Love Notes

Lewis Miller has a way to surprise and lift the hearts of New Yorkers (as well as those of the rest of the world following along on instagram).   For Valentine's Day last week, he enchanted us with this blue moon floral flash atop Rockefeller Center (and free passes for the first twenty followers who arrived).   Valentine's Day is over, yet winter hasn't left town for good.   READ MORE

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Chester (the famous shopping dog) and I have been enjoying some beautiful Fall walks, but I have to admit, I would be happy as a clam if this stretch of Montauk highway was along our route. Aren't the colors sublime? The photo behaves like a master painting, drawing the eye in. READ MORE

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Tomorrow's solstice brings the summer in earnest.   Woo hoo!   To celebrate, we're heading to Nantucket and I'll be taking next Monday off from writing the Love Notes.   Last week, I wrapped up my binge watch of HBO's light docudrama/comedy series "Julia", based on my beloved hero Julia Child.   Her program, "The French Chef", basically invented food TV - to say nothing about breaking the gender barrier and the stereotype for leading ladies of the day.  Read more

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John Singer Sargent never fails to enchant, and his portrait of Lady Agnew - in her languid pose and all of her elegant assurance - was a triumph at its debut in 1893, and thus launched Sargent's meteoric career.  Has there ever lived a better master of loose brushwork or the mixing of cerulean shades of blue than Sargent?   But what may set him most apart is his mastery at capturing an expression which conveys the soul of the sitter.

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The artist Mark Lovejoy creates riotous works of art beginning with a mad swirl of intensely pigmented commercial printing inks.  His visuals seemed to me like a fine jumping off point to introduce my Holiday 2021 Collection.  Learn more about Mark Lovejoy's work here.   

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