This week’s Intimate Discovery: Sophisticated, Loungewear Define the American Summer Style
It’s pushing 100° in New York today and I am hunkered
down in my house doused in the balm of artificial air conditioning. I much prefer the outdoors and boy do I wish I had a few pieces of the Anne Klein loungewear, delivered this spring for woman searching for the benefits of cool intimate fabrics engineered for comfort, but designed with a … Read More
I am fascinated by the ongoing obsession of popular culture with vampires. In my parent’s generation, the classic tale of quiet evil was elegantly personified by Bram Stoker’s Dracula. Later, when my generation was tuning up, Anne Rice captivated our fantasy of perpetual youth and mysterious romance in her Vampire Chronicles. And today, no author better serves the quest for the fabulous forbidden other world than Stephenie Meyer’s handsome and captivating teen hero, … Read More
Studying abroad at the age of 19, I was on an excursion to the art capitals of the world when I saw my first piece of classical sculpture in Rome. Viewing the pure white marble miracles of Michelangelo, I was emotionally transfixed. How could anyone create such a detailed execution of the human body from such a mundane material? Later, in Paris, I witnessed the evolution of this art form from the perfection of … Read More
I was married in City Hall with two witnesses present. After the ceremony the four of us went to dinner at a beautiful local restaurant. I could never quite grasp the point of a lavish affair and all the chaotic fanfare that accompanied the planning process. It seemed, at the time, like an elaborate waste of money for a one night stand. I never really grew up with the fantasy of walking down an aisle … Read More
I saw some beautiful pottery on my recent jaunt to Mexico and the Southwest. I have always been mesmerized watching a potter shape a beautiful object from such a mundane substance as a lump of wet clay. The technical skill required seems invisible to the naked eye. It is all about how the artisan uses his hands and fingers to apply pressure where necessary and release as a counterpoint. Molding a form so that … Read More
I had never seen the Grand Canyon except from the window of an airplane 30, 000 feet in the air. The majesty of this view was so extraordinary that I could only imagine what standing right on the rim would offer. It was a major objective to our Southwest quest. Traveling there was a challenge as we confronted an early spring snowstorm for which we were quite unprepared. Naive New Yorkers that we are, we … Read More
Last week, still in my pajamas, I was in the sunporch, enjoying my first cup of the day, at peace in an early spring sun. I was ruminating how the simple pleasure of this everyday ritual was really one of life’s luxuries. Coffee is an essential part of my morning routine. No matter where I travel, I have to admit, I crave this quintessential brew. Quality matters; smell, taste and the general feeling of comfort … Read More