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Morocco: and a tale of {finally} on Instagram 22 Aug 2013 | 12:26 pm
{Sigh} I'm a late bloomer, behind the 8 ball, last to the party. But yes, I'm finally on Instagram. It' a little behind the scenes look at my day-to-day life, all taken with my iphone.....Family, frie...
Marrakech: and an exciting design update 19 Aug 2013 | 09:21 pm
Dear Friends, 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 .....
Bamako, Mali: and a tale of the witchdoctor's assistant 12 Aug 2013 | 11:27 pm
His father had named him Gauche, as in "Left" in French. I wondered if Gauche was left-handed but didn't ask -- it was a commonly held belief that those left handed were bad luck. But perhaps his fa...
Bamako, Mali: and a tale of the witchdoctor's market 8 Aug 2013 | 12:25 pm
Oh, I seem ordinary, rationale, why, nearly scientific. I base my decisions on facts, just the facts, only the facts. But perhaps that is just a cover. Because, you see, underneath it all lies a po...
Bamako, Mali: and a tale of Africa 4 Aug 2013 | 08:06 pm
I was born in Africa all those years ago, and it was perhaps destiny that I would return to it. It's been 15 years since I've been back, living somewhere on the continent and working in more than a d...
Marrakesh: and a tale of exciting news & fun updates 29 Jul 2013 | 03:59 am
Dear friends, Just back from Spain and thought I’d fill you in on some news & updates in my world. A story I did on contemporary designers (interiors, fashion, and jewelry) in Marrakech is out in th...
Marrakesh: and a tale of fitness extremes 19 Jul 2013 | 04:05 pm
You'll never make it, he said. I'm sorry, Mom, but you'll never make it, he repeated, with the kind of swagger and assurance of a 13 year old. You might as well quit while you're ahead, he added. T...
Everywhere: and a tale of internal fireworks 15 Jul 2013 | 02:08 pm
I gave it up some years ago: linear thinking and the pursuit of perfection. I swapped it for this: free association and the pursuit of just good. I think it’s too easy, too easy to get stuck. S...
New York: and a tale of a Figue photoshoot 5 Jul 2013 | 03:21 am
No, I havn't been in Marrakesh, or in Fez, or in Cairo or in Kabul. I've been in New York.....in the Hamptons.............with talented friend, client and designer of Figue, Stephanie Von Watzdorf......
The Fez Sacred Music Festival 2013: a tale of gospel and Oh! A Happy Day 25 Jun 2013 | 06:59 pm
It was under a big dark Moroccan sky. It was under a Fez arch hundreds of years old. It was there they came...the Zulus. They were called the Ladysmith Red Lions and they were from South Africa. .....
