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winter crept in overnight.

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overnight the city became wonderfully dark and intense and gloomy and Rather splendidly morose. but also picturesque (this is Manhattan, after all)…. and Very Cinematic (or maybe it was just how we saw it and tinted it after shooting it … Continue reading

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a deceptively beautiful day in manhattan #postSandy

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darlings well (she sighs, unwrapping the long grey/gray/Dior-shade cashmere scarf from her neck) - were you here in manhattan today? wasn’t it a beautiful day? crisp and cool and bright-shining-sunshine-on-Fall-strewn leaves. a ravishingly blue-blue sky and clouds like powder puffs on … Continue reading

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to the river and back.

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today was Truly lovely. it started at home – with writing, scrapbooking, thinking, coffee-drinking, listening to BBC Radio on the blackberry (so Modern) and musing out of the window at the Most delicious green-ness of the view outside. then to … Continue reading

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delicious and divine cards! 1920s, and earlier – and One With A Crest.

thank you to lady-of-letters who wins best gift of the day – aren’t they delicious! now, darlings, we did some Rather Creative Cropping – but the full versions are on sale here:  oh! this just in…….. guess who sent Us … Continue reading

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a remarkably social sunday.

firstly, darlings, a Find in Chelsea, in an arts and antiques emporium (we used our Very special modulated Mitford sister voice and twinkly blue eyes to great effect with gentlemen of a certain life experience in such a part of … Continue reading

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novel-grazing, milky coffee, autumnal walk around greenwich village and leaving the past behind.

lady-of-letters suggested a sunday stroll around greenwich village and we Whooped with joy as that meant bookshops, cafes and autumn leaf strewn streets. And it Did. and en route to meet up with some like-minded folks as dusk fell, we … Continue reading

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elegant encounters

Oh! We had the loveliest encounters today (and yesterday too) lady-of-letters has the Most Awesome Rolodex (is there a plural? Rolodexi?) Somebody terribly glamorous brought their Hermes bag to visit. We were tickled pink to be asked our Opinion about … Continue reading

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