I’ve always had a weakness for mysteries and puzzles of all kinds … the more interactive, the better. I love hosting those boxed murder mystery games where you get eight or ten people together and assign everyone a character. And lately there’s been a spate of escape rooms and other immersive experiences that feel like they’ve been inspired by that 1997 movie The Game with Michael Douglas and Sean Penn. I’m just waiting for someone to open a weekend hotel where you go to solve a mystery like in that 1976 movie Murder by Death with Truman Capote and Alec Guinness. If nobody’s done it by the time I retire, that seriously might be my passion project.

I likewise read a lot of mysteries, but they aren’t quite as interactive. And then I happened upon this book called S. by J.J. Abrams and Doug Dorst (using that totally helpful feature “Customers Who Bought This Item Also Bought” on Amazon). It doesn’t come in electronic version, which discouraged me at first, but when I got it in the mail, I realized why. ‎ It’s made to look like an old library book with notations in the margins written by two people who are exchanging the book back-and-forth and trying to solve a mystery about the author’s identity and that of his translator and what happened to them. And in between the pages there are postcards and letters and transcripts that one or the other provides that help illuminate what they’re learning. I haven’t finished the book, but it’s already one of the most creative literary experiences I’ve ever had (and further proof that J.J. Abrams is REALLY the real deal).

So when I went out last night, I was in this puzzle vibe and therefore chose this patterned Preen dress that I got from Net-a-Porter (http://www.net-a-porter.com) that reminds me of a Tetris puzzle.  I paired it with Givenchy black booties that I got from Farfetch (http://www.farfetch.com).  And I headed over for cocktails at the Philippe Starck-designed lounge at the SLS Hotel in Beverly Hills, which itself is somewhat mysterious and innovative.

Now to get back to the book!  I can’t wait to see what the next page will bring …