Celebrity Lifestyle Designer
There are some things that just defy description...there are simply no words. Over the holidays I spent a lot of time in Parrot Cay in Turks and Cacaos completing a job for a client.
Turks and Cacaos is an amazing enclave of spectacular island villas owned by a small group of uber celebrities and the wildly successful. The homes on the island are the penultimate of island sophisticated chic. And the high priestess of it all, living in the island castle of any one's dreams is Donna Karan. 
You can't even imagine. And I can't even describe...but I have to. It was that....ugh....there are no words. 
I can just tell you it was so beautiful and so elegant that it made me emotional. And the smell...the smell...I will never forget the smell. 
It smelled like money, fresh, clean, ocean scented money.Every element of the home is designed to pay homage to simple elegance. It's designed to the perfect haven for bare foot decadence. It is divine. These photos are from Architectural Digest and while they are beautiful, you can't even imagine how much better it is in person. The magnitude of the beauty, the sheer assault on the senses...have I mentioned the smell?
This is the playground for success beyond measure, the reward for talent unrestrained. The day of my private tour coincided with the departure of one of Hollywood's elite actors and his family,
who had been enjoying a brief stay. I can't even repeat the amount of money it takes to rent the villa for one night, a number that I guarantee would catch your breath, but I assure you it's worth every penny.
Look at this carved stone wall tile. 
Where else can you see something like this?
Robert is a very talented and versatile designer. 
I've used his lamps for several clients.
better known as The Meatpacking District. 
This is an area of the City that has been experiencing an amazing transformation over the last decade. 
In the early 1900's the area was home to over 259 slaughterhouses and packing plants,
by the 1980's it was an area that was known for sex clubs, drug dealing and prostitution.
Then in the late 1990's 
What a difference a designer can make.
Gansevoort Market is now widely considered the hottest, trendiest place to be in New York City. 
For shopping there are dozens of high-end boutiques to choose from such as 
It used to be an elevated freight railroad 
developed under the aegis of Robert Moses, now it is an incredible greenway modeled after Paris' Promenade Plantée. 
The High Line park isn't finished, when it is done it will continue from the former 34th Street freight yard, near the Javits Convention Center, through the neighborhood of Chelsea to Gansevoort Street (one block below West 12th Street) in the Meat Packing District of the West Village. 
For now just the southernmost section is open while the middle section is still being refurbished.
You can get to the High Line park from five different stairways or an auxiliary elevator on 16th Street. 
The park is lush with naturalized plantings that are inspired by the self-seeded landscape that grew on the unused tracks. 
Spectacular, unexpected views of the city and the Hudson River can be seen along the pebble-dashed concrete walkways. 
The old tracks are incorporated into the park creating a unique perspective of what once was. 
It is nothing short of a work of art. 
for a wedding. 
A good friend got married there recently and I designed the flowers.
With a back drop like this it's hard to go wrong. 
If you've never been to Big 
it is a section of the California coast line where the Santa Lucia mountains 
rise sharply creating awe inspiring cliffs and breath taking vistas. 
It's gorgeous on an epic scale and a perfect location for a simply elegant wedding.
Perfect pale pink roses paired with rich organic mountain greens were our themes. 
The wedding was spectacular.
And the Bride & Groom lived happily ever after... 
Homemade 
So buy fresh organic lemons at the Farmer's market or pick them right off of your tree if you live in Southern California.
Before giving my gifts I look to put them in the freezer and attach a pretty ribbon with a tag that says: Serve Chilled. Don't be 
I was in a meeting with one of my assistants talking about great homemade Christmas gifts and the subject of 
I had lemon fettuccine,
lemon creme puffs 
and of course perfectly chilled 
stay tuned to the blog, I promise to give the complete recipe and how to...
