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I haven’t done an outfit post in a while so what better way to get back in the game than a “wear now wear later” post featuring my favorite summer staple, white jeans.  As you’ve seen on the blog before, they can be worn all year if you style them right.   White Jeans for […]

Refreshing Rinse

08 . 17 . 13

Summer is a great time to visit art museums,  which offer the refreshing rinse of swimming pools –  only instead of cool water, you immerse yourself in art. – Jerry Saltz  Art by Koshiro Onchi

I had never visited Amagansett before, except driving through it, so I was excited to explore this cute little town on my recent trip out East.  I was especially excited to visit TIINA, the store owned by former model and stylist Tiina Laakkonen. Tiina hails from Finland as do many of the home wares that […]

From Montauk Point

08 . 09 . 13

From Montaul Point I stand as on some mighty eagle’s beak,Eastward the sea absorbing, viewing,  (nothing but sea and sky,)The tossing waves, the foam, the ships in the distance,The wild unrest, the snowy, curling caps- that inbound urge and urge of waves,Seeking the shores forever. – Walt Whitman It’s been grey and rainy in New York […]

Across the street from Bloom is another great home store called MONC XIII. It opened last year to rave reviews but this was my first time visiting.  I especially loved the French linens and leather clad coolers.  The Hermes china wasn’t too shabby either.  Definitely check it out on your next visit to Sag Harbor.  […]

Bon Weekend

08 . 02 . 13

The best part of Sag Harbor is the car watching.  This cute Karmann Ghia was one of the best I saw and makes me want one immediately. Of course, that would mean this New Yorker would have to start driving again so maybe I should start practicing in preparation.  Bon weekend! Photos by Heather Clawson […]

Fab Finds for Summer

07 . 30 . 13

When Fab asked me to choose some of my favorite things for summer, I knew this fun photo of Audrey Hepburn and her then husband Mel Ferrer would be my jumping off point.  I love how happy they look sitting outside enjoying a meal.  There is nothing that says summer like red checkered tablecloths and […]

Bon Weekend

07 . 19 . 13

Ah, summer, what power you have to make us suffer and like it.   – Russel Baker

Chic in Capri

07 . 07 . 13

A long holiday weekend in the Hamptons is great until you start seeing everyone’s instagram pics from the Mediterranean.  Makes me want to rethink my travel plans for next year.  Then I came across the photo above that Minnie Mortimer pinned on Pinterest and found that it was from a house in Anacapri that the […]

Bon Weekend

07 . 05 . 13

Whatever you are doing this long holiday weekend, I hope you are having as much fun as Brigitte Bardot and Alain Delon are having in these photos from 1968.  They were taken on the yacht of Eric Tabarly and at lunch with famed music producer Eddie Barclay.  Don’t they just epitomize effortless chic? Bon weekend! […]

Beautiful Blue & White

07 . 02 . 13

I’ll never forget the story that antiques dealer John Rosselli told me about how Babe Paley once said to him, “you know John, you can never be too rich or too think or own too much blue and white porcelain.” While blue and white Chinese porcelain looks great year round, it has always been associated […]

The absolutely pinch me moment on Friday was being invited to Aerin Lauder‘s house in the Hamptons for lunch and an afternoon of beauty treatments and other activities.  As long time readers will know, I’ve posted photos of the house before (you can see them here) so it was an absolute treat to be able to […]

Green

06 . 29 . 13

Green was the silence, wet was the light, the month of June trembled like a butterfly…. – Pablo Neruda Photo by me via instagram

Summer Afternoon

06 . 22 . 13

Summer afternoon—summer afternoon;  to me those have always been the two most  beautiful words in the English language.  – Henry James photo by me via instagram

Bon Weekend

06 . 21 . 13

Bon weekend and happy first day of summer!

Hat Attack

05 . 26 . 13

The sun is finally out after what seemed like a week of rain.  That means you might want to pull out a hat except that the gale force winds would probably blow it off your head.  Maybe better to display your hats on the wall or in the entry.  Nothing says summer like a good […]

“And so with the sunshine and the great bursts of leaves growing on the trees, just as things grow in fast movies, I had that familiar conviction that life was beginning over again with the summer.”  – Nick Carraway, The Great Gatsby  It’s the start of the Memorial Day weekend here in the US and […]