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Cool Thoughts ~ Fantasie

It’s over 100 degrees in New York for the third day in a row and I am hunkered down inside my air-conditioned home waiting for this heat stampede to pass.  The air is flush with moisture and mass forming a perfect storm of inertia.  Yesterday, I slipped out of my artificial cave for a few minutes of escape to my friend Gale’s farm.  Sitting by a cool pond under a … Read More


I have a personal rapport with the color red.  My first car was a Red Toyota Corolla; $3000 new including air conditioning and snow tires.  I was 21 and I wanted to make a statement.  I polished my nails in “Revlon Red” lacquer, painted my lips in “Dior Red” lipstick, owned a red Bill Blass coat and donned a pair of red suede Charles Jourdan stilettos , which I … Read More


What makes a horse such an intoxicating animal is the combination of extreme sensitivity, majestic beauty and soft love.  This 1000 pound animal can feel the touch of a tiny insect, hear the sound of an acorn on a barn roof, smell an animal cloaked by trees and see the flicker of a tiny movement in the distance.  To ride a horse with grace, you must partner with his breath … Read More


This Week’s Intimate DiscoveryPret-A-Porter Glamour is Re-Launched in the Intimate Market

It was really a thrill last week to be invited to see the recently re-vitalized Pleasure State™ Lingerie brand.  Maintaining its signature haute couture design influence, four distinctive collections address a variety of consumer needs; fit, value and glamour.  But it is the top of the line Couture Collection, an elegant gallery of intimate art, that embodies … Read More


What made the Renaissance such a revolution in the History of Art was the emergence of sensuality and form as a metaphor for beauty and life.  I remember the first time I wandered through the Uffizi Gallery in Florence and saw Botticelli’s depiction of the Birth of Venus and thought how the perception of the feminine ideal has morphed through the centuries.     Drenched in a pure white light, this painting … Read More


This week’s Intimate Discovery: Retro-Saucy underthings hand tailored to fit your curves

I love visiting Journelle in NYC. It’s a virtual gallery of elegant lingerie by  Indie  as well as established designers and visiting the boutique often satisfies my perpetual search for new talent.  Last time I was there I found Fortnight Lingerie, launched in 2010 by Toronto based designer Christina Remenyi.  Artfully tailored to respect a woman’s natural … Read More


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