Category Archives: La Bonne Vivante

La douceur de la vie

Tonight the thing I cherish most of all is the sweet balm of friendship and love. There are some people whose hearts are so wide that you can easily find yourself falling into them. There are some so honest and profound that listening to them talk steals away all your unhappiness, until you have forgotten [...]

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Now in Shop! Honorine Necklace by la collagiste

Encircled in a laurel wreath motif, the brilliant red faceted cabochons and patinated “gold” bezels on this necklace call to mind a festive evening on the town: a ruby elixir, a trip down the red carpet, her scarlet-red lips.
Fittingly complemented with 6 mm chartreuse cathedral beads capped in gold and finished with a regal 8 [...]

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Le porte-pique nique

When I lived in Brooklyn, I was forever seeing empty suitcases. Many were stunningly well-preserved 1960’s era Samsonites. With their sturdy functionality and mod high style, they were pretty well begging for me to bring them home to our 675 square foot apartment with no closets (that’s NO closets – not small, or few closets [...]

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