Glamorous Living
Christmas is my favorite time of year to visit London. Central London is particularly festive with beautiful street decorations and truly wondrous window displays. During this trip several friends were also visiting, giving us the perfect opportunity to go store window gazing and hotel bar hopping.
Read MoreYesterday was Thanksgiving and today the countdown to the other big holiday - Christmas, Hanukkah, Kwanzaa begins! I'm a big believer of good things in small beautifully wrapped packages. Here are some holiday gift ideas to fit most, if not all pocket-books...
Read MoreMichele Oka Doner, the artist best known for her beautiful artwork A Walk on the Beach and its extension A Walk on the Beach: Tropical Gardens, exhibited in the Miami International Airport. Composed of over 9000 bronzes embedded in terrazzo with mother-of-pearl, it's one of the largest public artworks in the world. Michele's apartment in Miami Beach is a study in minimalism, with the interior design consisting of white marble floors, a white sectional that wraps around the outer edges of the living area, framing the windows overlooking the ocean. The space is constantly updated with new artwork made mostly from natural materials. Her perfect world...
Read MoreI love staying in hotels and in my perfect world could happily live in a hotel. It seems I am not alone in this notion as I read in T Magazine, "A Hotel Room of One's Own" by Andrew O'Hagan. Should that dream ever come true, my hotel of choice would likely be one from the Firmdale Group. Kit & Tim Kemp have over the last 30 years transformed the London boutique hotel scene, placing their very individual stamp on an ever growing group of hotels in London, including The Knightsbridge, Charlotte Street, Number 16, Haymarket and most recently Ham Yard. In 2010 they opened in New York with Crosby Street, Soho and another hotel is currently being built in mid-town.
Read MoreI was delighted to learn that an upcoming group art trip to Amsterdam next Spring will include a stay at the newly built Waldorf Astoria hotel. Architecturally classic, the hotel is built within 6 adjacent 18th and 19th townhouses along the banks of the Herengracht canal. The interior design is elegant and understated, similar to my own design style.
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