Coco & Emma

Cocktails & Pajamas...and cocktail rings?

What is it about Sofia Coppola? She has a fantastic sense of style, great taste in music and although some like to criticize her directorial work, I think she has a unique vision that should be appreciated. Always on the best dressed lists, I had reason to pause when I saw this photo of her in Vogue. And reason to add this tear sheet to my "magazine file". I felt I would need to refer to this again someday (*). We see beautiful pajamas and slippers, which are the result of her partnership with

Sneak Peek: Metropolis II

A Belated Happy New Year! Here's to 2012 being the best year yet for all of us. And additinally for me, 2012 will mark a renewed dedication to Coco and Emma. Bring it on! This morning I had the pleasure of attending {with the fabulous sarah bowman}a private unveiling of a new exhibit at LACMA over which I am still marvelling: Chris Burden's Metropolis II. As the artist explained, "Metropolis II is an intense and complex kinetic sculpture, modeled after a fast- paced, frenetic modern city. It

The Great Cy Twombly

About 10 years ago I did an about-face and fell in love with contemporay art. And one the greatest artists in this category, in my opinion, is Cy Twombly. His work takes on various forms: abstract, to minimalism, to pop; child-like scribbles, to smears, to orbital shapes. With his passing in Rome today at age 83, it is only fitting today to celebrate his utterly unique life and impressive body of work. Born in Lexington, Va. in 1928 and nicknamed, like his father, after the baseball pl