Love Notes

"Well there's nooooo place like home for the holidays" ... go on, sing along with Bing.  But what is home, exactly?   Maybe it's not a place so much as a feeling of being with people you love.    READ MORE

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We are just back a wonderful Thanksgiving week in Harbour Island.   I've leaned into some much needed R&R, beach time, frozen rum drinks, and lots of big belly laughs - topped off with all this pink sand and Bahamian blue water inspiration for my upcoming resort collection). I am thankful for family and friends who are like family, and of course for all of you dear readers.  I hope your Thanksgiving was absolutely spectacular.  READ MORE

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Good morning dear readers!   Who's ready to sparkle and shine?   Me! Me!  Me!   I think this holiday season is going to be one for the record books - parties are back, weddings abound, travel is up.  We eagerly await the ability to gather together to celebrate this season of JOY.  (Even if that means spending Thanksgiving with your weird uncle who is definitely getting an ear hair trimmer for Christmas.)  READ MORE

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Thank God all the Halloween candy's gone.  We've turned the corner into November - and with that, just like an NFL ref blows his kick-off whistle, or Wall Street sounds the opening bell, the shoppers' chimes ring out, "Let the holiday season begin!"   I am blessed with a wonderful problem, but it has me in a bit of a tizzy.  READ MORE

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How wonderful is London's Fortnum & Mason all lit up in red and dressed like an Advent calendar?!  Now if only every window held the perfect fair isle sweater  ...  a girl can dream.

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