Author: Susan Blakey

  • shopping “les soldes”

      During recent email exchanges, Tish of A Femme d’un Certain Âge and I were discussing les soldes (the sales) and what if anything we’d…

  • wrangler

    Back in the Wild West and the days of cattle drives, the wrangler was often the youngest, most inexperienced member of the team who was…

  • winter white, sort of

    This Eileen Fisher knit jacket (or cardigan, depending on your POV) is actually bone not white, but I’ve seen so many different interpretations of “winter…

  • casual luxe

    Stay tuned…special guest appearance at the end of this post. 😉 If you’ve hesitated to buy a “le smoking” tuxedo-style jacket because you’re concerned that…