Cigarillos + Femmes de Paris

When someone invites me to Hudson Bar & Books for a few drinks and a little clandestine smoking, what can I do but say yes? I had the pleasure of doing just that with Ron Hogan, the editor of the literary weblog Beatrice.com last night. Ron has a book about American films of the 1970s coming out this fall and I was lucky enough to see the proofs, which look dazzling! He's also getting married at City Hall next month, which I think is a very stylish move.

He invited Pearl Abraham, author of the intriguing new novel The Seventh Beggar to join us, and she brought her equally fabulous friend Ines. Ines, who besides being just about to open a restaurant here in New York, is also the owner of a chic cafe called Morlang in Amsterdam that just so happens to be walking distance from the hotel I'll be staying at for the first couple days of next week. All in all, a serendipitously lovely and uncommonly charming evening.

Right now I'm also delighting in the spoils of two separate out-of-town houseguests in the past week: a lush Botanicus "Blue Bamboo" candle from Chris, and Femmes de Paris Vol.1, which technically Kevin forgot here, but y'know...

I'm headed out the door in a mo' to make my way downtown for an early screening of a film headed to Cannes and starring my gorgeous and ultratalented friend Ana, and then back to my apt. to do some work later on tonight. More tk, as always.