Every year the art world descends upon Miami for a city-wide art extravaganza called, collectively, Art Basel. My third favorite thing about visiting (first being the beach, second being the art) is reading what snarky comments writers have to say about the event. Usually lots...
You've survived the Post Thanksgiving Madness and now you really need to knock off some holiday shopping. Here are a few perfect solutions for the people in your life: The Foodie, The Entertainer, The Hipster, The Traveller and The Ladies. The Foodie: The stinkiest gift they'll...
The origin of the term "Black Friday" is up for debate. Some say it hails from 1961 shoppers in Philadelphia who were so thick on the sidewalk the police (in black) were called out to patrol. Some say it is a retail term because...
When my daughter, Grace, was two years old, she and her brother would race up the stairs of our old house in New Orleans. Teddy, having two years on Grace, usually won by a margin of five steps, but upon reaching the top, no matter...
[gallery ids="3653,3650,3649,3647,3646,3644"] Ahhhh, wine. My favorite part of any meal, especially at a family heavy and expectation laden disaster-waiting-to happen event, such as Thanksgiving. Kidding. Who doesn't love to be bombarded with magazine after magazine cover promising the "PERFECT THANKSGIVING" or "EASIEST THANKSGIVING" or an ever...
This past Sunday, as Martine loaded the last of her things into a taxi and headed to the airport, two thoughts hit me simultaneously. One, Time flies. Didn't she just get here? Two, I hope she has a good liver doctor in San Francisco. Maybe it...
The question is how can you NOT love this guy? He's got two (three?) adorable kids, he's a great cook, has a super background, he started Fifteen - heck he even tried to get the fattest place in America to skinny up. And, even with...
Vietri is an Italian company that makes a line of products from table linens to drinkware to garden pots. Most of it is gorgeous but the Bellezza White and Incanto White lines just knock me out. These are just simply beautiful dishes because they...
New Orleans is different, but we've discussed that already. And although there are a few things that probably pop into your mind that make it different, at this moment the big difference is the temperature. Today is November 6th (where DID the year go???)...
This is a true story. In 2006 I was set up on a date with a friend of a friend. The date was casual - we were supposed to watch the US play someone else during the 2006 World Cup (soccer). I went to his house...
There used to be a statistic floating around that New Orleans hosts more house guests than any other city with a Convention & Visitors Bureau (because that is who tracks these things). Chalk it up to high hotel rates at Mardi Gras and Jazz Fest...