I’ve recently been spending my evenings with David Bennett’s and Daniela Mascetti’s irresistible tome, Understanding Jewellery. It’s 496 pages of pure jewelery delight written by two Sotheby’s experts and filled with 919 of the most drool-worthy pictures of jewelry you’ll find anywhere.
And get this: each image has been taken to show the piece of jewelry at its actual size. Now THAT is what I call…
She was Hollywood royalty and a glamour icon both on and off the screen. And now we mourn Elizabeth Taylor, the lovely lady with the legendary lavender eyes.
As pointed out in the LA Times tribute to her extraordinary life, Elizabeth Taylor loved to eat, she loved men and she loved jewels. But perhaps her greatest achievement was her tireless work related to AIDS. Back in 1985,…
The BBC reported in January that the most dire predictions from scientists now suggest that tropical coral reefs will be practically extinct within the next 50 years.
Just imagine — reefs existing today that began growing millions of years ago could cease to exist in a few decades!
Why should you care?
Because these reefs are one of the most complex ecosystems on the planet — think of…
Fake handbags will always be a big No-No in my world but the “Fabulous Fakes” of Kenneth Jay Lane are a big Yes-Yes-YES!
This shoe designer at Christian Dior launched his company in 1963 in New York City. Since then he has amassed a wide celebrity fan base that’s included Jackie Kennedy Onassis and Nancy Reagan along with current collector Gloria Vanderbilt. You may have seen…
Today is Chinese New Year and rings in the Year of the Rabbit. And one of the ways that this major holiday is celebrated revolves around food.
For instance, in China it is traditional to serve a whole fish at the end of the today’s evening meal. Note that it’s a whole fish that is served, with the head and tail intact. This fish symbolizes abundance…
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