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Dec 18th

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“You will love L.A. if you’re the kind of person who enjoys possessing no...”

– — New Yorker in L.A. The part about the Bed Bath & Beyond coupons is especially true. I briefly worked for a woman in Silverlake, who hoarded them but never went to Bed Bath & Beyond. She got mad when I tried to throw the expired ones out.

Dec 10th

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Nov 9th

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Cynthia Steffe Spring 2012

I love Cynthia Steffe’s spring 2012 collection and the fact that there is so much black and bold red. I wish more designers realize would realize that not every woman wants to drape herself in pastels and look like an Easter egg just because it’s spring. All images: (via)

Nov 7th

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Jul 16th

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Jul 14th

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“Peggy Guggenheim had two great passions: art and men. Throughout her lifetime,...”

– — Evelyn Crowley, W Magazine

Jul 5th

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Jun 15th

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“This is a town where, to be a “producer” — like an...”

– Jonathon S. Feit on Los Angeles

Jun 13th

Mirrored Furniture

I first fell in love with mirrored furniture after seeing Keira Knightley strut around a gorgeous Parisian apartment and open up a mirrored wardrobe in a commercial for Coco Mademoiselle. And, although mirrored furniture has always been popular among the wealthy, movie star set (Both Marilyn Monroe and Paris Hilton are said to have had mirrored beds) the pretty, minimal elegance of mirrored...

May 23rd

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Home Inspiration - Part Trois

Sources: Apartment Therapy, The Paris Apartment, The Coveteur, You Are The River

May 23rd

May 21st

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May 18th

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Carrie Bradshaw Math

I remember there was an article in the New York Post, back in 2003 or 2004 (when this topic was actually relevant!) all about women, who had moved to New York, expecting the glitz and glamour of Sex and the City, and how disappointed they were that, instead of Manolos and Upper East Side duplexes, all they could afford were Nine West and railroad apartments in Queens. It made me really happy that...

May 15th

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May 15th

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May 3rd

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Royal Wedding!

The royal wedding starts at 1am, West Coast time, so, of course, I will be staying up to watch. Who’s with me? (via)

Apr 29th

Apr 27th

I have this week (mostly) off. Ahhhhhh. Can you feel the zen? (via)

Apr 25th

Apr 16th

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Home Inspiration - Jen Brill

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Apr 15th

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“New York is like dating a very crazy person who you have mad, passionate sex...”

– Rashida Jones via lamag.com

Apr 14th

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Recently Auctioned At Phillips de Pury:

John Bauer, Fucked Up - Thomas Ruff, Nudes JI 01 Russell Young, Elvis - Marilyn Minter, Bluer Tears (via)

Apr 13th

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Home Inspiration - Part Deux

Sources: Apartment Therapy, Blueprint Furniture, Coco + Kelley, Door Sixteen, Tales of Endearment

Mar 27th

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Paris vs New York

I love this really clever series of comparisons from the blog, Paris vs New York.

Mar 26th

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“I think what’s wonderful about L.A. is what’s horrible about New York and vice...”

– Josh Radnor via nymag.com

Mar 6th

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Aw. This video makes me think of my childhood dogs (although they did not enjoy being in water nearly so much.)

Mar 1st

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Browsing Phillips de Pury catalogues online is one of my favorite time-wasting activities. I found this Mario Testino image oddly compelling.

Dec 20th

Oct 16th

CB2 is stalking me online...

On YourTango.com: On Celebitchy.com: On NYMag.com: I already bought a desk from you, CB2! What more do you want from me??

Sep 27th

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Sep 25th

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twentysomethingtales: I just started reading...

twentysomethingtales: I just started reading Murakami’s The Wind-up Bird Chronicle. The first sentence: “When the phone rang I was in the kitchen, boiling a potful of spaghetti and whistling along to an FM broadcast of the overture to Rossini’s The Thieving Magpie, which has to be the perfect music for cooking pasta.” This is the sentence that made me want to quit writing, or even trying. It...

Sep 16th

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Sep 13th

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Sep 13th

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Sep 13th

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Sep 7th

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Need it, love it, want it now

So…Sometime in the last few years, I started to care about furniture and furniture design - to the point, where, a couple of months ago, I had an excellent conversation with a Design Within Reach salesperson about whether the Eames egg chair could be custom-upholstered with a more plushier fabric. Never mind that I’m not in a position to blow $2000+ on a designer chair with custom...

Sep 7th

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Sep 6th

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LA-isms

I was handed my first parking ticket this week; guess this officially makes me an Angeleno. Thankfully, it was only for $50. I’ve received worse. Also, I will not be doing any more jaywalking around my neighborhood, after watching this Jerry Ferrara interview.

Sep 5th

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Aug 27th

This is a great visualization of how I’ve felt lately. [via]

Aug 25th

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Jun 11th

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May 13th

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The President Visits the East Village!

Well, today’s been interesting. I woke up to find that the NYPD set up a command center outside of my apartment building.

Apr 23rd

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NYC Flea Market Finds

For the past year, I have been writing a Flea Market Find column for amNY. Every week, I scour New York’s flea and antiques markets, looking for interesting or unique objets d’art. Below are some of my favorite finds from the past twelve months… 1. Body Oil – A flea market may not be the first place you think of when you want to go perfume shopping, but at the Hell’s Kitchen Flea Market, you...

Apr 20th

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Mar 18th