Saturday, November 1, 2008

sex and two cities

Yesterday I saw the apartment of a real life Carrie Bradshaw. Actually it was more like a Carrie, Samantha, and a Miranda in one. Definitely not a Charlotte. The woman was a bio tech consultant who is bicoastal. She is my dream. Spending half of her time in a fabulous San Francisco apartment and the other half of her time in a likely fabulous New York apartment. This is her SF stomping ground. She added the beautiful fixtures to the apartment herself, her taste is exquisite. Waterworks bathroom with a beautiful counter and drawers. Her kitchen is a single woman's kitchen, but a woman who lives well. Her fridge and freezer are full of wine and Grey Goose. Her kitchen cabinets lined with chapagne flutes.

She had a desk built into the wall and a stereo wired throughout the house. Her furniture was exquisite, and she was able to give warmth to a converted warehouse loft. I especially liked her laundry room, which had beautiful Miele appliances and exquisite cabinetry. If a woman has to do laundry, she should do it in style.

Her closet was lined with hundreds of pairs of Manolos and a few designer purses and Nieman Marcus dress bags were hanging on hooks. This is a woman who perfects the art of living well.