If you live in New York, I suggest you don’t look at the weather forecast for this week.  All the rain has me wishing that de Kooning: A Retrospective at the Museum of Modern Art was open now.  It would be a perfect rainy day activity but unfortunately it doesn’t open until Saturday, September 18, […]

While preparing for the hurricane last weekend, you might have missed excellent article, The Battle for Hermès in the Wall Street Journal.  For those of you who don’t know, Bernard Arnault, the owner of LVMH, has been buying up shares of Hermès in an attempt to add the venerable brand to his stable of luxury […]

This post is also a repeat but since it’s from May 2008, you might not remember it.  The garden is featured in a lovely book Exceptional Gardens that was originally published in Belgium.  The name really says it all and it’s filled with gorgeous green gardens around Europe.  Also a reminder to get out and […]

I’m trying to enjoy my last few days of summer so I’m taking a little time off.  Instead of leaving you high and dry, I am reposting one of my favorite summer houses from the Hamptons.  (If TV can repeat shows, why can’t I repeat posts?!)  The house belongs to Helen Lee and Tim Schifter and […]

By all these lovely tokensSeptember days are here,With summer’s best of weatherAnd autumn’s best of cheer. –   Helen Hunt Jackson, September

There was so much to look at in the September issue of Vogue that many might have overlooked this stunning rooftop apartment.  It’s owned by Claude Wasserstein and was designed with help of interior designers Jacques Grange, Jeffrey Bilhuber, and Daniel Romualdez.  Usually, combinations like that could result in a mash up of styles and ideas but it […]

One of my great pleasured every month is receiving C Magazine. Even though it’s based in Los Angeles, I always find plenty of interesting articles and products.  The September 2011 issue arrived right before the  hurricane watch began and gave me lots to look at over the long weekend.  The best being the Hollywood Hills […]

Most of us New Yorkers were very lucky and survived the hurricane unscathed.  The only real damage occurred to our waistlines from stress eating and sitting around watching constant news coverage.  I have already declared that I have to detox from carbs and television this week. I may have to make an exception on Wednesday […]

It’s a good thing that Sofia Coppola decided to get married in Italy this weekend and not anywhere along the East Coast. She married Phoenix frontman Thomas Mars in the garden of her family’s villa in Bernalda, Italy, the town where her grandparents were born. Her lovely lavender dress was made by her fashion designer friend […]

Instead of preparing to hole up at home in New York to ride out hurricane Irene, I wish I had high tailed it out of town.  I also wish America had the entire month of August off like all of France.  If we did, my dream would be to enjoy the pastoral pleasures of a […]

I have a lot of pinch me moments in New York but being invited to a real life breakfast at Tiffany’s was definitely the best one.  A select group of editors and bloggers were invited to preview the new Tiffany Fall 2011 Leather Collection and dine with design directors John Truex and Richard Lambertson this […]

You may not be able to buy anything from Chateau de Groussay but you will be able to buy some similar treasures from Palais Abbatial de Royaumont soon.  The Italianate House near Chantilly, France is featured in World of Interiors and its contents will be up for auction at Christie’s in Paris 19-21 September.  The public viewing […]

I thought the house in the Upstairs Downstairs feature in the September issue of Harper’s Bazaar looked familiar. Turns out it’s Chateau de Groussay that I posted about here and here.  As I’ve stated before, I love fashion shoots that are shot in beautiful homes and this one includes a few rooms that I’ve never […]

There is a great article in the September issue of Vogue about the return to color in women’s wardrobes.  It also mentioned the trend of red pants that started during New York Fashion Week last February.  Based on the amount of green I saw recently, I have a feeling that green may be the new […]

I knew that Lisa Immordino Vreeland who is married to Diana Vreeland’s grandson Alexander was working on a documentary about the legendary editor.  What I didn’t know is that there is also a book, The Eye Has to Travel, out October 1, 2011.  I read about it one of my ginormous September issue fashion magazines […]

The owl is the symbol of wisdom and judging by the number I saw at the New York International Gift Fair, vendors were smart to include them in their lines.  The tray from Simrin above was especially beautiful. Maybe this owl pencil cup from Design Ideas will bring wisdom at work or school. Eleven Design […]

Charlotte Rampling is well known for not wearing clothes but her vintage fashion looks are actually perfect fall inspiration.  Her camel coat, beautiful blouses and tailored jackets are spot on.  Even her hair complements the lady-like ensembles and longer hemlines that I’m seeing in the September magazines.  Bon Weekend!