tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post3893329492479729870..comments2024-03-25T14:54:55.289-04:00Comments on little augury: Holidays in the Country with Howard SlatkinP.Gaye Tapp at Little Auguryhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15115534755711063462noreply@blogger.comBlogger35125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-55600017961938903892013-12-12T20:39:20.642-05:002013-12-12T20:39:20.642-05:00Meredith- Hooray! you won a book-please touch base...Meredith- Hooray! you won a book-please touch base with me- tish209@gmail.comP.Gaye Tapp at Little Auguryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15115534755711063462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-23070775287709524272013-12-12T20:38:42.682-05:002013-12-12T20:38:42.682-05:00Mary, Hooray! you won a book-please touch base wi...Mary, Hooray! you won a book-please touch base with me- tish209@gmail.com, Congrats!P.Gaye Tapp at Little Auguryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15115534755711063462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-38576572001830916992013-12-12T20:38:12.331-05:002013-12-12T20:38:12.331-05:00PAT, Hooray! you won a book-please touch base with...PAT, Hooray! you won a book-please touch base with me- tish209@gmail.comP.Gaye Tapp at Little Auguryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15115534755711063462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-14795187957406945172013-12-12T20:36:30.577-05:002013-12-12T20:36:30.577-05:00Cindy- Hooray! you won a book-please touch base wi...Cindy- Hooray! you won a book-please touch base with me- tish209@gmail.comP.Gaye Tapp at Little Auguryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15115534755711063462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-19467192271365160762013-12-12T20:35:51.111-05:002013-12-12T20:35:51.111-05:00hooray! you won!hooray! you won!P.Gaye Tapp at Little Auguryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15115534755711063462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-14976356309091846992013-12-12T20:35:16.388-05:002013-12-12T20:35:16.388-05:00WE have 5 Winners~ DANIEL JAMES SHIGO------------...WE have 5 Winners~ DANIEL JAMES SHIGO------------PEONY----------------MJH DESIGN ARTS----------MEREDITH PARKER and. PAT Please email me for what to do next! thanks-at tish209@ gmail.comP.Gaye Tapp at Little Auguryhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/15115534755711063462noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-10942839603940390372013-12-10T18:52:42.368-05:002013-12-10T18:52:42.368-05:00Wonderful post, Gaye! Howard's book is on my ...Wonderful post, Gaye! Howard's book is on my wish list.Megshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00491645249467756177noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-68202613403624568202013-12-10T12:38:29.085-05:002013-12-10T12:38:29.085-05:00Thank you so much for this generous giveaway. I wo...Thank you so much for this generous giveaway. I would love to have one of his signed books for my design library! My favorite Christmas memory is of my mother, now 84, still a great duplicate bridge player, who sat down with me when I was 13, 14,15 to make Christmas ornaments together - very elaborate ones. She didn't know a thing about crafts..and I knew that...and I knew she would have rather been playing bridge, but she did this out of her love of me...and I knew that, even then, too. <br /><br />Today, these ornaments sit in an old, chipped, red mercury glass bowl on the writing secretary I inherited from my Grandmother.. that sat in my Mother and Father's bedroom that my Mother used every day of her life, before my father passed away.<br /><br /> She gave it to me, because she knew how much I loved it and how many memories it carried for me as Dad would take us every year, at Christmas, when my brother and I were young, to buy stationery gifts for her to use on it - the one gift he knew she was sure to enjoy from pre-teens. <br /><br />Today, when I look at those ornaments in that chipped red mercury glass bowl on my Grandmother and Mother's secretary, Santa caps missing, pins sticking out, ribbons curled a little too much, I can't help but see the reflections of what truly counts at this time of year: a giving spirit , a heart full of love. <br /><br />Happy Holidays to you and your families ~ <br /><br />@tkpleslie tkplesliehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/18097524058804928336noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-71460546719081914692013-12-10T02:30:42.002-05:002013-12-10T02:30:42.002-05:00I like Mr. Slatkin's way of adding small touch...I like Mr. Slatkin's way of adding small touches to achieve a holiday feeling, rather than paving every surface with decorations. I also agree that personal, thoughtful gives are the most appreciated, irrespective of their monetary value. Often my favorite gifts are not those for specific occasions, but instead of the "I saw this and had to get it for you" variety.