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Ebby Halliday’s Birthday

Was yesterday. And the bamboo-patterned chairs from her office done by the late interior designer Audrey Price are, for some reason, scattered all over Barney’s shoe department. Or at least they were for the fun D Magazine party at Barneys. I mean, when a girl wants to try on shoes, sometimes she just needs her own special chair…

Desk job

 Maybe it’s because there aren’t any long holidays on the horizon (or it’s the reminder that Christine is skiing in Tahoe … Very. Jealous.), but whatever the reason, I need something to spice up my cluttered cubicle. Nice to know that Williams-Sonoma Home has exactly what I’m looking for. Their Silver Raffia desk accessories are beachy but sophisticated. And even though I don’t need another pencil cup, I can’t resist. Here’s to $58 and a brighter day.

Time Change at Victory?

I made my weekly pilgrimage to Victory today, and I’m wondering if perhaps, the good folks down there, much like those in Arizona, don’t participate in this Daylight Savings nonsense. Here’s what I do know: Jessica and I entered LFT at a little past 11 a.m., and we were asked, “What are you ladies doing out and about so early?” Umm…not really so early. After admiring lots of fun stuff for about 20 minutes, we walked down to Haven, which was closed. It’s supposed to open at 11 a.m. Anyone know if those rebels opted to open at noon?

Re: Another Day….

Okay, this is it. Let’s let the old house rest in peace. But, I did get this lovely letter from Clay Bright - since he grew up there, he has the right to say anything he wants:

“That house was built in 1919. It was not a stucco veneer house…it was a stucco over brick house. The walls were 16 inches thick of brick on the first floor and 8 inches thick on the second floor. It was built like a fort. It has only had two owners who lived there. The second was my father H. R. (Bum) Bright. He bought it in 1954 (the year I was born) for $85,000, and lived there until his death in 2004. It was not air conditioned until about 1960. Other than an addition to the back of the house, it remained pretty much unchanged since 1954. By the way, my stepmother had re-done the kitchen in the 1980’s so she might take exception to your “circa 1930’s” comment…lol.

I also walked through it this past Saturday and saw that the new owners were salvaging a lot of the fine woodwork inside (shelves, banisters, floors and the like), as well as a lot of the cut stone, stained glass windows, etc. So, someone is going to get to use them.

In any event, I just thought you might enjoy knowing a little of the history. Life truly does go on.”

Clay Bright