I’ve been in Cabo now for just one week. Perhaps it’s the familiarity of this place for me after several years, but I have begun to notice innuendos of this environment. Past the vegetation and margarita Sundays exists an elegant idyll. For the last few days a bleached light has permeated the atmosphere. The sky is coated with a canopy of alabaster clouds. The beach is serene; the sand cool … Read More
Having arrived in Cabo after a long drawn out expedition here last Friday, I have been re-thinking my perspective on travel. There was a time when leaving home to discover new cultures was a major focus for me. Maybe it’s my age, although I doubt it. I suspect it’s the headaches of flying, the time consumption and discomfort required to deal with the airlines. It’s easier to find an interesting … Read More
By the time you are reading this I will be en-route to our home in Mexico. Today, therefore, is not a day driven by creative juices, but rather a period of practicality as I run around putting last minute “oh I just remembered” things together. Packing is the least of it. That’s kind of a formula by now because what seems very appropriate in New York doesn’t really cut it … Read More
I grew up in the 60’s the prodigy of parents who came of age in the 1940’s. My parent’s youth was defined by patriotism aptly earned. Mine rebelled against a war born of politics. They called us Baby Boomers. My children think we were hippies. Even today, they describe me as eccentric. The truth is that we were no different than today’s Millennial: products of a modern culture anxious to … Read More
Today. in our Gallery, Alison Connolly, our resident reporter on new, provocative and groundbreaking lingerie designers reveals the beauty of E.L.F. Zhou London’s evocative intimate collection. SEE MORE… Read More
Recently, culling through my archives, I came across this image of Les Voûtes Filantes (The Shooting Vaults), a series of arched string tunnels installed in a 16th century courtyard by the Atelier Yok Yo with sculptor Ulysses Lacoste and Laure Micarré for the June 2015 emerging garden festival in Cahors, France The exhibition, lasting a mere 4 weeks, is a highly technical collaboration consisting of 78 kilometers of cobalt … Read More
I get a kick out of watching entrepreneurs who have their mojo together and are not afraid to take a leap, but it takes serious guts to give up everything in which you have previously pursued to support a principle. I think that is why I am so impressed with Megan Grassell, who as a high school student, turned a personal frustration into a full-fledged business, Yellowberry. At the … Read More