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4/18 In Paris

So the big 4/18 Club–and by big I mean we have 3 members from my clan alone: Lil A, my cousin Steven, and yours truly–is having its day today, but unfortunately we are not all together to celebrate it. However, the great thing about membership in a club is that even distance can’t keep us from coordinating our outfits! My …

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Uh Oh In Paris

If I’m going to be absent here in the next 72 hours at least you know where I am. I’ll come back with a full report from Paris in a few, but I can quickly say that the weather is perfect and the city is as beautiful as I remembered it. Suffice it to say for now, on my first …

Château de Franc-Waret

It’s tax day in the US today and while some of you are running around trying to beat the deadline, I’m also running around like a glutton for punishment. Because yes, to get to visit another castle–this time it’s the “working” castle, Château de Franc-Waret in Fernelmont, Belgium– I’d have to cross through lots of fields and gardens in all …

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Feather Factor

As some of you may already know by now, I’ve made it across the Atlantic. Spring is in full bloom in Europe and as beautiful as it is to be here at this time of the year, my allergies have me whipped. No, not whipped. Whooped. No signs of jet lag, but all the symptoms of allergies have been magnified …

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One Perfect Manhattan Day

Why do I always feel like a kid in a candy store when I’m in Manhattan? Perhaps it’s Lil A’s infectious sense of wonderment that’s rubbed off on me–btw, I suspect she has a future in fashion– or perhaps it’s the fact that NYC is a perfect playground for big kids like me. For as soon as I step outside …