I saw this antique, supposedly German mannequin head for sale on eBay several months ago (the listing is long gone.)  It doesn’t look like any other antique mannequin head I’ve seen. Not that I was looking for one- they just pop up now and then in the categories I like to search. Images: Top row [...]

A LOT of Hermès boxes. A LOT of Manolo Blahnik boxes. Several Chanel boxes. Bergdorf Goodman box. And I ended up with a nice set of Hermès boxes for storage. These boxes were found in the garbage on 1/21/2009 on East 88th Street.

I’ve obviously been watching a lot of TV this week.  On the third episode of MTV’s reality show, The City, Whitney and Erin catch up while strolling on the Jackie O’Nassis Reservoir jogging path – suddenly they stop to check out the amazing view- the same view I highlighted last week in the Sunset Gathering [...]

Larry Fink, Russian Ball, Colony Club, New York City, 1977, via MoMA Blair’s maid, Darota via WoodyCakes On tonight’s episode of Gossip Girl, Blair throws a little party for members of the exclusive women’s social group, The Colony Club, in an attempt to gain entrance.  Her guests turn out to be a bunch of stodgy, [...]

There’s a tin my family has been using to keep sewing pins in for 20 years.  It originally held black currant pastilles – one of my favorite tastes as a kid.  Seeing the tin the other day I became determined to find the pastilles once again.  I googled the brand Allenbury’s, which seems to have [...]