Comments on: Thorough Swiss

By: Coquette & Dove

Coquette & Dove — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 18:30:19 +0000

A few years ago my family spent 2 weeks in a teeny tiny village in the swiss alps. I was amazed at the wood, stacked up under the eaves around each and every home. Every available wall was stacked high with beautifully neat firewood.

We also loved the bakery van that came every 4 days, filled to overflowing with freshly baked bread and cakes!!

By: c4rlo

c4rlo — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 17:41:16 +0000

Possibly Ella is your own life-size contribution to that magical juxtaposition :)

By: Prescott Perez-Fox

Prescott Perez-Fox — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:53:28 +0000

Tina, you should decorate it and transform it into some kind of caterpillar or snake. Alls you need is a papier-mache head.

By: Tomás García Ferrari

Tomás García Ferrari — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:33:56 +0000

I am Argentine and I have lived in Southern Germany and visited many times Switzerland, where we have very good friends. As such, I was always amazed by the time and dedication put on this kind of order, particularly coming from a more chaotic (call it Latin) background…

I understood better some of these appreciations by viewing a nice animation on Philip Zimbardo’s secret powers of time (I wrote a few lines about it here: http://bigital.com/english/2010/07/philip-zimbardo-secret-powers-of-time/

Perhaps New York have some “southern of the Alps” flavor too… :)

And yes, a mixed balance – if possible at all – could be really lovely.

By: Rahul

Rahul — Wed, 28 Jul 2010 16:03:14 +0000

You may not get the playfulness and thoroughness in one person but in one family you can definitely get it.