<br />--JimParnassushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08958901307538141468noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-1631405394614983042013-12-09T23:00:44.281-05:002013-12-09T23:00:44.281-05:00Hi Gaye, Homemade gifts and yearly traditions--tru...Hi Gaye, Homemade gifts and yearly traditions--true Christmas. Favorite memory: After living in Spain (where I could have remained forever) for seven years, we returned to life in the States and our first Christmas in many years surrounded by family and love and the familiar sights and smells of an American Christmas. Heaven. Thank you for making me ponder just a moment. xoxo<br />MaryMJH Design Artshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09752876154227590389noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-4593329173806554022013-12-09T22:05:58.974-05:002013-12-09T22:05:58.974-05:00Forgive me as I tried posting earlier, and all wen...Forgive me as I tried posting earlier, and all went awry...here goes: <br /><br />Your EYE HAS TRAVELED...to NYC to show us a rarity, that Opulence only a historicist can create...created by few and not so easily - I am sure the Souls of Mssrs. Stephane Boudin and Charles Wrightsman are quite delighted in this incarnation of Luxe Beauty. <br /><br />LOVE The Jeweled Rock Crystal Tree dripping in Emeralds & Pearls - not only very Misia Sert, but a loving homage to a Stylish Swan of a Nana! I love putting out my vintage Scully and Scully Florentine paper, Glitter and Feather Christmas tree every year, it enhances the Season more intimately as I age.<br /><br />My favorite memory of Christmas Past is after a long evening of visiting relatives to drop off presents beautifully wrapped by my Mother, I would get to sit by the window of the back seat of my parents Cadillac, and as the oldest, I could put the window halfway down. The wind was chilly, the sky so black and filled with stars. Sleepily, I would bundle up my fluffy coat against my checks teasing the wind and searching the sky, to look for Rudolph's Red nose guiding Santa's sleigh...my brother Vincent said he saw them high above...so convincingly that to this day I really do feel WE saw the Red glow of Rudolph's nose! To you my dearest brother Vincent, I love you so and YES, we did see Santa's sleigh!The Swanhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01159724663060240920noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-46776960913973542442013-12-09T20:34:16.274-05:002013-12-09T20:34:16.274-05:00The inclusion of the delightful floor plan was a t...The inclusion of the delightful floor plan was a treat that I hope others will follow as an example.<br /><br />My late mother made pomanders with the cloves completely covering the orange. Surely they last longer that way. Sometimes she filled bowls of them, but more often she tied them to garlands with velvet cord/ribbon.John J. Tacketthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/17138329330942154191noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-91434680568016251252013-12-09T19:47:14.290-05:002013-12-09T19:47:14.290-05:00I love how Mr. Slatkin creates a rich holiday feel...I love how Mr. Slatkin creates a rich holiday feeling with minimal commercialism.<br />A fond holiday memory is my first Christmas in Santa Fe. All the streets in the old part of town entered a farolito lighting contest. I was put in charge of our little dirt lane and organized all the neighbors in a festive display of farolitos and luminarias (bonfires) all along the street. And we won the contest!Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10453421155039904639noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-60120433761937997832013-12-09T17:27:18.839-05:002013-12-09T17:27:18.839-05:00It would be wonderful to own a copy of Howard Slat...It would be wonderful to own a copy of Howard Slatkin's Fifth Avenue Style! The cover alone is a great inspiration!<br /><br />When I was growing up, there were five in our family — my parents, two brothers and I. Each year we'd go Christmas ornament shopping as a family, and each person would get to choose one ornament for the year. Because my father was military, we moved a lot, so when it came to unpacking the ornaments at Christmas, each one was not only a reminder of a person and a year, but of a different place, too. I have to add that, through all those moves, and my own moves, I never missed a Christmas day with my mother. Christmas in so many ways always reminds me of my mother.Mark D. Ruffnerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09241533547309049140noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-3998645945108941572013-12-09T15:20:22.653-05:002013-12-09T15:20:22.653-05:00Hello,
