Author: Susan Blakey

  • Dressing Down, With Style

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    No Sweats! by une femme featuring a stripe shirt Here’s une femme’s version of stylish, comfortable dressing for leisure or at-home time. Most of the time…

  • Classics With Cool

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    Wayfarer sunglasses. Chuck Taylors. Bold hoop earrings. Frye harness boots. Cartier tank watch. YSL “Le smoking”. The slim black pant. Crossbody postman’s bag. Chanel No.19…

  • Identity and Style – Part 1

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    In recent days bloggers have taken up the topic of online identity, or identities, as the case may be.  Lisa at Privilege launched the discussion last…

  • Venice At Random

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    It’s hard to take a bad picture in Venice. There was a lot of graffiti, most of it not this artistic. Official cocktail of Venice,…

  • Trending: Tortoiseshell Accessories

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    I’ve recently noticed that (faux) tortoiseshell seems to be Having A Moment. And why not, it’s versatile and classic, and a bit more subtle than…

  • Family, Known and Unknown

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    Above is a picture of my Grand-mère Lucille at the age of 17, having just flown over Long Beach dropping Liberty Bond leaflets from the open…

  • Sunday Garden Blogging

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    My yellow pear tomato plant has been flowering and fruiting prodigiously, and we’re finally seeing a bit more ripening. Clearing out some of the dead…

  • Foulard de la semaine

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    Yikes, I’m out of practice! I thought I’d take advantage of some cooler weather to indulge my recent color obsession with a favorite scarf. This…