6dYZslIiAyve5WnfkTD0zgjNg_iyYU4fHFucCOtKW18xDOoq00IN7dYtE4CTnglpQDuOWoByOQLezUPq-RUwbpjXECx5i9D2QN2PpIuio5BGSyBq4V4T67aO_o4g43TZKqKpFIq/s1600-h/5+Star+Hotel+NYC+-+Gramercy+Park+Hotel,+a+5+star+NYC+luxury+design+hotel_1267507612927.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgt2b-6t6dYZslIiAyve5WnfkTD0zgjNg_iyYU4fHFucCOtKW18xDOoq00IN7dYtE4CTnglpQDuOWoByOQLezUPq-RUwbpjXECx5i9D2QN2PpIuio5BGSyBq4V4T67aO_o4g43TZKqKpFIq/s640/5+Star+Hotel+NYC+-+Gramercy+Park+Hotel,+a+5+star+NYC+luxury+design+hotel_1267507612927.png" width="515" /></a> </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/08/03/garden/schn.slide.1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="427" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/08/03/garden/schn.slide.1.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,San Serif;">Michael Weschler for The New York Times</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/08/02/garden/schn.slide.2.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="426" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/08/02/garden/schn.slide.2.jpg" width="640" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,San Serif;">Michael Weschler for The New York Times</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"> <a href="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/08/03/garden/schn.slide.4.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" height="427" src="http://graphics8.nytimes.com/images/2006/08/03/garden/schn.slide.4.jpg" width="640" /></a> <span style="color: #666666; font-family: Arial,Helvetica,San Serif;">Michael Weschler for The New York Times</span></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiQXbr4ANTtXpF2lrjOXglIatHPGbBtueFy98OFQBkseDhVdGIDRTjThyphenhyphenrr0bUkQ7nu3Q0alUbBViktrqWCwYto_g0BMNthUjEiuD_qyZFSXU0n20yo-lhChThGKWE6dsdTXOiVPt80oKKh/s1600-h/5+Star+Hotel+NYC+-+Gramercy+Park+Hotel,+a+5+star+NYC+luxury+design+hotel_1267507642132.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; 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Clearly, the private rooms are designed in the manner of the public rooms - using the same saturated color palettes and bold furnishings. But they certainly all look very comfortable and significantly more "real". 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