This Week on the Skirted Round Table:: Noted Author Diane Dorrans Saeks

This week on the Skirted Round Table, we have Diane Dorrans Saeks, one of the most prolific authors in the design world.

just a small collection of her many books to date.

probably one of her most popular books, 'Michael S. Smith Element of Style'

Dorrans Saeks, who was brought up in the bucolic country side of New Zealand has spent a life time traveling and resides in San Francisco. Her blog, The Style Saloniste, has quickly garnished a loyal readership for its well researched posts on travel, stylish people and their environments.

Listen in and tell me you don't want to try and speak with a New Zealand accent for the next week. It's sort of tempting.

more cars

More great vintage car shots. This time with clever copy. From the flickr set, 'cars, trucks and others'
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There was a time, way back when, when I started this blog, that every once in awhile, i just posted photos with little writing. My theory was that, sometimes, great imagery is all one needs for inspiration. Sort of like the glossy coffee table book, that you pick up and flip through every so often just to get ideas.

I kind of liked that. So to my purist, erudite, blogger friends who are far better writers than myself, I apologize, but I'm going back to that format. Just every once in awhile. Not because I have senioritus, but because sometimes a picture is worth a kajillion words. Plus, vintage cars sort of rock .

want to need

around here one often hears the bleating cry,

'but, I need it'

to which I reply, 'need or want?'

who's to say.

I'm not sure I've ever learned the lesson myself because mostly I feel that I 'want for nothing' but I'm pretty sure that I need the following:

the nautical boat bag with antique brass eyelets and a leather base. For carrying stuff.

come on, who doesn't need a vintage, men's rolex. With an orange face no less. Making it always 'Party Time'.

ok, well this,I actually may rully, rully and truly need. My old cruiser has a bent wheel...and it's not that cool looking. Certainly not as cool as this Linus, Dutch bike.

what does this even mean? It just seemed to find it's home in this post. I don't really need it.

this is actually something I think you might need. I already have it and i love it. I feel very fancy riding around town with this holding my beach towel, magazines etc. you can find it at Gumtree.

vintage, surf photos from the 70s. This one by Jeff Divine.

alright. that's enough neediness for one day.

tag sale heaven

I can only imagine that it was hobnail heaven and milk glass mayhem over at Eddie and Jaithan's place this past weekend. If you made it out to their country home, and got in on the goods, I'd love to hear all the great treasures you found. What could be better than a tag sale curated by these two? How much I would have loved to have gone.

Speaking of which, here's another 'tag sale' that sort of slipped by me back in 1995....

The Sothbey's hosted Ralph Lauren sale, auctioning off a lot of 443 American and European Antiques {some just 'vaguely old' } and fine art that was used by Ralph Lauren throughout his stores, showrooms, and advertisements.

All I could think of was my friend Tartanscot and how much he would have loved every bit of this {although I think he was doing the ski bum thing in '95}

"At the morning session, Mariette Himes Gomez, a New York interior designer who later bid $4,500 for an Italian Renaissance mantel, said: "A very small crowd. There are not a lot of people here because this is about style and not serious stuff." Just serious prices."

-nytimes

peace out

photo credit:: gabrielle kai
I really can't believe it's Memorial Day already. Here's to beach days, bbqs, 3 day weekends and remembering those we love.

Now go out there and, grill baby, grill.....

Blog Out Loud 6 >>NYC

Please join Rebecca and me for our SIXTH, Blog Out Loud event. I'm so excited and can't believe that , just a year later, we can say we're bi-coastal!

When this idea originated, it was a way to get the creative blogging community together to share and inspire. Since then, from LA to SF and now NYC, we've met so many great people who share a similar passion. So, if you're in NYC, come out for an inspirational evening of idea sharing and meet some really cool peeps while you're at it.

what:

an evening of social media inspiration, via a panel of brilliant bloggers.

when:

Monday, June 14th @ 7:30 pm

where:

Tonefarmer

164 west 25th street { btwn. 6th & 7th ave }

8th floor

NY, NY 10001

our brilliant stars:

Merideth Barnett- ebay's The Inside Source
Amy Dragoo- ABCD Design
Alison Feldman - teenangster and Etsy
Erin Loechner- Design for Mankind and Think Bakery
Michelle Ward - When I Grow Up

our generous sponsors:

Tonefarmer

Fanny & Jane baked goods

our sweet give aways:

Williams-Sonoma Inc $100 gift card

Effervescence Photography blogger portrait

and of course, the famous Blog Out Loud SWAG bags - details to come. Interested in contributing to the SWAG bags? email me for more info.

To see video spots of some of our past events and learn a bit more visit our website:
here

follow us on twitter @blogoutloud

if you're preppy and you know it, clap your claws

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and only $58.00 . I want.