The stretch between Christmas and the New Year seems extra long this year because so many of us are just ready to get the heck out of 2009.  I have a few  New Year’s cards from ABCD Design addressed and ready to go out today: And now I’m ready for a nice, calm, uneventful January. [...]

Years ago I read an article in Town and Country about Patricia Phelps de Cisneros and her famed collection of Latin American Art.  The article was striking to me as I read about all that this dynamic woman has done for the international art community and the preservation of Latin American culture.  A member of [...]

Santa came to visit us last night, and I’d say that he thought we were pretty good this year (YAY!)… After waking up to a wonderful morning full of laughter, gift-giving, and fun, we ran off to my brother’s for brunch, then came back to put Jr. down for a nap only to find that [...]

I’m never content with what I do. I live in a sort of permanent dissatisfaction. I think that’s the secret to doing things well. ~Karl Lagerfeld, Tweet from 20 December 2009 Last night, I was up late hammering away at an article that I’m working on when I stopped for a moment to see what [...]

Lately it seems that I just can’t shut my mouth.  Once I start talking, my mouth takes over and the words just tumble out desperately like puppies being let out after spending the night in a crate.  It’s fun and amusing, but not very conducive to getting things done efficiently. This is why it took over [...]

The beautiful vase above is part of Waterford’s Evolution line, which aims to “demonstrate the transforming power of creativity in the shaping colors in fine art glass.”  The beautiful jewel-toned and grass-reminiscent greens will brighten add a cheerful pop of color to a bright white office, and just imagine it flowing with calla lilies.  That [...]

How is your shopping coming?  Have you been considering a work of art as a gift?  I did this last year, when I gave Mr. M a painting by our friend, Roger Hutchison.  It is a wonderful, beautiful piece that holds it’s own in our small foyer.  The composition and lines of the piece allow [...]

Has anyone else been on a bit of a cooking hiatus lately? I feel horribly that I haven’t posted any foodie musings since before Thanksgiving.  In all honesty, I have barely done any cooking since then. Between Mr. M working close to home so much lately and wanting his turn in the kitchen, evening engagements, [...]

Yesterday I woke up feeling kind of yucky… not necessarily sick, but with my throat feeling just raspy and swollen enough to get away with spending most of the day under a blanket, in front of the fire, with some books and magazines.  Add in some soothing, hot tea and Mr. M’s willingness to have [...]

Friday Beautiful Things is back after a small hiatus thanks to Thanksgiving Week and Double Gift Week.  The series is well-rested and ready to bring you beautiful things that will have you in the throes of objets d’art cravings! The above Spanish Settee was originally custom designed by Sarah Shetter and Alison Palevsky of Shetter [...]