“‘November is the most disagreeable month in the whole year,’ said Margaret, standing at the window one dull afternoon, looking out at the frostbitten garden.”
— Louisa May Alcott, Little Women
Reading: Donna Tartt’s The Goldfinch
Video: Mr. TC and I have been watching old Inspector Morse episodes on Netflix
Art: “The Armory Show at 100” at the New-York Historical Society
Deborah Lippman is offering a limited edition trio of nail colors for the Holiday 2013 season. The set is called Space Oddity, and it includes three layerable shades titled When Lightning Strikes (“celestial silver”), Planet Rock (“smoky lavender”), and Baby I’m a Star (“galactic rose gold”).
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My latest post on Now Smell This is a perfume review of Gershwin from the niche fragrance house of Maria Candida Gentile. You can read it here.
Sometimes I feel guilty about indulging in expensive lipsticks, and about recommending these lipsticks to any of you who are reading here. Just for the record: I do have some drugstore favorites! Here’s one: L’Oréal’s Colour Riche Lipstick in Blushing Berry (shade 590).
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I don’t normally slow down when I pass the various bead and trimming stores in west Midtown, but this sign made me laugh. I can never resist a reference to New York City history.
I’m sure the real story is more complicated, but still — very clever.
(This post goes out to my friend Leslie—New Yorker, historian, and craftsperson extraordinaire.)
Images: photo by Tinsel Creation; detail of postcard (1909) from the Museum of the City of New York archives, reproduced here.
TINSEL CREATION 