If you’ve not seen the new documentary film Waiting for Superman, it is an absolute must. I first saw the trailer last summer, and it alone, brought me to tears. Directed by Davis Guggenheim, the Academy Award winning director of An Inconvenient Truth, the film is about educational...

When I was reading my New Yorker earlier this week, I came across a fabulously comical little anecdote – which is apropos, considering the subject of my previous post on Set in Style: The Jewelry of Van Cleef & Arpels. Now, I don’t intend to employ said technique, but I do...

A dreary Thursday in New York is somehow cheerier when the cool, breezy sounds of canadian songstress, Feist are wafting through your apartment. While the song Tout Doucement was first made famous by the fabulous Blossom Dearie, I actually prefer the modernized version from Feist’s...

I would be remiss to discuss Infamous, and not mention this fantastic quote from the late, great Diana Vreeland. I’m not certain whether she actually spoke these words in real life, but I’d love to think so. Merriam Webster defines ‘eccentric‘ as deviating from...

Netflix mailed me the dvd last November, but last night I finally watched Infamous – the 2006 film about Truman Capote, and the writing of In Cold Blood. At the time of its release, it was slightly overshadowed (at least in my mind) by the similar, Academy Award winning film, Capote....

Add this Burberry Prorsum biker jacket to my current list of sartorial obsessions. The buttery, toffee colored leather is divine, and I love the military vibe of the oversized collar, belt and epaulettes. Christopher Bailey, Burberry‘s creative director, showed this as part of the...

One album that I’ve played consistently over the past few years, is Gavin Creel‘s GoodTimeNation. It’s one of those rare albums that you can listen to, from start to finish – and according to Itunes, I’ve done just that – approximately 37 times. Needless to...

I’ve been obsessed with this clip for a few years now, and thought that I would share. It’s from a 1999 grade school performance of The Wiz – which, in those terms, sounds incredibly lame. But here’s the thing – this 11 year old Dorothy (Jazmine Sullivan) is now a...

Over the years, I have amassed a rather impressive collection of design books (both vintage and new). One book that had managed to escape me, was the now infamous Grace Coddington tome – Grace: Thirty Years of Fashion at Vogue. Only a limited number of books were printed, and over the...

Honeysuckle Rose is such a classic, and has been covered by so many people – but I just love Jane Monheit‘s version. If you’re not familiar with her music, but like her easy, breezy vocals – I recommend two of her albums – The Lovers, The Dreamers And Me &...