Travel• February 1, 2023

Let’s Get Lost (Yucatan Style)

Barbara Hodes re-discovers Progreso, Mexico and gets lost in its beauty. A great escape...

Bennett Leifer

House• January 19, 2018.

Designer Bennett Leifer (pictured with his partner Benni Frowein) made the decision to major in both art history and business in college, not a combination that many choose but one, as it has turned out, very well suited to running an interior design firm. He agreed with us that he was “practical” but it is […]... READ MORE

Palm Beach Social Diary: Island Nights : 35th Annual Hospice Evening + SFA’s Oscar Spring 2018 Collection

Palm Beach• January 19, 2018.

It is inconceivable to think how we could have ever lived without Hospice and the essential services it provides. My mother passed away this summer after an extended illness and I will always be thankful for her Hospice crisis care teams. Last year the Hospice Foundation of Palm Beach County formed the Palm Beach Island […]... READ MORE

Thursday, January 18, 2018

Emma Hardie: Treating the skin from the bone up

Beauty• January 18, 2018.

We are infatuated with beauty experts, entrepreneurs and products that empower women to take care of their skin holistically. Women in the U.S. are beginning to understand that the hunt for a miracle in a bottle is akin to the search for the holy grail — it simply doesn’t exist. Instead we may need to […]... READ MORE

Schulenberg’s Page: New York, Part CXLIII

Guest Diary• January 18, 2018.

November, 1968: Richard Nixon was now the President of the United States! A staunch Democrat, my mother said, “I never liked him, I don’t trust him and I didn’t vote for him but he was elected President so I’ll have to respect him!” That was the opinion of a lot of voters but even as that […]... READ MORE

Friday, January 12, 2018

Priscilla Ulmann

House• January 12, 2018.

Priscilla Ulmann is a designer who is seasoned enough to know that she doesn’t need to cover all the bases — she’s not going to be doing an all-white, empty room anytime soon. Her style strengths lie in what she describes as a “Bloomsbury look” using a warm palette of reds, yellows and greens skillfully […]... READ MORE

Thursday, January 11, 2018

Schulenberg’s Page: New York, Part CXLII

Guest Diary• January 11, 2018.

We had experienced the election of Richard Nixon earlier in the month after experiencing the most disruptive period of my life. Pundits were comparing the anti-war and political protests to the period before, during and after the US Civil War! It was easy to believe! Rita Gardner worked with a company called BMA and I had done several jobs [&... READ MORE

Friday, January 5, 2018

A Tour of Portugal with the American Friends of Versailles

Travel• January 5, 2018.

Liberally sprinkled with Bourbons, Beauharnais, Orleans and other descendants of noble French families, Portugal was a fitting destination for the American Friends of Versailles annual tour. Raising funds to restore the peeling painted Baroque ceiling of the room where guards were stationed to keep watch on Marie Antoinette’s suite of Versailles ... READ MORE

Friday, December 29, 2017

South African Safari, Part II: Londolozi and Johannesburg

Travel• December 29, 2017.

“I haven’t seen anything like this in seven years,” said our tracker, Innocent Ngwenya, as we all breathlessly stared at a leopard and her three cubs frolicking mere feet away from us. “A leopard usually has one cub, two at the most,” he explained. Our small group had been tracking this leopard throughout the morning. […]... READ MORE

Wednesday, December 27, 2017

South Africa: Part I

Travel• December 27, 2017.

“This was probably the best trip we’ve ever taken,” said my husband, upon our return from safari in South Africa. And it’s true. It was highly memorable for so many reasons. Our trip to Cape Town, Sabi Sands Game Reserve and Johannesburg consisted of: a) stunning scenery; b) gorgeous food and wine; c) moving history; and […]... READ MORE

Friday, December 22, 2017

Tom Britt

House• December 22, 2017.

We asked designer Tom Britt if, as he claims, a room can really make you feel “important, sexy and confident.” Of course he unhesitatingly said it could—hesitating is just not something Tom Britt does. He is known for his dashing, confident, colorful rooms skillfully emboldened with an opulent flair, as well as for his big, […]... READ MORE

Monday, December 18, 2017

Palm Beach Social History: Casa Apava: Architectural Flashback

Palm Beach• December 18, 2017.

