Love Notes

Today's note is a quick postcard with a little preview of some tempting treats for Valentines Day.  Next week, we'll launch our full Valentine's Day collection.   Wishing you all a wonderful week and I'm so grateful for you starting it with me!  READ MORE

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This week, I'm heading to Rome.  I have never been before, and I'm beyond excited.   Our mornings will focus on the iconography of the saints in the great cathedrals.   It's a subject I know very little about, and I've been incessantly cramming everything from guidebooks to youtube videos, hoping to establish a rudimentary baseline on religious history.  READ MORE

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What's your philosophy on New Year's resolutions?   I feel that January bombards us with a meteor shower of pressures to make bold and worthy resolutions.    Last year, I earnestly resolved to start the year with thirty days of yoga.   That didn't go so well.     I like yoga and wish I did more of it.   But that wasn't enough to keep it going for thirty days, and it felt like a fail.  READ MORE

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Wouldn't it be wonderful if all of our post Christmas chores  - like taking down the tree, and clearing up the joyous detritus of our holiday celebrations - were somehow magically replaced by pampering time for Mrs. Claus?  I'm talking a tray of fresh cut melon, tea and brioche with ironed newspapers, a new coif and manicure, all enjoyed in your mink trimmed bed jacket exactly like clever Miss Monocle above.  READ MORE

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If you're anything like me, you're probably feeling a little like that Christmas tree on the Parisian balcony.   Standing tall and looking out brightly over the last wispy trails of another Christmas .   Look a little more closely, and you'll see that the top half of the tree's lights are out.    I can relate to that.    READ MORE

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