We admit to being so swamped that we haven't kept up with blogging H&H this week. Nevertheless, we read it and it's a good one. We're putting down the links before they get lost tonight in the shift.
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- The Coffin Was Too Confining: Anne Rice's new home in La Jolla, CA. NOT like the houses in the next article.
- Afloat in the Flood Zone: Dutch designers are working on innovative new floating houses to keep ahead of rising waters.
- Formal Portraits Dress Down: Not our style, baby. Our kids will sit up straight and wear Paul Smith.
- Q. What's hot in the gray world of concrete?: Concrete counter roundup.
- Preserving the Favorites of a Fall Crop: Anne Raver's delicious prose and fried green tomatoes.
- At Furniture Fair, Quiet Reflections and Slowing Sales: The review of the International Home Furnishings Market in High Point, NC. Apparently it was a little slow.
- CURRENTS: Los Angeles: Awesome slideshow.
The dressed-down formal portraits seem ill-wrought AND ill-conceived from start to finish. Good portraiture is a very, very tricky little dance, and art is even harder. These manage to fail at both in embarassing ways. And yes, I'm kind of saying that portraiture isn't really necessarily art.
Yes, a pricey portrait committing the Ugg Boot to eternal record? Not so wise.