Because of circumstances outside my control, I regret to tell you that I must close down English Muse. I want to thank you for all your love and support over the past three years, especially last yea...
Hello everyone, I usually do my media round ups on Mondays, but here it is Wednesday! Heres my little list of interesting things. Please check back and let me know what you think! Colette has more pu...
Three smart -- and beautiful -- newspaper articles: Wall Street Journal: A Chanel Tweed or a Ladylike Existence? New York Times: "Rooms with a View" at the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Wall St...
Now comes the hard part: Packing all the books... Maybe I should have opted for a Kindle after all! (Photo by Liis Klammer.)
After a year of apartment living, we put in a bid on a little cottage in the foothills of the San Gabriel Mountains. The house is tiny but the yard is huge -- and Im really looking forward to startin...
For me, its still "A Moveable Feast," maybe because I read it every time I go to Paris. What about you? (Photo by Sabino Aguad.)
Theres a restaurant two blocks away from my downtown LA office that has the most amazing macarons... The blue ones are filled with chocolate and taste like candy. For a moment today I felt like I was...
This is why I could go broke buying Penguin books... Beautiful illustrations by Coralie Bickford-Smith. The Great Food Series on pre-order here.
A little round up of interesting links: A Glimpse of Maira Kalmans Home Office T Magazine features the lived-in look. Was the new Jane Eyre movie too tame? A look inside Nico Magazine. (Photo above b...
Hello! I have made a few changes here this morning on the English Muse. I have a new header, by the very talented artist, Lori Langille. One of the joys of life is redecorating (blogs in included!) W...
I love finding inspiration journals on flickr -- like little windows into other peoples creative souls. This one was created by Rachel Duarte. Her "rules for being human" are so lovely and tr...
I love this little bookshelf. It seems perfect for bedside reading. My nightstand is stacked with so many books and magazines at the moment, theres barely room for the lamp... Photo, above, from here...
I just read the most extraordinary story about Paris by writer Amy M. Thomas in the New York Times. Her prose is so beautiful, it made me want to pack my bags and go! Thomas spent two years living in...
There was lots of buzz this weekend about Natalie Portmans body double -- ballerina Sarah Lane -- claiming she did most of the dancing in the movie Black Swan. Portmans face, Lane says, was grafted o...
Happy Friday everyone! I wanted to sign off for the week with a link to this interesting New York Times story, headlined "Gadgets you should get rid of (or not)." In sum: Dump the desktop, ke...
I admit it: I love vintage clutter. This South Bronx house, featured in this weeks NYT, is especially fantastic. http://www.nytimes.com/2011/03 /20/realestate/20Habitats-sout h-bronx.html
Brave and beautiful. My small tribute on tumblr.
Mark Medley, the National Posts books editor, has the most wonderful essay out today on his life as a book hoarder. He explains: "Between my girlfriend and I me, there are probably between 1,000 ...
What do you recommend? (Photo by Party Tights.)
Im rereading I Capture the Castle by Dodie Smith. Its such a charming book. I would love to live in that old rundown castle with its mismatched furniture. (I think Im longing again to have a house an...
As the latest Jane Eyre movie opened in US theaters earlier this month, filmmakers were busy putting the finishing to touches on a new adaptation of Wuthering Heights. "The debate of 2011 is shap...
Photographer Irina Werning has long been fascinated with old photographs, especially the ones that capture the goofy poses and dated interiors. "Most of us are fascinated by their retro look but ...
Heres a little round up of some of the things I found interesting and inspirational around the Internet this weekend. Have a lovely Monday! Links: Op-Art: Scenes from the Tsunami Could this book kill...
This is an amazing effort -- largely by women style bloggers -- to raise funds for Japan. The goal was to raise $5500. As of this evening, more than $45,000 was pledged. Grab the banner and donate he...
...So happy its Friday... Im looking forward to staring my new book this weekend -- The Elegance of the Hedgehog, by Muriel Barbery. And, I really want to go to the flea market to search for lovely l...
...By Rachael Rifat... So heartsick over whats happening in Japan.
...LONNY... ...MATCHBOOK... ...RUE... Lonny Magazine, created by one of Dominos former editors, was the Internet trailblazer, proving that you dont need a printing press to put out a stylish magazine...
No, youre not seeing things... I made a few changes here at the English Muse! I REALLY changed the fonts and went back to two columns. I ditched my old template for Bloggers standard issue Simple for...
Ive been thinking so much this weekend about the devastating earthquake and tsunami in Japan. More than 1,000 people are confirmed dead and more than 10,000 are missing. Parts of the country have ver...
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