Taken Down By Downton: Rep. Aaron Schock Resigns
Strangest political scandal of all time? ABC News reports on Congressman Aaron Schock’s announced resignation.
The Ralph Lauren Grey Haberdashery Collection
The new spring catalog from Bloomingdales features a chic and polished masculine bedroom (save, perhaps, for the lavender sheets and pillows). The items are from Ralph Lauren and are a Bloomie’s exclusive called Grey Haberdashery. The name alone should appeal…
Shrine To Myself: The Trophy Hall Of Tom Buchanan
After posting about the Plaza Hotel’s Fitzgerald suite a couple of weeks ago, I decided to rewatch the Baz Luhrmann Gatsby adaptation. I’d only seen it once and didn’t remember much, which is never a good sign. I’d planned to…
Very Plane Style
The third and last in a series of aviation-themed posts brings us to the point when things go too far and you get lost in the design equivalent of the Bermuda Triangle. I’m speaking, of course, about the extraordinary eyesore…
Come Fly With Me
Following up our last post about Harrison Ford’s plane accident (and the interiors of his iconic role as Indiana Jones), here’s a roundup of sleek and silvery airplane decor pieces for your desk, shelf or side table. They might even…
Back Home Again With Indiana
When I was planning this site, the home of the character Indiana Jones was one of the first ideas for a post that I wrote down. So when I heard the news yesterday evening that Harrison Ford was injured in…
Men Without Women: Stuart Davis’ 1932 Radio City Mural
Smoking has long provided men in polite society to excuse themselves and be alone. Of course this also gave women the chance to be alone, but it was the men who were discussing — or at least in control of…
Suite & Lovely: The Plaza Hotel and F. Scott Fitzgerald
Here’s a piece I wrote a couple of years ago for Billionaire.com (always loved the in-your-faceness of the site’s name). The Plaza still offers the Fitzgerald suite, which goes for $1,595 per night. * * * Plaza Hotel, New York:…
Devon & Devon Sinks: Where The Stylish Man Shaves
There’s plenty of stylish shaving equipment out there, but you still need a sink to complete the morning ritual. Enter Devon & Devon, whose basins and bathroom vanities have such appropriate names as Ascot, Empire, Jetset, Oxford and Bentley, any…
Harvard Dorm Rooms, 1899
These photos are from the Harvard library‘s collection of images and are circa 1899. Tradition is supplied by the furniture, wallpaper, paintings, etc., and youth is supplied by the timely ephemera tacked alongside. I’ll leave you with a kicker: In…