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Posts from ‘May, 2010’

Au Revoir Versailles

As you know, one of my favorite maxims is “imagination becomes reality,” but when I say this, I don’t mean to imply that things manifest without proper causes and conditions. Any great unfolding requires some fundamental (read elemental) ingredients like singularity of vision, sustained effort, and of course material resources. The meeting of Louis XIV [...]

WIJW at Versailles

Properly fortified by our Les Ambassadeurs brunch at the Crillon we made a pilgrimage to my personal mecca, Versailles! - and as you might imagine the whole experience had my spirit sailing - an unsurpassed, grand, and exuberant fugue - so utterly over the top - and all inexorably fused to the thought of the [...]

Les Ambassadeurs

A brunch at Les Ambassadeurs is the perfect thing to fortify one before a day of exploration, and this legendary 18th century rococo room at the Crillon certainly sets the mood for our next intended destination - Versailles! Les Ambassadeurs has drawn high society and artists alike to its hallowed tables since the nineteenth century [...]