I lay awake in bed for an inordinate amount of time last night, worried that I might have given readers the wrong impression amidst the excitement of yesterday's introduction.
Before I really get things rolling, I want to be clear that I can't teach you taste. Taste is something one is born with -- born with a desire for it, perhaps without even knowing it. If you have come here with the expectation that I can somehow magically bestow the gift of good taste upon you, then I'm afraid we will both end up pulling our hair out in frustration before this is over with.
But the good news is that I can give you the tools to camouflage your lack of taste and sophistication. We learn through exposure: seeing good homes, looking at good paintings, studying good window displays as we walk down the avenue, as we go to art galleries.
Perhaps you can't afford the things you see, but by observing, we learn what we would like to live with -- and that is a wonderfully important step in the right direction.
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