Tag: shopping
7 Dec
Since 2007, when fashion designer and philanthropist Donna Karan founded the Urban Zen Foundation, an inspiringly beautiful holiday market appears...
17 Oct
Must be getting old…In 1969 I moved to SoHo, a neighborhood inhabited by artists and (still) factory workers. I was married to a painter,...
28 Jun
Waxed cotton, light as a feather, baby change purse as charming as its parent…hails from Paris (natch), but designed by Bess Nielsen of...
27 Jun
soft yet tough, Lamu’s dhow sails are patched together into a wonderful weekender Tanga bag decorated with a star or heart and sporting...
7 May
Many years ago, when the wonderful animal behaviorist and naturalist, George Schaller, was studying snow leopard, he spoke to me of the Tibetan...
12 Jul
Oh, I love the internet! SHOP LATITUDE has come in to my box for months, and it has always been axed by my delete button. Until yesterday....
6 Jan
Alium, Pueblo Garzon’s clothing and home design shop, turned five this weekend. All of Garzon, plus admirers from as far away as Punta del...
12 Nov
The Majorelle Gardens are a must visit in town as is the revamped Berber Museum. Clever shopkeepers, knowing that they have a captive audience,...
12 Nov
I have written in the past about Florence Teillet and her glorious hand woven textiles. She is worth many return postings just a she is worth...
6 Sep
The traders came from the Congo laden with Kuba. Gorgeous pieces, we laid them out in the garden and began to negotiate.
16 Jan
Adorable Emilia from the beautiful estancia of La Bamba in San Antonio de Areco, shared with me her favorite shop for bombachas, those pleated,...
2 Nov
The king of Moroccan lanterns has a wonderful multi-story gallery in Passage Ghandouri – an artists’ enclave in Gueliz, Marrakech’s...
30 Oct
We had a delicious late lunch at La Terrace des Epices, a fun rooftop restaurant with perfect views over the winding streets of the souks below....
29 Jul
Fiona Caulfield says in the afterward to her intimate guidebook to Delhi...
26 Oct
It didn’t surprise me that De Vera and the supremely talented Kathe Williams (see Two Green Witches 9/9/10), had the imagination to design...
17 Oct
We have found two classic purveyors who we never fail to visit on our trips to Argentina and Uruguay. Benitez is the talabarteria where I...
19 Sep
The towns and villages of the Amalfi Coast are strung like beads along one of the most remarkable chains in the world – the Amalfi Drive....
4 Sep
The Ace Hotel on West 29th Street is all the buzz..indeed, the lobby at any time of day or night looks like a version of Apple’s Genius...
2 Sep
What happens when three of New York’s most beloved Italian-American restaurateurs team up with the founder of a gourmet food and wine market...
17 Nov
There are these blessed cities, regions and countries where the craftman’s skills are so prolific and so varied that they have become...
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