It’s raining in New York today and will be for the next few days. I think I would be less annoyed if I looked as chic in it as they did in these photos from the 1960’s!

There is so much fun stuff going on this weekend that I just had to share it all. Saturday is another One Kings Lane Tastemaker sale and this time it features Windsor Smith. That’s her work above. I had the please of meeting Ms. Smith in LA and she couldn’t have been nicer or more […]

After you have Queen Quills Calligraphy address your wedding envelopes, you can hire the lovely ladies of Saipua to create all your flower arrangements. I found these photos of a wedding they designed this past weekend at The Bowery Hotel on Milk and Mode and couldn’t help but want to also post them. They are […]

My computer troubles have me longing for the days of pen and paper. I love technology and all but there is nothing like discovering a hand addressed letter in my mailbox to make my heart sing. I would probably be singing very loudly if I ever received an envelope hand addressed by Queen Quills Calligraphy. […]

I jumped out of bed this morning excited to post about a myriad of fun topics but my computer had other ideas. Actually, it wasn’t completely the computer’s fault. An update from McAfee essentially ruined the operating system. (We will not be using them ever again.) Lucky for me, my friend Jessica‘s husband Josh recommended […]

I read fashion magazines for the fashions of course but what I really love is when they are shot at fabulous locations. I assume the manor home that plays backdrop to Gwyneth Paltrow in the May 2010 issue of Harper’s Bazaar is in England but unfortunately it wasn’t credited. It’s a bit hard to focus […]

I had a lot of readers ask me where to find the chairs in my last post. They were actually already owned by my client and are from Lee Industries. The chairs are a nice small size for New York apartments. You can see from the before photo below what a difference new upholstery and […]

Everyone keeps clamoring for me to post more about my projects so I’m posting one sneak peek photo and it’s before incarnation. This living room is located in a three bedroom family apartment uptown. Please keep in mind that this is a during photo so it has not been completely styled because it’s not even […]

Striped cotton shirts have been around forever but you know that they are seriously hot again when both US Weekly and Vogue devote entire pages to them within weeks of each other. What was funny about the page in Vogue was that it included Pablo Picasso but not Coco Chanel. It is my understanding, after […]

This morning, one of my readers asked about where to find the chairs featured in the new Sex and the City 2 film and the answer came a short time later. Nicholas Manville the head of the Decorative Home Department of Bergdorf Goodman emailed me to let me know that the actual chairs from the […]

Even though the film won’t be released until May 28th, the Sex and the City 2 hoopla has already begun. While the fashions will probably steal all the scenes, I am interested in the sets, specifically Carrie and Big’s apartment. While there are some views in the trailer, I was able to find a few […]

I was just lamenting the other day that I couldn’t find any good flats. Loeffler Randall used to be my go to source but they don’t have any for sale for spring. So I was very excited when my friends and I decided to stop into Pretty Ballerinas after my birthday lunch at JG Melon. […]

I love this photo. I posted it two years ago on my birthday and I think I might make it an annual tradition. What could be better than a paper crown and a doll in a cake?! I also want to thank everyone who already sent me lovely birthday wishes! I really appreciate your continued […]

I didn’t realize until recently that the film An Education was actually based on a piece of the same name that appeared in Granta magazine in 2003. That led to a longer memoir by Lynn Barber that picks up where the film leaves off. I am in the middle of reading An Education now and […]

Linda Fargo is the Senior Vice President, Women’s Fashion Director and Store Presentation for Bergdorf Goodman and is one of the chicest women in New York! Since the women in my family went white haired very early, I always joke that if I go white someday then I want to look like Linda! I should […]

My birthday is this weekend and I’m trying to figure out what to buy myself. While these spring and summer Celine handbags are bit more than I would like to spend, they are definitely calling my name! Me likey!

One reviewer of the Italian film Io sono l’amore (I Am Love in English) declared “see it by any means possible” and after viewing the trailer, I am terribly upset that I won’t be able to see it until it’s released in the US on June 18th! The story centers on a wealthy Italian family […]

Most hotels are owned and run by men. And what do men know about hospitality and housekeeping? Considering that they usually stock their rooms with only five hangers, I’d say not much. So I’m happy to report that some chic ladies are throwing their hats, or maybe I should say hard hats, into the hotel […]

I might have to step up my husband hunt since J.Crew is set to open a special wedding boutique in my neighborhood! The atelier at 769 Madison Avenue at 66th Street will officially debut on May 27th. I just hope there isn’t a wedding gown stampede like the one at Filene’s Basement!

I’ve been too busy decorating for others lately to spend any time on my own apartment but when a certain magazine asked to see photos of it, I thought that maybe I should finish all those nagging projects. One of which is a headboard. If you live in an apartment in New York, then you […]