I have the privilege of knowing some very talented people and can’t wait to share their stories with you. Joe Grant is a wonderful man, talented artist, and all around good time friend (and a pretty awesome drummer) . I got the opportunity to visit him and his lovely wife Tracy, also an amazing artist and [...]
I woke up last Thursday morning with a huge grin on my face. In just 10 hours Kim and I were about to see NY firemen calender models in their undies…or at least Bjorn Borg’s undies. Maybe I’m still dreaming ? I sprang out of bed planning my outfit and looking forward to blow outs [...]
I am always on the lookout for something affordable to brighten and refresh my space (and life) . Last weekend I was inspired by both a trip to Jones Beach and a stroll along Columbus Ave. to my eventual destination - the Jonathan Adler store.
I last went into the J Adler store (my Mecca of sorts) and [...]
On the advice of a friend, a textile designer no less, I visited the Cooper Hewitt National Design Museum this weekend. I had never been to this gem at 91st and 5th ave, an outpost of The Smithsonian housed in an Andrew Carnegie mansion. What a treat ! Visit www.cooperhewitt.org to plan your visit.
The Fashioning [...]
I have lamented in an earlier post about longing for a garden. I grew up in the South and gardening was a part of my life, especially in the summer. As a girl growing up in Virginia, all summer long we reaped the benefits of a vegetable and fruit garden. I can still taste the fresh [...]
The New York Botanical Garden had its 17th annual Antique Garden Furniture Show and Sale the weekend of May 3rd, 2009. What luck that I made a visit to the gardens to celebrate a friend’s birthday that very day. Even though I was in my rain boots, I have to say it was one of [...]
April 1st, 2009 – I am in line for the Martha Stewart show to be in the audience. Every woman in the line and I share something very special…our name is April. How cool is that ? Now, I’ve had 2 best friends named April growing up (Hello April Porter and April Higgs) but not [...]
I just spent 5 days at La Samanna in St. Martin , leaving on the day of a brutal snow storm. I had prayed that the snow wouldn’t hinder our plans, as it was my friend’s birthday and we didn’t want to spend it at JFK. Thanks to prayers and the pilot’s determination to “hit [...]
I was privileged enough to spend the week of New Year’s Eve in sunny Mexico, along the Riviera Maya. (A trip I cannot more highly recommend.) The 1st town I visited was Puerto Morelos and quickly fell in love. This is a somewhat sleepy fishing village about 40 minutes past Cancun (and about the same [...]
This Saturday I had plans to go visit friends via Metro North, at Grand Central. After scoring a cold Budweiser, I headed to the center information kiosk and clock – my usual meeting spot. To my delight I witnessed 4 separate bridal photo shoots in the span of 15 minutes. The blogger in me delighted in [...]
