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The Internet Trail Led From a Vanderbilt Wife to Dracula’s Daughter in Rumania

Like Judy Garland in Wizard of Oz I followed not the yellow brick road but the internet trail unhesitatingly and ...

It’s Very Cold in Tokyo and Raining in Taipei

My friend David Patrick Columbia generally starts off his daily report on his super popular New York Social Diary with ...

Dragons are Definitely In

Chinese New Year is still with us and has grown in popularity throughout the USA so remarkably the past few ...

There Are A Lot Of Dragons Around My House

I found this 1920's lamp in a funny little antique store in Edinburgh, Scotland in early 1980's. Without thinking I ...

Leisurely Shipboard Cruises Aren’t Always

As the news of the Costa Concordia tragedy in Giglio, Italy keeps coming in it overshadows all those longings for ...

An Italian King

Today I'm going to tell you about something that I really meant to tell you about in late autumn but ...

The Saga Of The Countess Of Jersey’s Handbag

A young friend who only knows the modern young Parisians emailed me about my New Year blog on Paris in ...

Let’s Talk Paris Instead of New Year’s

Well it's just about upon us and I imagine most of you have big party plans. I have to confess ...

Embroidering The Wings Of Angels With Silver Beads

L'Eglise Saint-Roch was filled with floral tributes from all the important names connected with Paris haute couture. The priest, Rev ...

A Christmas Story Unlike Others

It seems to me there is nothing more to write about Christmas but everyone is trying. Well I can't just ...

A Colorful But Rather Self Indulgent Life

It was bigger news in Paris and London than in Santa Barbara, California but I read with interest the obits ...

Thank Heavens for Julia Child and Trader Joe’s

Have you ever had that experience of walking into the kitchen one sunny morning and it's suddenly very obvious that ...

What Svetlana Stalin and I had in Common

A friend asked me, "Did you ever know Svetlana Stalin Peters who just died?" And my answer was "No, but ...

Are your Penguins Warmly Dressed in Case of an Oil Spill?

I have to thank a favorite blog Fashionista.com for the following story, just too cute not to pass along. After ...

Good Can Be Followed Closely By Bad As I’ve Experienced This Past Week

Since I try to keep this blog positive and up and hopefully interesting I'll start with the good first. I ...

Il Teatro Alla Moda Comes To Beverly Hills

People who love beautiful costumes, appreciate textile creativity and superb workmanship, should head straight to this special exhibition (Theater in ...

Life Was More Glamorous Then

All the most colorful people showed up in Santa Barbara in the 1970's and 1980's. Here is an article in ...

Bouncing in a Bubble

The Concours d'Elegance came to Santa Barbara and I couldn't resist attending. It was a lovely autumn day. As always a wonderful ...

Some Moan and Groan, Some Try to Do Something About Problems

I write a lot about yesterdays. And maybe I imply yesterday was better. It probably was if only because I ...

Sharing a Bumpy Bathroom With President Jack Kennedy’s Sisters & Nieces

There was an aura of an Agatha Christie mystery brewing when one boarded the newly restored glamorous Venice Simplon-Orient Express ...

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