After taking a month and a half off from blogging, I went for a run yesterday and suddenly got an idea for a post. Now, to be fair, the latter part of my January and all of my February were consumed with a high-stakes, pressure-cooker of a project…
Through the addictive Flipboard iPad app, I discover great new blogs all the time. One of them is Design Milk which keeps me up-to-date on the best in modern design. They recently featured a Colorado-based artist named Pard Morrison…
You know how El Camino Real means “The Royal Road”? And have you noticed the number of luxury/beauty brands that are taking the high road of collaborating with famous artists? They do it to ramp up their prestige and coolness factor and, of course, to drive sales…
So, let’s see, where were we? Oh yes, I left you wondering about what exactly was in that package from Lanvin. Well, the wait is finally over! Here’s the “big” reveal…
Happy New Year, everyone! I had to wait till this week to publish this post. It contains an image of one of the Christmas presents I had bought for my dear friend Susan. We exchanged gifts a couple of days ago so now I’m free to disclose…
I don’t know about you, but to me, 2011 just flew by. And here we are on the brink of 2012! Around this time of year, it seems like everyone is doing some sort of retrospective of the past 365 days—ranging from wistful reminiscing to clear-eyed analysis…
I spent the Christmas holiday with my mom. And one morning, I observed that she had many colorful vignettes involving vegetables, plants and flowers scattered around her house…
For the Christmas holiday, my mom was kind enough to host Andrew and me at her lovely home in Exton, PA. While she hasn’t put up a tree since my dad died twelve years ago, I thought she did a fine job of decorating her house with little festive flourishes.
My dad took this photo of me when I was maybe four years old. (Lovely ’70s furniture in our old apartment, right?)…
I’ve always loved holly as a symbol of the yuletide season. (Maybe it’s because we had a lot of holly bushes around the house where I grew up.) The shiny, scalloped green leaves and eye-catching red berries look so festive when dusted with white snow…