Raise the Red Lantern

I just returned from a 3 week trip to China and Hong Kong. It was my first trip to Asia and I hope certainly, not my last. The most impressive thing about China is the people. I’ve never met such kind, happy, hospitable people in my life (and I’m from the South). And Hong Kong [...] Read more »

  • Share

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 »

  • Share

Color, Color, Color The Explorra

Do you ever crave a vacation because you crave the colors of its location?  For me–a dismal gray day (much like it is here today in NY)– fills my head with the colors of the places I’ve traveled to over the last few years. The clear and gentle turquoise sea rippling in a warm Jamaican [...] Read more »

  • Share

Let’s Colour The World: A Deluxe idea from Dulux Paints

Can color change the world?  Uplift a neighborhood, bring a community together?  Unite us as humans, regardless of language, culture and location?  Dulux paints has embarked on a worldwide colorful mission to prove that -YES, IT TRULY CAN! Starting earlier this month in Rio, today in Paris (I know this because I am following their [...] Read more »

  • Share

A Competition To Dye For

Is this guy responsible for changing the face of color as we know it? If you lived back in 1856 the answer would be “why yes my good chap, for sure!  You see the man pictured above– proudly displaying his freshly ‘maulvine’ dyed wool– is non other than Henry William Perkins.  Perkins is known throughout [...] Read more »

  • Share