Gold Rush
December 15, 2014
By Cheryl Katz
No matter how practical I try to be 11 months of the year, come December I yearn for excess. In that spirit, Iâve decided that this yearâs gifts need only to delight the recipientâs senses. To functionally and usefulness I say, âBah Humbug.â
Instead, a yard of cloth, not meant to enhance a dress or cover a pillow, but merely to be admired for itâs intricacies, a crystal orb, the smallest bottle of an extravagant fragrance, a very expensive tin of cookies or, better yet, since weâre talking excess, something very, very gold.
Perhaps a visit to the Neue Galerie to see Klimtâs portrait of Adele Bloch Bauer?
Photo courtesy of Neue Galerie
Or a meal at the recently remodeled Argentinean Anahi Restaurant in Paris, where, in a nod to the former charcuterie, thereâs an array of gilded âmeats.â
Photo courtesy of Yatzer and Anahi
The Arches ring by Lina Noel – or a limited edition anything – from whispereditions.com
Photo courtesy of Whisper Editions
But, as is my wont, Iâve gotten a bit carried away here, consider a gold- dipped light bulb that casts a warm glow, a shiny coffee scoop pretty enough to display, or the brightest, most glamorous market basket around.
Photo courtesy of Anthropologie
Photo courtesy of Alder and Co.
Photo courtesy of Anya Hindmarch
No matter what you choose, wrap it up with lots of gold ribbon and give with much love.
Photo courtesy of Angela Liguori, Studio Carta
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