This is one of our favorite evenings of the year in Atlanta. Saturday April 18, 7 pm The Hambidge Art auction gala. It's a wonderful convergence of creativity and art with the best Atlanta (and beyond) has to offer. Hambidge retreat center is an artist retreat nestled in the foothills of the Georgia mountains just an hour from the city. It is a refuge and a retreat and a place where the creative soul can regenerate and flourish. This Saturday night April 18th is a time to buy art and support this valuable institution. Message me if you are interested in coming and can't figure out how or where or just want to support. Alisa is a fellow. /art-auction
I love when memories show up in my feed. This one from our stay at Tiny Casa - a magical little place in puerto Escondido. Our electricity went out so had to cook all of our food in an outdoor wood burning stove. It turned out to be a blessing- loads of work but tons of fun and exquisite meals we might not have otherwise experienced . @smithhanes
a quiet sunday morning allows a deep dive into the ny times style section, a coffee on the stove while re-listening to terrence malick's "days of heaven". #bellaandsmith1
Here’s one way to warm the winter chill- oxtail stew - a childhood favorite my mom used to make - a delicious prescription for last night dinner made by my love @smithhanes
December 30 is a perfect opportunity to look back and appreciate the beauty that is my Bella. I'm keenly aware that she is not only mine. That she has a world of people who love and admire her for the intricate beauty she brings into our lives. However I am the luckiest of all because I get to create a beautiful life together with her. Happy birthday Alisa. #bellaandsmith1
Our first time to the heel, the ancient coastal region of Italy. A pilgrimage of many sorts....back to the country we love so much, discovering places new to us but iconic in their imprint on the/our world ...places we've studied and yearned to visit. Masseria Mososeta by the brilliant Studio Andrew Trotter, the Trulli of Ostuni, Burro caffe, and the antique markets that travel from town to town weekly. Bumping into the most fascinating people...expats who find and remodel Masserias for discerning clients, a talented couple remaking the world of tech...and the people who made our food daily, at the Masseria, in the caffes, the macellerias and shops along the way. As we drove along winding roads through a region bursting with 100 year old olive trees ....we know winter time revealed a contemplative and wet version for us, cloudy skies with periodic searing sunlight resulting in rainbows over the olive fields... we can only imagine what a summertime visit would look like....Puglia, we will be back! #bellaandsmith1
A weekend is never enough. Through monsoon rains and foggy mornings to heat filled afternoons and evenings spent celebrating 25 years of ballroom marfa. The trains running on the same schedule they have for a century.. Discovered pilgrimage and mourned Aster. Had a great cocktail at @caprimarfa and omg the Serva sandwich at bordo always satisfies. Marfa is a place where everything changes and everything stays the same. What a gift...the light, the people, the place. #bellaandsmith1
