Life Lessons From a Lawn Chair

How a pair of Danish folding chairs became a harbinger of my future. Plus: The six most collectible pieces of outdoor furniture you'll (definitely) want to use indoors, too.

Nearly 20 years ago, when I was in-between apartments and subletting a small bedroom on the UWS from a stylist I was working with at Gourmet magazine, I drove upstate for the weekend with a friend. She had a fantastic white Volkswagen with a stick shift, and every time the car accelerated above 50 mph it would make a high-pitched chirping sound like a s…