Gigi the dog left us a year ago today at the grand old age of 16. As I wrote then, “The ancient Celts believed that the boundaries between our world and the spirit world were more easily crossed on the festival day now known as Halloween. That’s why I chose this date to help Gigi…
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Samuel L. Jackson Is Here to Make Your Day Better
This Pulp Fiction/Brett Kavanaugh mashup work of genius, starring Samuel L. Jackson as Jules Winnfield, aka everyone’s mood. View this post on Instagram CHECK OUT THE BIG BRAIN ON BRETT A post shared by Elara (@elarapictures) on Sep 28, 2018 at 1:43am PDT The icing on the cake? Jackson’s response to the mashup. Funny as…
Throwback Thursday: Henri Bendel Memories
Henri Bendel — the New York department store with the instantly recognizable brown-and-white striped packaging — is closing after 123 years in business. Bendel’s was one of the four chic “B” stores in New York along with Bloomingdale’s, Barneys, and Bergdorf Goodman. For a long time, the store was near and dear to my heart,…
Spacenook and Versace
At the end of last week, I finally felt I’d had enough of Spacenook, the social-media giant that seems intent on ending democracy here and around the world. I was all set to delete my personal account until I realized I needed it for my business and political pages. As if it had felt my…
“Do Not Be So Presumptuous”: A Note From Richard Kimball
In my last post, I redacted the name of a jeweler who publicly criticized my ANZA PURE x Wendy Brandes collaboration because I didn’t want to create undue trouble for him even though I was like … I figured it was one thing for me to write about his mean-boy comment, but another thing for…
Vote for My Rings (Because Safety First!)
In the early days of blogging, I had fun campaigning for online contests, but this time I’m conflicted. It’s been eight years since the vast reach and power of Poodle made that tech company my personal Voldemort. I never imagined that the social-media company that I will now refer to as Spacenook would become even…
My Oscar Gown Archives, Part II
To celebrate tonight’s Academy Awards — and console myself for not being there this year — I’m reminiscing about my personal Oscar fashion archive. Picking up where I left off in Part I, Part II begins in 2006. Beauty-wise, I skipped the faux-ny tail again and, thankfully, opted for straight hair. I had enough going…
How Tiffany Haddish Got One Woman on Inside Edition
Over the weekend, Tiffany Haddish became the first female African-American comedian to host Saturday Night Live in its 42-year existence (and she killed it!). In fact, only 13 episodes of 834 have been hosted by an African-American woman from any part of the entertainment business, and that counts Queen Latifah twice. Black female hosts on…
Happy National Pumpkin Day!
It’s “National Pumpkin Day,” a very special holiday created by who knows. I suspect this is further evidence of the existence of a pumpkin-growers cabal that has also led to the proliferation of pumpkin products every autumn. Eventually we’ll all be living in pumpkin houses, driving in our pumpkin coaches to see the Pumpkin Spice Girls…
Seen in New York City
It was a beautiful spring day in New York City, so I took a few photos to share with you. I was inspired when I came upon these two models modeling. Then I noticed a window box of flowers. I appreciate these. It’s like, “Yay! Someone’s making an effort.” My favorite flowers are blue ones…