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Showing posts with label NYC. Show all posts

Thursday, April 10, 2014

You Never Get A Second Chance To Make A First Impression -The Nomad Hotel


THE NOMAD  HOTEL

Wouldn't this make a fabulous movie set.
I think so.
I adore this front desk.

In a Film, this extraordinary look could be used in several time periods.

(maybe I like it so much because the designer used gobs of fabric
and fabulous light fixtures)
The Nomad Hotel

The Nomad Hotel

The Nomad Hotel

Impressive entrance/
and 'beginning' for a hotel.
No?

Remember you
Never Get a Second Chance To Make A First Impression


Divine NYC


The Nomad Hotel

I would be very comfy hiding out here with a book.

The Nomad Hotel

Out of the city into this darkened refuse.
It feels like a great room for a secret meeting.
(use your imagination) 
The Nomad Hotel

Straddle right up to this regal bar for a sip of some social lubricant.

I could eat every meal here.....everyday.

The Nomad Hotel's
Roof Top Dining


I love the way the rooms feel as though they are actual bedrooms in a home.


The drapery header is hidden by the cornice 
which is a continuation of the molding.
I love the look.



A masculine headboard.
Leather and nailheads.





If I were traveling to NYC often 
and for longer periods of time.....
I would make the Nomad Hotel my home away from home.

What do you think of The Nomad?



The NoMad Hotel

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Friday, April 13, 2012

La Grenouille - NYC

This is a place where 'BIG DEALS' are made. Romance is confirmed. And our senses are teased.
If you haven't made it yet to La Grenouille - You Must!!
It would make a good 'Bucket List' entry!!




Charles Masson in the private room upstairs.
His parents founded the restaurant in 1962.

Do you think they are doing something right???







Have you been?
Do you have a story to share with me.
I would LOVE to hear it!!!



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Friday, October 9, 2009

Anytime at all....


 I am missing NYC.
I am missing Carnegie Hill around 94th and Madison. It gets very quite there after 6pm. Just like it is quiet in the morning until about 7:45 am during the week.
During the weekend it is a perfect neighborhood. It is. It is quiet there, maybe just kinda' sleepy and very relaxed.
People are walking their dogs, taking their kids to the park.
Some just gettng the morning paper and a cup of coffee.
I miss NYC.
This time of year is so very cozy there. It is just great to take long walks down Madison, with someone you love, or even a run through the park (to get away from the one you love lol).
Or......You could sit and watch the world go by.
Sweet.

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Sunday, January 18, 2009

The Plaza Makes Me Sentimental ( and makes me laugh out loud ! )

The Plaza, and the area around it, were my first experiences in NYC.
From this post, I think you will see how The Plaza , Central Park, The Horse Drawn Carriages , and all the stimulation of the city would leave a lasting impression .
Here are just a few shots of The Plaza, and Central Park South for you to enjoy.


I know, I know, every body's been there, or seen it in the movies. But , the way business' seem to be failing lately............. I thought what if the places that 'are NYC to me ' disappeared ? NYC was and always be a magical place to me. In ten years of living there, nothing bad ever happened to me ! So much for the some times bad rap it gets.


I know that they are fighting to stop the horse drawn carriages on Central Park South.
Why can't the handlers just be kind and considerate to the horses ?
Does society have to intervene on everything ? Why don't people do the right thing without being told to ?? Why can't they care for these sweet animals. The horses need to work, the carriage drivers need to work, why can't they just be caring ? And Care !
What is up with people ?

Anyway........( deep breath ) this is the original Plaza at the turn of the century.
And now.

What an entrance ! There is a fountain right next to The PLaza, by the 5th Ave entrance. I do not have a picture of that. But I have stories about it.
But, I have the best story about The Oak Room, so keep reading.
I was thinking how nice it would be..... just to walk a few blocks down the street, and meet a friend at the Plaza. We could have Tea at The Palm Court, then maybe go skating or just a walk in the park.
Just A Lazy Sunday.
The Original Palm Court.

