scarves

How To Store Your Scarves

I’ve received a few questions in recent weeks about storing scarves, so thought it might be a good time to re-visit this topic. In my…

crushing on blue

While Marsala may be Pantone’s “Color Of the Year” for 2015, I’m predicting that variations on these blues will be the more popular choices when…

beyond the breton stripe

  While a marinière striped top is a classic that shows few signs of waning popularity, stripes in a variety of formats seem poised for…

get skirty

If you follow me on Facebook or Instagram* you may have seen these on-my-way-to-work outfit selfies I posted earlier this week. I’ve had this Eileen…

dark florals

In our grand tradition of being behind the curve, le Monsieur and I have been watching “The Borgias” for the first time, thanks to Netflix….

sidewalk café

One of my very favorite things in life is to sit at a sidewalk café in Paris, sipping coffee and watching the world go by….

monday mixer

  In comments on last Monday’s “lessons from the travel wardrobe” post, reader Cindy asked to see how I’d combine items above to create different…

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…