Friday, May 4, 2018

Schulenberg’s Page: New York, Part CLVIII

Guest Diary• May 4, 2018.

It’s not easy to explain what made Elaine’s such a special place out of all of the special places that there were in New York at the time, the ’60s! It was a special time […]... READ MORE

Friday, April 27, 2018

Richard Mishaan

House• April 27, 2018.

As we said to designer Richard Mishaan at some point in our lengthy interview, “we thought we were going to be talking about if mid-century design is in or out […]... READ MORE

Higher Ground: Tall Timbers revives Livingstons’ Florida plantation

Palm Beach• April 27, 2018.

In 1958 prominent New York architect-turned-naturalist Henry L. Beadel repurposed his 2,400-acre Tall Timbers hunting plantation into an ecological preserve to conduct conservation studies on the estate’s vegetation and wildlife. […]... READ MORE

Thursday, April 26, 2018

Schulenberg’s Page: New York, Part CLVII

Guest Diary• April 26, 2018.

My agent Pema Browne had gotten a beautiful male Persian kitten for her young son, Brian. The kitten was named Shalimar with a lot of Cat Fancy fancy cat aristocratic names added. Brian was too young to […]... READ MORE

Thursday, April 19, 2018

Schulenberg’s Page: New York, Part CLVI

Guest Diary• April 19, 2018.

Finally, spring 1969, with hope that life would become less chaotic! I met with Gary Van Kirk and Bill Rilling for dinner at the Inca Restaurant downtown. Friends of ours, Louie Negin and Charles Dunlop, had arrived on the […]... READ MORE

Friday, April 13, 2018

Susan Bleckner Heller

House• April 13, 2018.

Photographs by Jeff Hirsch Although Susan Bleckner Heller studied fine art at The School for Visual Arts, she is wholly self-taught as a ceramicist and initially came to it through […]... READ MORE

Thursday, April 12, 2018

Palm Beach Social Diary: April on Palm Beach

Across the Nation• April 12, 2018.

This morning’s wave break had a slight curl, the water was bliss, and shorebirds were increasingly scarce. April’s humidity suggests Palm Beach’s seasonal hiatus is well underway, its charitable convergence […]... READ MORE

Schulenberg’s Page: New York, Part CLV

Guest Diary• April 12, 2018.

February, 1969. Taking a break from work and checking my schedule from The Museum of Modern Art I saw that there was a screening of the movie, Cover Girl with Rita Hayworth. I remembered […]... READ MORE

Wednesday, April 11, 2018

Shanghai Social Diary: Treasures of China’s Heritage: Part 5, Fujian and Shanxi

Travel• April 11, 2018.

Treasures of China’s Heritage: Touring with the Global Heritage Fund — Fujian and Shanxi... READ MORE

Tuesday, April 10, 2018

No Holds Barred: Making the most of your body & mind

Guest Diary• April 10, 2018.

Fitness and health are big expenses nowadays. Apparently, Millennials are spending more on spin classes, yoga studios, circuit gyms, bikes and clothes and gear than on cars and housing. But isn’t […]... READ MORE

Friday, April 6, 2018

Flower Power: Garden Parties at Palm Beach

Across the Nation• April 6, 2018.

The Palm Beach calendar is entering its seasonal lull as bridge foursomes go their separate directions and golfers tee off for Northern climes. Amid the final flurry of luncheons, teas […]... READ MORE

Thursday, April 5, 2018

Schulenberg’s Page: New York, Part CLIV

Guest Diary• April 5, 2018.

1969. Things were heating up! The Vietnam War seemed to be escalating rather than de-escalating as President Nixon had promised! Student uprisings had disrupted many college campuses and even some returning army […]... READ MORE

Wednesday, April 4, 2018

Nail The No-makeup Look In Eight Minutes

Beauty• April 4, 2018.

Ten months ago, at 40, I became a first time mother. As a marketing executive turned entrepreneur, I’ve always spent 80% of my time at work. The addition of a […]... READ MORE

Friday, March 30, 2018

April in Paris (and Burgundy)

Travel• March 30, 2018.

When E.Y. “Yip” Harburg wrote the words to “April in Paris” he had never even been there. Poor “Yip” didn’t know what he was missing. Well, I was there in […]... READ MORE

Thursday, March 29, 2018

Schulenberg’s Page: New York, Part CLIII

Guest Diary• March 29, 2018.

I met Bob Olton at the restaurant, Soerabaja. The Saturday Evening Post magazine had just stopped publishing a short time before. It had become extremely conservative and public tastes had changed. During […]... READ MORE

Tuesday, March 27, 2018

Sarasota Social Diary: The Botanical Gardens and the Ringling

Across the Nation• March 27, 2018.

When Jane Holzer, or Baby Jane Holzer, as she is widely known, saw preparations for the exhibit: “Warhol: Flowers in the Factory” at Sarasota’s Marie Selby Botanical Gardens, she gave […]... READ MORE

Monday, March 26, 2018

Lip Lift: Getting the Perfect Pout

Beauty• March 26, 2018.

Do you desire fuller, poutier more youthful lips? Have you tried injectable fillers but came away dissatisfied? Perhaps the procedures resulted in the dreaded trout pout or maybe you’ve tired […]... READ MORE

Friday, March 23, 2018

Charles H. Beckley Mattresses

House• March 23, 2018.

Photographs by Jeff Hirsch & Pierre Crosby Sian’s search for a new mattress led to us to one of our more unusual interviews in a 19th century red brick mattress […]... READ MORE

Thursday, March 22, 2018

Schulenberg’s Page: New York, Part CLII

Guest Diary• March 22, 2018.

We were getting used to Richard Nixon as President. So far, not so good! There were still protests everywhere and in spite of Nixon’s attempts to make good his promise to bring […]... READ MORE

Wednesday, March 14, 2018

Schulenberg’s Page: New York, Part CLI

Guest Diary• March 14, 2018.

What an amazing decade — the ’60s. And how amazing to be living in New York during the ’60s! When I arrived in New York in 1960 Eisenhower was for a few […]... READ MORE

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