Paris in Palm Beach

My dear friend from Cape Cod, Thelma, took me with a few Palm Beach friends to 

The Norton Museum of Art.  

We saw the fabulous Richard Avedon collection of photographs from 1944-2000.

This is the model Dovima at the Cirque d'Hiver in Paris in 1955, wearing Dior.

And the model, Veruschka from the 1960's.  I actually remember seeing this photograph in Vogue when I was about thirteen.  I used to babysit for a woman-doctor (very unusual in those days).  She was from Ireland and very modern and very beautiful and she had two boys--twins.  They were little hellions and always left me completely exhausted.  Plus, I was expected to wash Madame Doctor and her husband's sink full of leftover dinner dishes.  Ah, but once the dishes were done and the twins went to sleep, I got to read all of Madame Doctor's fashion magazines!  They were much more fun than my mother's copies of "Good Housekeeping" and "Woman's Day."  Oh, and no, I never did get to do my school homework!

I think my fantasies of visiting Paris one day began on those nights, reading Vogue.  

Here's the model, Suzy Parker.  Cute, huh?

Later during my visit, Thelma and I went to The Omphoy Ocean Resort for tapas and drinks.  She is so much fun to pal around with and I just love her!

This is the beach at the resort.  Don't you adore those beach cabanas?  They actually cost a small fortune to rent, but they're pretty to look at.

Oh, and I can't leave you without showing you this charming photo of Mary's backyard pool.  She's a wonderful writer and I wouldn't even have been invited to speak about "French Women Don't Sleep Alone" at the Society for the Four Arts if it hadn't been for Mary's charm and perseverance!

Au revoir, Palm Beach!  xoxo Jamie