Summer trip to Berlin and Frankfurt

Valentina is enjoying this art installation at the Frankfurt Portikus.




Visiting my favorite chocolate and sweets shop Bitter Zart in Frankfurt



Love the Garten Zwerge (Gnomes)!




New Haircut and color at Tony & Guy Hair salon.



And now Berlin:
Kayaking with Maria on the river Spree, that runs through Berlin


Even bathing in the Spree was fun.



Enjoying the outdoors and good weather.

Fun in Berlin

More Langkawi Impressions

I am enjoying island living with my dad and aunt. Particularly cute was our encounter with a group of monkeys by the road side. One photo shows a mama monkey holding her tiny baby.But watch out these monkeys can be very naughty. They steal your bag, if they suspect you have food!

Edwardian Ball Night 2009

My Edwardian Ball History

This coming Saturday we will be attending the 2009 Edwardian Ball. This will be our 5th time at this fabulous event that celebrates all things Edward Gorey. People dress up in period clothing anything goes from Victorian to the roaring 20's or sport their unique Circus, Vaudeville, Cabaret-Punk style. There will be Ballroom dancing and fabulous circus acts, as well as the live music by the great Rosin Coven, the pagean lounge orchestra that instigates the Edwardian Ball every year (Eight musicians blend violin, two cellos, bass, guitar, harp, vibraphone, trombone, drums & lush vocal harmonies in a strangely beautiful mix of classical, jazz, chamber, tango, klezmer, sultry lounge, theatrical cabaret, and cinematic dreams.). This event has been getting bigger and bigger and this years ball has been moved to the Regency Ballroom. It has been one of my favorite events of all times: the music, costumes, performances are a fairy tale dream come alive. If you have never been, you should check it out. I will be there for sure.



2005 our first Edwardian Ball, when it was still held at the Kat Club.





2006 the Edwardian Ball moved to the beautiful Great American Music Hall
We had our portrait taken there. I am wearing a vintage flapper dress.



2007 I wore my He/She costume




2008 we took Valentina along

Flying my kite at Point Reyes

My darling husband
Ronny came along
with my favorite dog

Gizmo enjoys the beach

New Year's Eve

Having a blast at the Church of Frank Sinatra New Years Bash!


With lovely Aimee


The hosts with the most: Fabulous Marci and Aaron


Last but not least: our dear friend Mr. Lucky

I stayed out on New Years Eve till 3:30 in the morning (that hasn't happend in a long, long time -like 15 years or so) Aaron and Marci , of the Church of Frank Sinatra threw a fantastic party. I wore a vintage dress that my dear friend Catherine gave me for my birthday last year. Mr. Lucky was there as well - he always shows up at the best parties. I really enjoyed talking to Aimee and her friend Scott. My kinda people, with whom you can converse about everything under the moon - from science (what are nutrinos and will the newly built giant particle collider in Switzerland solve this mystery) to fashion (Yves Saint Laurent exhibition at the DeYoung and how vastly influencial YSL was on Jean Paul Gaultiere); Super fun...we came home at 4:00 am and I went to bed with my lipstick still on.

Artist du jour: Loretta Lux

My friend Joseph introduced me today to the wonderful art of Loretta Lux. We saw her portrait of a boy at the SF Moma and browsed through a book of her photographs. Her depiction of children has always a strange and lonely quality, always beautifully composed. There is a very painterly quality of her choice of colors and set up, reminiscent of Renaissance paintings. Some of the vintage clothes the children wear were saved from her childhood by her mother.
The portraits of these children are haunting and sweet, ready to tell a fairy tale of strange adventures - I just can't stop looking at them and wondering..