Friday, April 1, 2016

Sasha Bikoff

House• April 1, 2016.

So we all nestled together on the magnificent, inherited, Loro Piana fur throw slung across designer Sasha Bikoff’s couch: me, Sian, Sasha and her phone, which she occasionally stroked like a kitten. […]... READ MORE

Friday, March 25, 2016

Fawn Galli

House• March 25, 2016.

Designer Fawn Galli has a blog entry entitled “The Glory of Pom Poms” and that somehow captures her. She values charm. Her team of eight staff are asked, “Where’s the magic?” when […]... READ MORE

Wednesday, March 23, 2016

Palm Beach Social Diary: Mizner makeovers + Snowbirds at Wakohadatchee

Palm Beach• March 23, 2016.

With few Addison Mizner-designed houses remaining in Palm Beach in some semblance of their original condition, this week I took advantage of the opportunity to visit Villa dei Fiori (Addison Mizner, […]... READ MORE

Saturday, March 12, 2016

The Best Manicure in New York?

Beauty• March 12, 2016.

“My life will never be the same if Lucy leaves New York,” recently lamented beauty cognoscente Brenda M. “I honestly don’t know what I would do.”Was Brenda referring to her […]... READ MORE

Friday, March 11, 2016

Richard Haas

House• March 11, 2016.

You may have seen muralist, Richard Haas’s work because it’s right there in Soho, on the corner of Prince and Greene Streets to be exact. That delightful trompe l’oeil extension of the […]... READ MORE

Wednesday, January 27, 2016

Shanghai Social Diary Literary Lunch: Shanghai’s Vintage & Modern Architecture

Travel• January 27, 2016.

One afternoon in Shanghai, I wandered over to the famed restaurant M on the Bund for a “Literary Lunch,” where American architect Ben Wood and Shanghainese author Andrea Mingfai Chu spoke about Shanghai’s architecture heritage. SHIKUMEN HISTORIC […]... READ MORE

Wednesday, January 20, 2016

Nina in Paris/Morocco, Part II of II

Travel• January 20, 2016.

Happily, after a smooth three-hour flight, we landed in Marrakesh and I proceeded through immigration and customs in a breeze. NO sense of impending/recent terrorism here. This airport appeared relaxed and […]... READ MORE

Friday, January 15, 2016

Timothy Whealon

House• January 15, 2016.

Designer, Timothy Whealon pulled a face when we said that he had been described as having impeccable taste—it’s not something he’s aiming for although there’s no denying a certain level of elegant […]... READ MORE

Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Nina in Paris/Morocco, Part I of II

Travel• January 13, 2016.

On Tuesday, November 10th, I left New York for Paris to a visit a dear friend. My four days in Paris were to be followed by a three-day trip to […]... READ MORE

Monday, December 21, 2015

Washington Social Diary: From Georgetown To Old Town

Across the Nation• December 21, 2015.

It’s a New York Social Diary tradition each year for this column to feature the festive holiday decorations of the homes in Georgetown, the capital’s well-preserved historic neighborhood that was founded in […]... READ MORE

Friday, December 18, 2015

Tyler Trinh and Jammie Waldron – Harlem Heirloom

House• December 18, 2015.

Tyler Trinh and Jammie Waldron met while they were both working at Pottery Barn and slowly hatched the idea of owning their own home décor store. Perhaps lots of Pottery Barn employees have […]... READ MORE

Friday, December 11, 2015

William Meyer

House• December 11, 2015.

“I don’t want to tell you too many of my secrets,” said William Meyer, who together with his partner Wayne Adler, own the two long-established eponymous home décor stores, William-Wayne & Co. But he […]... READ MORE

Friday, December 4, 2015

Patrick Mele

House• December 4, 2015.

Interior designer, Patrick Mele grew up, he told us, “in a chicken coop on a farm” but the chicken coop was pretty near Greenwich, where his family owned and ran high-end restaurants. […]... READ MORE

Friday, November 27, 2015

No Holds Barred: When Something is Worth Nothing

Guest Diary• November 27, 2015.

Photographs by Patrick Halbe, Sandy Gibson, & David Oceanas If I learned one thing from watching my 93-year-old mother curate and sell her Japanese-inspired home of 62 years, it is […]... READ MORE

Monday, November 23, 2015

Shanghai Social Diary: Hiking In The Chinese Countryside

Travel• November 23, 2015.

Early one autumn Saturday, venture capitalist Jennifer Yan, publisher Andrea Mingfai Chu, and I went on a day trip to the countryside with our hiking group. Our destination was Tai Hu Lake, […]... READ MORE

Friday, October 30, 2015

Jeffrey Bilhuber

House• October 30, 2015.

In his new book, “Jeffrey Bilhuber: American Master” (Rizzoli) designer Jeffrey Bilhuber describes his work as “sort of a wonderful burden”. Thirty years into his career, he’s bearing that burden […]... READ MORE

Friday, October 23, 2015

Genie Livanos Fuhrmann – The Isabel O’Neil Studio

House• October 23, 2015.

The Isabel O’Neil Studio was founded in 1955 as a small art school dedicated to teaching the traditional techniques used to create painted finishes. Its eponymous founder was both scary […]... READ MORE

Friday, October 9, 2015

Janine Carendi MacMurray

House• October 9, 2015.

Designer Janine Carendi MacMurray lives in that elegant, tranquil apartment we all want—the kind of place that fuels those fantasies in which we own a few beautiful things and nothing more. It’s […]... READ MORE

Friday, October 2, 2015

James Klein and David Reid

House• October 2, 2015.

KleinReid, a ceramics studio, was founded in 1993 by James Klein and David Reid when they had, in David’s words, “some energy—and a lot of naiveté”. Their work is known for its elegance and […]... READ MORE

Friday, September 11, 2015

Robyn Pocker

House• September 11, 2015.

“A family business is not for the faint of heart,” says Robyn Pocker, owner of J.Pocker, the bespoke framing store on Lexington Avenue. Established by her grandfather in 1926, the business continued […]... READ MORE

Society Dreams: Mario Buatta