I can't believe it's the end of Summer already. It's flown by, hasn't it?
I wanted to share a special design update with you!
Husband Chris Redecke and I are incredibly excited to be in a feature story in this month's House and Garden Magazine! Many many thanks to the HG editors and especially to amazing writer Dominic Bradbury and fabulous photographer Richard Powers. It's always such a pleasure to share Peacock Pavilions.
It's been busy here at Peacock Pavilions, and there's so much I've wanted to share. A few tidbits:
I'm thrilled that My Marrakesh won Best Writing on a Design Blog in the 2013 Design Bloggers Conference Hall of Fame Awards. The winners were determined through a combination of ratings by a panel of judges and the public vote. Many, many thanks to those of you who took the time to vote for this blog. And my sincerest congratulations to the other three blogs that won in their respective categories!
I feel so lucky to have just had talented writer Dominic Bradbury and *amazing* photographer Richard Powers (the duo behind The Iconic Interior and The Iconic House) come to Marrakech on behalf of House & Gardenmagazine to do a feature on architect husband Chris and me, as well as Peacock Pavilions . The story involved entertaining, a little road trip and a wander through the Marrakech souks! The issue should be out this Summer.
In a moment of madness, I tried out for a (tiny) role as an American journalist in an award winning French sitcom called, Kaboul Kitchen. It seems (can it be?!) that I got the part. Apparently, they were impressed that I had actually been to Kabul (& just recently!). View snippets of last season here:-)
Very excited that Anthropologie has bought my book, Marrakesh by Design, for its US stores. You might head over {if there's one nearby} to flip through the pages and pick up a copy, if you like what you see!
You'll find me on AlHurra TV's Eye on Democracy show on March 8th, International Women's Day. I'll be speaking about women and education as a source of empowerment in the Middle East and North Africa. Such an important topic. (This is related to my day job -- which I don't much discuss here on this blog but am passionate about!) Please tune in if you can at 2:10 pm GMT!
Your faraway friend in an olive grove in Marrakech,
Maryam
PS Subscribe to My Marrakesh here. Let's be friends on Facebook here or take a look at my Pinterest boards here.
It's been a little quiet here on the My Marrakesh blog with life, work, and travel getting in the way of blogging. But there are some fun things happening. Here's some news:
* I did some Christmas shopping Moroccan-style for thisamazing pop star. So fun! {Coincidentally, Marrakesh was just named the 9th best city in the world for Christmas shopping. Read more here.}
* Annie Waterman of the fantastic HandEye Magazine interviewed me on Moroccan craft. Take a peek HERE {& check out my photos}.
* An Irish TV crew has been at Peacock Pavilions for several days shooting a reality TV show episode. The show follows the story of two (adorable) people, Maggie and Colin, making their way around the world WWOOFING (WWOOF=World Wide Opportunities on Organic Farms). Peacock Pavilions is a working olive farm and one of the show's six episodes takes place here! The show airs in February 2013. Stay tuned!
Here I am with some of the sweet camera and sound crew (I am wearing my favorite Tory Burch tunic!).
