The Whitby: Experiencing New York’s Newest Hotel
A last minute business meeting for Jonathan prompted me to call in my birthday gift –- a stay at New York’s newest hotel, The Whitby, on 56th just off Fifth… Read More
Author: Bettie Bearden Pardee
Spain’s Colorful, Whimsical Architecture
As an art major, I was always keen on the modern masters, sometimes the quirkier the better. So imagine my pleasant surprise when my twenty-something assistant, Michelle, returned from Spain… Read More
Spring on the Eastern Shore
The past four months have been a glorious blur of travel — revisiting favorite sights, chancing upon design inspirations in the most unlikely places, taking a fresh look at things… Read More
Casa Tranquila: At Home in Palm Beach
It’s seldom that I pair a home and its garden with individual posts. But Terry Rakolta’s exterior and interior are so elegantly and sympathetically considered — one flows gracefully into… Read More
A Miniature Spring Tablescape
Spring…at last? In trying to hasten the green landscapes that seem so long in coming, I resorted to creating my own for spring entertaining occasions in the house. And what a fun… Read More
Bermuda Influences In a Palm Beach Setting
Overlooking its own cove and the Intracoastal Waterway beyond, a white-stuccoed Bermudian style house boasts not just a name architect, Thomas Kirchhoff, but a name landscape design firm, Nievera Williams,… Read More
Atlanta Garden Party
April has just arrived and I’m using it as an opportunity to share a Bon Appétit “Entertaining with Style” feature that was produced in 1994. Why? Because it is always… Read More
London Pubs: Architecture Galore
While out and about capturing gardens and green scenes in London, I kept finding myself chancing upon one pub after another. Yes, they are ubiquitous in this British metropolis but… Read More
Classic Design Channel: Holly Holden
Author and interior designer Holly Holden was introduced to me by my friend, Andrea, of the must-read blog, “Glam Pad.” It has been serendipitous getting to know Holly as we… Read More
Paris is Always a Good Idea
As spring becomes a reality, one can dream of “April in Paris” — or actually live it. So it seemed timely to pass along my favorite traveler’s post on experiencing… Read More