4/11/2008

Maybe the older you grow and the less easy it is to put thought into action, maybe that's why it gets all locked up in your head and becomes a burden.  ~Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany's, 1958

The little black dress, the big sunglasses, the oversized trenchcoat. Audrey Hepburn's portrayal of Holly Golightly is iconic. Truman Capote's novel is even better. I sometimes find it hard to describe what is better observed directly. Tiffany's has opened in Madrid. Remember what the jewelry store meant to Holly?

"I don't want to own anything until I know I've found the place where me and things belong together.  I'm not quite sure where that is just yet.  But I know what it's like... It's like Tiffany's... Not that I give a hoot about jewelry.  Diamonds, yes.  But it's tacky to wear diamonds before you're forty... " ~Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany's, 1958, spoken by the character Holly Golightly

"You know those days when you've got the mean reds... the blues are because you're getting fat or maybe it's been raining too long.  You're sad, that's all.  But the mean reds are horrible.  You're afraid and you sweat like hell, but you don't know what you're afraid of.  Except something bad is going to happen, only you don't know what it is."  ~Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany's, 1958, spoken by the character Holly Golightly



"What I've found does the most good is just to get into a taxi and go to Tiffany's.  It calms me down right away, the quietness and the proud look of it; nothing very bad could happen to you there, not with those kind men in their nice suits...  "~Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany's, 1958, spoken by the character Holly Golightly



"If I could find a real-life place that made me feel like Tiffany's, then I'd buy some furniture and give the cat a name."  ~Truman Capote, Breakfast at Tiffany's, 1958, spoken by the character Holly Golightly

So if you have the mean reds one day, take Holly's advice. And check out Tiffany's in Madrid. You might even be able to see her pear necklace joined with a diamond.
Tiffany & Co
calle Ortega y Gasset, # 10