On Slow Life

#Slow Living My Affair with #Slow Tables In Los Angeles & Europe

 #Slow Tables Where Travel Inspires My Dolce Vita & A Milestone Birthday

I like to travel and see how people simply celebrate life around a table ... slowly. The Mediterranean is a good place to start, and the first place my slow appreciation for life began. So when a big birthday came around and travel was not an option for many of my friends and family, I got creative with this as inspiration. Slow and simple did it for me. ❤️🥂☮️

My Walks in France Got Me Going Slowly

In Paris & Arles 

My Lens Slows For These Gems

Home

I Begin With Inspiration & A Patch Of Dirt

And Create It With Linens from Provence

Over the years I have been obsessed with tables usually on European soil. I always admired the way French or Italian people just throw together tables anywhere and make it an event. I decided to do that this year in my backyard for a milestone birthday. My heart and soul did the job with a little help from a Goddess caterer whose small elegant crew were on my page with the simplicity of what a little patch of dirt, an olive tree, rosemary, lavender and love could do. Oh ya, candles, flowers, and wine and champagne of course. I could have been in Spain, Italy, or France. Instead, I stayed home and brought Europe to my friends and family. 

Los Angeles The Slow Life Began With A Simple Garden

The small salad plates got me in the 

MOOOD “Am I in France?”

 

In Los Angeles We Have Spanish Homes

That Helps Set The Stage

The set table

A Milestone Birthday Should Be

Celebrated

Slow life to me feels like something simple and magical, intimate and soulful. Over the years, I have had some of the most memorable meals in my little corner of the world in Los Angeles after lusting after the simple tables I have photographed or eaten at in France and Italy and Mexico. Birthdays have been usually out of town. Sausalito, Ireland, The Berkshires, anywhere but here. It was time to slow down at home after all we have been through.

A Small Garden Is Just Enough 

With The Right Touches

There is something easy about a table outside with the right blend of people and embellishments to make the scene magical, celebratory, intimate or simply special. As a slow lifer here are some of my own tables. I had the blessed good fortune to celebrate my milestone with established elders, modern elders, family, friends in my own backyard. We all feel more comfortable outside right now, open air and knowing who has a seat at your table.

A private chat with my mom @ 87 

The Guests Arrive

Where Are We?

The Wine & Champagne Table 

So We Slow Down In A Small Space

And I Am So Happy To Stay Home

This is also a reunion after 

A long pause

When Life Moves Slow It Is Something 

To Remember

 

 

At Home Celebrations 

Chez Moi

Thanksgiving 2020

Outside Table for Four

To Life & Slow Tables

Cheers!

Slow Travel From Costa Careyes Mexico To A Swiss Idyll

 

A Contrast In Slow Escapes

Nothing like a blend of experiences from quintessential organic beach architecture on the wild ruggesd Pacific coast of Mexico to a heritage mountain escape in the Swiss Alps. Old and new blends and contrasts create moody cravings in opposite directions. Both types of natural beauty mixed with great architecture will slow you down to look, swoon and play.

Costa Careyes

 Ocean frames in the form of sculptured architecture blended with soaring palapa tops so you can lounge in a barefoot odyssey of color, texture serenity with a pop of passion and artistic imagination.

 

Bright colored shop in Puerto Vallarta

B  

Gorgeous Contrasts

Slowly Move Over To An Alpine World Of Walking and Savoring

Zermatt & Mt Blanc, a dreamy combination of French and Swiss charm and intense mountain drama. History and geology inspire the soul topped off with amazing food, hiking and dreaming in alpine slow travel style.

I am admiring the architecture

The Hills Are Alive

And so are the cafes!

We LOVE our furry friends

 

Timeless 3.0 Real Women Of The World Visible

 

Interesting & Inspiring- Women Now In Time Slow Beauty

The Icons 

 

 

Forces of Nature ( A bit unreal I admit but let's admire)

  

You Get The Idea

The narrative goes like this:

Age + Perception = Who Cares? We can't all look like these ladies, but we can live like

them by example and get inspired by the timeless and eternal fascination of being

naturally lit women radiant and reinventing what it means to be over 

50

get out in the world, do what you love, keep the beauty

thing going your unique way, look to your elders, the 

icons, women in film, literature or on your block, in your social circle

 who light the way

 

 

RealWomen 

This is What 81 Looks Like (My Aunt Frannie)

 

Travels With My Aunt in South Africa

 

My Over 50 journey

article in LA Times regarding dating 

 Finding bliss has many flavors when you have been all over the world and it has been all over you. Who are the spirited ones who defy the narrative and remain timeless in their pursuit of a life well lived? They are famous, not famous, moving in ways that lift all of us women up through the ages to think beyond limits, time, society. They are lit inside still mindful of the power of beauty, the joys of freedom, the grace of good genes and the courage to wear them. 

 

 

  My travel pal

  A beautiful inspiration & woman

        of the world 

If you like to explore places and faces, doing what you loved in your 20's, life can be even better a few years later. Get in the water, lay in the sun, eat ice cream and laugh. Beautiful friends can inspire you and share secrets, tips, attitudes and the focus and courage to constantly reinvent themselves. God bless my friends and family!

 

 "Stay curious, keep looking for ways to experience the world a little different than yesterday or the day before, keep reaching to learn new things and taste life." Marisa Berenson  

 

Style, simplicity, wellness, peace, inspiration, adventure, beauty, creativity and connection over time  takes it toll. Taking it well is an art. When experience married with a well composed life studied and surrendered combines luck, timing and listening to your own voice, the result can be startling. A woman who does not subscribe to convention and contributes to life is always a role model. No matter what age.  Curiosity, engagement, the urge to immerse in hidden and known talents with the gift of discipline is a cocktail for a life of accomplishment.  

 

The Artist:

 

The Artist

Georgia O'Keefe

I just went to  Santa Fe and spent time wandering the streets of this New Mexican idyll. Even though I have been to Taos many times, the homage to Georgia O'keefe renewed my faith in the power of creativity, the language of nature, and the blend of intense focus, urban immersion combined with total fascination and exposure to big nature. O'Keefe was a naturalist and a city intellectual, a loner and a woman of the world deeply engaged with community. As I travel through time, I love to discover aspects of iconic women who display layers of femininity and fierce courage, trust in their calling and personal style.

The Brilliant Pioneer 

Jane Goodall 

ABOUT JANE

Click above to a link to her new documentary. 

In July 1960, at the age of 26, Jane Goodall traveled from England to what is now Tanzania and ventured into the little-known world of wild chimpanzees. The rest is history! Check out her new documentary

 

We are all creatures of the wild and creatures of habit. Some are wonderful, some keep us stuck in time afraid to reach out into new frontiers because of our age. I hope these images reveal a little more truth and beauty to your day and life.