You know I love to call trends and hope they catch on, like Gretchen in Mean Girls "trying to make 'fetch' happen." But I swear, phoenixes are so gonna happen or are
already happening. Of course I mean the
mythical bird that lives for a thousand years and then sets itself on fire, only to rise anew from the ashes. It's a hot (sorry) symbol for our troubled times and lately I'm feeling the synchronicity. First a certain Scorpio (a sign also represented by the phoenix) friend considered covering a certain permanent body adornment with a big, charred bird tattoo. Then the band Phoenix came out with a new
single and album and performed on SNL. Then General Motors announced its
phaseout of the entire Pontiac line, but since their most awesomest model EVER was the Firebird, do we really believe it's for good? Naw.
Finally we're all atwitter (no, not
on Twitter. NEVER!) about the
Doris Duke auction and went to its preview today in New Jersey. Double D, the Scorpio tobacco heiress who *accidentally*
killed her decorator with a Chrysler station wagon, had
menageries of the animal, tchotchke and wardrobe varieties. Check out this FABULOUS phoenix-printed scarf made by Christian Dior for Miss Duke:
"Happy wishes" indeed! And I believe it was the incomparable, indomitable Mary Louise Parker (whose cad of a baby daddy Billy Crudup left her at seven months preggo for that coat hanger Claire Danes) who said at the end of John Grisham's "The Client":
"Phoenix ... Sure do like the sound of that."
And then she got her house in Arizona with a walk-in closet thanks to the Witness Protection Program.
See?
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Gotta love a gratuitous Mean Girls reference.
ReplyDeleteWow. I had never heard the 'accidental' death story -- and was also surprised to learn that the home stored 2 camels during Hurricane Bob in 1991. Thanks Wikipedia and Nick!
I looked at the auction online, and loved so many things but the condition of pieces didn;t look so great - what did you think?
ReplyDeleteIs it worth taking a trip for Sunday?
Oh, and Falcon Lair is the BEST name for an estate ever!
ReplyDeleteWow. Such bang for one's buck here. At first I thought I may have been the Scorpio to whom you were referring. Whew! That's a bitchin' scarf.
ReplyDeleteI can't believe D-squared only killed once.
ReplyDeleteTHANK YOU for mentioning The Client and dissing Twitter in the same post - you're magical.
ReplyDeleteIt's pretty amazing to have a walk-in closet. Sometimes I enter mine and think, "Wow--I've really made it." Hee!
ReplyDeleteMorristown Armory! My own ancestral homeland! Used to pass Falcon's Lair on my way to Morristown to visit the family from my home in Princeton.....the gates with the falcons on them, the stone walls, the woods and deer...what a gorgeous place it was. So many of these estates used to exist in NJ....thanks for reminding me, Nick
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ReplyDeleteOk. I'll say it. I have checked back on this blog at least 4 times to read updated comments, and I still love the title. Maybe I should start making Arbitrary Trend Forecasts in my own life.
ReplyDeleteYes, Tommy -- everyone should! Ronda Byrne does and calls it 'The Secret.' Agreed that Falcon's Lair (barely) beats Rough Point and wipes the floor with Holly Hill in the Big Ass Estate Names category. What should mine be called? It needs a water feature. Gurglebrook?
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LOVE.
ReplyDeleteWhispering Pointe? Bubbling Peake? Anything with a gratuitous -e.
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ReplyDeletebrilliant post.
ReplyDeleteI'm not sure about the Phoenix. What would be ideal is if all of the birds on pillows, birds on t-shirts, birds on everything would all spontaneously combust. I am so over birds that maybe the only bird I could deal with is a flaming bird.
ReplyDeleteI love the bird in front of the car. Very cool design.
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