About Me

Andy, a Brit expat, living in Silverlake for a dozen-plus years, is a refugee from the entertainment industry; Rose, a California lifer, is the former bureau chief of fashion industry bible, Women’s Wear Daily. “A mutual friend figured we’d mesh because of our love of food, design and far-off places. Ten months later we opened a store and called it A+R."

Member Since

Apr 16, 2006

Sites

• A+R Store

What is the next...

Purchase you’ll make?

A Knoll boucle-upholstered, custom-made couch by Ten Ten in Silverlake

Trend in design?

Modern interpretations of old-fashioned standbys—like Marcel Wanders’s Crochet Table, Block UK lace and acrylic placemats and vases, and the sculptural Swarovski chandeliers by Ineke Hans, Ross Lovegrove, etal.

Car you’d like to own?

A Lamborghini Espada 3 (and year between 1972-1978).

Big step you’d like to make?

Start a family.

Fad that will fade?

The uninformed, high-ticket craze for all things Mid-Century Modern.

Vacation you’ll take?

Outside of weekend getaways, Nicaragua for Christmas.

Thing you’re going to fight for?

Regime change.

Secret that’s going to leak?

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Hollywood blockbuster going to be about?

A hip hop superhero who operates undercover as a fashion designer.

Life you’ll lead?

Trashy romance novelists.

Fountain of youth?

Being with people you actually love being with.

Book you’ll read?

Barbara Bestor’s “Bohemian Modern: Living in Silver Lake.”

Thing that will change the world?

Cities and rural areas all Wi-Fi connected.

Guilty-pleasure food in which you’ll indulge?

We don’t feel guilty about indulging in anything.

Person to whom you’ll say, “I love you”?

Each other.