Archive for October, 2008



Hurrahs and Boos!

Published on October 27, 2008

Tweet I am SO happy today! Two good reasons – it’s almost Halloween, so I can wear this hat while strolling the Critter and dress him a sweatshirt that makes him look like a pumpkin. I get really crazy with costumes and no one is safe once I decide what WE’re going to be, as […]


Got antiques? Good news!

Published on October 24, 2008

Tweet Bill Rau, president of my beloved M S Rau Antiques in New Orleans says that historically antiques perform well as investments in troubled times. Rau should know – his family has had their shop in the French Quarter for nearly a century. I have visited their beautiful space on Royal Street more times that […]


TV addiction!

Published on October 23, 2008

Tweet I am loving all the new and returning shows that I am watching this fall. Sunday Nights are ridiculously well stocked with top notch television – Dexter, Californication, and Entourage are the returning champs; True Blood and Mad Men are new on my list. Since the whole gist of this blog is that I […]


F*@k Paris Hilton, Joan Collins is a REAL celebrity!

Published on October 19, 2008

Tweet I’m embarassed to say how excited I am right now – I just stood next to Joan Collins in line at Whole Foods! She’s really lovely, and beautifully dressed, just like one of her characters would be while shopping on a Sunday afternoon with her handsome son? / lover? for supper’s ingredients before being […]


Mamma Glamma

Published on October 17, 2008

Tweet L’Oreal Paris Studio at the Beverly Center was the place for the book launch of Mompreneur Nina Sutton last Friday evening. The Chic Mom’s Guide to Feeling Fabulous is Sutton’s “actionable” advice on how to feel chic after everything has changed. Reading through the book and clicking around her site gives one the idea […]