Crickets AGAIN? No, I haven’t lost interest in blogging. I’m in child care limbo. Mr. M and I decided that we can’t repeat the goodness that was our “nintern” and have been searching for a child-friendly housekeeper instead.  I don’t think either of us realized how long it could take to find someone who fits [...]

  Sorry. I live in the South.  Part of “longing for autumn” automatically means “longing for hunting season”.  Why? Because we eat every bit of the bounty that Mr. M brings home (or give some away… note to hunters: if you have extra meat, soup kitchens will gladly take it off your hands).  I am [...]

Sylvia Benson jewelry and accessories are known for their trendy and timeless designs, appropriate for all ages.  The ‘Reese’ bobby pins are made by hand of gold plated brass and Lucite stone.   Choose from a variety of sixteen colors, ranging from summery brights to neutral basics. My personal favorite, shown above, is gunmetal.  Next time [...]

Happy Friday! Shani, here. In case you were wondering, Kara is staying on as Camille Maurice’s New York eyes, ears and Friday Beautiful Things curator. This week is he big move to the city, so I’m posting this beautiful riding boot from Tory Burch that has had me all atwitter this week (despite temperatures near [...]

On last week’s installment of “Gracious Living With Camille Maurice” our guest was Mindy Lockard, editor of The Gracious Girl and co-founder of The Wifestyle Conference.  Mindy told us about her work as an etiquette and entertaining consultant and we had a fun chat about avoiding the end-of-summer entertaining burnout (you know you’ve been feeling [...]

On July 29 my guest on “Gracious Living With Camille Maurice” was the uber-talented D. Bryant Archie.  Bryant called in to the show to discuss the founding of her textile design firm and what we can expect in textiles this fall.  You may remember her participation in Creatives Cook.  She is always a pleasure to speak [...]

Have you ever worked at hyperspeed?  That’s my plan for today.  I’ve been conspicuously absent this week. Baby B came down with his first illness– a very nasty stomach bug– on our first week without our “nintern”. What timing! The poor baby has been so pathetic this week that all we can do is hold [...]

Lladró is internationally known for intricately beautiful figurines that adorn many a mantlepiece or display case.  This year the famed company partnered with designer Virginia Gonzalez to produce a whimsical line of everyday objects called ”Naturofantastic”. The egg cups in this collection make a conversation-starting addition to the formal breakfast table for the meal that kicks [...]