2016-03-19 18:53
The problem with false economies is that they're just that...things that seem prudent at the time...yet come back, when you least expect it, pointing fingers and saying "I told you so". Cas… Read More
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What is style & is it something that can be achieved? As taste is a matter of perception, both the way you perceive yourself & the way that others perceive you, can there ever be complete agreement?
2016-03-19 18:53
2016-03-19 18:53
A drought in posting...such as the one that is currently blighting this blog...can usually be attributed to excessive quantities of work...or travel...or work-related travel. All of which a… Read More
2016-03-19 18:53
Item of lust...a 1950's triple link chain bracelet made from 18k gold.Item of reality...a rectangular stretch bracelet from Topshop.Savings...$10,475 Read More
2011-10-17 11:19
The problem with false economies is that they're just that...things that seem prudent at the time...yet come back, when you least expect it, pointing fingers and saying "I told you so". Cas… Read More
2011-10-09 11:12
2011-10-02 11:09
A drought in posting...such as the one that is currently blighting this blog...can usually be attributed to excessive quantities of work...or travel...or work-related travel. All of which a… Read More
2011-09-25 11:14
Item of lust...a 1950's triple link chain bracelet made from 18k gold.Item of reality...a rectangular stretch bracelet from Topshop.Savings...$10,475 Read More
2011-09-12 01:47
Or...to be completely accurate...San Francisco and Sausalito Read More
2011-09-06 00:38
Summer...though not officially over…has been given the obligatory handshake and accompanying verbal brush-off “it’s been fun, let’s make plans to get together next y… Read More
2011-08-31 11:03
As a testament to the fact that my craft projects are taking so long that I almost forget having started them, the seemingly simple task of making a few lavender bags is a pretty reliable ba… Read More
2011-08-25 11:06
Mid-August...seems about the right time to redouble my bitching regarding the heat, humidity, and general sticky-icky-ness that is becoming more insufferable every day (I know, I know...I'm… Read More
2011-08-22 11:07
At the beginning of every summer...in that epicenter of the storm...my "mind's eye"...I imagine a season of outfits in which I will be crisp and cool...calm in the heat and humidity. The fa… Read More
2011-08-10 11:16
Two words that you don’t want to find staring up at you from your inbox (especially when, pressed for time , you’re just trying to find anything urgent that you have to take care… Read More
2011-08-08 11:07
Like me, you may have had a yen to jump on the sonic skincare bandwagon and buy Olay's very wallet-friendly cleansing system...wanting, for once, to be frugal. Like me, you may have found t… Read More
2011-08-02 14:34
Summer, or so they say, is a time for laziness...I find this especially true when faced with the prospect of working on a day when the temperatures are in the mid-90's with depressingly high… Read More
2011-07-23 16:11
Number two in the series...things to do with fruit when you can't face another piece in regular fruit form...and have no intention of dying of heat stroke by turning on the oven. That's rig… Read More
2011-07-21 13:03
When life hands you lemons (according to those pesky do-gooders), you make lemonade. When life hands you temperatures over 100 degrees...and a fridge full of fruit...you spend some tim… Read More
2011-07-20 11:03
Well, as long as we've got that sorted out Read More
2011-07-19 12:49
You know that you're a city girl...with a country background...when the sight of bunches of lavender for sale in your local grocery store causes you to stand squealing with glee in aisle sev… Read More
2011-07-18 20:07
If...big if...stupendous if...the sort of if that is usually followed by "I was rich/royal/insert something that's never going to happen here. "If", I say...Phoebe Philo were to design a no… Read More
2011-07-16 11:07
I realize that there's a certain amount of despair-inducing angst involved with determining which black bag is your black bag on the airport carousel...the later in the day...the more you lo… Read More
2011-07-15 12:51
After a few weeks of, admittedly rather unscientific study, I think I can claim that the only reason to cough up the sum required to buy US Vogue, Elle, or Bazaar is the question (to bastard… Read More
2011-07-09 15:03
Life being a tad hectic at the moment, shopping...as a purposeful activity as opposed to a pleasurable pursuit...is limited to rapid-fire online forays...generally at obscure hours of the da… Read More
2011-07-04 21:18
I realize that a good portion of the American-based population are at the beach today...laying in the sand...nibbling on mildly inedible (and overly grilled) bits of meat...and anticipating… Read More
2011-07-04 01:39
Not quite Independence Day...and a not very patriotic outfit (limited stripes and no stars)...but a comfortable option for a (currently rather rare) work-free day...spent, I'm sorry to say… Read More
2011-06-28 11:04
A quick missive about a couple of new travel beauty bag essentials that are (I hope) ensuring that I look a little less bedraggled...tired...and jet-lagged...than I would otherwise appear… Read More
2011-06-22 11:25
The next best thing to skull art...at least to my mind...is marginally disturbing clown art. At first, the mind is uncontrollably drawn towards thoughts of the paintings on velvet that you… Read More
2011-06-21 00:07
I never thought I'd side with Mrs. Louis XVI on this one but...who needs birthday cake...when homemade birthday fudgsicles are resting in the freezer? Not I...home long enough to make (and… Read More
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