Makes Me Want to Picnic

There’s this cool little clique in LA. When you look at one Instagram account you will find exactly one degree of separation with the next. You can get lost for hours in this pretty-young-things network, jumping between all these groovy profiles of girls and… READ MORE

March 31, 2015 / 5 Comments

Australia’s Oldest Man Knits Penguin Sweaters

About a year ago the Phillip Island’s Penguin Foundation made a plea to all knitting aficionados to make and donate small sweaters for the little penguins they are trying to save. The receptionist at the Foundation told ABC News that they… READ MORE

February 12, 2015 / 9 Comments

Little Moments of Fuck You

Seven girls, five bottles of wine, three sheepskin rugs, a sleeping dog and a crackling fire. It’s the stuff chick flicks are made of. But this gathering has all the trappings of a sorcerer’s circle, with philosophical, spiritual and herbal banter bouncing around the room… READ MORE

January 22, 2015 / 6 Comments

Glamping

I warned the lady from the get-go. I said, “Lady, the first and last time I went camping I was 17-years old. For two weeks straight, I was confined to a medium-sized bungalow tent on a camping ground in Biarritz with four… READ MORE

December 23, 2014 / 1 Comment

The Princess Diaries

Melusine Ruspoli is having the time of her life. She’s young. She’s beautiful. She’s privileged. And at just 20-years old, she has the social world at her fingertips. In November 2013 she made her debut at the Crillion Ball in… READ MORE

November 7, 2014

Win a Weekend in Paris with Louboutin & Co!

I love people with big ideas and kind hearts. They keep the world in balance. They engage us for a greater cause and go just that extra mile to foster healthier, safer and smarter human relations. Take Elisa Sednaoui for… READ MORE

November 4, 2014 / 2 Comments

Topless Against Plastic

Every soda bottle, every plastic shopping bag, every little screw cap we use and dump in places other than a trash can and/or is recycled improperly eventually ends up in the ocean. Garbage patches of marine debris, containing mostly pelagic plastics and chemical sludge, as… READ MORE

July 6, 2014 / 4 Comments

Songs about Savannah

The Savannah College of Art and Design is a well-oiled machine. With a property of about seventy buildings, spread across a campus that reaches every corner of Savannah, a population of more than 11,000 international students earning degrees in just… READ MORE

May 20, 2014 / 2 Comments

Get Smart!

Technology is a little bit lost on me. Up until two months ago I was still using that black smart phone and scheduling my life in a paper diary with a pencil. I don’t have TV-on-Demand, nor pay-per-view, nor a… READ MORE

May 7, 2014 / 5 Comments

Bye Bye Birdie

“Do you have any mascara??” she begs. I hear feverish rattling and shuffling noises coming from the tiny bathroom. When I answer a regretful “no” and scurry to offer help, I see Nora hunched over a make-up drawer. “I don’t… READ MORE

March 10, 2014 / 6 Comments

NARSassist!

Nars Cosmetics has launched a new series of short film portraits for their popular NARSissist edition. It will feature the women they feel represent the many fans and devoted followers who have inspired their NARSissist campaign. Philanthropist and Vogue girl… READ MORE

February 4, 2014 / 4 Comments

Countdown to the Grammy’s

I grew up on Motown records. Every weekend my parents listened (and while I watched with transfixed glee, often danced) to the soulful voices of artists like Marvin Gaye, Stevie Wonder, The Supremes and The Temptations. Even before I took… READ MORE

January 15, 2014 / 3 Comments