Annie Elliott Design
Greater Washington DC
I just finished listening to a New Yorker article about the legendary art dealer Larry Gagosian, and my head is spinning. The NUMBERS, Gentle Readers. The NUMBERS. We already knew that some art is stratospherically expensive — costing tens, if not hundreds, of millions of dollars — but hearing the amounts one after the other, …
We’ve been home for a few weeks now. School has begun, work is in full force, and there’s the faintest scent of autumn in the air, despite the persistent 90 degree temperature. As bossy color reflects on the long (looong, looooonnngg) summer, we find ourselves yearning not for the breezy porch in St. Michaels, or …
During the Great Flood of St. Michaels on Saturday… …my family and I drove cautiously into town in search of lunch. We ended up at this little restaurant* we’d never been to. The food was VERY good, and the prices were reasonable. But we probably won’t go back. Why? Because the interior was so bleak …
We woke up today to, what, about 5″ of snow? Believe it or not, that makes me feel better about not still being in Miami. If it’s going to be cold, then it might as well snow and be beautiful, too. Just a quick post about the minimal yet brilliant design elements at Grass Restaurant …
Bossy color does try to make good on its promises. In a recent post about Busboys & Poets, that fabulous and socially conscious restaurant/bar/free-trade shop, I mentioned two artists featured in the Mt. Vernon Square location and promised I’d get you the 411. Well guess what? It’s not two artists, it’s one. Meet Anna Rose …
Have you ever walked into a place and thought, “Wow. This place is much cooler than I am.” ? Happens to me all the time. Like recently, when my husband and I went to Busboys & Poets in Mount Vernon Square. It’s a D.C.-based restaurant/free trade shop mini-chain with a hip, loyal following. I’d been …
I was sitting here watching American Idol and toying w/ my floor plan for the Design House, and there was a particularly action-packed ad for an upcoming movie called Push. Something about this actor getting hurled into a red and green wall reminded me… I forgot to post about Miss Yip Chinese Cafe in Miami …
