Hi all! Its been a tick since the last Monty Monday, so I just wanted to pop on to let you know that all is well and wonderful in our world. Weve just been feeling a bit blogged out and were in need ...
About two years ago I decided to go back to my natural hair color. Ive received many emails from readers asking about how I transitioned from light to dark hair, so Im posting about my blonde to brun...
Tennis is Montys all-time favorite sport. He plays a game of tennis ball fetch daily... rain or shine, 90 degrees or 10 degrees, Monty will be out there running and fetching away.Chappy walked Monty ...
Oh happy day! I got a shiny, new, monogrammed iPhone case:Isnt it soooo pretty?My old tortoise snap case was stylin, but it bit the dust after a tragic fall down the marble steps of Avery Fisher Hall...
Monty is usually a sweet, cuddly lap dog, but last week he gave me the silent treatment:Note the little face turned away -- such stony silence from such a small creature.When I took him to the ophtha...
Last but not least, here are my London leftovers...One of the best evenings I had in London was at the mysterious movie event, Secret Cinema:You buy a ticket for Secret Cinema and then you wait... Yo...
We got about 6 inches of snow in Connecticut over the weekend. Monty went to the back door and jumped up on it like he does when he wants to run and play outside. Despite the foul weather, I let him ...
So, shopping...Im lucky to have so many international stores/brands in NYC, so I wanted to steer clear of all of them when I was shopping in London. The list below has stores that are unique to/based...
I went on an art and music binge during my eight days in London. I could have stayed there for a month going to concert after concert and gallery after gallery (...but I would have missed my dog too ...
Here are my favorite drinks - both with and without alcohol - in London...I adore a good Flat White - an espresso drink thats similar to a latte, but tastes sweeter and has less milk/more microfoam -...
Skinny little Monty loves a nice, warm fire in the wintertime.He often cozies up in front of the fireplace in our dining room during meals. This usually happens without incident, but last week he wen...
The hotel view I posted below was from my window at Dukes:The property is on a lovely little courtyard off of St. Jamess Place in London. I just got home today, but after a looooong nap Ill post Mont...
Hotel views:
The Sacher-Torte arrived from Vienna -- and someone had designs on it straight away:Little man has some gourmet taste buds!
Last year I visited The Mount, Edith Whartons glorious estate in Lenox, Massachusetts:This grand home and its gardens are a must see for classical architecture buffs and American literature buffs ali...
Friends gave us Tobias Wongs Remote Light Switch as a housewarming gift a few years back.Its an old school, flip style light switch enclosed in a Lucite box:With its little remote component, it wirel...
I loved Refinery29s blog post 200+ Bracelets: Who Has The Best-Dressed Wrists In NYC?.Their pics of fashion insiders fabulous wrists inspired my to share my densely decorated arms.My wrists:Another s...
We celebrated two big holidays yesterday -- New Years and Montys birthday.Little Monty had a very happy 6th birthday...He slept in after staying up late on New Years Eve, played an enthusiastic game ...
Other than my two lovely hometowns -- New York, NY and New Canaan, CT -- heres my 2011 in cities:-Paris, FRANCE*-Punta De Mita, MEXICO-Southampton, BERMUDA-San Francisco, CA-London, ENGLAND-New Milto...
Its been like a million years -- or about six weeks -- since I did a post-game party recap, so here are some social highlights since my last report...The Young New Yorkers for the Philharmonic had th...
Heres our 2011 festive and fun holiday card:Click to enlarge.Inside greeting:The illustration was done by talented local artist Patricia Van Essche, and the perfect printing was done by the boys at R...
After a long day of holiday fun and festivities, the Morris men ran outta gas...They both had a little too much Christmas, but thankfully they had a soft, new blanket and one another to cozy up to:Lo...
Theres fantastic news in the world of high-end stationery...Mrs. John L. Strong is back!:I was thrilled to learn that this old school stationery company - founded in 1929 after the stock market crash...
Im not the only one in our household who likes to spend time on Facebook...Everyones favorite greyhound now has his very own profile on the site:Currently Montys got 231 friends, but I suspect hes wa...
The Park Avenue Tree Lighting last night was a big success. Doesnt Monty look extra handsome in front of that festively lit tree on Park and 92nd?:The Avenue was closed off for the evening so people,...
Im a proud supporter of The Fund for Park Avenue, a non-profit that plants, lights, and maintains the trees and flowers on the Park Avenue malls. If youve never been to NYC, the malls sit between the...
The Holiday House is a stylish, swanky designer showhouse in a *gigantic* limestone mansion at 2 East 63rd Street. I recently had the opportunity to tour this showpiece of a showhouse -- I highly rec...
Jessica Lichtenstein is a successful American artist who makes racy, provocative works using Japanese figurines. According to her gallerys website she "...explores the relationship between materi...
Hotel views:Im betting youll be able to guess this one.
Im a proud member of the Girl Scout Council of Greater NYs Leadership Advisory Board. Last month the Council held their 19th annual Women of Distinction Breakfast and raised more than $200,000 for Gi...
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