Okay it is no secret that I really love reality tv shows. NOT the terrifying “Jersey Shore”-kind, I am much more of a “Top Design/Top Chef/Amazing Race” genre-type of fan. You know, the kind of show where people actually have to have talent, ingenuity and brains to get ahead. I love watching competitors brainstorm, create [...] Read more »
Fashion, American Style and The Met
Every Spring The Metropolitan Museum Of Art’s Costume Institute hosts an annual gala to kick off its big Summer exhibition. The evening has become one of NY’s most anticipated and fashionable events. This year was no exception; as stars, designers and editors once again merged onto the steps of the museum and into a sea [...] Read more »
An Illustrated Life
My mother-in-law Margot was an artist her entire life. From the time she could pick up a paintbrush until the time she could no longer–she was creating. “I’ve never been bored a minute of my life,” Margot would proudly tell you, “there has just always just been so much to see and do.” A visit [...] Read more »
Chelsea’s Nouvel Style
The Manhattan Neighborhood known as Chelsea (14th to 29th, Broadway to the Hudson River) has always had its share of inspiring buildings and residents. The Hotel Chelsea with its historic guest lists of artists, writers, actors and musicians alone has helped make the neighborhood a famous mecca of Bohemia. Known for its grit as much [...] Read more »
You Sexy Beets
The Office’s Dwight Schrute is famous for farming them, President Obama has publicly snubbed them and Napoleon set a course to rule the world by insisting that French farmers grow them (to cultivate their own sugar supply that is). The Beet. The veggie that stains your hands and puts the blush in Borscht. I’ll be [...] Read more »
