Architecture that challenges perception has always been a source of creative inspiration for me. Last year, while traveling in New Mexico, I happened upon the Miraculous Staircase in the Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe. Built to solve the everyday problem of how to access the choir loft without interfering with the space in this tiny Gothic church, the carpenter accomplished a feat of engineering that boggles the imagination. Turning 360 … Read More
When I was young Christmas in my house was a big excuse for throwing a great party during which my mother’s creative baking skills took center stage. Her cookies, which were a huge holiday tradition, became legendary as the years evolved. Baked from an assortment of recipes collected from a bevy of sources, their reputation soon enabled them to be referred to, simply as “Libby’s cookies”. As a teenager, growing … Read More