MISS CAVENDISH

I rarely purchase anything on impulse, which is often very wise but sometimes leaves me with regrets.  Last summer, for instance, when I...

Gentle readers will know that I am gaga over the cool whimsy of Elsa Schiaparelli sunglasses. If I make it to the exhibit at the Met (S...

This is my 1001th post(!!!), and I wasn't sure how to mark it.  But in the tradition of 1001 Nights , I think that stories are appropr...

I have seen oversized polo ponies on shirts and think that they are best worn in the stables. Oversized alligators on shirts?  They shou...

My favourite fairy tale growing up was The Twelve Dancing Princesses .  The very idea of "dancing slippers" conjured up soft, ve...

Just back from a five-day violin camp for mes tres enfants . My blog had to play second fiddle, though, as there was no wi-fi in the lov...

Sort of sounds like an Eric Rohmer film ( Claire's Knee ) by way of David Cronenberg. These two Edith Minturns have more in com...