They are ravenous and roving. Newly emerged from a six-month state of suspended animation, over a dozen larvae scale the crumpled paper towel inside a plastic cup. One determined individual undulates past the others to the top of the paper peak.
The Most famous département stores in Paris are a stopping point on all touristic itineraries. Aristide Boucicaut is one of the pioneers of creating the département store, opening “Au Bon Marché” in 1852. Since then the phenomenon of this style of shopping has become an integral part of life in France.
DREAMLIKE AND WHIMSICAL EDITORIALS evoke fashion magazines of past decades, when editors would travel to locations for weeks to shoot the photographs.
BITS AND PIECES of Interior Designer Ashley Whittaker‘s work has been featured here before, but here is more of our...
When we talk and think about French interior design, many things come to mind: chandeliers, crown mouldings, chevrons floors and juliet balconies. This apartment, owned by a couple who have longed to lived in Paris for the past 30 years, has it all—in the classical sense, thanks to the designer Jean-Louis Deniot...
This week’s ’s 30 Images of Inspiration is an unofficial ode to the last month of summertime, with pink hydrangeas and striped beach...
The decade known for glitzy over-the-top digital production was–for a long time–shunned by music purists, but the eighties have...
AND WHILE ON THE TOPIC of leopard print, there may be one person in the universe who loves the pattern...
OFF TO MEETINGS first thing this morning, but first wanted to stop in say hello! & to leave you with today’s beautiful...
GILDED CROWN MOULDING, crystal chandeliers, gold-embroidered lace evening gowns and butterflies around the world — just a few things in thoughts and daydreams on this late-January Friday . . .
A tumble of beautiful things in shades of pink & leopard print — a medicine cabinet filled with lovely things, hand-lettering and silk curtains and bouquets upon bouquets of peonies...
It all began with this astonishingly lovely handmade flower wreath, published here, over three years ago, created by mixed media artist & designer, Dana Barbieri, which lead to the intricate and exquisite [previously published] Chanel 2009 couture show, over a year before that; and then in 2011, came the astonishing work of artist Jo Lynn Alcorn for Perrier-Jouët . . .
. . . just a few glimpses of what has been happening around here lately: cupcakes and white lilacs and...
. . . oftentimes things come together perfectly and there is endless inspiration at every turn, but sometimes, and especially during exceptionally busy weeks, inspiration is elusive . . .
. . . had such fun composing the last mix that was utterly inspired to create another and perhaps shall...