I just found your gorgeous blog today. I sp...Hello,<br />I just found your gorgeous blog today. I spent over an hour looking at all the beautiful posts & photos. Thank You for your generous spirit in sharing your lovely life. My favorite Christmas tradition is putting up the Christmas Tree. I moan & groan at the thought of all the work involved - (as I have hundreds of European glass collectible Radko, Polonaise & other designers) and we keep them all in individual boxes). As soon as I begin unwrapping them - I feel like I am visiting with "old friends". The tree has evolved into a pop icon & world culture tree - somehow it all comes together. The ornaments not only bring to life my memories but everyone else's as well. Some ornaments are: The Montogolfier balloon, Vatican ornaments, Cinderella in her gold carriage, Humpty Dumpty, Ole King Cole, Pinocchio, Paddington Bear, Popeye, Chicita Banana dressed as Carmen Miranda, The Tutankhaman suite of Egyptian artifacts, Titanic, Rhett & Scarlett, Betty Boop, The Twelve Days of Christmas, Wizard of Oz, I Love Lucy, Peanut Characters, English Soldiers, Buckingham Palace, The White House, Atlantis Space Shuttle, Elvis, Marilyn, Michael Jackson's Glove - even Aretha's big Inaugural Hat! and hundreds more. As each person visits with me over the years - they marvel at the cultural & pop icons and always suggest more....Just this weekend I was told we need The Beatles & Alice In Wonderland! So everyone has fun & then they contribute if they find a beautiful glass version of something they remember in their own lives as well. I hope I get a chance to read that beautiful Home Design book and Thank You again for listening & sharing all your comments with me too! I feel very sentimental about our world and our place in it that includes the living ones & those we have lost and even people we are lucky enough to meet online. All The Best, Becky.bexpohttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09756240997016732144noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-35689992635371649302013-12-09T15:12:00.776-05:002013-12-09T15:12:00.776-05:00The map is divine. Beyond divine.
The lebkuchen,...The map is divine. Beyond divine. <br /><br />The lebkuchen, lights, whirling pyramids of wise men and golden-haired angels (beeswax, velvet, perfect hands and halos) at the Christkindlemart in Nuremberg. This is my memory. Victoria Thornehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14464329551302212978noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-45318801417042276192013-12-09T14:33:19.727-05:002013-12-09T14:33:19.727-05:00Dear Gaye, Thank you for sharing so much generous ...Dear Gaye, Thank you for sharing so much generous research. I admire Howard Slatkin's style and his gracious demeanor. Among my beautiful memories of Christmas past, I see my newlywed year. We had to resolve the question of color versus white Christmas tree lights. We found an open tree and ran multiple strands of color close to the trunk and then used white out on to the branches and back. Magic! We created the order of a white tree and the extra sparkle on the ornaments from all the interior color. Thank you! Beth ScanlonBeth Scanlonhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05848079832751630950noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-55288078198429079942013-12-09T13:58:11.152-05:002013-12-09T13:58:11.152-05:00I would love a copy of this book! I follow Mr. Sl...I would love a copy of this book! I follow Mr. Slatkin on Pinterest and would love to see more.<br /><br />My favorite holiday memory involves preparations for Christmas with my mother. We lived in the piney woods of rural southwest Alabama, and every year when it got cold, we'd go out and gather greenery and lots of holly. Mother would place it behind mirrors and throughout the house, and she'd burn bayberry candles (only real bayberry would do), and other, more exotic scents, for as she said, "We may live in the woods, but Neiman Marcus delivers, darling." We'd make pomanders until our fingers ached, and Christmas cookies - not the precisely decorated ones that you see today, but homey shapes, with colored sugars. She would bring home tins of fruitcake and fruit rocks (cookies), made by our grandmother and great-grandmother, who managed to find "spirits" in our dry county, which they used to douse the cakes. The tins held apple halves, too, and their winey scent perfumed everything inside. When I went to Bouley for the first time and walked in the big wooden door, into that stone hallway filled with apples, their winey, ripening scent took me right back to Christmas time in Alabama.Anonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/03940136081799955200noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-28769918096603468502013-12-09T13:40:29.144-05:002013-12-09T13:40:29.144-05:00Oui s'il vous plait! What a beautiful gift thi... Oui s'il vous plait! What a beautiful gift this would be! The holidays to me is all about the cooking and cooking for my family! Especially breakfast - potato omelets are always in order, and greatly appreciated. Happy Holiday!Caesar Loverhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/06688934224297523505noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-25641440942319409752013-12-09T12:38:32.021-05:002013-12-09T12:38:32.021-05:00My friend Carol sent me this blog and also opened...My friend Carol sent me this blog and also opened my eyes up to Howard's beautiful and meticulous work. I follow him on Pinterest now. Many of the traditions that Howard outlined our family also shared such as making of things for gifts and especially decorations for the holidays, such as pomanders. We also made fig , date and nut filled cookies that were a Sicilian tradition and gave them for gifts to relatives. I love decorating trees and collect antique ornaments or make special ones for trees which convey special decorations depending upon what room they are in and use natural pods, berries and greens to make garlands and wreaths. I also love wrapping gifts and we for years have recycled some bows and ribbons that were special and now vintage. They remind us of previous years and now my daughter who is 13 is part of that as well. All great traditional memories coming from a less commercial place , which I'm in agreement with. The blog was very nicely done. thanks, Linda PastorinoAnonymoushttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07289270881383156136noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-85260424028460853362013-12-09T12:24:09.877-05:002013-12-09T12:24:09.877-05:00Gaye, as usual a marvelous post. So much inspirati...Gaye, as usual a marvelous post. So much inspiration and eye candy in those photos.