The warmer temperatures are a great time to lighten up not only your wardrobe but also your home.  It’s the perfect opportunity to pull out your blue and white china or buy a few pieces.  The best places to find it in New York are Pearl River Mart and William Wayne. Happy Spring! Didier Haspeslagh […]

I usually visit Los Angeles every January but I didn’t make it this year.  I wish I had time for a quick trip before I leave for Paris just so I could visit Violet Grey. The store is the brain child of Cassandra Huysentruyt Grey who offers only the best edited selection of beauty products […]

As we all know, April showers bring May flowers.  They also bring a great opportunity to stay in and watch movies.  I’ve been watch a lot of French films to practice for Paris but I recently added the classic Italian picture L’Avventura to the mix. It was the photo above of a very chic Monica […]

You didn’t think I could post about Timothy Corrigan‘s beautiful Chateau du Grand-Lucé without including the gardens did you?  Just looking at these photos is relaxing which is helpful since I’m off to an appointment with my accountant today. Enjoy! Photos from Veranda and AD.

I’ve been having a lot of conversations about chateaux in relationship to my upcoming trip. Seems I’m not the only one who dreams of buying a fixer upper in France.  When that time comes (after I win the lottery) the first person I will call for advice is designer Timothy Corrigan. He purchased his 18th-century […]

It seems like every time I turn around one of my friends is announcing a pregnancy.  I’m beginning to think there might be something in the water. It’s good to know that they’ll have lots of fashion options to keep them chic with Hatch Collection. Even celebrities love the wear before, during, and after baby […]

It’s been one of those days. Since I didn’t get a regular post up, I’m leaving you with a few shots from my instagram that illustrate that spring has finally sprung in New York.  About time too.  “Our spring has come at last with the soft laughter of April suns and shadow of April showers.” […]

I was joking with a friend this week that I’ve all of the sudden become everyone’s tour guide to Paris. I try to keep up with what’s new and the GoGo Paris guide helps not only with their guidebooks each season but also from their twitter and instagram accounts.  That’s how I found out that Buly 1803 […]

If I lived downtown, I would hang out at The Marlton Hotel everyday. It’s the type of place that looks like it’s been there forever when in actuality, the hotel used to be the former flophouse of Jack Kerouac and Lenny Bruce. The space has had a top to bottom make over by the keen […]

It’s been raining for four days in New York which reminded me that I need a new trench coat.  Normally I would pull out my beloved Gryphon trench but it looks like it’s finally time for it to be retired. I also have a lovely trench with a fur collar from Barney’s private label but […]

I’ve been putting together my places to go and things to do in Paris and asking friends for their recommendations.  I’ve also been looking through old guides from Ines de la Fressange and scouring the internet.  I was happy to find a few suggestions for Paris from Moda Operandi co-founder Lauren Santo Domingo on Vogue.com […]

I was first introduced to interior designer Garrow Kedigian at the 2009 Kips Bay Decorator Show House. His orange lacquered room may have been small but I could already tell he was destined for greatness.  His own charming garret apartment was featured on New York Social Diary House Tour in 2009 but it is his […]

When I walking to Bergdorf Goodman in a snowstorm in 2004 to have Mrs. Herrera sign a copy of her book Carolina Herrera for me, never in my wildest dreams could I ever imagine I would be giving her a signed copy of my book ten years alter.  But that’s exactly what happened today when […]

I hate to beat a dead horse but I’m not sure how much of this winter I can take. Spring is so close yet it feels so far away.  So please indulge me while I gaze longingly at these photos of green spaces and pretty flowers.  Winds of March, we welcome you,  There is work […]

I spent time today doing what I always do when it’s cold and snow is forecasted, I look at Italian villas online and wish it was summer. One that I’ve fallen in love with via Instagram is Castello di Reschio in Umbria, Italy. The 3,000 acre estate is comprised of a nine rental houses of […]

Now that I have the dates of my summer sojourn to Paris planned, I’m already thinking about what I am going to pack. I will be away for four months and will have to be prepared for a temperature fluctuation from around 50 degrees to possibly 80 degrees or more, especially as I travel to […]

I just booked my ticket to Paris and one of the places I look forward to visiting when I arrive is the newly renovated Palais de Tokyo. The building is center for modern art, design, fashion, film, literature, and dance. A chic edition to the Palais de Tokyo is the restaurant Monsieur Bleu designed by […]