In the winter, my bedroom is command central at Peacock Pavilions. You can see it here.
I love to cozy into a beautiful bed with crisp sheets, my laptop, and endless cups of coffee. And adding the ultimate layer of warmth and glamour is the Moroccan wedding blanket, or handira and a super chic Beni Ouarain carpet.
I was in that imperial Moroccan city a thousand years old. I was in Fez. I had come exactly a year before. And I had come again for the same reason: the Fez Festival of World Sacred Music.
The year before I had fallen in love with a girl. Tonight I would fall in love with another. Or maybe I would fall in love with two.
The stage was set for them.
And then they were there. American singer Rosemary Standley and Spanish cellist Dom La Nena. Together they were Birds on a Wire.
Rosemary reminded me of an old French film star. She meandered from Dylan to Fairuz and sang Leonard Cohen and Tom Waits. Her accent was perfect in several languages. She was timeless.
And when she sang, I could hear her golden fingers.
And when she drummed I could feel her longing.
As for Dom la Nena, her bow across the strings made a heartbreaking and joyous sound.
Too soon, far too soon, it was over. They got up laughing to say their goodbyes.
And then they clapped for us as they left the stage.
But really, the applause should have been only for them....
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PS: New stock of the very prettiest Moroccan handira -- wedding blankets in my shop, Red Thread Souk. Take a peek right here.
Anyone who knows me knows I'm a foodie. My husband is happy with a bowl of cereal (for dinner!) but that would never do for me. However, clearly, good food doesn't necessarily mean the fancy variety, and I've always been a lover of street food. So I was happy to be asked to be on the Travel Channel's Street Eats episode in Morocco.
Here's a little clip taken on the fly. {That's my daughter and former Peacock Pavilions' colleague Stephanie Alman with me.}
Would love ot hear if you think eating street food in a foreign country is a No-No! Or do you dig in with abandon?
PS New and gorgeous stock of Moroccan wedding blankets known as handiras in Red Thread Souk. Take a peek if you have a minute!
