marcelo gomez.

What is something unfashionable that you love anyway? 
Sports. I love sports, all of them. American Football, basketball; I love watching sports. Except for golf, golf’s not really a sport.

Best advice you have ever been given?
Be nice to people. Everyone, be nice to everyone.

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q&a.

outhouses.

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outhouse museum.

just found at the thrift store.

this book is a crack-up. my favorite menu:

filed under cocktail parties

Cold Hors-d'Oeuvres

assorted canapes

assorted cheese cookies

assorted cheese nuggets

king david squash

endive a la diable

endive romanoff

stuffed raw mushrooms

liver-pate aspics

caviar and cucumber aspics

miniature stuffed tomatoes

cucumber canapes

cigarettes*

*by the way, cigarettes  are as follows:

in a small bowl of an electric mixer, heat 8 ounces cream cheese with 1 tblsp. dried tarragon until creamy. cut 8 slices of prosciutto in half crosswise, or use 16 slices chipped beef. with a spatula spread cream cheese evenly on prosciutto or beef, roll up, and chill for one hour. cut rolls in half, and dip one end of each "cigarette" in very soft butter, then in finely minced truffle. arrange on a small rectangular serving dish with bouquets of parsley. 

what?

ruth asawa.

When Ruth was 16, she and her family were interned along with 120,000 other people of Japanese ancestry who lived along the West Coast of the United States. For many, the upheaval of losing everything, most importantly their right to freedom and a private, family life, caused irreparable harm. For Ruth, the internment was the first step on a journey to a world of art that profoundly changed who she was and what she thought was possible in life. In 1994, when she was 68 years old, she reflected on the experience: "I hold no hostilities for what happened; I blame no one. Sometimes good comes through adversity. I would not be who I am today had it not been for the Internment, and I like who I am."

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jennie ottinger.

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an old favorite.

boa.

mitsuru koga.

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matera, italy.

One of the most enchanting places in the world - which until recently was relatively unknown - is the ancient city of Matera, located in the Basilicata region in southeastern Italy. Matera is a unique example of a cultural tradition and civilization which stretches back to the Neolithic age. The old city was created out of a rocky ravine. The numerous natural caves in Matera were the first houses of the Neolithic inhabitants of the region, who transformed the natural landscape into new forms of architecture.

Caves are carved out one above the other and arranged in a seemingly chaotic way until it is realized that the caves are really a labyrinth of houses. The roof of one house may appear as a road, a stairway, a garden or as the floor of yet another house. Walking through the old city, many chimneys sprout out of the road, and you find yourself walking on the roofs of other houses. Distinguishing the natural rock formations and the architecture created by the ancient inhabitants is often impossible.

Matera was developed by its inhabitants over the centuries in a manner that is now called "Spontaneous Architecture" due to the way the city conforms to the natural environment while revealing many very sophisticated and elegant styles. This form of architecture strikes the attention of visitors arriving in the city, as it creates a surreal landscape reminiscent of the emotions stirred before certain modern abstract paintings.

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