There's still time to make plans for a beautiful weekend!
Maybe lunch outside with friends?
And then grab your bike and go for a whirl?
PS Check out this *most excellent* animation that my very best friend, Anna Wang, helped create right here. I love it (and so important!) Pls spread the word on FB, blogs, and Twitter!
Dear friends,
Last fall, I had the great good fortune during the Decor8 retreat at Peacock Pavilions to meet up with the adorable Jo Packham, the Editor in Chief of Where Women Cook. Jo is one of the most sparkly, generous and enthusiastic women I've ever met, and it was so fun to spend time with her. To make things even better, she plotted with talented photographer Tiffany Kirchner to do a beautiful huge spread on Peacock Pavilions in the recent Where Women Cook issue (Get it at your nearest Barnes & Nobles). It has a couple of our yummy Moroccan recipes!
This week, the lucky me is featured on the Where Women Cook blog. (Many thanks to Jo and Editor Loralee Choate for inviting me).
The week started off with some odd (and maybe even surprising!) facts about me. If you have a minute check it out HERE.
And then I included one of my favorite tips/tricks right here, if you want to take a peek!
Love,
Maryam in Marrakesh
Success is often the result of little more than guts and determination.
The waters are unsteady. All the more reason not to waver, your eyes set firmly on the destination beckoning you, from beyond.
I was in Napa when I saw it. The Journey is the Destination: The Journals of Dan Eldon. It was in one of those carefully curated book stores, where you can loiter all day with interest.
I picked it up. I leafed through it. I bought it {immediately}.
I don't want to tell you about Dan Eldon's journey because perhaps you might like to find out about that yourself. It's a complex, tragic and inspiring story. It's also hypnotic {really}.
I can tell you that one of the places Dan Eldon visited was Morocco. {Of course.}
But more than his beautiful images {of which there are many} and his poetic yet amusing words {many again}, it's his outlook on life that stops me in my tracks, his manifesto.
Here are his words:
"Free at last" Voyages - the search for clean water in a swamp.
Mission statement for....Safari as a Way of Life
To explore the unknown and the familiar, distant and near, and to record in detail with the eyes of a child, any beauty (of the flesh or otherwise), horror, irony, traces of utopia or Hell. Select your team with care, but when in doubt, take on new crew and give them a chance. But avoid at all costs fluctuations of sincerity with your best people.
Buy Journey as a Destination right here. Published by the brilliant Chronicle Books.
