Miami: Sweet Day

such sweet work - the circus, the highway, the lights, the intimacy, the quality. such sweet company - gallerist from Greece who knows my bestie Minna in Athens. such fantasy renderings - i like the intent.

Miami: This is why I am here.

David Baskin's Jag suspends successfully - albeit innocuous, to no fault of our own -over the maddening crowd while Maria Jose Arjona stands on a block of ice with a noose around her neck. What more can I say - uber cool! Oh, and the Aperture Foundation booth stands between the two - Hi Christina!

Miami: Vernissage-a-licious

Thank you Shiva!

Miami: Morris Lapidus: A Monument to Vulgarity

Design Miami kicks off tonight with a party at Vernissage - very cool!
There is talk on Friday by Gaetono Pesce (arch/designer) -
Morris Lapidus will be mentioned.
Lapidus was a famed Miami Beach architect - very influential.
He designed The Americana (photos above) in 1956.

"Lapidus was criticized by his contemporaries for various contrived transgressions, among which were that he had built “a monument to vulgarity.” In true Lapidus form, the Americana’s design included a large glass-enclosed terrarium in the center of the lobby filled with orchids and rare fungi which angled up into a ceiling filled with “cheese-holes”... It’s said that Lapidus wanted to stock live monkeys in the terrarium, but modified his plans when owners frowned on the idea. The terrarium functioned as a miniature rain forest complete with periodic rain showers and artificial moonlight."

Miami: I am a virgin to Miami

Hotel Shelley (South Beach)
2 blocks from the beach.
Day 1 - so far so good.