Our taxi rounded the corner on to Broadway and I was filled once again with that excitement you only get from the pulsing city that is classic New York. The setting? The new NoMad Hotel, located north of Madison Square Park (NoMad neighborhood) and it’s become my new favorite. I snapped this as we pulled up.……

Oh YOU know I love a speakeasy type restaurant located through a “deli” that feels like a secret club. Oh yes, I do! Last Saturday night after a day at the museum, oysters and cocktails with my sister-in-law, her hubby and baby (in a bar!—Quick, what movie?), it was time for a grown up night out……

I just got back from a long weekend jaunt to New York City to celebrate the fact that I have turned a year older. Yay. Take a moment to feel my enthusiasm. But, seriously, I was so happy to catch the Schiaparelli and Prada exhibit “Impossible Conversations” at the Met before it closed on Sunday.……

Yesterday, my fabulous assistant Allison and I took a much deserved (on her part) long “lunch” in the form of Royal Tea at The Peninsula hotel to celebrate our looming birthdays. Allison is so much more than an assistant. She is really an extension of me and my partner in biz (and crime) and well, I’d……

On Saturday morning, after a little mani/pedi, I was ready to top off some very girlie me time with a paper high. Sugar Paper has been one of L.A.’s premiere stationery shops since it opened almost ten years ago in Century City. At the time, they were one of the few that offered custom letterpress……

You may remember a few months ago, I went to the Art Walk. And while downtown, we tried Bäco Mercat for dinner. I’m not sure if it was my mood, my headache or my juvenile refusal to be wowed, but I left thinking “meh”…I’ve had better. And then I stomped my feet and had a……