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…
When you first enter our townhouse through the front door, your eyes go straight to the white space above our fireplace along the back wall. That key area just begs for a special piece of artwork—something that will grab your attention and draw you in…
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…
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’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…
The Chanel post a couple of weeks ago was supposed to close out my “Inspired by Nature” series, but I’m throwing in this one as a little bonus…
…I found the rosy-hued palette of this pile of crisp, fallen leaves to be beautiful. (And of course I loved the visual pop of color from the lone bright yellow leaf.)
I have walked by this ad in the DC metro every single day for the past several weeks, and today, I finally decided to take a photo…