October 2011

Dining Chairs: Update

October 19, 2011 · 14 comments

Ok, I know.  Enough already with the dining chairs.  But your comments and emails on this have been so helpful that I wanted to go just one more round on this before we make a final decision. To refresh your memories, we settled on these chairs –classic Milo Baughman designs from the 1970s.  Their scale, […]

A Quick Visit to London

October 16, 2011 · 2 comments

We’re back in New York now, but managed to fit in a short trip to London after our days in Paris.  In London our balance between work and play shifted toward work, but we still found time to have some fun. We stayed at Brown’s Hotel in Mayfair, which is one of the oldest hotels […]

Greetings from Paris

October 10, 2011 · 12 comments

David and I are on a short trip to Paris and London, and we’re having a lovely time.  It’s full-on fall in Paris — the leaves are turning, it’s a little chilly, and, of course, there’s the daily drizzle.  No matter, though.  Paris does grand very well, but it does cozy even better. We’re staying […]

Evening Chill

October 5, 2011 · 2 comments

A couple of weeks ago, my friend and cocktail enthusiast Carter came over to chat and try our hands at a little fall mixology.  When the weather gets cool, I’m partial to whiskey drinks — my go-to drink is a rye Manhattan, but the Highland’s Fall and Boulevardier are also fall and winter favorites of […]

The end of summer always leaves me a little blue.  (And by my reckoning, summer has just ended.  With self-serving inconsistency, I begin the season with Memorial Day and end it with the autumn equinox, which was on September 23 this year.)  There are many consolations, though:  crisp air, golden light, tweed jackets, and deliciously […]