What’s your favorite . . .

Artist: Mark Rothko
Bar: Bemelmans at The Carlyle, New York
Bed sheets: Frette
Book: The Fountainhead, by Ayn Rand
Car: A silver Mercedes Gullwing with red
Interior: circa 1962
Chair: Klismos chair
Chef: Myself
City: Stockholm
Coffee: Tea
Fashion designer: Balenciaga
Gadget: A legal pad
Garden: Parc de Sceaux in Paris
Guilty pleasure: Collecting art
Hobby: Reading
Hotel: The Park Hyatt in Buenos Aires
Jewelry: Antique Rolex watch
Lamp: The Giacometti Lady lamp
Magazine: The World of Interiors
Memory: My dog Tyler
Movie: North by Northwest
Museum: The Menil Collection in Houston
Newspaper: The New York Sun
Perfume/cologne: Hermès Eau d’Orange Verte
Restaurant: Swifty’s, New York
Room: in the house Library
Shoes: John Lobb
Singer: Ella Fitzgerald
Time of day: The violet hour (just before dusk)