More beautiful images for the art and architecture lovers in us all! Check out the second round of pictures from my visit to Grounds for Sculpture in Hamilton, NJ!
Enjoy!
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Grounds for Sculpture
All of you art and architecture fans out there, listen up! You are about to fall in love! This past Labor day, I celebrated my day off by visiting an art facility in my town with my family. The most interesting thing about this facility is that is entirely outdoors! Grounds for Sculpture, in Hamilton, NJ is a 35 acre outdoor art gallery for sculptures for all shapes and sizes. Art enthusiast and sculptor, Seward Johnson, heir to the Johnson and Johnson throne, acquired the land that served as the New Jersey Fair Grounds before being left abandoned and derelict for many years after the 1950s. Now, its home to more that 250 sculptures scattered throughout a perfectly manicured outdoor setting, two restaurants, including the world-famous Rat’s Restaurant that serves as the home base of Kevin Sbraga, winner of last year’s Top Chef competition on Bravo and two galleries used to display art and other exhibitions. Check out more about Grounds for Sculpture and make sure to check local city and state guides for interesting destinations that might be located near you.
- This was my Uncle’s favorite sculpture of the day
I was truly inspired by the beauty of this place. All I kept thinking while taking these pictures was “Damn, I would love to get married here!”
Make sure to check back for Part II later this week for more pictures and information.
Long Live Luxury,
xoxo
Burberry Body Arrives Today!
Today Burberry presents their new fragrance, Burberry Body. It will arrive September 1st 2011 in over 150 countries worldwide. Burberry presents their new fragrance Burberry Body that arrives on the market on September 1st 2011 in over 150 countries worldwide. Body Burberry is a luxury chypre – fruity composition that begins with notes of fresh green absinthe, peach and freesia. Roses and iris are in the heart of this scent, with an aromatic base of composed of sandalwood, cashmerean, musk, amber and vanilla.
Burberry Body is available for $50-$115 at burberry.com and department stores.
Slithering Art
Two years ago, I would have never even considered making this post…
For as long as I can remember, I have been deathly afraid of snakes. I mean completely over reacting-if-I-see-a-snake-on-tv kinda scared. In the past, I have actually called police to remove tiny Garter snakes from my kitchen. It was bad. Realllyy bad. Then I fell in love…with a herpetologist. (For those of you not familiar with that bio-slang, a herpetologist is a person who studies reptiles and amphibians.) Long story short, love makes you do some crazy-ass things! I have set my fears aside for the man I love and for the past two years, I have succeeding in taking (baby) steps in accepting these (ungodly) creatures in my life. As you can tell, I’m still working on some issues. As I learned more about these prehistoric looking animals, I found myself actually appreciating something about them. By switching my mind to fashion mode I was able to find something that I, dare I say it, love about them…the genius, eye-catching, natural design in their skins.
Even though I never thought I would say it, a great snake-skin is truly something to behold! Endless variety of colors and patterns are strewn throughout the reptile world from tortoise-shell to python. I must admit, the reptile has got the fashion world on lock down in 2011.
Check out the undeniable allure of reptile prints on this year’s various runways:
. Chloe. Paris. 2011.
- Vogue
- Burberry Prorsum. Fall. 2011.
- Prada. 2011.
- Super Cute Snake Skin Booties
As you can see, the reptile is Winning in 2011. They have dominated Chloe’s Paris runway and have popped up in magazines such as Vogue and W for sometime now. It’s chic, it’s interesting and the varieties are endless! It is high fashion, no doubt about it. It’s just going to take me a little more getting used to, that’s all! I’m sure if I had those snake-skin booties, I would feel much less anxiety about reptiles as a whole, wouldn’t you?
If you’re like me and snake-skin really isn’t your bag (no pun intended), what is your favorite animal print?
Long Live Luxury,
xoxo Janae
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