Daffodils are blooming here in New York City. It is only February 28th, a very early sign of spring indeed. I thought I’d share some of the rare finds I’ve come across in my years as a florist. It seems I’m most drawn to the uncommon and unique, the blooms that aren’t found everyday. Bicolored […]
New York Fashion Week ended a week ago and I thought I’d pay homage by honoring the best-dressed windows in the city. The windows of Bergdorf Goodman have always held the highest appeal in my book. If I am slightly in the vicinity, I will veer over to 5th and 58th dragging anyone in my […]
Exactly seven years ago, Artists Christo and Jeanne-Claude unveiled their Gates project in New York’s Central Park. For three weeks in February New Yorkers were given the gift of bright swaths of saffron orange dancing through the center of the city. I made my commute to work everyday through the park so I was able […]
Today’s post brings me back to my intern days working for an interior decorator. I made many a trip to Just Scandinavian, a colorful bright spot in TriBeCa. It was always a treat to have to go and pick-up or return fabric samples or check on orders. Purveyor of all things Scandinavian, Just Scandinavian houses a […]
While walking down White Street in TriBeCa the other day my eye was drawn to a very large suzani hanging on a wall through glass-paneled doors. I stopped in my tracks and was led to investigate. I had happened upon the venerable Steven Sclaroff’s home design store filled with his highly curated collection of vintage […]
As a visual person, I have always loved magazines. I have trunks-full of scrapbooks created in my youth with collages from torn magazine clippings. In our eco-friendly world, there is an online magazine that fills the visual void domino magazine left when it closed its doors in March 2009. Launched in October 2009 and headed […]
