Kate Somerville at Neiman Marcus
Kate Somerville cares about your skin. That’s right, celebrity facialist Kate Somerville truly cares about your skin. How do I know this? Because her fascinating 345-page book told me so. Within just the…
Dinner at Gump’s
In an age of dining out, the American tabletop speaks sadly more of ‘desk’ than ‘dinner.’ The lost art of tabletop presentation has been rediscovered and glorified through a Chinoiserie-themed celebration at Gump’s,…
Jewelry for the Home
Stark with shapes and textures straight from nature, a piece by British designer Alexander Lamont is like jewelry for the home. From his workshops in Bangkok, Lamont works in a rare range of…
Ode to Jo Malone’s “Ode to Autumn”
Jo Malone’s delicious new fragrant offering, English Pear & Freesia, was inspired by the John Keats poem “Ode to Autumn.” Keats describes the tastes, sights, and sounds of fall. “The season of mists…
Fashion’s Night Out
I don’t know about you, but I can’t wait for Fashion’s Night Out at Neiman Marcus at Stanford Center, Palo Alto. This year I feel so fortunate to be on the panel of…
Punctuate with Pearls
We predicted pearls would be a hot trend for fall, but now designers are upping the ante on avante-garde as they fashion the timeless pearl. We love Vera Wang’s multi-strand pearl necklace, $895…
And God Made Kate
Is it just me or didn’t Julia Louis-Dreyfus look amazing on the Red Carpet walk for the Emmys in that Narciso Rodriguez gown? How does she keep such great skin? God may have…