Author: Susan Blakey

  • Foulard de la semaine

    Ah, mes petites, I have broken my spending moratorium again! (Well, the first time doesn’t count, as I returned the jacket.) I’d been eyeing this…

  • Hayden-Harnett Sale!

    I’ve been a fan of Hayden-Harnett bags for some time now. Their bags combine unique styling with amazing functionality (can you say pockets, pockets, and…

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    If you’re using Internet Explorer as a web browser, you may be getting an error message and be unable to see your favorite blogs. Mozilla…

  • Sixties Style Swoon

    Mad Men is back, on the heels of its 16 Emmy Nominations, including one for Best Drama Series. Season 2 picks up two years later…

  • Seashells by the seashore

    Photo from here. Will have some of our own to post soon. Wednesday afternoon we threw the kid and the dogs into the car, plopped…

  • Foulard de la semaine

    We’ve had a few cooler days lately, so I’ve been able to put some of my larger silk scarves back into rotation. Yes, it’s the…

  • The R word

    Note: I wrote this a couple days ago, and hesitated to post it, as I wanted to be sure it came across in the spirit…

  • Flying donkey spotted over Ile-de-Cité

    Le hamburger? C’est chic maintenant! “It has the taste of the forbidden, the illicit — the subversive, even,” said Hélène Samuel, a restaurant consultant here….

  • To sleep, perchance to dream

    Une femme has been sleeping erratically the past few weeks. It’s probably a combination of hormones and warm weather, but I seem to wake up…