Morocco

I've always dreamed of going to Morocco.  Intrigued by the culture, the long flowing caftans, colors and landscape, it was a place I felt held stories within its castle walls.
 I'd pictured it among many things a mecca for artists, writers and musicians to escape the mundane banalities of western life. A place where you could draw inspiration from its magnificent wealth and  often the setting for many of the sordid, exciting tales of late 60's and 70's.

                    Keith famously stealing Anita from Brian Jones while on a trip to Tangier.

The iconic photo of Talitha Getty on the roof with her husband in Marrakech.

YSL and his beautiful and always inspired collections drawn from his life in Marrakech made me want to lounge around, with big chunky jewelry and an arm full of bangles and let the color and the warmth envelop me.

YSL lounging in Marrakech

Writers, photographers and socialites from the late 50s and 60's....

                                            Irvin Penn's forever stunning wife, Lisa Fonssagrives.

Woman in Moroccan Palace

Truman Capote in Tangier

Paul Bowles in Tangier

Matisse

Barbara Hutton

Vogue, Harpers, their endless editorials with nods to Sahara, tiled riads and wild splashes of color.

                             Mococco had been calling, and now it was finally time to answer.




We decided to spend 9 days during Christmas break in Morocco. Needless to say, I was beside myself with excitement. My lifelong dream was finally being realized and with a happily obliging husband whose love of rock and roll history and tales of yore surpasses my own, we set off on our long dreamt adventure.  In the posts that follow I will try to do my very best to recreate some of our adventures with and share our experiences, some high, some low but all with laughter and LOVE!