Someone told me the other day, that the market can seem so redundant; same old, same old. It’s not easy buying for margin and profit. You have to focus on inventory that sells quickly and often. In the USA, in particular, that often means basics, no nonsense, practical merchandise that speaks to a broad customer base. How, then, to balance the reality of the bottom line with the beauty of … Read More
December Rose
What is December’s rose?
She survives to the last minute
Succumbing only to the first snow
I know those winter blossoms
Dark as the early night
Might be a promise; Just a bud
Basking in the fading autumn light
Still she endures
Only one single rose
And when I cut her loose
And introduce her to the bedroom fare
Warm and moist
She blossoms there.
There is something … Read More
When my girls were very young, I took them to see The Nutcracker Suite at Lincoln Center. We sat way up high, which for ballet, has its advantages. You can see the entire scope of the stage and all the visual variety offered by this timeless production. What’s more, the dancers float below you, commanding the imagination even as the story itself unfolds in a dreamy fantasy. When we left … Read More
When my 31 year old daughter was a teenager, she sneaked down to the East Village with her best friend to get a tattoo inscribed on her back. I, born of the age when body ink was an indulgence of the not so nice girls, remained cool, but was admittedly a bit taken aback. It was not until my young design team did a shirt pull-up in my office to … Read More
I know I have been on Robe Triage for the past week. I already mentioned that this is a key holiday gift item, part of my mythology and hard to ignore by a veteran comfort monger, which I am, to a fault. I have more hang around the house clothes than regular wardrobe pieces and so foraging through the markets for items of great repose, seems a likely pastime for … Read More
November: a month of Thanksgiving and a reminder to be grateful for our loved ones and all the bounty that surrounds us all. Sometimes we are so used to the most obvious comforts that we forget what life would be like without them. . . Today, in her Intimate Pleasures column, Margaret expounds on the meaning of Gratitude. READ MORE
Personally, I am very grateful that this year has been … Read More
This afternoon, while standing on the sidewalk, which was already plush with decorating regalia: white bark, holly berry twigs, wreaths and pine cones, I watched a long haul truck unloading Christmas Trees in the parking lot of our local Fairway. Shivering in my fleece jacket, I could not help daydreaming about the stark beauty of the desert landscape and how a week ago, I was basking in the southern Baha … Read More