Yesterday Doug and I were watching the French Open – gosh it is nice to be retired. You can watch the Open mid-day! Any case, we were ready for lunch and I went into the kitchen to begin preparation. I didn’t want to miss too much of the action and decided to make something, good, … More Lunch
In my first blog I talked about Happy Hour – something I didn’t know much about having lived most of my adult life in New York City. While I am sure many happy hours occur in New York, I had never experienced such a thing. In Paradise the HH can begin as early as 3:00 … More Happy Hour , Drinks, Cocktails, etc.
Kitchens. These rooms are a place where I can be almost all of the day. I love the feel of them whether new or old, modern or traditional, outdated or updated. On Sunday night as I watched the last episode of Mad Men I thought about the kitchens of the 60’s and 70’s. I was … More Kitchens
During my career I traveled a great deal, not only in the US, but overseas – mostly Europe. I’ve been many times and usually did the same trek: London, Paris, Geneva, Milan. Believe it or not, most of my time was spent working, with interviews starting very early in the morning and continuing well into … More La belle France
This is a picture of my mother, Annette. She is with Uncle Ed at a nightclub in New York in the early 40’s. I’m not exactly sure where my Father was, but he does show up in another picture with other family members on the same evening. I think my parents may have just been … More Of Mothers and the Bakery
When Doug and I moved to Sarasota, we found the most lovely place to live: Prestancia. It is a community that is part of a larger community called Palmer Ranch. We live in one of about seven small communities within Prestancia. Each has a small amount of homes, some very large, some villas and … More A little French dinner party
I mentioned in my first blog that there would be more about fashion and retail and today I’m going to give you an overview of what it is like to work within one of the finest retailers that ever existed. I started in retail – Bloomingdale’s. on June 6, 1980. To this day I cannot … More Reminiscing about Retail – Bloomingdale’s in particular
About six months ago I officially retired. I don’t particularly like the word “retire” because it sounds old to me and maybe it is because most people think of it as the coming of OLD age. The definition says something like – to stop working because of a certain age. Another definition is more palpable … More And here I am…
Paradise Found 