Fashion in the Tundra

Last weekend, I went upstate, which may as well be Antartica to my wimpy, Miami-born blood. In Millbrook, when snow falls, it seemingly doesn’t melt until April — so you can forget those cute little leather boots. Let’s face it — sometimes, it’s just too cold for fashion. Here’s how I coped. Luckily, my hosts’ house came […]

What to Pack: Thanksgiving in the South

Like millions of you, I spent the Thanksgiving weekend out-of-town. Unlike Christmas, which stretches languorously across the last two weeks of the year, Thanksgiving gets crammed into a truncated weekend. With so many activities and so little time, I kept my suitcase super-light by traveling with three variations of a single theme. Every single outfit was an […]

Lucky 13: My Office Make-Up Essentials

On any given weekday, I only have a few minutes for make-up before I fly out the door. That’s fine for a starter spackle, but around lunchtime, I need a refresh. For years, I skipped the mid-day touch-up, thanks to my aversion for carrying a cosmetics case clattering with brushes and full-size products. But as work-life demands became […]

What to Pack: Sag Harbor in the Hamptons

The Hamptons have a certain patina to non-native New Yorkers. Before my first trip, I envisioned it as a big hedonistic party, snob central for Page Six fixtures, and prohibitively expensive for anyone without a Maybach at their disposal. My first weekend in the Hamptons was in 2009, the summer I moved to New York from […]