Author: Susan Blakey

  • the silk road

      I learn a lot from assessing my travel wardrobes after the fact that can be applied to my quotidien style. Most recently, I regretted…

  • the first time i saw Paris…

    I can’t remember a time when I hadn’t dreamed of visiting Paris. Finally in 2007, a few months after my 50th birthday, that dream came…

  • polished casual

    This was one of those looks that came together without a lot of fuss or effort, and was a great reminder that I’m often happiest…

  • dans le jardin

    The garden is definitely winding down for winter, such as it is here. The last remaining blooms look a bit bedraggled, and even the perennials…

  • a bash, not the fun kind

    So Thursday night on my way home from work, I was hit broadside by a driver trying to make an illegal left turn who then…

  • the good stuff, on sale

    The Nordstrom Clearance Sale is on, and includes lots of great Eileen Fisher items from the fall collection. The long cardigan above is now 30%…

  • straight talk

    In recent months I’ve seen perhaps half a dozen articles declaring that skinny jeans are “over” and offering replacements which swing the pendulum far in…

  • just like that

    Almost as if someone flipped a switch, Autumn arrived in LA. We awoke on Saturday to the sound of rain which soon cleared, and the…

  • makeup bag essentials

    I may change out my lip color regularly, but here are the items that are always with me in my cosmetics bag: Clarins UV Plus…