More fun than hoovering: Planning ahead
It’s about two hours before I head to the airport to catch a plane to New York City, as I’m heading up to New Hampshire to teach at the Fall session of the Squam Art Workshop. So excited, and nervous too.
While I wait for the taxi, I’m distracting myself with displacement activities like hoovering, dusting, and cleaning up cat puke… and planning exactly what I want to see and do and BUY in 5 short days in NYC. Here’s some shopping I may look into:
- From the Uniqlo Fall lookbook
- Orla Kiely in Mercer St
- LED wall lamp from the IKEA PS series
- Graphic Songstress cardigan from Madewell
- Hadley Mod throw from CB2
Last time I was in NYC, it was prior to opening my own shop, so although I was looking closely at how shops were put together, now that I’ve had my own for the last 9 months, I’m really looking forward to looking really, really hard at retail spaces, both to appreciate how they’ve been created, as well as to get ideas for my shop. I’ve also become a complete Simon Doonan groupie of late, so will certainly be making a pilgrimage to Barneys to see what he’s done with their windows this week.
Image from NY Mag
Ooh, is that really the time? I’d better zip up my luggage and call a taxi. Follow my travels on Twitter and on Instagram, where I’m @skinnylaminx. Tally ho!