Wait, what? OK. The image is awful.
Fortunately, Emily Evans Eerdmans, Castaing’s biographer, and I are friends and she’s coming to Kansas City to sign books on Friday. Emily will be at Parrin & Co., Barbara Farmer’s beautiful shop (pictured above) at 45th and State Line. All the shops will be open and, yes, I do think it will be a bit of a party. 
Moving is truly horrible. I thought I was wonderfully prepared, totally organized and amazingly together. This is what all people must think before they load the fifth “last trip” of junk in their cars thinking, “Why do I even have this stuff?”
But we are in the “in-between house,” a gift from the universe (and good friends),and we can begin to think of life outside of boxes and movers and fast food.
A couple of times I have been lucky enough to have my blogging friends come to Kansas City to shop and eat and meet. There is nothing I like better than being able to show off this terrific city. Do save the date, November 5th, to meet the lovely, gracious and talented Emily Evans Eerdmans (I know these things are true because I have met her on her home turf) when she is here signing her newest book, The World of Madeleine Castaing. Better still, she will be doing so at Parrin & Co. at 45th & State Line. All the dealers will be open with spirits and snacks and Rainy Day Books will have copies on hand for Emily to sign.
Or two or four.
Image, top, from Mary McDonald: Interiors, courtesy of Rizzoli New York. Photography by Melanie Acevedo. For more, great, coverage on McDonald’s new book, check Style Court here. 
