Comments on the style saloniste: MY PASSAGE TO INDIA: Part Two

I am such a fan of the Aman resorts and would do a...

2010-02-23T09:26:51.144-08:00

I am such a fan of the Aman resorts and would do a world tour of them if I got half the chance! I love the look and the service is excellent. I recently stayed at the Aman in Cambodia and it was more pared down but presented a very elegant sixties style. My only criticism would be that sometimes the lighting is a little dark in them?

How elegant and stylish. Reminds me a little of th...

2010-01-17T11:47:18.897-08:00

How elegant and stylish.
Reminds me a little of the Neue Galerie in New York --such a wonderful limited palette.
Came to your blog via Maryam Montague (My Marrakesh) a chum from our Morocco days.
What a small world it is.

Dear Tavarua- You are so kind. Thank you. I appr...

2010-01-16T22:57:19.895-08:00

Dear Tavarua-

You are so kind. Thank you. I appreciate your generous and wonderful comments. They spur me on.
I am grateful for your quote from Jung--who has inspired so much insight and guidance over the years.
INDIA: It's a writer's paradise. It's a traveler's paradise.
I am shooting sparks...I am hallucinating...I am alive to every sound and texture and current of air and scent and jingle and jangle and shout and shriek. I can't wait to return. It's the most dissonant and harmonious place, and each moment is like the universe colliding.
I will follow your travels in the far north--on the archipelago and yonder. Blue yonder.
Cheers and safe harbor...DIANE
www.thestylesalonsite.com

Dear Diane, Thank you so much for all your kind w...

2010-01-16T22:11:52.297-08:00

Dear Diane,

Thank you so much for all your kind words and comments. Brilliant, effortless elegant writing......you are an observer and an explorer of life, beauty and elegance as a traveler...to freeze the moment in time , to live and feel life - a road less traveled - very few people are true travelers...

"Your vision will become clear only when you look into your heart. Who looks outside, dreams. Who looks inside, awakens.” - C.G. Jung

A late Happy New Year,
"Tavarua"

Dear Mrs Saeks, I discovered your blog trough ...

2009-12-23T07:59:32.604-08:00

Dear Mrs Saeks,

I discovered your blog trough 'Belgian pearls' and I'm reading non-stop all the interesting subjects you're writing about! I loved very much your article about Inia. I have been 14 times over 20 years. Last year my daughter & I traveled trough Rajastan, just the 2 of us...it's not easy to discribe this country but you did it in an amazing way!

Wishing you & your family a merry xmas & a very happy and inspiring new year.

Brigitte Garnier.

Diane, Just stunning! I love the style of this arc...

2009-12-21T07:31:27.496-08:00

Diane,
Just stunning! I love the style of this architect!

I wish you a Merry Christmas and a fabulous 2010!!

xx
Greet

Looks like you had an amazing time in India! I wo...

2009-12-21T06:47:54.683-08:00

Looks like you had an amazing time in India! I would love to be able to go on a big trip like that!

Hello, La Petite, Sally, Renee, Columnist, and Alb...

2009-12-21T01:40:47.025-08:00

Hello, La Petite, Sally, Renee, Columnist, and Albarosa and Michael-

THANK YOU so much for your kind wishes and especially for your insights and observations. (Just back from meetings in New York--and the thrilling snow storm...Central Park looked magical.)

This new Aman hotel was a bold decision on the part of Aman. I believe it is a magnificent success--and the modern lines and rigorous architecture are gloriously simple in a country that thrives on embellishments and ornamentation. The architect's statement is fantastically astute--and KERRY HILL is right that the worse way to approach new architecture in India is to simply take existing models and replicate them or even copy them without thought.
Please be sure to read on to next week--when we approach Amanbagh and a completely different experience out in the wilds of the Aravalli hills. India is magnificent. If you have not been there I urge you to look into going to Rajasthan and Delhi in particular--for the experience of a lifetime
Happy holidays to all--and I wish you all health, joy, laughter and every happiness, DIANE

Great hotel tip, Diane. Beautiful images; many tha...

2009-12-20T09:29:26.779-08:00

Great hotel tip, Diane. Beautiful images; many thanks.
Happy Holidays,
Michael

I knew the Amanresorts from my previous life, a we...

2009-12-19T11:44:24.174-08:00

I knew the Amanresorts from my previous life, a week in Phuket was pure bliss (even though the contrast with real life in the street was even greater and bothered me a little to return to such luxury each time we ventured out).
I can just imagine how I would feel in Delhi, following your steps (tea included). I will keep dreaming!

Fascinating. I am very familiar with Aman Resorts,...

2009-12-18T22:19:08.495-08:00

Fascinating. I am very familiar with Aman Resorts, (there is one in Phuket), and interested that they have branched out into city properties. Their design of this Delhi one is indeed quite stark, (from the outside), but once you're inside it perhaps doesn't matter. Kerry Hill has designed The Suhothai Hotel here in Bangkok, which is next door to where I live, and about which I have posted previously. I like his style and clean lines very well indeed.

it is such a gift to have been able to take this l...

2009-12-18T09:46:31.729-08:00

it is such a gift to have been able to take this lovely trip.

money and your 'time' are both luxuries that made this trip so possible & fabulous.

xx merry Christmas

One of the very worst things after a long flight i...

2009-12-17T17:11:54.023-08:00

One of the very worst things after a long flight is the pain of the check in process. What heaven you have described! That alone could send me rushing off to India.

Lovely Lady, You have such style in everything you...

2009-12-17T16:27:48.905-08:00

Lovely Lady,
You have such style in everything you do.
You just reek of STYLE AND GRACE
(like tuberose's) I love them..
Thank you for this lovely post at Christmas ..
May you be happy, well and and loved.
Yvonne