Living a literary life doesn't just mean having one of those magical old double-height libraries that require a sliding ladder to reach the highest shelves (although I dream of that, too). Maybe it's just a little poetic flourish here and there. For instance, I wouldn't mind starting each morning by reminding myself of a tenderhearted admonition from one of my true heroines, Colette, author of much-loved subversive classics like La Vagabonde, Cheri and the Claudine novels: You will do foolish things, but do them with enthusiasm. It certainly bears repeating! If said while seated at the perfect vanity in homage? All the better ["Colette" vanity, on sale at Anthropologie for $199.95]. Related: keeping a crumpled copy of the poem "Chanel Lipstick" by Reetika Vazirani in the drawer.
Windowlicker - from the French for window shopping: faire du lèche-vitrine - appears on Tuesday and Thursdays at 10am EST.
I've been eying this vanity so I'm delighted to find out it's on sale!
Posted by: kim | May 28, 2007 at 11:27 PM
Insane! I just bought a book by Colette after reading about her life in The Flaneur by E. White, then ran into a girlfriend with one of her books and a rather large piece of carrot cake in front of her. "The decadence in this book," she explained, "compelled me to buy the cake." Quelle coincidence.
Posted by: Mary | May 28, 2007 at 11:33 PM