This is one of my favorite things...an old bottle stamped with the letters New Canaan, Conn.  A dear friend gave it to us when we first m...

This time of year there's a lot of discussion in our family about food.  What we'll eat, where we'll eat, where we'll shop f...

Next year at this time we will be back on the east coast...so this year, we are soaking up every minute of the warm weather we have been h...

Sunset at Montage Laguna Beach , California -  Christmas Day 2011.

Yesterday I stopped at Micheal's and purchased inexpensive Chargers (on sale for $1) and came home and painted them with chalk board pai...

I don't bake a lot. . . even at the holidays, but as a young girl I always wanted to bake the most complicated cookies.  My mom always s...

Holiday traditions...we all have them in some way.  For some it means getting up early and driving for hours to cut down their own tree.  Fo...

One of my favorite places to shop or just for a little inspiration is Juxtaposition .  It is located along the Pacific Coast Highway in th...

I never miss a party at Jane's ...but looking around my house I have plenty of fresh greens, but only this one rose...I mixed it with m...

Since December 1st I've been thinking about how I will wrap my packages this year...staying on the same track as my holiday decorations,...

  Lovely Things has moved here , please come and check it out.  Thank you! I started thinking about ...

Just an eight hour drive North of Dana Point and the most beautiful colors of autumn that you could ever hope for awaited us in Napa, Califo...

  I promise this is my last NY post for a while, but it is one of the best places to window shop in the whole world...would you agree? L...