Happy Birthday to my dearest of friends, Lauren J. Merrigan!! You bring me so much joy and laughter. I love you to the moon and back. xx
CC: Rae Feather (obsessed with your clutches & bags)
Autumn's Arrival
I've just returned from a week back east where Autumn is alive and well. The harbor has thinned out, the leaves have found rest on the ground and neighborhood chimneys are piping with evening fires. Soon it will be winter!
The Truffle Broker
Cool piece in the WSJ about Ian Purkayastha, a 23-year-old truffle broker in NYC that supplies more than 80 percent of the Michelin star restaurants in Manhattan. At age 15, he used his savings to buy a kilo of truffles from France, closing close to $300,000 in sales his senior year in high school. This year, he is projected to earn $3 million to $4 million in sales. Forbes has also dubbed him as the "Prince of Truffles". Now that's what they call a niche market. Read on, here.
Salty Girl Seafood
I went to high school with Norah Eddy, a friend whom I've always been smitten by. She was athletic and well liked in school, not to mention a fellow water baby who was constantly in the ocean surfing in that kind of badass-one-of-the-boys kind of way. We lost touch over the years, but recently, I saw a news clip on the company she co-founded, Salty Girl Seafood. I had to know more...
Salty Girl Seafood's mission is to drive change in the seafood industry by empowering fishermen to promote stewardship of oceans. They are on a quest to improve the access to sustainable, traceable seafood across the U.S.
In short, Salty Girl Seafood sells fish products that are sourced directly from the fisherman that actually caught them. Each packaged fish product lists the name of the captain who caught the fish in addition to where and the nature of its species. This eliminates the possibility of fraud, not to mention, lends to the peace of mind that you're enjoying fresh seafood that was harvested using supportable practices. Each product has a unique code on the packaging, allowing you to trace your fish. (Let's face it - the last thing you want is to eat a piece of salmon that encountered endless hands in the supply chain from overseas over a period of unknown time).
I love nothing more than seeing friends chase their dreams and take bold measures to change the world. Norah's company, Salty Girl Seafood, is exemplary of exactly just that. With mentions from the likes of Forbes and the shear transparency of their core values, Salty Girl Seafood is on its way! Best of luck, Norah and team! xx
Delphiniums
Delphiniums at Dior. Perfection, at minimum. One of my favorite flowers. As depicted by C Magazine.
Temperley London Summer 16
Loved the Summer 2016 looks at Temperley London's show during London Fashion Week. Dreamy, playful & boho - makes me want to holiday!
Knots
I was mad about this print and several others that hung on the walls of Zinc Details on Fillmore Street in San Francisco. They are vintage from the 70's and now I neglect to remember the artist and wish I bought them...
'Exquisite Pleasures'
Drooled over this piece in The New York Times Style Magazine over the weekend that captures the life of Ian and Emilie Irving, a couple mad for art, design & one another. They met through the world of collecting and a chance encounter. The piece profiles their home in Springs, in East Hampton, a jewel box of a cottage full of Napolean III velvet chairs, 19th-century textiles from Iran, floral vintage chintz fabrics and my favorite piece - a French Directoire chair still covered in original Ikat upholstery from Matthieu Monluc in Paris. Read more about their fanciful home & romance, here.
Daytime Friends & Nighttime Lovers
Love this photograph of Sophia Loren and Cary Grant amidst filming. I just ordered Sophia Loren's autobiography, where she discusses how Cary Grant begged her on multiple occasions to be his lover - he even suggested that they pray together to find the right decision about being together. At the time, Sophia was 23, and married to film producer Carlo Ponti. That didn't stop Cary from attempting to seduce her.
Love at First Sight
Absolutely smitten by film maker James Ivory's Federalist-style home in Hudson Valley, as depicted in The NY Times. The home, which sits on 12 acres, was purchased in 1975 with Ivory's partner in tow and was the incubator for many of Ivory's films and thought making. As the article describes, Ivory is "not seduced by modernity" which is evidenced by the authentic nature of the civil war home. Within the home exists a bounty of stories, heirlooms & artful works that interplay with each other. To watch his house tour, visit here.