Oh Napa Valley, how I fell for you! Your sexy, curving roads thrilled. Your warm October breezes, heady with eucalyptus, rosemary, and grapes intoxicated. Your wine sated and delighted. And your food. Oh, your food! Each ingredient shining but not overpowering, casually lending just-yanked-from-the-garden character. And your insouciant beauty, from vista to vineyard lunch, aroused … Continue reading California Wine Country
Travel
Images from the Sail: Cape Elizabeth to Boston
We continued our journey from Casco Bay's Jewell Island to the bustling town of Freeport, where we spent an afternoon shopping, dining and stretching our sea legs. But this enjoyment proved to be short lived. I was anxious to return to more peaceful and unpopulated surroundings. Our next anchorage did not disappoint. Just off the … Continue reading Images from the Sail: Cape Elizabeth to Boston
Summer Sailing: Casco Bay’s Jewell Island
Our much anticipated summer sailing trip has come to a close. My daughter Hannah and I have returned home, exhausted yet exhilarated, with sun-kissed cheeks, giant seashells, and cameras full of images merely touching on the rocky coastal beauty of our Maine to Boston adventure. After an abysmal start to our trip (we arrived at … Continue reading Summer Sailing: Casco Bay’s Jewell Island
Profiles in Beauty
While I love to grab inspiration from pages of fashion magazines and images of the editors who put them together, what inspires me most are the beautiful women who surround me in my everyday life. Their beauty routines and how they put themselves together each day are only a few brushstrokes on the painting. What … Continue reading Profiles in Beauty
Cumberland Island
I just returned from four amazing days spent with my little sister (affectionately known as Little J) at her Florida beach house. On our last and best day, we took the ferry to a place I'd always longed to see: Cumberland Island, Georgia. Cumberland Island is a magical, chill inducing place. No bridge links the … Continue reading Cumberland Island
Exploring Tarpaulin Cove
Our week of sailing with my cousin and his family was a fantastic adventure! After weathering a few crazy storms while moored in Red Brook Harbor, we sailed to Naushon Island, anchoring in idyllic Tarpaulin Cove. Hannah and her cousin Sasha immediately jumped on a paddle board and made their way to the island in … Continue reading Exploring Tarpaulin Cove
Sailing Away
This Sunday, my daughter and I leave the boys behind and head east for a sailing trip with our Connecticut cousins. We'll make our way from Cape Cod to Martha's Vineyard, then spend a long weekend in Edgartown. I've been eagerly anticipating this trip from the moment we planned it and can't believe it's actually … Continue reading Sailing Away
App Obsession: Waterlogue
Last week my friend Domonique mentioned the app Waterlogue in her Friday Favorites post, so I had to check it out immediately. Waterlogue miraculously transforms your photos into watercolor paintings with the click of a button. Fair warning: I was up hours past my bedtime playing around and watching the magic happen. The following are … Continue reading App Obsession: Waterlogue
Mid-Summer Green
This long, treacherous winter has me longing to skip spring altogether and jump into the warmth of a lazy mid-summer day. I've been dreaming of green - not scattered shoots of crocuses or the chartreuse of emerging leaves, but vibrant swaths of treetop and grass so lush that it begs for bare feet. Steinbeck wrote … Continue reading Mid-Summer Green
Telluride
the aesthete and the dilettante 