• A gift of words…

    Look! Lovely reader Marieanne made me a Word Cloud! Stay tuned, tomorrow I’ll announce the two winners of “Parisian Chic” by Ines de la Fressange!~…

  • Traveling in Style: les chaussures

    When planning a travel wardrobe, there probably is no more important component than shoes. Shoes can make or break a vacation, as anyone who’s ever…

  • Working It Out

    This will probably be my last Working It Out post for a while, as I’m mostly recycling the same items, and will continue to do…

  • Un cadeau pour vous!

    Oui, c’est vrai!! Last fall, when I heard that Ines de la Fressange had written a book on Parisian style, I jumped over to amazon.com,…

  • Les bijoux de fantaisie

    Printemps pretties: Stella and Dot bracelets and lavender blooms When it comes to les bijoux, une femme is an Equal Opportunity Wearer.  Whether fine, semi-precious…

  • LA Confidential

    Just for you, on the qt and very hush hush. Over the weekend I got my mitts (and lips) on some of the new Chanel…

  • If I Can’t Dance…

    Pic borrowed from Penny Dreadful Vintage here. If I can’t dance, I don’t want to be part of your revolution. —Emma GoldmanThough according to scholars, this is a paraphrase…

  • One stomach flu…

    I’m just one stomach flu away from my goal weight.  I laughed uneasily at that line from “Devil Wears Prada,” having been there myself in…