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Just a simple post that carries my current design thesis through to my clothes  which is • Simple Design is Good Design •  High waisted, box pleat skirt bought from Etsy Shop ‘Clothes by Locker Room’  shirt Jcrew. 

Epitomizing Grace at 69 Pleasant St. Marblehead

There is a certain grace found in classical architecture with its pure geometry and simple form.   It is also not often that you find neoclassical buildings in Marblehead, MA.  Which is why every time I drive past 69 Pleasant St. (or hit the BofA ATM opposite) I pause and take in the white columned Hooper estate.

It was quite a feat for John Hooper to build this home for his blushing bride in…

When your father offers to watch the boys AND the family guinea pig last minute you toss a peace sign and book a room at The Break in Narragansett, RI.

I may live on the North Shore but I am a true South Shore girl at heart and recharging my battery happens best when traipsing around the south east corner of MA (or ALL of coastal RI).

RI was where we’d day trip to local beaches, where my family…

TAG’s 50th Celebration of Truman Capote’s “Party of the Century”

  In November 1966 Truman Capote celebrated the release of his smash hit In Cold Blood and threw a little dance for 540 of his nearest, dearest friends . . .

Those who were invited were dubbed “The Chosen People” and included everyone from Audrey Hepburn to the great Jackie O. Every moment made and every word spoken by guests ranging from Frank Sinatra to Andy Warhol were reported to the world by…

Salem’s New Notch Brewery and Tap Room

​​“Salem is and always has been an industrial city” stated Notch Brewery’s founder Chris Lohring during our morning chat. He continues with the confidence only a third generation Salem native can, “People comment on why it can’t have more charm, but it is and always has been industrial.” I started to look around me at the newly designed industrialized space at Notch Brewery and Tap Roomand…

Concious Hospitality at SoHo’s 11Howard 

I was a little awestruck when I approached SoHo’s 11Howard, the newly opened Aby Rosen hotel in NY. There was still a downtown street corner with edge to it?  I had thought 9/11 safety requirements and Carrie Bradshaw admirers had replaced ‘divy yet authentic’ with those ‘living-the-celebrity-life-they-so-deserved.’  But what did I know?  I did not live here anymore or visit much, which just goes…

An Evening with goop Hosted by Gwenyth Paltrow

Do I bring my camera?  Do I introduce myself?  Hmmmm, maybe.  But what I don’t do is stop breathing (my typical reaction when I am nervous).  This was all in prep for a night with Gwenyth Paltrow, in honor of Mario Batali, at La Sirena, thanks to Cadillac and let’s not forget goop (Gwenyth Paltrow’s lifestyle brand and ecommerse site.)

Cadillac’s ‘Road to Table’is a night where they pair up with…