Hi, it’s Friday. I’m tired. So let’s hear from our friend, Jim Williamson. It seems like this week has been about a stories of twos. It started Tuesday, when I had two beers and two tacos for dinner to celebrate selling two dining tables. See how simple I can be? Wednesday, I had dinner with a friend. I haven’t seen her in two years, and we live about two miles from one another. That’s just not right. But she is the kind of friend that you can just pick up where you last left off. In other words, she is the best kind of friend.
The next day, I had two different clients that I had not seen in forever, but strangely enough, I had just recently thought about. Don’t you hate when that happens? It is kind of spooky. It’s also the reason why I try to never think about an ex.
Back to my clients. The first one—who is typically always happy—is going through a divorce after three decades of marriage. So while I was happy to see her, I was not happy to see her so unhappy. And then that same day, as I was busy calculating drapery hardware (while simultaneously wanting to stab myself because this would be the unglamorous part of design—all the measuring and calculating and recalculating), another client walked up to my desk. This person happened to be my very first client on my first day of work when I moved to Dallas not quite two decades ago. I have to tell you, my mouth dropped open as soon I as I saw her because I actually thought she had died. Needless to say, I was thrilled to see that she had not. But I did hug her three times, just to make sure.
And then last night we had dinner with the two Davids. We had not seen them in two years. And then I also started my wildly popular blog, Style Bastard, two years ago. When I say “popular,” I mean in the way that so many people are waiting in line to work with Lohan—not very.
Now let’s talk about design. The fall fabric collections are arriving at an alarming pace. Thousands upon thousands of new designs, textures, patterns, and colors are arriving daily. Do you have a particular design style you are looking for? Chances are we have a brand new fabric for that, plus some.
I think it’s only fitting that we tie in our stories of two with the launch of Royal Collection from Designers Guild. The new collection, called St James’s, takes its inspiration from St. James’s Palace where Tricia Guild and her design team were given exclusive access. The designs draw inspiration from many different aspects of the palace: interior decoration, architectural elements, and items from the archives. The Queen would have nothing less than this beautiful collection.
As always, I hope you have a fantastic weekend. We just lost someone I consider to be the queen of comedy, Joan Rivers, and I am suffering from whatever they call it (I’m too lazy to Google) when you’re sad that a celebrity you didn’t know in-person dies. But I will carry on, and I am kicking off the weekend with dinner and a show, Buyer & Cellar, at the Dallas City Performance Hall with two of my favorite people.
So as we end of story of two I leave you with some more wise words from our dearly departed Joan ”Never floss with a stranger.” Happy Friday!
