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Liquid Inspiration

I took Aesthete’s advice. And shouldn’t we all, without equivocation, on any number of matters.

Long time readers of Easy and Elegant Life will know of my reverence for Sara and Gerald Murphy. Indeed, their way of life continues to inspire Mrs. E. and me on an almost daily basis.

I’d forgotten my love of mixing a [...]

But Is It Art?

Almost every dormitory room at school had Van Gogh’s “Sunflowers” hanging on the wall above the desk. Well, not the real thing, of course, but a poster.

This being the 80’s and the Levi’s 501 Blues campaign being in full swing, Matisse’s “Blue Nude” was another popular choice. Matisse was followed closely in popularity by Van [...]

I’m All Sally Fields.

“I’ve been discovered. What does one wear?” Gerald Murphy.

First the print magazine, now the online mention. So glad that they chose the “clean desk” photo. Thank you again to “House Beautiful” and to Shax Riegler who first contacted me.

As I can’t possibly afford to replace my hat wardrobe, I won’t let it swell my head.

Starting [...]

Luxe, calme et volupté.* That sounds wonderful. In today’s world, I find that there is a disturbing lack of all of the above. Maybe it’s the speed at which we live our daily lives, multitasking during each measured moment of the day and well into our nights. Whatever the reason, I think that we’ve lost something that our parents and grandparents took for granted. Not just an ease in society or how to throw an intimate dinner for six or write a thank you note, but an everyday elegance. Easy and Elegant Life is my attempt to define what makes up an elegant existence and to pass along a few easy (and inexpensive) ideas for bringing back a little elegance to our everyday lives. Here you will find ideas for living, decorating, entertaining and dressing with an easy elegance. Not just my ideas. To help point the way, I intend to seek out all sorts of people -- professional lifestyle experts and those who seem to have been born elegant -- asking them what they believe constitutes elegance and how we can best achieve it. So to those whom Honore de Balzac called “elegantologists” I dedicate this site and the good fight. * From “L’Invitation au voyage” by Charles Baudelaire. The whole line reads: “Là, tout n’est qu’ordre et beauté/ Luxe, calme et volupté.”

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