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The 1978 film Interiors was on TCM tonight. I find it terribly depressing but interiors make it worth watching. It struck me that the interiors of this Hancock Park house decorated by interior designer Christos Prevezanos and featured on ArchitecturalDigest.com has a similar neutral palette and paneling. It feels like this is the house they […]

I don’t know anyone who decorates chicer for Christmas than Suzanne Rheinstein. The Los Angeles based interior designer incorporates many Southern traditions in her decorations based on her childhood upbringing in New Orleans. They include citrus fruits, gilded magnolia leaves, and pomanders among other things. I posted some of these photos from One Kings Lane a […]

Grown Up Home

06 . 14 . 18

The family home of Who What Wear founder Katherine Power and her photographer husband Justin Coit is featured in a web exclusive tour on ArchitecturalDigest.com.  Justin actually took these photos. I posted their other home two years ago in the post Katherine Power at Home and you can see that the couple’s new Spanish Colonial home […]

I was telling my friend last weekend about how much I love following Mandy Moore’s mid-century modern house renovation on Instagram. She told me that her friend just wrote an article about it so it seems I’m not alone. Mandy and her fiancé Taylor Goldsmith, who met via Instagram, bought the house a year ago […]

I was talking to someone the other day about the film Phantom Thread. She loved it and I did not. I said that I didn’t think the costumes or sets were as inspiring or interesting as a Tom Ford film. Nocturnal Animals is so much more beautiful but it was hard to watch in some […]

Thinking of California

12 . 11 . 17

I’ve been thinking about California a lot lately and my friends in Los Angeles dealing with the fires. One friend posted a video on Instagram of all the burned out homes in his parent’s neighborhood. Miraculously, his parent’s home was the only left standing and untouched. A true Christmas miracle. The new home of Nate […]

Speaking of One Kings Lane, the design studio just helped Jennifer Meyer‘s design team of Pierce & Ward decorate her new light filled Los Angeles home. I love all pared down spaces as well as the cozy blue office. It’s another home that makes me want to declutter and also buy a pink sofa. To shop […]

LA Outfit Ideas

02 . 15 . 16

I feel like I packed better for my trip to California last week than I have for past trips but I still get nervous about what to wear in Los Angeles. It’s much more casual than New York and encompasses lots of layers. The temperature was in the 60’s when I arrived which prompted everyone […]

Visiting Violet Grey

02 . 14 . 16

One of the first placesI went shopping in Los Angeles last week was the boutique Violet Grey. The Melrose Place mecca for carefully curated beauty products did not disappoint. I saw a lot of things I already use which was gratifying like the Chanel Sublimage line which I swear is the key to surviving long plane […]

I’m long over due for a trip to Los Angeles and now I have another reason to book a ticket.  The Apartment by The Line has just opened on the iconic tree lined Melrose Place. Co-founder and executive creative director Vanessa Traina Snow and creative director Melanie Glass have created a home like space that will evolve on a […]

Chic in LA: The Row

05 . 18 . 14

Just because I’m in Paris doesn’t mean I’m not keeping up with what’s going on aux Etats-Unis.  Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen have just opened their first stand alone store for their uber-chic fashion house The Row in Melrose Place in Los Angeles. Like their collections, it’s very clean and simple. The space will not only […]

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 […]

Let’s Lift It

04 . 16 . 13

I refer to Andrea Stanford as my Fairy Godmother in Los Angeles and the description is apt.  We first met online years ago when I posted pics from C magazine where she was the Design + Style Editor.  She still contributes to the magazine that is worth reading even if you don’t visit California all […]

I’ve been reading Who What Wear since they launched in 2006 so it was a huge treat to be able to meet the founders and tour their offices when I was in Los Angeles last month.  Even more exciting was visiting the fashion closet.  As we all know, everyone thinks that the fashion world revolves […]

I missed seeing interior designer Nathan Turner‘s new store when I was in Los Angeles last year so it was at the top of my list this trip.  As I mentioned, it was even more special because I was able to chat with him for an hour before he was off to New York for […]

When I visited Los Angeles last year, I stayed a big “too cool for school” hotel where I felt like no one cared who I was or how I was doing.  That’s why on this trip, I decided to stay at the Avalon Hotel Beverly Hills again.  I stayed at the hotel three years ago […]

LA in a Nutshell

01 . 29 . 13

I arrived back in New York in the wee hours Monday morning and awoke to find it snowing.  Makes me wish I had stayed in LA.  While it rained there a few days, Saturday and Sunday turned out to be sunny and beautiful which was a relief.  I’m currently editing all my photos for blog […]