Blog By Knight
2008 April

I do a lot of entertaining here at Krog Street. Actually, I always have had great parties no matter where I have lived. Some of my earliest memories are of parties at my grandparents house when my mom and I lived with them while my Dad was in the Antarctic.

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I think flexibility is an important attribute and I keep finding plenty of opportunities to practice it on a regular basis. Last week, I worked for three solid days in the garden with my two amigos, getting all of the beds cleaned up, planted and mulched motivated in part by the assigned author of having a barbecue Saturday night.

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I just called Retromodern and ordered a Philippe Starck, Bubble Club Sofa from Kartell with two arm chairs in pale green. I was having a hard time deciding between the Bubble Club or the Ploof, but just found out that they stopped making the Ploof so “too bad” or maybe it was good that my decision was made for me and I could stop procrastinating.

The Bubble Club is very cool, made from polyethylene and this is just the thing for my retro-modern garden patio and Basset Hound ranch. I thought (for about ten seconds) about getting one of those comfy outdoor sectional sets but what would happen is that my dogs would each claim one and without us outside all the time telling them to get off the furniture it would be bad. After two weeks no one would ever want to sit on them again.

I guess if I want comfy, I’ll have to go next door to Kevin Rathbun Steak. They have a very cozy outdoor area with comfy sectionals and coffee tables on what was the loading dock of their building and it faces onto the Beltline (actually its the same setting as my back deck but without the dogs). When I go there, I actually prefer sitting outside. And since I am not a make a reservation a month in advance type of girl, its a great secret ( well, it was anyway) since I can usually count on walking right in and getting my favorite seat.

Maybe since I am buying this furniture from Retromodern, they will put me on their mailing list. Before this I hadn’t ever done more than drool on their stuff, I was not on their list and I missed out finding out about their HUGE moving sale last year – until the week after. Ever since I keep hearing of the fabulous pieces that this or that person picked up for 40 dollars or so. Oh well. They were supposed to have their new store open in January or February, but as we in the construction business know, it always takes longer than you think. Their store is now planned to open in May over in the West Midtown area a few blocks from the new Knoll showroom.

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Can you believe it. Ten Years, seven kids, one mother and father.

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I am grateful: for my sisters being in town, that I showed the Wigwam Annex today to a cute young couple that may just well buy it, for the fabulous spring, that we have had some rain and things are green and growing, that my garden walls have been painted, for my long walks with [...]

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My friend Robyn started it all. When we were first knowing each other and I’d want her to come to a party or to the movies, every so often she would say “Oh, I can’t. I have a Zydeco dance I

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This weekend is the Inman Park Festival and The Urban Oasis will be 100% occupied this weekend. My three sisters who live in the Tampa/Saint Pete area are coming to stay. I have two other sisters who live here in Atlanta and one of them, Mary, actually lives in Inman Park about a mile from me.

Mary is my sister who has a business Felted Heart, that makes

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The Tree Cowboy, Wayne Shannon, just sent me a invite to join his circle in that LinkedIn social network deal. And If you ever need an Arborist he is one to choose, wow – you won’t be able to take you eyes off him climbing around in your trees. I had all of my girlfriends [...]

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Today I went over to the Telephone Factory for Hollis Gillespie’s Shocking Real-Life Writing seminar which was held in Grant’s Studio. It was a really great thing. First off, I loved being in Grant’s studio with his Sister Louisa art covering every available surface. It gave the afternoon a rather holy atmosphere

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