Diary Features
House• March 26, 2010

Jacqueline Coumans

The brownstone parlor apartment of Jacqueline Coumans, designer and owner of Le Décor Français is without a doubt the essence of all that intrigues us about French style. It’s a confluence of fabrics and furniture, most purchased years ago, which have somehow all landed in the right place. Mind you, this is not a haphazard mix but […]...

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Bill Brockschmidt

House• March 19, 2010.
Bill Brockschmidt, an architect, designer and partner (with Courtney Coleman) of Brockschmidt & Coleman shares a cozy studio with his partner of 20 years architect, Richard Dragisic (pictured left). They also have a house in Sicily, which they have almost finished renovating. Their New York studio is warm and stylish and filled to the brim wi... READ MORE
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Ron Wagner and Timothy Van Dam

House• February 26, 2010.
Ron Wagner and Timothy Van Dam have been partners in life and their respective design business for more than two decades. They took the leap from their Chelsea residence to their now fashionable Hamilton Heights townhouse in 1985 at a time when just heading north of 96th street was not the norm. Trailblazers all the way, […]... READ MORE
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Carlton Hobbs

House• February 19, 2010.
Carlton Hobbs (pictured with managing director, Stefanie Rinza) is one of the foremost antique dealers in the world, and it is an astonishing experience to walk through the rooms of the Vanderbilt mansion that are graced with beautiful, museum-quality antiques. Although his connection with such pieces is obviously driven by passionate interest, h... READ MORE
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Washington Social Diary: The White Out

Across the Nation• February 11, 2010.
The Washington blizzard of last weekend was dense and intense, and even beautiful, but the white out of the last 24 hours was brutal and a challenge even for those skilled in winter weather extremes. This was not a storm made of only fat flakes falling heavily from the sky. It had the heavy snowfall […]... READ MORE
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Okamoto Studio

House• February 5, 2010.
Shintaro Okamoto and his father Takeo Okamoto are the owners of Okamoto Studio, an ice sculpting enterprise based in Long Island City. Shintaro was born in Japan and raised in Alaska, then moved to New York where his father opened the business while he finished his education .(BA from Brown University and an MFA from Hunter College) He […... READ MORE
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Sondra Gilman

House• January 29, 2010.
Sondra Gilman (photographed with her husband, Celso Gonzalez-Falla) owns, arguably, one of the world’s finest photography collections and it is one of the big treats of this job, that we were able to see part of it in her lovely Upper East Side townhouse. The house is also filled with paintings and sculpture—in passing she pointed out [&helli... READ MORE
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Sixx Design

House• January 15, 2010.
Robert and Cortney Novogratz are self-taught designers (Robert was originally a stockbroker and Cortney trained as an actress) who have been enviably successful at finding bargain properties, reading the taste-zeitgeist very well while renovating them and then selling them on for fat profits. But there is another dimension to their lives that grab... READ MORE
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Gerald Bland

House• January 8, 2010.
Gerald Bland has, for most of his life, specialized in selling fine English furniture, having trained at and worked for Sotheby’s. Lately he has shifted gears somewhat and in keeping with our eclectic times, has started to put fine furniture together paintings, ceramics and custom pieces into his showroom. He has a wonderful eye and the [&hellip... READ MORE
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Palm Beach Social Diary: Another Look at Lost Palm Beach

Palm Beach• January 3, 2010.
“We were so young and gay then and we thought we had all the money in the world. It will be sad if the great houses vanish and the Mizner period becomes only a memory and part of Palm Beach’s past rather than its present.” — Billie Burke Despite the heart-felt sentiment, many of the Mizner […]... READ MORE
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Washington Social Diary – GEORGETOWN’S HOLIDAY SPIRIT

Across the Nation• December 24, 2009.
Georgetown is Washington’s most talked about neighborhood for many reasons. Its historic past, the beautiful 18th and 19th century homes, a buzz factor as the city’s social hub, and the fact it is the capital’s most walkable neighborhood. The residents embrace the spirit of all the holidays, but especially the Christmas season when, regardles... READ MORE
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Benjamin Bradley

House• December 11, 2009.
Designer Benjamin Bradley unequivocally adores Christmas. He makes no secret of the fact that he is re-living happy childhood memories when he creates Christmas in his apartment using his collection of over two thousand ornaments, many of which are antique ornaments he has been collecting since high school and college days. Unfortunately he had t... READ MORE
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This Was Then

Social History• December 7, 2009.
One of the most popular society of fashion photographers in New York of the past quarter century has been Mary Hilliard. Mary started her career after her marriage and her children got to a certain age. Coming from the same part of town in life as many of her subjects, she may have been the […]... READ MORE

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