You Need This... I Promise

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Everyone has people in their life that they will never forget. Sid grew up in a small town in Mississippi, and it astounds me...

October 22, 2019

I have often sung the praises of the "third piece"… that sweater or scarf or jacket or "extra" thing that pulls your top and...

October 8, 2019

You Need This... I Promise

It may not seem like the most interesting thing to buy or to pack – in fact, it may be the cold-weather equivalent of that...

September 24, 2019

You Need This... I Promise

My friend Julia once detailed to me how her beagle Henry can smell each part of a food rather than the whole. He doesn't...

September 10, 2019

You Need This... I Promise

We all love cats in our house… Sid especially. He was never allowed one in his own home growing up, so he got one...

August 27, 2019

You Need This... I Promise

There are lots of people who truly DO wear the same thing nearly every day. It's a bit extreme, but think of Steve Jobs....

August 13, 2019

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Lately I have been thinking a lot about Picnic at Hanging Rock, the moody Australian movie from the 1970s about a group of schoolgirls who...

July 30, 2019

You Need This... I Promise

I have a few memorable sale stories (everyone does). When I was still an assistant in the magazine world, I got invited to the...

July 16, 2019

You Need This... I Promise

I have started my summer with delayed spring cleaning… a sort of re-nesting. The spring was too much of a whirlwind for any true...

July 2, 2019