It’s been hotter than Hades in New York lately which makes me want to go to Les Toiles du Soleil and buy everything in their cool summer colored French fabrics. The company has been in business in France for over 150 years but only available here for two. Their shop in Chelsea is almost as […]

It’s both sad and amazing that the artist Jean-Michel Basquiat was only 27 when he died of a heroin overdose in 1988. He truly was a talented yet tortured artist who has left us with a beautiful legacy of paintings. His friend Tamra Davis interviewed him in 1986 but the footage remained unseen until now. […]

I always joke that you could decorate a house in the Hamptons just with one trip to Mecox Gardens including the outside as you saw with my previous post. They have a great mix of new and vintage pieces. The store in Southampton is huge and my personal favorite but they have a bunch of […]

One of my favorite places in The Hamptons is Mecox Gardens. The store itself is great but what I really love the gardens outside. They make you feel like you’ve left Southampton and are wandering around the French countryside. All that’s missing is a bottle of wine and baguette. I wonder if they allow picnics?! […]

Thank you so much for all the sweet Anniversary comments and emails! Some of you suggested that I go out and buy myself a little something and I was happy to oblige! I had a meeting yesterday morning that was conveniently close to the flea market where I bought myself a few treasures all of […]

Times flies when you’re having fun! Today marks my three year blog anniversary! I had no idea what I was doing when I started and I certainly had no idea of all the amazing things that it would lead to and all the amazing people I would meet along the way. I created my blog […]

I don’t really need another reason to visit Paris again but I’ve found one anyway. Jean Cocteau’s home at Milly-la-Forêt is now open to the public for tours. Cocteau lived in the home, an hour outside Paris, from 1947 until his death in 1963. Pierre Bergé acquired the property in 2002 and spearheaded the renovation […]

It’s brutally hot again today in New York and one of my male friends confirmed that it’s even worse if you have to wear a suit. Poor corporate guys. Too bad they can’t wear shorts to work like these cool guys! They definitely look chic to me! All photos by The Sartorialist

While the rest of us were eating hot dogs and watching fireworks this past weekend, Serena and Blair were painting the town red in Paris and by the looks of it, eating Ladurée macaroons! Gossip Girl has decamped to the City of Lights to shoot season 4 and I’m hoping the change of scenery will […]

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I was working on a post about looking chic in shorts when I came across the photo above on The Sartorialist website. Of course, the photo was taken in Paris where everything looks chic but I love how pulled together she looks. The temperature is supposed to reach over 100 degrees today so looking and […]

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I really enjoyed taking some time off this weekend to enjoy the American Fourth of July holiday. What’s funny is that there would be no America without the British so I figured why not post a fabulous English manor home today. Also, if you watched Wimbeldon for the last fortnight, you know the weather in […]

“May the sun in his course visit no land more free, more happy, more lovely, than this our own country!” – Daniel Webster

I’ve been busy the last few days styling one of my projects for a photo shoot today for Rue Magazine, a new online magazine that will debut this September. I am very excited for you to see the final design and can’t wait to see all the other great interiors in the magazine. But right […]

I saw photos of this cute little cottage on photographer Douglas Friedman‘s website and finally did a little investigating about it. Turns out that it belongs to Cove Landing (995 Lexington Avenue, 212-288-7597) co-owner Angus Wilkie and was featured on one of Martha Stewart‘s house tours. It was built in the early 19th-century and looks […]

I’m busy working today and trying to get through a thousand annoying emails so I’m posting an oldie but a goodie from 2008. This fabulous house in the Hamptons used to belong to Steven Gambrel before friends of LA designer Ruthie Sommers bought it and asked her to decorate the place. I love the colors […]