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Thank you again to Seth Cohen of the OC for bringing my holiday traditions into the cultural zeitgeist with one simple word: Christmukkah . As a little kiddo I felt like I had the best of both worlds, despite other people’s sheer confusion and personal issues with the concept of bringing both traditions together. Still to this day I can see the shock on peoples faces when I tell them I celebrate Christmukkah. But is it not representative of what our country is meant to be, a

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The new year is fast approaching and I can’t help but be baffled by 2021? Perhaps I just put too much hope into a year that certainly seemed to be one of great transition: for myself and possibly the entire country navigating the shockwaves of 2020, attempting to find a way out of the mess the pandemic and political unrest created. I think we can all agree 2020 was a grave disappointment, but was 2021 actually worse? The promise of change without any real significant change?

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Yes, I’m officially one of those moms. You know, the kind who celebrate half-birthdays, insist on matching their kiddos, essentially relive their own childhood through the lens of her kids. All good things I used to smirk at in my younger years, now things that I feel serve as the golden prize after a long day. Our kiddos don’t define us and I’m the first to support any and all efforts to allow them independence and space from the wishes we want them to fulfill for us, the bu

All dressed up and ready to go… anywhere! Whether you’re lucky to be toasting with friends and family, traveling somewhere fabulous or living it up with a cheese plate in the living room I hope you looove your outfit. One of the few things that got me through covid (while pregnant and while not) was my never ending fascination with fashion: reading about it, writing about it, shopping for it online and getting dressed up in my living room or for the evening walk with the dog

It’s party time! For most of us, myself not exactly included as I am continuing to celebrate with caution, keeping a safe distance from too many people at once. But whether a party of one, two or 300, bring on the cheese pleaseeeee! Keep in mind any and all cheese plates can be made mini and just as cute, like I did here for my small, outdoor baby shower. Feel free to add more oranges and pomegranates too for larger spreads, they make lovely color additions to break up all

I’ll be honest, Thanksgiving isn’t my favorite holiday. But since it does involve my choice in menu, a tablescape for the win and my little man this year at home, I’m making some exceptions. And of course the obvious fashion choice can make all the difference in whatever energy gets put out there while we feast and find gratitude for the many blessings of 2022. The appetizer of the holiday season, Thanksgiving is ripe for us all to reflect on what we are grateful for this yea

Well here we go again, we’ve finished the Halloween cocktail hour, readying ourselves for the Thanksgiving hors d’oeuvres before the main course that is Christmas/Hanukkah and a decadent New Year’s Eve dessert. The all encompassing season of the seasons is here and ready to rumble, exciting me in all the ways, especially given our newest addition to the family. But yet again I can’t believe how quickly it has come! As someone who loves to create, this time of year can feel su

While Spring boasts the beauty of becoming, Autumn is the fairytale of Fall-ing back. And what a lovely time to do just that. I don’t know about you but after almost two years now of pandemic woes I am ready to go back. Back to life pre-covid, but more realistically back to the comfort of the scripted season that starts with Fall. When all our worries get channeled into the familiar pattern of the leaves changing, our layers thickening and an opportunity to redo the holidays

Tis’ the season of sweaters! Especially in LA when it takes quite some time for the beloved coat. Of course it’s hard to tell here in sunny Los Angeles, but the time for something chunky and warm is right given the low temps in the morning, shady afternoons and windy evenings making us all a little more prone to a warm drink at home. This was Parker’s first excursion at one of my favorite spots in Los Angeles, Hotel Bel-Air where the swans swim as you enter and music plays i

Boo! Well have I got another well appointed table for you… Best of all, it doesn’t include the eerie shade of orange we see blasted around this time of year. Just as the Sanderson sisters fought to keep their youth, I’m fighting to keep my precious summer pastels, as pumpkin orange is just as horrifying these days as are frown lines on the streets of Beverly Hills. Feast your eyes, as there shall be only smiles from this point on! Alas, all my attempts at true CHIC-O-WEEN hav

My recent trip to Chicago was overbooked and busy in the best of ways. Following a redeye flight I rushed to my rental car and zoomed into the city for an early morning shoot on the Gold Coast before meeting my lovely little sister Becky at the AIRE Ancient Baths in River North for some early birthday celebrations. Like most cool things these days I found this special spot on Instagram and instantly felt relaxed thumbing through photos of its candlelit pools, subtly aligned a

Well there is always the off white dress, fall florals and of course my absolute favorite combo of all time: shorts and a sweater. Thanks to global warming, and the fact that I live in year round sunshine, Fall has never been the easiest transition style wise. However, that’s never stopped my excitement about this special time of year. The comfort of tradition, the promise of change, those damn delicious pumpkin spice lattes! It’s all a wonderfall until sweater weather mornin

Bachelorette parties tend to incite a very particular theme in America. Starting with an overwhelming number of young women vacationing together, all in connection somehow to the bride-to-be, who is the one and only with exclusive rights to white ensembles for the weekend. Everyone appears collectively in pursuit of colorful cocktails and phallic shape paraphernalia while fraternizing in an Instagram worthy locale like Charleston, Austin or Miami, to name just a few. And most

As we continue indulge in these last warm months I can’t help but crave a little adventure somewhere seaside on a European coast, perhaps along the esteemed Mediterranean, a fabulous stretch playing home to some of the world’s most desirable summer destinations. This summer served as a the homecoming for many of us eager to escape the constraints of the pandemic, however, it appears we are still not quite there. And for me after bringing home bébé a taste of the Mediterranean

фото Last minute gatherings are quite the thing around here, especially when you have a baby and two sets of grandparents within walking distance from your home. My husband and I are both natural entertainers, him also going to the extreme of preferring feasts at home to my beloved supper-clubbing all over the city. But since the start of the pandemic and timely arrival of bébé, an evening at home with lots of welcoming arms and a diaper changing station nearby seems to chec

It’s been TEN YEARS since I hopped off a plane at LAX with a dream and my cardigan… More like oversized sunnies and the goal of not becoming the Heidi Montag of Heidi and LC, although I see Spencer at Erewhon all the time and they seem to be doing pretty good all things considered but I digress! There was so much awe and excitement around moving to Los Angeles, fresh out of college, with a bucket full of romanticized plot lines of where my life would go. After studying abroa