

Understated luxury and true comfort – “Marshall Watson: Defining Elegance” by Marshall Watson
Dear readers, since we were talking about interior designer and interior design books here, I can’t help myself but need to mention...


Dining in Rive-Gauche Parisian style - Brasserie Lutetia, Paris
Dear readers, perhaps it might sound a bit silly, but how many of you know how the city name ‘Paris’ came about? At first, it was my...


The life of a stylish actor and interior decorator – “Class Act: William Haines, Legendary Hollywood Decorator” (2005)
Dear readers, after my previous blog about a book of the late handsome and suave British artist, stage and interior designer, I can’t...


Theatrical elegance – “Oliver Messel: In the Theatre of Design” (2011)
Dear readers, as I recently started the Youtube channel for this blog of mine, which means that it requires me to put extra work on each...


Yachting in style – Sanlorenzo SL90 Asymmetric
Dear readers, celebrations are almost everywhere throughout the past months, especially before Christmas and right after the New Year,...


Jeff Leatham – the celebrity florist, the book, and his perfume
Dear readers, Christmas is only a week away, one of the things that delight me the most about this festive holiday, is that it gives you...


Artistic treasure trove - Marin Montagut boutique, Paris
Dear readers, when in Paris, besides going to your favorite tea house or museum, shopping is needlessly to say one of the best thing that...


Connect with the French fashion legend - Musée Yves Saint Laurent, Paris
Dear readers, did anyone of you watch the TV show “Becoming Karl Lagerfeld”? I first noticed the show because of the German-Spanish...


Intellectual chic meets coastal glamour - Hôtel Belles Rives, Juan-les-Pins Antibes
Dear readers, if you are into literature, the late American writer and novelist, Francis Scott Fitzgerald (a.k.a. F. Scott Fitzgerald),...


Resort palace in the French Riviera - Hôtel du Cap-Eden-Roc, Antibes
Dear readers, during the peak of the pandemic back in about two years ago, I went to a bookstore on one of the weekend, it was dead-quiet...