The Wild and The Tame, Slow Luxury in the UK.

26Aug12

“You think. You wink. You do a double blink. You close your eyes and …jump!” Summer’s End, 2012. “Mmm-aaa-gic,” I purred upon my recent float into the puffy cloud envelope of down comforter, dinner and the warm promise of my home’s hearth, the fire-red Netflix screen on my Ipad. My luxurious, “fluffy lamb” state was […]

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Kickin’ Delicious.Spring City + Country Trippin’ NYC, USA.

21Apr12

spring is kickin’ up! In the country, fresh shoots of green sprouts packed with new beginnings and nutrients are like a delicious drug or tonic to animals, making lambs frolic and life bucolic. In the city, the busy schedules are balanced by more non-linear kicking and romping, experiencing the city in sweet warmer weather, more […]

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March Airs: Pulling Heroes out of a Dark Hat

22Mar12

“You are my heroine! And by heroine I mean lady hero. I don’t want to inject you and listen to jazz.” Liz Lemon Hello March new moon. Hello Spring, Aries energy and madness, rabbit magic and March Hares. The march of Time and our timeless, shared inheritance of heroes and heroines circles back again. There […]

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uptown/downtown winter weekend in nyc

21Jan11

Just off the gaggly tourist train of Fifth Avenue, chestnut roasting circuit and red-double decker glimpses of The Chelsea Hotel, do Audrey or Edie proud… …immersed in art, architecture, antiquing, style, luscious eating and relaxing and take in the full contrast treasure that is this American City. Surf the dichotomies that are Audrey in Breakfast […]

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