The Palm Court Today.
Oh Look, our waiter is here already.
Presentation is everything.
Remember , you never get a second chance to make a first impression !

It looks too crowded for me . How about a ride on a horse drawn carriage instead ? We Can get some hot coffee, and get cozy under a blanket and people watch. We can just enjoy the wonder of Central Park and it's people/families 'playing' on a lazy Sunday.



He is right across the street waiting...........
What an amazing place to have called home. More often than not, I wish I had never left.

This is across the street from The Plaza too.
Central Park.
When I was 19 years old, for some reason on Sundays I always ended up right here on these very benches in Central Park.
Let me tell you, most people have no idea what a gorgeous place Central Park is .
Go.
Explore.

If we are hungry later, there is always The Oak Room. This is a Landmark restaurant, and in The Plaza as well.
A very funny thing happened to me while I was dining there one evening. There are people who are regulars for many years , these people actually have plaques on the walls by the tables that they would normally sit at. The people at the table next to me went out of their way to let me know, which was alright with me .
Well, this place can be seen as and feel very stuffy. Rent the movie 'AUTHUR ' ( with Dudley Moore ) , it there is a very famous and funny scene filmed in The Oak Room.
At any rate, I ordered Banana's Foster for dessert, and my waiter accidentally ignited a huge white cotton candy head of hair. Needless to say, it was one of the regulars, with the plaque on the wall. She looked a bit like ' Baby Jane ' ( as in Baby Jane the movie with Betty Davis ), try and visualize ..... This woman was having a ladies night out ( all four were Baby Jane types- if that is possible) with three other woman.
Once her hair caught fire, no one seemed to notice but me . Initially I was freaking out mildly, her friends were unaware, the waiter continued talking to them and to my party as well like nothing at all was out of the ordinary. And all during this time , there was a tiny trail of smoke streaming straight up from the center of her head.
I was speechless. I couldn't speak, mainly because I was about to burst out laughing.
You know, some of us laugh out of nervousness, and some of us laugh because something is hilarious. I was laughing for both reasons.
I could not believe it, still, no one had noticed. Finally after thinking I was in some sort of weird comedic dream, I signaled to the waiter while making all kinds of hand movements , and pointing to the flame on her head.
He looked at her, then at me with his eyes wide as saucers, and he looked back again at me and smiled, giggled, and then he burst out laughing.
Well, that is all it took, and I completely lost control and had to leave the room to regain my composure.
I ran over here , when I had lost control of myself completely. With tears streaming down my cheeks, I stood here in the bar. It was behind a decorative screen that was hiding an extra coffee station between the bar and The Oak Room, that I stood watching the waiter , the woman and what happened next.
At this point every one of the staff had to leave the restaurant floor and they were hiding and giggling behind this screen as well, even the old professional waiters, the falsely stuffy with fake French accent kind.
It all turned out fine. The flaming cotton candy hair was in the end, only a wig.
She simply snatched it off her head ( which might explain why she felt nothing ) revealing her wrapped head prepared for the wig.
This all made for quite a fond memory, of another lovely Adventure in Design.
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About Renée Finberg

I have been in this business since the age of 22.

I love what I do and cannot imagine my life without Design.

Design Challenges are great.

And because of those challenges

I have imported fine antique pieces from Paris,

Designed and Manufactured Furniture,

Created Fantastic Window Treatments,

And solved all kinds of spatial & architectural issues

With my unique style.

If I can't find it, I create it.

My rooms would make excellent movie sets.

I am a visual, tactile and audio sensitive individual.

Creating is what I live for, not math, not spelling, not science.

Just Great Design.

Just imagine how it would be if each of us,

If only for a few hours of everyday,We could be in a space that is our very own.A place that is exactly the way we want it to be

Surrounded by all the things we wanted to see,

The atmosphere we wanted feel, smell and the sound we wanted to listen to.

Private Paradise

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