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September 2012 - Houston

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CRAVINGS Pazda: Dirty vodka martinis (���lthy), Austrian Gr��ner Veltliner, Micheladas, Goins: I���d like to think that I have an adventurous palate but, my absolute favorites are Josh���s platanos and homemade guacamole. It is to die for! [Also] English muf���ns with lingonberry jam and, really, anything savory and sweet. Pazda: Mexican and Vietnamese.I love spicy foods. Tacos al pastor. Cantaloupe juice. Pho or chargrilled pork and a fried egg over rice ... OMG. STOCKING THE DRINKS CART Pazda: Jefferson���s Bourbon, R��my Martin Cognac, Hendrick���s Gin, Tito���s Vodka, Pimm���s plus the standard ���xin���s: olives, onions, limes, club soda. A PERFECT GRAPEFRUIT MARGARITA Pazda: Habanero Grapefruit Margaritas: Habanero peppers Fresh grapefruit, orange and lime juices Steep 2 habanero chiles in a jar of tequila overnight Fill a mason jar with ice A jigger of tequila Two jiggers of grapefruit juice One jigger of orange juice Squeeze 1/2 fresh lime Good to go. These babies are hot. WHO MANS THE RANGE Pazda: We both cook together, probably four or ���ve nights a week. It���s our favorite way to connect and spend time with one another. COCKTAIL-PARTY FOOD ���Ritas in the making as habanero peppers bask in a bath of tequila. Goins, in Lanvin blouse and skirt from Tootsies, admires Mark Fox���s If That, Then This, 2010, from Universal Limited Art Editions (ULAE). Goins: [For the summer], sandwiches that are a pur��ed concoction of arugula, cream cheese, lemon, garlic sprinkled with sun���ower seeds served on whole grain bread. ON SIGNATURE HAIR Goins: My bob erupted from a much-needed makeover. I was ready for a change and went from long platinum blonde hair to a short golden bob. Casey Clay, owner of Shyn Salon in Montrose, gave me my bob in February 2011. Pazda: Since my head is shaved, hats are the only way to switch up my ������haircut.��� Always looking for a new hat ��� newsboy, fedora, porkpie ... anything goes. In the sunroom, Warrenton discoveries reign. The antique rug was a housewarming gift from discerning collector and dear friend Bill Lassiter. A FASCINATION WITH KIKI Pazda: Kiki Smith is one of very few contemporary artists to whom medieval iconography is applicable. Her Untitled (Bird and Butter���y), 1998, juxtaposes life and death. The bird is the soul leaving the body in death, and the butter���y is symbolic of new life (in the transformation from caterpillar to butter���y). So, here you have life and death, ���oating together in a gray atmospheric haze, perhaps unaware of each other���s presence. I think it is beautifully poetic. Pazda ambles past a James Turrell, one of the master talents showcased in a burgeoning and signi���cant collection of works on paper. Turrell is represented by Hiram Butler Gallery. ADVICE FROM ARTIST/PORTRAIT MASTER TIMOTHY GREENFIELD-SANDERS ON THE PERFECT PORTRAIT PAZDA: ���CHIN DOWN, NECK OUT. WORKS EVERY TIME.��� ON FASHION THAT NEVER GETS OLD Goins: Anything that has a romantic quality such as powder pink, aka ���poudre,��� lace, Peter Pan collars and always bold prints. TRAVEL WISH LIST Pazda: Barcelona. I want to go to my favorite city and relax. So Barcelona for me has always been about slowing down ... taking it easy. Sneak away to Balearic Islands ��� I���m leaning toward Menorca. It���s quieter, less developed than Ibiza and Mallorca. Midnight dancing. Just get lost. No plan is the best plan. Beach, eat, drink, sleep, live music, repeat. Of course, cruise by Gaud�� and Mies van der Rohe���s German Pavilion in Barcelona. Josh Pazda���s fedoras rest on a chaise longue from IKEA. The well-stocked drinks cart stands beneath a pair of paintings by New York artist Matt Magee: Pink Eff, 2008, and Coral Oracle, 2008. Cart and decanters were scored at Warrenton. ON NEXT ART ACQUISITION Goins: My latest obsession is a watercolor by Hana Hillerova. Pazda: Would love to have a work by Tony Feher. Perhaps a drawing. Since having made hundreds of boxes as an MFAH preparator, I have a fetish for the shape of unfolded cardboard boxes. I have to imagine Tony shares the same fetish. ON DECORATING HAUNTS Above, from top: Pazda���s ongoing collage series. Goins��� collection of spherical objects, all Warrenton treasures. Pazda: Warrenton, Warrenton, Warrenton and Kuhl-Linscomb for a blend of contemporary and vintage ���nds. Warrenton is the last weekend in March, ���rst weekend in April and last weekend in September, ���rst weekend of October. ON SCENT HOUSE MUSIC Goins: Sundays ��� Kelli Scarr, Nina Simone, Miles Davis. Pazda: Usually Pandora Radio. Favorite stations are Four Tet, Here We Go Magic, The Whitest Boy Alive, Hot Chip ��� All-time favorite dinner record is Getz/Gilberto by Stan Getz, Jo��o Gilberto and Antonio Carlos Jobim. Bossa nova from 1964 ��� ultra chill. Goins: Serge Lutens��� Chergui (above). Pazda: None for me. Plain Jane. A pair of 1992 Jennifer Bartletts from the series ���The Elements,��� represented by Hiram Butler Gallery. Earth (left) and Fire (right) hover over a bookcase bursting with the couple���s collection of art and fashion volumes. ���IT WAS THE FIRST AND ONLY PLACE WE LOOKED AT. LOVE AT FIRST SIGHT.��� ��� JOSH PAZDA SEPTEMBER | PAGE 45 | 2012 COVETED ART Pazda: Rauschenberg Combines and transfer drawings, Joseph Cornell boxes, Kurt Schwitters collages, Tony Feher glitter boxes.

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