Posts by Katherine
Catching up…
Pender & Peony has been inexplicably silent lately, and I’m sorry. There are a billion and one excuses I could blame it on: work, which has been unusually hectic, or our house renovation, or even our latest family addition — Henry ( an utterly adorable rascal for a Cavalier King Charles Spaniel). None of this…
Read MoreRecord and Plan 2015
The New Year approaches as do those pesky resolutions everyone will be making and breaking. I’m not sure I want to make any resolutions this year per say, but I do want to identify some habits I plan on improving, and the first is being organized and staying that way. For me the tried and…
Read MoreUptown Christmas Plaid
Uptown Charlotte is decked out for the holidays. You can’t miss the giant ornaments along Tryon Street or the beautiful tree! Of course the Firebird outside the Bechtler Museum is there all year round, but it seems particularly fitting during the holiday season. Head uptown for some Christmas cheer!
Read MoreState of the Art/Art of the State: Breaking Down Art World Elitism
We hear about art world elitism over and over again. Sometimes it seems like a constant critical mantra or self-congratulatory boast depending on where you position yourself on this appraisal. I myself sit somewhere in the middle of this debate fully understanding the often stifling effect elitism has on art, not to mention the very…
Read MoreRecipe: Crisp Fall Salad
This fall salad is addictive. Since having a version of it in August at a restaurant in Asheville, I have made it five or six times. It is a no fuss recipe that you can put together in minutes, and it is loaded with flavor from the sweet apples and tart vinegar to the spicy…
Read MoreSmorgasburg via Williamsburg Bridge
Macon Women in the City
In September, my soul mates and I hit the Big Apple for our 10 year anniversary of meeting each other. This may sound a little odd, but when four friends meet each other as first-years in college and make it through the roller coaster that is collegiate education and then remain close afterwards it is…
Read MoreAn Art Deco Bar Tray under $150
The bar cart is particularly à la mode at the moment, and I will admit I am a huge fan. Then again I am a huge fan of anything that encourages cocktails at 5 O’clock in snazzy glasses. But I am not a fan of the high price tag attached to most of the bar…
Read MoreDeaccessioning Controversies: Professional Standards
Delaware Art Museum Maier Museum of Art Detroit Institute of Arts National Academy Museum Rose Art Museum Deaccessioning has become a buzz word across America, but is it a dirty word? NPR seems to think so given their recent news feature “As Museums Try to Make Ends Meet, ‘Deaccession’ is the Art World’s Dirty…
Read MoreA Farm with a View
“…when she reached her own room she opened the window and breathed the clean night air, thinking of the kind old man who had enabled her to see the lights dancing in the Arno and the cypresses of San Miniato, and the foot-hills of the Apennines, black against the rising moon.” ~ A Room with…
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