You Can Ski In Camden Maine Too !!

How is this for a Christmas card ?
Camden Maine in the winter season, IS A CHRISTMAS CARD !!

Do you like to ski ?

This is at the top of the mountain that you can see from downtown Camden.

This is skiing down while looking at the Atlantic ocean. Camden is the only place in the U.S. that you can ski and see the Atlantic ocean at the same time. I think that is pretty cool.

The Camden Harbor in winter.

This is a summer shot of Camden, but it gives you an idea of the town being right on the harbor.

I will be home soon, I have been snowed in, and I do apologize for not posting more

design related post.

It has been difficult getting anywhere.

Love to all my bloggie pals XXX

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Who Am I ?

ABOUT RENEE FINBErG 

(the designer)

I have been in this business since the age of 22. I love what I do and can not imagine my life without Design.

All areas of Design.

Design Challenges are great.
-And because of those challenges I have imported fine antique pieces from Paris, Designed and Manufactured Furniture, created Fantastic Window Treatments, and solved all kinds of problems with my unique style.

If I can't find it , I create it.

My rooms would make excellent movie sets.
I am a visual, tactile and audio sensitive individual.
Creating is what I live for, not math, not spelling, not science.
Just Great Design.

Just imagine how it would be if each of us, if only for a few hours of everyday, we could be in a space that is our very own.A place that is exactly the way we want it to be.Surrounded by all the things we wanted to see, the atmosphere we wanted feel, smell and and the sound we wanted to listen to.Private Paradise

My Work Is Here

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It Was A " Wicked Good" Concert At The Camden Opera House

Remember the movie ' Peyton Place ' ?? It was filmed in Camden Maine.

The Camden Maine Church on main street.
This is taken at 2pm in the afternoon during a blizzard.

We had lunch, starting with 'delish' clam chowder, cornbread, a field green salad on top of crab cakes.

This is Andi heading over to the Camden Opera House for the ' Camden Pops' Christmas concert that was excellent. They even played a beautiful somber Chanukah song.

I adore the cello and violin , of which there were plenty.

The view from our seats.

A larger view of the Opera House from upstairs, in the very back.

The Camden Opera House could use a historical face-lift.

A bit of a nip & a tuck here and there.

You know, a face-lift while maintaining all the integrity of the original design.

A little fine tuning and accentuating of all the good ,

while minimizing the flaws, or what does not work anymore.

That's right , just little tightening up of it all.

In fact , come to think of it ,

I need a historical Face-Lift !!!

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How To Chop Down A Chanukah Bush:

After driving for quite a while , and getting little lost, we spy the Xmas Tree Farm .

Before the fall.

.....and after.

We have found ' THE BUSH.'

( my daughter and me )

My daughter Andi and ' The Nana. '

The cutting down of the tree.

TIMBER !!!

It was about 3 degrees, and I had made a mad dash for the car because my hands were freezing. I turned around and caught this shot of Andi helping Nana back from the Xmas Trees.

This is the machine used to wrap the tree in the plastic netting.

Wouldn't it be just like one of my adventures to find an Xmas Tree Farm owned by a Jewish man from the Bronx ? His name is Lowell and he sold his Xmas Trees to supplement his real job

as a clinical psychologist/social worker.

The tree was nine feet tall, and it was all of $ 30.00 and a tip. Can you believe that ?

A Success,

Three generations on their way at last !

The upside down feet in the second picture was Lowell's idea of funny.

He was a real sweetheart of a guy.

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The Most Romantic Time In Paris Is Christmas

We went to Paris during the holiday season.

' Isn't it Romantic ? '

Very Romantic. ( for my brother and his little woman )

It was Moi, my brother & his wife, and my big sis.

We stayed in the 7th. and everywhere I wanted to be was a metro ride away. I am a 6th. district kinda' gal. The apartment could not have been any nicer. It was roomy, well decorated, clean, and again, too far from where I wanted to be.

This is the floor, plan if you care.

Living room & dining room.

We went shopping everyday and had such delicious 'everything & anything' to nosh on.

The kitchen bar , and the kitchen had EVERYTHING you could possibly need for cooking and dining at home .

This was the master bath. It was great , it had washer & dryer ( hidden of course ) , and the elegant shell sinks.

My brother and sister in-law stayed in this room, it had the view of the Eiffel Tower.

This was the guest room.

Oh, did I mention my niece came as well ? She stayed here.

This was my little bedroom, it had a beautiful bath, very euro high tech. I loved it.

My own little heaven , I could close the door and be alone. I like ' alone' .

These are typical city street views during the holidays.

This is taken in the 6th. near San Germaine, my turf.

I spend quite a bit of time in this area. ( 6th )

I love the way everything is wet , clean and the streets are reflective and shiny . I imagine I will always stay a big city girl at heart. I love the city right after a good rain.

This is Rue Buci, and Rue Jacob is around the corner where I have a few choice antique shops that I buy from. That is a great street for you when you are there. ( Left Bank )

Everything is prettier in Paris .

Everything.

Have you ever seen such adorable cherry tomatoes.

What , do cherry tomatoes not have permission to grow unless they promise to be chic, and grow in a little straight line ?

I love that.

From left to right ;

Moi, My sister ( Nancy ) , my brother ( Danny ), and sister in-law ( Liz ).

This pic looks so corny. I hate corny. And I am all weird, tilting my head into my sister, what is up with that ??

That is soooo not me.

I blame this on Liz, because she loves Hallmark Cards, and clearly I have temporarily lost my mind caught up in all the warmth.

My sister Nancy ( who has lived in London for more than 25 years ) and Me .

I love, love, love, love, her ! She came over on the Chunnel .

I bought her that hat in Paris as a surprise, from a lovely Iranian shop.

I had no idea ,( but I think Nancy knew ) but that particular hat is worn by The Taliban in Afghanistan.

I have since seen many pictures on the CNN & BBC of these terrorist donning these wool caps while posing with their high powered rifles.

Nancy is as gracious as she is beautiful....so, of course she wore it !

This is the view from our apartment ( in the 7th district ) in Paris where we all stayed.

I took this in the morning.

The Eiffel practically blows up at night, the the light show is unbelievable. And it is all going on right next to the sofa.

More just shopping around .

I love my job. I get to shop with other peoples money !

"Such A Deal" ( spoken with a Yiddish accent )

Go here to see xmas trees all over the world : http://anythingbeautiful.blogspot.com/

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