You can almost imagine what it felt like to stroll through its glamorous halls when The Pontchartrain Hotel originally peeled its doors open in 1927. This Garden District icon (which began as a luxury apartment building but converted to a hotel in the ‘40s) clutches onto its nostalgic charm ...
was defeated by Donald Trump, who had no experience in government. I hoped Trump’s election was a fluke, and, after all, Hillary, the qualified candidate, had won the popular vote. Still, “I can’t stand Hilary” was often stated as the reason...
several craft drawers, boxes and glass jars full of stuff. Everything is sorted by type; hearts, flowers, animals, celestial, bead clusters, rhinestones… that way I can find what I need quickly!
I want you to know that I occasionally run into doorways and walls and cabinet doors with frightening force. If you see me with a black eye, it was an inanimate object, not my husband, promise. Sometimes I drop things and then crawl around for a dog’s age trying to find them. Somet...
I am sticking with lemon decor for now. Part of my kitchen renovation will include cabinetry in the mudroom. It’s so nice to have my deck back again. I am out here as much as I can be! I enjoyed using my Mother’s Day gift card when I ran out of coffee. I went and bought ...
so I can section it off into areas. I work at one end and "live" at the other. I love the ease of being close to my son Tai after school - he does his homework while I'm finishing off my working day.'I have to be strict about not allowing work THE FLAT A former shoe factor...
(out of earshot of the other half), get behind one of those closed doors. One partner can read downstairs while the other sleeps, but probably can’t watch TV without bothering the person upstairs. If a couple entertains (the loft looks like a terrific entertaining venue) and (as in my...
The rest, antiques, family photos, boxes of vintage Christmas decorations that can’t be replaced, that beautiful glass-front bookcase we waited years to buy, that stuff is in storage for the day we decide to stop rolling, whenever that may be. In fact, Tom and I figure that, if we ...
The mudroom had an outside door that we removed to create a banquette in the kitchen. Our builder pointed out that the garage is basically all doors to the outside so we can easily go from mudroom to outdoors through the garage without needing a separate door. I thought this was a ...
“Well, that’s good you two lovebirds made it back. Thomas could you finish the guacamole, Mark can help you . . . I’ll be in the other room,” Jan said as she started to exit the kitchen while continuing to talk, “I want to finish this piece that I am learning on the pian...