December 6, 2011
Nantucket, Mass
December 2-4
This past weekend was the highlight of Nantucket Noel, the month-long period between Thanksgiving and Christmas, the annual, three-day weekend known as the Christmas Stroll.The Stroll has a curious, though still evident according to recent goers, mercantile history. In1974, the Nantucket Chamber of Commerce and a few local residents organized the first stroll in response to the [...]
October 3, 2011
Mid-September
The Grand Hotel
Mackinac Island, Michigan
Recently I was invited to attend the Family and Friends weekend of none other than, Mr. Color himself, the famed interior designer, Carleton Varney. The lovely weekend took place at one of Varney’s vibrant bastions of glamour, the famed Grand Hotel on Michigan’s charming Mackinac Island. My husband, son and I took the [...]
August 16, 2011
August 2011
Nantucket, Mass
This past month I have been up on Nantucket working on my first, formal publishing attempt in the digital sphere (this blog being rather, ehem, informal). I have been asked to write a mobile application, what’s known as an App on Nantucket. In keeping with my brand and penchant for discovering things off-the-beaten-path, [...]
Continue reading about Nantucket Hideaways – My new App on Nantucket
April 20, 2011
April 18, 2011
All over Jolly Old
Strapped for a gift for Kate and Wills or more likely, your Mom for Mother’s Day?
Look no further than, my latest book, ENGLAND’S HIDEAWAYS, shot by the very talented, Englishman, Tim Clinch, which is now in stores or available online everywhere they sell quality books (natch).
I am planning a roster [...]
Continue reading about Royal Wedding Fever = England’s Hideaways
December 7, 2010
Thursday, December 2nd
Rizzoli Book Store, New York
I felt very blessed to have so many friends, family and colleagues show up at the signing last Thursday night. We sold over 40 books (for $50 a pop that’s great!) and were told it was one of the bookstore’s most successful events of late! Thank you to Everyone [...]
November 5, 2010
In a not-so-veiled effort to publicize (and encourage you to go out and get a copy) my latest book, Caribbean Hideaways, I’ve created a sneak preview of some of the interior pages below. It’s like what they offer on Amazon, only homemade.
Some of what lies beneath the glossy cover….
And if the above didn’t cause you to [...]
June 21, 2010
May – June 21st 2010,
Dear Readers,
My apologies for being such a delinquent blogger this past, er, month and a half! I’ve been swamped with edits for my second book, CARIBBEAN HIDEAWAYS and new text for my third book, ENGLISH HIDEAWAYS.
I’m very happy to report that Caribbean Hideaways has been shipped off to the printer [...]
December 18, 2009
What better says giving and Holiday Spirit than a little self-promotion? It’s that time of year again when you think of your loved ones in a most desperate manner as your rack your brain over the perfect gift that screams, “I swear I didn’t just think of this last week”. Well, friends and readers, search [...]
August 4, 2009
LONDON
JULY 30th
Ehem, High Breakfast is not a term describing the person enjoying the tiered feast of breakfast goodies (though they’d certainly be psyched) but rather a take on England’s tried and true tradition of High Tea adapted to breakfast. Devised by the manager of London’s Haymarket Hotel, High Breakfast (pictured below) is a three-tiered celebration [...]
August 3, 2009
ALL OVER HER MAJESTY’S GREAT LAND
JULY 2009
Okay, so I had some pretty grand illusions about the PUB. I had heard all about its ‘poncy’ culinary-based cousin, the GASTROPUB and the brewery-less FREE PUB and was altogether ready to be wowed by the entire Pub family.
As we toured the land pub by pub, I came across [...]
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