Current Obsessions: Weekend Reads

Ahead this weekend? A pretty summer trend, a cooking school in Japan, in praise of boulders, and more. Read on:

Above: We’ve been enamored of the vintage Côte d’Azure feel of Les Roches Rouges since we first featured it (here)…so we were delighted to see the hotel’s expansion, with new suites and spaces by Atelier St-Lazare.

• Fresh, airy, and un-frilly: the trend we’re surprisingly into.
• And loving Margot’s collections from the Outer Cape.
• We’re longtime fans of farmer, cook, and writer Marjory Sweet and all she creates—including her wildly good pastries. This week she opened Cafe Grazie in Maine, and it looks dreamy (glimpses here).
• A report from Mirukashi Salon, the Japanese cooking school exploring Japan’s 72 microseasons, helmed by photographer Prairie Stuart-Wolff and ceramicist Hanako Nakazato. (Read more about the duo here).
• It’s almost 3daysofdesign in Copenhagen, and the lineup looks stellar. Have a CPH tip for us while we’re there? Let us know in the comments.
• We wrote about Hana Getachew back in 2018—and now her works are at the Met! Her collection for the museum is now available at The Met Store Fifth Ave and on boleroadtextiles.com.
• Speaking of, we also wrote about Laxmi Hussain a bit ago (see The Body in Blue) and were delighted to see her joyful blue figure studies on offer at DWR.
• A stirring message from one of our favorite landscape design firms: “Landscape construction, maintenance and the entire labor engine of California would not be possible without immigrant labor. Bu more importantly than that, immigrants are our friends, family and neighbors—our communities and lives are infinitely better for their presence in Los Angeles, the Bay Area and across America.”
• Really, really coveting this: ORCA’s just-launched beautiful cedar shake-clad sauna with outdoor shower. (It comes fully assembled.)
• Kendra will be checking out the National Gallery’s exhibit of stunning geological and botanical paintings by 19^th century Mexican artist José Maria Velasco.
• Join the #mosquitobucketchallenge! (We promise you won’t have to get wet.)
• Fresh off the presses: a must-read from the team at Niwaki.
• A great little video on the hows and whys of cover crops (a.k.a. green manure).
• Trend alert: boulders in the garden.
• Father’s Day is this weekend! Here are some ideas for the outdoorsy dad and the cool dad.