I know you’re a modernista in spirit, especially when it comes to home décor, but I’m just a little bit curious about the ends you go to and the means you use to personally express yourself, and if you desire that self-expression to be consistently rolled up in one well-designed life, or if you even think about such esoteric things, or whether you even care about what the heck I’m talking about.

For example, does the exterior of your living space match the inside? I know many people are pleasantly surprised to find that my place is contemporary, open and engaging when they walk through the door.  Does that mean it looks like Shady Acres from the street? Sure, something more, say, Frank Gehry-ish I’ve seen off the canals in Venice Beach, or even this loft I saw for sale in Fort Lauderdale are more my style, but…does the inconsistency bother me? Certainly not while I’m sitting in my living room on a Sunday morning sipping organic, shade-grown micro-brew and reading the New York Times, but, in my dreams? A Fairy Contractor installs an entirely new façade, complete with chunky cement planters, slate chips, a few underlit river birch and 2’ x 4’ stone steppers while I sleep.

It’s not an obsession to have everything just the way I like it. Okay, well, maybe it is—kind of like wanting to do everything there is to see and do every day in Manhattan. So I’ve trained myself to at least be discerning in my choices and standards, however quirky my taste in interior design, art, architecture, travel, fashion, mode of transportation, music, politics, people and pets may be.