Bruce Museum Highlights Alfred Sisley, Impressionist in Exclusive Exhibit

May 12, 2017.Reading time 4 minutes.

Alfred Sisley (1839-1899): Impressionist Master at the Bruce Museum in Greenwich, Connecticut showcases a rich array of Sisley’s works from private collections and major museums. After a recent visit to the Peabody Museum at Yale, I developed a curiosity to explore museums in Fairfield County. I’ve always seen the sign for the Bruce Museum on […]

A Millennial’s Defense of Leisure Reading

March 14, 2017.Reading time 4 minutes.

The one-and-done rule can work for an array of situations—checking out library books is not one of them. Honestly, I have more discipline window-shopping in Le Marais in Paris compared to when I walk into the local library. Once I walk through the entrance of Wilton Library, I experience a Bookworm Blackout for roughly […]

F is for France, a Curious Cabinet of French Wonders by Piu Eatwell

November 13, 2016.Reading time 1 minute.

For Francophiles and travel lovers looking for new icebreakers As much as I love reading historical fiction and biographies, it’s always nice to switch to lighter novels every once in a while. F is for France was sitting pretty on the “Featured Books” shelf at my local library—I took it as a sign to check […]

I’ll Drink to That: A Life in Style, with a Twist by Betty Halbreich

February 7, 2016.Reading time 2 minutes.

If you’ve ever seen Scatter My Ashes at Bergdorf Goodman, then you’ve met the unstoppable Director of Solutions Betty Halbreich. Halbreich barely, if ever, refers to herself as “Director of Solutions”—to simply refer to Halbreich’s position as “senior stylist” or “personal shopper” doesn’t do her work justice, either. In so many words, think of Halbreich […]

My Paris Dream by Kate Betts

January 31, 2016.Reading time 1 minute.

If you’re a Francophile and you keep a mini-collection of contemporary books on Parisian journeys, add My Paris Dream to the shelf. Betts, an award-winning magazine editor and author, shares her coming-of-age story of living and working in Paris, France shortly after graduating from college. Her anecdotes finding her own way through the city and […]

Reading Aloud: The Beautiful Fall

August 29, 2010.Reading time 1 minute.

The Beautiful Fall: Lagerfeld, Saint Laurent, and Glorious Excess in 1970s Paris Written by Alicia Drake Drake exposes the lives of Karl Lagerfeld and Yves Saint Laurent, two designers who “shared the same stage, but a different destiny.” Both Lagerfeld and Saint Laurent were visionaries in the business,tried to […]