Did you know that last Friday was Marilyn Monroe’s birthday? She would have been 86 years old. The world’s greatest sex symbol was a luminous mix of va-va-voom and vulnerability. And 50 years after her death, she’s still regularly in the news…
What do you get for the hostess with the mostest? I recently had to face this challenge when my friend “M” invited me to a party at her house. You must understand, M has the most exquisite taste…
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…
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…
To show my Halloween spirit, I was gonna plaster this post with images of carved pumpkins, bubbling cauldrons, filmy ghosts—and creepy Michael Myers’ masks. But that all seemed much too been-there-done-that…
In case you haven’t noticed, I definitely have art on my mind lately. A couple of weeks ago, I saw Ellsworth Kelly in a crew team practicing on the Potomac…
This past Monday, on my blissful day off from work for Columbus Day, I took a leisurely morning stroll along Georgetown Harbour. I noticed a crew team practicing on the Potomac…
My real point is this: I fully believe that color has the power to affect how we feel. Many experts “agree that every color we encounter has some sort of psychological impact…”
My mom recently visited Fallingwater, Frank Lloyd Wright’s architectural masterpiece which is celebrating its 75th anniversary this year. In the gift shop, she bought me this “game” by Ted Naos who is an artist and Professor Emeritus at the School of Architecture…