Joan Juliet Buck
Joan Juliet Buck has been writing for Vogue since the cradle. Born in the U.S. but raised in Paris and London, she was features editor of British Vogue at 23, and has been a contributing editor to American Vogue since 1980. Her profiles, essays, and ...
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Joan Juliet Buck | 12/29/2009 10:30 am
Happy New Year From Joan Juliet Buck
Joan shares her latest holiday creation with wOw
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Joan Juliet Buck on 'The Jazz Baroness'
There’s something dreamy afoot
Remembering Ted Kennedy | 08/26/2009 10:10 am
He Wasn't 'Just' Ted Kennedy: A Remembrance by Joan Juliet Buck
As the nation mourns the loss of a great politician, Joan recalls the
long-lasting impression Edward Kennedy made on her when she first heard
him speak
My Most Recent Conversation
The wOw Conversation: The Predicament of Polanski? (Audio)
In this audio presentation, Liz Smith, Joan Juliet Buck and Julia Reed debate the debacle of Polanski’s predicament
What Never Fails to Get My Attention:
• Louis Armstrong singing “What a wonderful world”
• Cat Stevens singing “Wild World”
• BBC World News, on the net.
• Cat Stevens singing “Wild World”
• BBC World News, on the net.
Things I Can Do Without:
New clothes—I know. I know. But one can!
My Favorite Health Tip:
Hot water applied internally, externally, and metaphorically.
Why I Hate My Computer:
There are too many worlds in there
Why I Love My Computer:
There are so many worlds in there
I Like the Feeling Of:
• Something soft on the back of my hand
• Something soft along the top of my foot
• A man
• Too much swimming in the sea
• Something soft along the top of my foot
• A man
• Too much swimming in the sea
What Makes Me Sweat:
• The gym
• Epsom salts in the bath
• Full elevators
• Stuck elevators
• Epsom salts in the bath
• Full elevators
• Stuck elevators
Hate to Eat:
Did I mention Goat cheese?
I am Happiest:
• upon waking
• dancing
• in the country
• and…
• dancing
• in the country
• and…
Tacky Things I Can’t Do Without:
• Chewing gum
• Toothpicks
• Toothpicks
Things I Hate the Most:
• Lies
• Injustice
• $100 million bonuses for anyone, ever.
• Incompetence
• Coach class
• Goat cheese
• Injustice
• $100 million bonuses for anyone, ever.
• Incompetence
• Coach class
• Goat cheese
Things I Am Miserly About:
• Paper
• Printer toner
• Toleriane eye makeup remover from France
• My last jar of La Prairie eye cream
• Printer toner
• Toleriane eye makeup remover from France
• My last jar of La Prairie eye cream
My Website(s):
- Vogue.com : Barbara Walters, Mia Farrow, Christy Turlington, Aman-Giri.
Dead to Me:
Not a concept I adhere to.
I Don't Care What They Say:
• Thermasilk underwear works
• New York Magazine is fun
• Instant Coffee is just as good
• Fur keeps you warm
• Cabs are faster
• A Sectional is friendly
• You do need a humidifier
• You don’t need a moisturizer
• New York Magazine is fun
• Instant Coffee is just as good
• Fur keeps you warm
• Cabs are faster
• A Sectional is friendly
• You do need a humidifier
• You don’t need a moisturizer
My Shoes:
- La Duca
- Manolo Blahnik evening sandals
- Prada when it doesn’t hurt
- Louboutin when it’s not too high
My Foods:
• A really, really good Bordeaux
• Ayala’s water
• Pomegranates
• Endive
• Fennel
• Green and Black’s chocolate
• Ayala’s water
• Pomegranates
• Endive
• Fennel
• Green and Black’s chocolate
My Remedies:
• For headache: Disprin
• For aches: Emergen-C with MSM
• For fear of flying: stay home
• For anything else: Tiger Balm
• And the rest: acupuncture
• For aches: Emergen-C with MSM
• For fear of flying: stay home
• For anything else: Tiger Balm
• And the rest: acupuncture
I Love(d) Reading:
• Ravens by George Dawes Green
• Darkness at Noon by Arthur Koestler
• Love Child by Allegra Huston
• Apples and Oranges by Marie Brenner
• James Merrill, The Changing Light at Sandover
• CG Jung, The Red Book (also, the show at the Rubin Museum)
I Love(d) Listening To:
- Turkish Pop
- Carla Bruni—“Salut Marin”, “La Noyee”, and “Je suis une Enfant”
- Charlie Haden- the new “Rambling Boy” CD
- Leonard Cohen -“Dance me to the end of love”
- “The Dream Before“, Laurie Anderson (“Hansel and Gretel and alive and well and they’re living in Berlin…”)
- “Melody” by Kate Earl
- Lady Gaga “Just Dance”
I Love(d) Watching:
- “The House of the Dead” at the Metropolitan Opera directed by Patrice Chereau
- Avatar
- Up in the Air
- Mad Men, last episode last season
- Lola Montes
- Crooner
I Wish I Lived In:
• Prettier street
• Prettier town
• Better World
• Prettier town
• Better World
I Want to Own:
• A garden
• A Terrace
• A View
• A car
• Another room
• And then another room
• A library
• A beach
• A Terrace
• A View
• A car
• Another room
• And then another room
• A library
• A beach
I Use:
• MTA buses. When they come
• My feet
• Pentel “Sign” Pen, black
• Kneipp bath oil
• Taster’s Choice instant coffee. Weird, right?
• My feet
• Pentel “Sign” Pen, black
• Kneipp bath oil
• Taster’s Choice instant coffee. Weird, right?
The First Thing I Do in the Morning Is:
Bathe
Mat Pilates on the floor on a good foam mat
A mug of unsweetened black coffee
Pomegranate seeds with grilled Haloumi
The ten months when pomegranate seeds are out of season, just oatmeal
Mat Pilates on the floor on a good foam mat
A mug of unsweetened black coffee
Pomegranate seeds with grilled Haloumi
The ten months when pomegranate seeds are out of season, just oatmeal
I Admire:
• Marguerite Duras
• Virginia Woolf
• Marie Louise Von Franz
• Kathryn Bigelow ( The Hurt Locker)
• Jason Reitman( Up In The Air)
• Nora Ephron, who writes and directs and never stops
• Meryl Streep
• Virginia Woolf
• Marie Louise Von Franz
• Kathryn Bigelow ( The Hurt Locker)
• Jason Reitman( Up In The Air)
• Nora Ephron, who writes and directs and never stops
• Meryl Streep
What Wows Me:
• Grace, energy, and humor
• Intelligence
• People with good memories
• Intelligence
• People with good memories

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