Ever since I wrote the pantry post last week, friends and readers have been sending me requests for help with their out-of-control kitchen stockpiles. (Seriously, I was offered a plane ticket by one, a cup of coffee by another.) Please note: It will take more than...
Read MoreI will admit, I have one. The pantry of my dreams. Or maybe this one. To be more specific: I have a clean-pantry fetish. My sister-in-law will attest to my fixation, because—on one extended trip to her house in Boston—I basically took apart the contents of her entire kitchen,...
Read MoreMy husband was very happy when high-definition TV hit the market a few years ago. He says it makes him feel as though he’s “seeing reality in a crystal-clear image.” I would venture to guess that Dianne Sawyer was not quite as enthused that every crevice,...
Read MoreHarper’s Bazaar does a brilliant job each month scouting the style scene for their Editor’s Notes section. Each page has a theme. Each theme comes with items. Fashionable items. Items I want, but don’t necessarily want to pay for. Like: a Derek Lam cross-body bag...
Read MoreI was always thrilled to receive those anonymous boxes of Sweethearts in elementary school...
Read MoreIn my mind—and nose—nothing conjures up a memory more than fragrance. I can tell you what my date was wearing 30 years ago just by catching a whiff of Geoffrey Beene’s Grey Flannel. I can describe the moment a co-worker at Mademoiselle walked into my office smelling...
Read MoreA while back, I told you I'd be on the look-out for budget-friendly versions of the hottest heels on the market. The nice thing (or dangerous thing) for shoe freaks like me, is that every time I turn around there's something new to love. I'd buy...
Read MoreI’ve always loved the term “cocktail ring.” Conjures up a sort of glamorous, Gatsby-esque image…which makes sense, since I read today that these oversized, right-hand baubles first became popular during Prohibition, when they were worn by women at illegal drinking parties as a sort of...
Read MoreHappy Thursday Dear Readers! New Year's Resolution (#514): to blog consistently and frequently so as not to confuse my poor readers, who occasionally confide to me that they never quite know when a new post will appear. (I feel your pain; I never quite know when...
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