Why are you going? You don’t ski. You’ve never met the people you’ll be staying with. And you’re flying thousand of miles for the pleasure. Are you nuts, my therapist asked. Obviously, I thought. That’s why I’m sitting on this sofa facing you. Haha. Jokes aside, I will admit that I was a bit anxious…
Hailed as a ‘vintage clothing legend’, Irishman Oliver Harkness loves nothing more than the hunt, being on the road, whether that road leads to an auction in Ireland, a flea market in France, or a thrift store in Iowa. Scotland, Germany, Brazil, Peru and Japan are also within his trawling radar as he seeks out…
On a recent trip to New York, I met fashion purist Jussara Lee whose boutique on the corner of Bedford and Morton Streets in the West Village (corner shop, good karma) is worth checking out, especially if the delightful Jussara is in. A native Brazilian of Korean heritage, Jussara is all about craftsmanship and fit.…
Well, there’s nothing like having your grown children home for Thanksgiving to remind you that Christmas is just around the corner, and it’s time to get cracking. Here’s my eldest preparing the turkey dinner. And the next one down, doing what he does best. And my youngest making a pumpkin pie. I digress. A perk…
No sooner had I gotten a snap of me and Michelin starred chef Bruno Loubet (see above) at his yummy Grain Store in King’s Cross then I was practically face to face with Renee Zellwegger filming Bridget Jones III on Granary Square. Could life get any better for someone whose teenage dream was to be…
Third child, third college trip, too many information sessions and campus tours to count. I’ll take the pain of childbirth (ok, there was an epidural on constant drip) over the tedium of information sessions and campus tours any day. Yale, Brown, Columbia, Princeton, Penn and Georgetown. Must they all say essentially the same thing? Couldn’t…
Get some retail relief in Mayfair. Read my urban dispatch in Indagare – new spots to shop and sexy places to eat. From Simone Roche’s ethereal wonderfulness to Erdem’s pied a perfection to Chalayan’s ode to elegant minimalism, it’s all here (or rather on Indagare link above). October, 2015
