That's not my bedroom. It's Anna Wintour's summer home in Long Island (she has two) and since norovirus came round to play I've been deliriously flicking through old copies of The World Of Interiors dreaming of the most salubrious place to convalesce. Much better than being confined to That's Not My Age Mansions with a sick bucket and a bottle of lemonade, don't you think?
And to overcome the bouts of vomiting and self-pity, I've been channelling Donald Sutherland's upbeat approach to life and death. The 75-year-old actor has been doing the rounds promoting his latest movie, a remake of the 1970s film The Mechanic, and even though he's now reduced to bit parts in crappy films, this man can still laugh at himself:
'I'm at the time in my life that when I pass a cemetery I don't just pass, I turn in. I turn in and look. I look at mausolems and crypts and stones and cenotaphs. And I realise that I am, in fact, window shopping.'
Going on to discuss how he wants to die quietly in his sleep, ' It's a good way to die, just not for the other four people in the car!'
The NHS says there's no specific treatment for winter vomiting disease, but I know different.
Donald Sutherland quote: The Times
Oh, no! Feel better soon. I think that escaping into The World of Interiors is a great way to convalesce!
ReplyDeleteThat beautiful library in Anna Wintour's home makes me happy and calm just looking at it. I would love to spend a sick day there . . .
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I love Donald Sutherland. So good in "Don't Look Now," one of my favorite films ever.
ReplyDeleteGet well soon!
Feel better soon. I'd happily have a flu attack to stay at AW's summer place :)
ReplyDeleteI hope you feel better soon. All I wanted to drink was lemonade or Purdeys. I had it for 24 hours last week, then it was a good excuse to stay in bed watching films for a couple of days afterwards to "get over it."
ReplyDeleteI love Donald Sutherland, he has a brilliant sense of humour xx
Oh god you poor thing :( You stay in bed and don't forget Mary Portas tonight.
ReplyDeleteGoodness me - you don`t do things by halves, do you?? Speedy recovery to you - get yourself a Kindle if you don`t already have one - I hated mine at Xmas but love it now - you don`t need any energy to turn the pages!A great remedy for vomitting is `Sprite` as opposed to lemonade, shaken until you get rid of the fizz then drink it flat (the Sprite, not yourself otherwise you`ll choke to death!). Settles your stomach, promise....and delegate....a lot!
ReplyDeleteLove the Donald Sutherland philosophy - how cool does he look.
ReplyDeleteThe interiors porn might be straining you? And I know this isn't funny but I could really do with a slight norovirus whirl - a few pounds wouldn't go amiss. Okay I know that was really wrong!!
Not nice to suffer, get well soon xx
Am so sorry you are not well and WVD sounds horrible. Get better soon. Lovely images of La Wintour's summer pad too... x
ReplyDeleteHe said all that stuff when he was on Graham Norton, I love him, so funny. Hope you feel better soon xx
ReplyDeleteYou poor thing! I hope you get better soon. Lovely pics and great quotes from DS.
ReplyDeleteOh God you poor thing.. I would love to be at Anna's pad I love her plant covered pergola. I hate being poorly xx
ReplyDeleteI sympathise! Having just come out of that awful flu myself I can totally relate. You have all the right resources around you. I was flicking thru the new issue of The World of Interiors this morning and it is fab. I do hope you get better very soon and are able to enjoy some more of lifes little pleasures whilst you recover.
ReplyDeleteTake care...
Jeanne xx
What a gorgeous bedroom, it is the clapboard celing that makes it.
ReplyDeleteHope you feel better soon. I know it sounds pathetic but I was sort of hoping I would get a vomiting sickness after Christmas so I wouldn't have to work so hard to move the pounds. Silver lining to everything huh ;) x
What a curious quote from Sutherland...people do get more matter-of-fact on this subject as they age.
ReplyDeleteAwwww, get well soon, you poor thing.
ReplyDeleteAnna Wintour's house is way more interesting than her hair and rigid personal style. I remember lusting after the collection of Clarice Cliff she had in her office in The September Issue.
Shall I send Jarvis round with a bottle of Lucozade and a packet of Arrowroot biscuits? xxx
Oh dear! Hope you get better soon! Those are fabulous interiors indeed.
ReplyDeletehow yuk to be sick but how great if that was your home..........I once saw Donald shopping for cufflinks in a store in New York......... drawn to him by his unmistakable voice I hovered jusy long enogh for him not to have to call security......heavenly!!
ReplyDeleteThank you all for your lovely comments. The vomiting stopped, so I dragged myself out today and think I might have overdone it. I'm off for another lie down.
ReplyDeleteNana Go-Go & Christina - thanks, I've moved on to Sprite and Purdeys.
Vix - yes, maybe Jarvis could come round and sing to me, though I'd prefer a packet of Digestives!
Young at Heart - amazing voice, well worth getting thrown out of Bloomingdales for!