With past and present presidential links garnering much of the Palm Beach limelight, it may be fitting to recount the work of the youngest son of President James Garfield, architect Abram Garfield, who designed Casa Apava. Although today it is best known for its Billionaire’s Row location, impressive measurements and astronomical price, the seclu... READ MORE

Thursday, December 14, 2017

Palm Beach Social Diary: East Side/West Side

Palm Beach• December 14, 2017.

Yesterday, there was The 400. Saturday morning there was The 700+ at The Society of The Four Arts Gubelmann Auditorium, rubbing elbows in anticipation of sculptor Edwina Sandys’ lecture about her grandfather Winston Churchill’s paintings, currently exhibited in The Four Arts’ Esther B. O’Keeffe Gallery. Despite being held on what was ... READ MORE

Friday, December 8, 2017

Jim “The Hound” Marshall

House• December 8, 2017.

Jim “the Hound” Marshall is known to the avid listeners of his radio shows over the years, both on WFMU in the 80s and 90s and until recently on Little Water Radio because of his encyclopedic knowledge of rhythm-and-blues, rockabilly, country, rock and roll, punk and much else that might be unjustly forgotten, overlooked or simply […]... READ MORE

Wednesday, December 6, 2017

Palm Beach Social Diary: Kips Bay at Palm Beach

Palm Beach• December 6, 2017.

Palm Beach and New York have shared an enduring social history ever since Henry Flagler transformed Palm Beach from a refuge to a resort playground bringing well-heeled pleasure seekers for a winter season of sunshine, cake walks and roulette. This season’s first Kips Bay Palm Beach Show House represents a continuation of that zeitgeist. Wh... READ MORE

Friday, December 1, 2017

Michael Smith

House• December 1, 2017.

It wasn’t easy to get hold of Michael Smith (pictured above with his partner, James Costos)—not that he wasn’t willing to talk to us, just that he seems to be constantly on the move. Even our phone interview took place in several chunks, the main part of which he was in his car driving to a meeting. Presumably […]... READ MORE

Wednesday, November 22, 2017

Palm Beach Social Diary Showtime! Palm Beach

Palm Beach• November 22, 2017.

The Palm Beach season has spent 120 years in the international spotlight. Nonetheless, the arrival of Roman Abramovich’s 533-foot yacht Eclipse docked at the Port of Palm Beach, a tad lengthier than billionaire Ken Griffin’snew cottage, and the POTUS comings-and-goings down at the Old Post House have many Palm Beachers mapping logistics... READ MORE

Wednesday, November 1, 2017

Romanesque Revival: Addison Mizner’s Riverside Baptist Church

Palm Beach• November 1, 2017.

Addison Mizner’s influential style continues to shape Palm Beach and Boca Raton’s architectural ambiance. And yet, what some consider Mizner’s magnum opus, his only religious building, remains far-removed from this protective limelight. One of 16 churches and more than 2,000 contributing buildings comprising Jacksonville’s Riverside Histori... READ MORE

Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Art Happenings in Palm Springs, Coachella Valley

Travel• October 18, 2017.

I’m making travel plans now to leave Manhattan once winter arrives. One of the places that beckons is Southern California’s Coachella Valley, the desert resort area that lures international snow birds drawn by its natural beauty, year-round sun, golf courses, tennis facilities, spas, hiking, gambling, and vibrant nightlife. The Coachell... READ MORE

Friday, October 13, 2017

Brian Sawyer

House• October 13, 2017.

“This,” said architectural designer, Brian Sawyer, indicating the rooms of his Greenwich Village apartment, “obviously, is full of stuff.” But “stuff” seems like an unworthy word for all his beautiful possessions: Chinese scholar’s rocks, glass cases filled with creatures furred and feathered, Thracian jars from Bulgaria, ammonites ... READ MORE

Friday, October 6, 2017

Loreen Arbus

House• October 6, 2017.

It’s hard to know where to start with Loreen Arbus—not least because of the joyous, dizzying whirl of the apartment in which she lives. She started her career as a television executive under an assumed identity, dropping her last name in favor of her grandmother’s maiden name. As the daughter of the Chairman of ABC, Leonard […]... READ MORE

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