Cindy's Salon

February 3, 2010 | Link This | Email this | Comments (1)

No, your eyes are not deceiving you—there really is glass in the entry doors as well as the skylights. I think it would be safe to say that the house is actually getting to the stage of being “closed up.” Hallelujah! The big question is whether or not it will be finished before April. If not, I will have to pay the third year of construction insurance. Contractor Mitch thinks we can make it, but if you remember, he also thought I would be in by last year. He’s lost a lot of credibility during these years.

It’s hard to say “I’ve just returned from Paris” without sounding a bit pretentious, but I just returned from Paris yesterday where I was shopping at the flea market with clients. We also did the Ru...Read More

January 27, 2010 | Link This | Email this | Comments (1)

It’s so great having a famous photographer cousin, even her snapshots of the house look like art—well, kind of. When we were there together, both with cameras in hand, I followed her around, and wherever she stopped to shoot, I did the same. Somehow it didn’t quite work, hers still look so much better. Not quitting my day job!





The glass is installed in most of the windows, but, as you can see, there is still no glass in the doors; for that matter, there are no doors. I don’t know what happened to them but there ...Read More

January 20, 2010 | Link This | Email this | Comments (2)

Mitch was right; most of the windows were in last week. For some reason, all operable windows and doors were not. Not quite sure why, but I’ve learned not to ask too many questions. Even the glass panes for the large skylight in the entry/library/mud/receiving room were in place. More noticeable than having the glass installed, is not having the plastic tarp covering the house. You can see from the photos how different everything is without it. Nice guy Mitch is, but Christo he’s not.



I know it is so bourgeois to talk about one’s view, but how about that view! As much as I go up and visit the house, I am always amazed by it. Living in the city for so many years, my idea of a vista is looking across a two way street. When ...Read More

January 13, 2010 | Link This | Email this | Comments (1)

Contractor Mitch has promised that when I come up this Friday, I will be “pleasantly surprised.” Does this mean he will have a hot meal prepared in my newly installed kitchen? Will I hear the faint sound of toilets flushing? Will I be told to watch the walls because some of the paint is still wet? This would all be good but I know it’s not going to happen. What I will probably see is most of the glass panels installed, not sealed, but installed. He is right though, I will be pleasantly surprised. 

On January 2, one of the local dealers in Hudson had an ice skating party on the frozen pond at his house. I won’t mention his name in case there are some people he purposely didn’t invite, and I don’t wan...Read More

January 6, 2010 | Link This | Email this | Comments (0)

It finally happened; contractor Mitch began installing the window panes. Okay it’s far from complete, but it is a start. I do like the window color but still wondering whether red would not have been better. Of course there is no seal in any of the windows as it is too cold to install it; imagine snow and cold this time of year—who would have thought it! Not complaining, just happy to see some progress.

Back several posts ago, someone made a comment about my last name: “you have the funniest last name! made me laugh sooo hard... love it!! Paul Siskin WOW i think you must be Russian, if you are not then the next time you see a Russian ask them to translate your last name for you. ba...Read More