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Category Archives: Books
Books To Read ASAP
I took a hiatus this past year from the blog to focus on my personal life and some career changes (more on that later!) I also needed a break from some things but now I realize I miss having a … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Film, Foodies, Media/Publishing
Tagged Ada Calhoun, Alma Harel, Books, Casey Legler, Godspeed, Honey Boy, Jill Soloway, Lena Waithe, Lindsay Mead, Lisa Taddeo, Melina Matsoukas, Mother Winter, Oscars 2020, Queen and Slim, Ruth Reichl, Save Me The Plums, She Wants It, Sophia Shalmiyev, Three women, Why We Can't Sleep
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Spring Awakening: Beauty & Books
Spring has sprung, and it’s really early this year. It was 73 degrees in NYC this week so goodbye winter, hello global warming and LA weather everywhere. But I digress. One of my favorite things as seasons come and go … Continue reading
Gift Guide, Part Two
So many cute things arriving in my box this week, it’s hard to resist. I love the holidays, not just because its an easy excuse to spoil friends and family but also I really love a good gift guide. Can’t … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Fashion, Foodies
Tagged Anastasia Beverly Hills, Boyhood, Brow Kit, Carry On Cocktail Kit, Charli XCX, Gift Guide, Levis Humbug Crew Sweater, Lotuff, Maple Syrup, Noble Tonic, Old Navy Boots, Patagonia Fly Fishing Kit, Simon Gift Guide 2014, Simon Malls, Sucker, Taschen, The Art of Pin Up, Tripp Leather Bag, Tuthilltown
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Nothing is True & Everything is Possible
A friend of ours who we used to drink and talk politics with in Moscow just had his first book of essays published about modern day Russia. Peter Pomerantsev‘s observations are interesting and accurate about the country that gave birth … Continue reading
Posted in Books, Fashion
Tagged Models, Moscow, Nothing is True and Everything is Possible, Peter Pomerantsev, Russia
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The Letter
The letter written by Neal Cassady, which inspired Jack Kerouac’s writing style for On The Road and had been lost for 65 years was recently found in San Francisco in an old box. Like most liberal arts school graduates I … Continue reading
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Tagged Auction, Jack Kerouac, Neal Cassady, On The Road, Profiles in HIstoryA, The Beats, The Letter
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Little Failure, Gary Shteyngart
From the Ukraine to Moscow, Vienna, Rome and New York and for us finally, Baltimore, Gary Shteyngart‘s memoir is basically a retelling of my Russian childhood, adolescence and 20s from a male perspective. I picked it up at The Strand … Continue reading
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Chloe, Attitudes
Beautiful hardcover book from Rizzoli, out this month with text by Sarah Mower. Packed with the brand’s history, collections, ad campaigns and other fashion nuggets. Bummed to miss the cocktail party in LA but in love with my new book. … Continue reading
Memos, The Vogue Years, Diana Vreeland
This book of memos from Diana Vreeland to every fashion legend that ever lived, from Richard Avedon and Cecil Beaton to Countess Crespi and Polly Mellen is beautiful. Edited by Alexander Vreeland Memos, The Vogue Years hits stores October 15th!
Colette’s France
Look what Rizzoli sent this week! A gorgeous book by Jane Gilmour on “Colette’s France,” which comes out October 1st, just in time for my birthday. The French writer Colette is known for her love affairs with women and young … Continue reading
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Tagged Feminine, Great Gifts, Jane Gilmour, new Book, Scandal, sexy, Volette's France
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The Many Lives of Miss K
Got this book in the mail last week from Rizzoli. Can’t wait to dig into Jean-Noël Liaut’s “The Many Lives of Miss K.” Toto Koopman did everything from posing for French Vogue covers as the first bi-racial model in the … Continue reading
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Tagged ", Jean-Noël Liaut's "The Many Lives of Miss K, Rizzoli, Toto Koopman
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