<br />I too adore the scent of Paperwhite narcissus. There are always several pots a'bloom for the holidays.<br />I learned a neat trick to keep them from growing too tall and falling over and yeas it involves liquor. grow them in 1 part gin to 7 parts water.<br /><br />My favorite holiday memory, like Howard's, was my Mom taking me to Radio City to see the Christmas show. We traveled from Montreal stayed overnight then returned home.<br />I just lost her three months ago and so many memories are flooding back this Holiday season.<br /> <br />I would love a copy of this book!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-9002469669134699222013-12-09T12:16:51.017-05:002013-12-09T12:16:51.017-05:00What a joy it would be tow own one of the books. ...What a joy it would be tow own one of the books. I am so glad that there are people like Mr. S. who are willing to put the time and effort into living well (and sharing with the rest of us!).<br /><br />I have many holiday memories but the one that stands out is from about 50 years ago. My father loved to go out Christmas Eve to see the lights and soak up the atmosphere. On this particular night, we returned home to find a friendly dog, obviously lost, on our front step. After shooing our own dog to the basement (he was the jealous type), we invited our visitor in and proceeded to discover his identity. A vet's number was on his collar, and, surprisingly for a Christmas Eve, someone was still in the office. They immediately recognized the description of the dog. He had recently lost his elderly owner, through death or moving, I don't remember which, and had been placed by the vet with a new family about 20 miles from us. He had run away about a week previously and was trying to return to his former home which was about 1 mile from us. The vet's office couldn't locate the new owners but were able to reach the neighbors of the original owner who said to bring him over. So, that evening, we were again in the car, taking the dog to as close as possible to his former home.Pathttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05116015437584607771noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-61511847218743839882013-12-09T11:15:47.502-05:002013-12-09T11:15:47.502-05:00My favorite Christmas memory is from when I was 6 ...My favorite Christmas memory is from when I was 6 years old and snuggled in my bed on Christmas eve. I heard a deep 'ho ho ho' from Santa (my father) and threw back the covers and ran out to our silver Christmas tree, and there, on its branches, was a pink tutu, in all of its Nutcracker sugar plum fairy glory. I was in heaven, as I had planned to be a prima ballerina when I grew up. That tutu was to me as the Red Ryder B.B. gun was to Ralphie in A Christmas Story.<br /><br />Cynthia LambertCynthia Lamberthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09550592770287010816noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-89535964806896853542013-12-09T11:09:14.912-05:002013-12-09T11:09:14.912-05:00Dear Gaye,
Thank you for featuring Howard, who is...Dear Gaye, <br />Thank you for featuring Howard, who is the supreme gentleman, and his wondrous homes.<br />I am already blessed to have a signed copy of Fifth Avenue Style!<br /><br />As a child I always looked forward to making the orange pomanders and enjoying their scent during the holidays!<br /><br />xoxo<br />Karena<br />The Arts by KarenaKarenahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/05206642885608991170noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-3498357134928699381.post-74335790069489818782013-12-09T09:58:05.411-05:002013-12-09T09:58:05.411-05:00I'm in Canada so I hope I can be included in t...I'm in Canada so I hope I can be included in this contest. My favourite memory: I was a horse crazy young girl and as soon as I could drive I immediately got a job on a race horse farm. I volunteered to feed the horses at the track at 5:00 on Christmas morning. I woke up to freshly fallen snow and I was the first person on the roads. I had to take a four lane highway and I was driving in big wide swaths to make crazy tracks - it was that empty on the roads. Of course the horses were very glad to see me and spending Christmas morning with them was a treat. From then on, every year I get up earlier than everyone else and I go for a walk (no more horses in my city life) so I can have that first peaceful moment all to myself.Carolhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16771319381663968395noreply@blogger.com