White Wednesday & The Adolphus Hotel

Welcome to another White Wednesday hosted by Kathleen & for today's white I wanted to share the beautiful white stone on the side of the Adolphus Hotel in downtown Dallas. I have always loved this landmark & in October my friend Sandy came out to join me at the Gilded Life Art Event (see my sidebar for a link to all the past posts about this). We took a class all day Friday & had vendor night with cocktails, only to return EARLY the next day for another class. Instead of driving over an hour (one way) to go home I surprised Sandy & booked us a room in this amazing little slice of history.

The Adolphus: The Legend of the Grande Dame of Grand Hotels

Immerse yourself in the Gilded Age glamour of The Adolphus in Dallas. This baroque masterpiece has been a legend among America's historic hotels since 1912, when Missouri beer baron Adolphus Busch was approached by city founders to erect a luxury palace worthy of the Lone Star State and one of his most lucrative markets. Fame, fortune, and flamboyance came together in 21 stories of unabashed beaux arts splendor that critics have called “the most beautiful building west of Venice.” Throughout its history, luminaries such as Babe Ruth, the Vanderbilts, U2, Oscar de la Renta, Donald Trump, and Queen Elizabeth II have chosen The Adolphus as their Dallas pied-a-terre. You will feel right at home at The Adolphus, where magnificent architecture, first-class service and a dynamic downtown location set the stage for a truly regal experience.

Don’t you love the white stone & all the carving & relief work?

Notice the shape of this corner… designed to mimic a beer stein.

I love the play of the light at night against the the white stone. I am such a sucker for great architecture!

OK!!!! Let’s step inside…

This is ONE of two or three amazing delicate chandeliers' hanging in The French Room.

Sandy & I went inside The French Room Bar that Friday night & had an amazing gingerbread pudding with rum sauce & coffee with amaretto. YUMMMMMMMMMMY & so very pretty. We just sat & visited while enjoying the surroundings.

Another look at a bit of the gilt work & carvings on the walls of The French Room.

While registering at the front desk the young man that helped us was probably related to my Hubby’s family although they spell their name with an e instead of an a. But, the best part of this story is that he gave us a FREE upgrade & we had a fabulous suite.

I hope you enjoyed the little peek into our wonderful experience & enjoyed seeing the grand architecture of another century. Again, I LOVE the amazing white stone work & hope you enjoyed this post for White Wednesday! Be sure to visit HERE the other girls playing White Wednesday this week. Sandy, I hope this brings back some wonderful memories. It sure does for me!

Hugs! Charlene

White Wednesday

Welcome to my FIRST White Wednesday & thank you to our gracious hostess Kathleen! I have admired so many other blogging friends that join this fun event that I decided today I would join too. For those of you who already are regulars here at my blog (AND THANK YOU FOR THAT) this is a continuation on my trip to Round Top Antique Faire For those of you visiting for the first time... WELCOME! And if you would like to see more about Round Top please visit previous posts to catch up on the adventure. And I would love for you to return often!

Today's post in honor of WHITE is about the visit into Pandora de Balthazars' amazing world of vintage linen. Round Top is a TINY town in Texas with a population of 77. YES! You heard me correctly 77 residents. But, twice a year hundreds of tents & thousands of tables are set up in the cow pastures around town to host millions of people who FLOCK to this amazing place to enjoy 2 weeks of shopping mecca. In the middle of all of this is Pandora's Tent. It is air conditioned & filled to the brim with beautiful vintage linens. I had seen adds & articles for this amazing gal in magazines like Victoria, Romantic Homes, Travel Host, Southern Lady & many more. Pandora has had a passion for vintage linens & has made it her mission to collect, sell, & share her knowledge with many. Her largest store is in Florida where she lives. But, she has bought an adorable OLD rock home in Round Top & opened a shop/B&B which serves this area year round. During the show she sets up her tent in one of the fields & IT IS HUGE! It is stocked to the brim & let's look at a few of the things Susie (my friend from California who came for the show) shot photos of & shared (thanks Susie).

Meet Pandora above who is standing next to one of her beds made up with beautiful linens. Pandora was involved in a terrible accident & there was a lot of injury & neurosurgery that followed. During her recovery time she found a need for a better support system in her bed & she created her amazing Decadence Down European Sleep System. She did a lot of research & highly recommends reading the book (she gave me a copy) of Power Sleep by Dr James B Maas which is an interesting book about sleep patterns, what the lack of PROPER SLEEP does to our minds & bodies & many other interesting things. I hope you will look into the book but, let's move on to our visit.

Here you see a huge display of pillows & wonderful linens.

And here is one of her beds set up with the Sleep System & some more luscious linens. In her system each person in the bed has a number of Euro Pillows in a combination of sizes to fit your needs & each person sleeps under his/her own "blankie" so there is no more blanket tugging during the night. The Euro King is a large 31x40" beauty filled with 70% feather & 30% DOWN , the sizes go down from there. And they are HEAVENLY to lay in/on.

Here is a collection of her Red & WHITE beauties. Most of Pandora's linens are dated from 1720 to 1920 with a major focus on 1780-1890. All are one-of-a-kind works in linen, cotton, & silk. Check out her website HERE to see more. Also, she can help you with cleaning & all types of custom services for those special items you already have or ones she makes for you.

In this photo Pandora has my Hubby (who had just had open heart surgery 7 weeks prior to this day) all supported in the bed in the position(note his neck roll behind his head as well as 3 Euro sized pillows) he should assume for about 15-20 minutes before going to sleep. This time period supports your body for relaxation of neck, shoulders & full body which enables your body & mind to get ready to go into a deep REM Sleep. Pandora says NO MORE running in to bed & just crashing.

Here's Susie all supported & sipping a Margarita. Oh la laaaaaaaaaaaaaa! Happy face!!!!

And Susie put to bed!

Yep! That's me in my bed. What a fun experience was this? AMAZING! And just think... it's all in a tent in the middle of a cow pasture! Go visit Pandora & marvel at the beauty. DREAM! Hit your bank account (she has MANY followers) & then go visit everyone else playing White Wednesday HERE! Have a great week!