Maybe it’s cliché, I don’t know. But my favorite dates are the ones that take me to a theater. As a kid in a family of five, going to the movies was a treat- we’d only go every once in a while, but when we did, my parents always made sure we did it right […]

I’ve never been a huge perfume wearer, but I have always been an admirer of elegant perfume bottles. It was on my list of “grown-up must-haves” as a little girl to obtain a bottle of perfume with an atomizer, and sure enough, I got one. Nevermind that I’m not crazy about the perfume inside, the […]

I remember discussing the issue of needing a little black dress with my old friend Maggie the summer after we graduated high school. “You have to have one,” she’d told me, “it’s a staple in every college girl’s wardrobe!” So off I went to Target (because that was the only place I shopped for clothes […]

My love of pearls was born the summer my dad and older brother, Ethan, took a month-long trek through Europe. Dad always brings home gifts from his international adventures, and to me he brought a pair of silver and pearl earrings he’d purchased at the Tower of London. They were simple, but they quickly became […]