Need a new delicious restaurant to add to your roster when you’re in NYC? Look no further than Sessanta, located at 60 Thompson street. FBD Creative Director Kelley and I popped by the Italian eatery last night and sampled several items from the menu, including their crispy brussels sprouts, grilled octopus, burrata, baby gem salad, grilled salmon, fazzoleti pasta with lamb, eggplant parmesan, and prime hangar steak (check the menu here). The food was BOMB. Bomb. Bomb. The pasta was…
Style Diary: The New Musuem in an Innocente Messy Blue Mboka Cape Coat, Les Petite Joueurs Bag, and Celine Sunglasses
This weekend has been all about art, and being inspired by the works of others! From Ty Alexander’s book to Hidden Figures to the Pipilotti Rist Exhibit at the New Museum, I was all about expanding my view of others and the world. Though I tend to use travel as my main stimulus, you don’t have to go far to widen your perspective! I headed to the New Museum this weekend to attend the Pipilotti Rist exhibit. I went for…
Reflections on Hidden Figures: Don’t Let Anyone Steal Your Magic
Happy Martin Luther King, Jr. Day! Though I’ve been a waste of space lately (saving up my energy for all the panels and book events on my calendar), I decided to venture outside today and check out Hidden Figures with my friends. The touching film, based on a True Story, tells of Katherine Johnson (Taraji P. Henson), Mary Jackson (Janelle Monae) and Dorothy Vaughan (Octavia Spencer), three extremely brilliant physicists, mathematicians, and engineers who worked at NASA in the 60’s.…
Claire’s Picks: 5 Candles I’m Loving Right Now Including Le Labo’s Figue 15, Lit’s 1989, Jo Malone’s Blackberry & Bay, and More!
As I sat last night, indulgently inhaling the scent of Figue 15 in my boudoir, I thought: the world needs to smell this! Though I’m typically a little queasy with candles (I’m afraid of fires), it seems I’ve built up quite the stash of glorious smelling options. Read on for 5 of my faves: 1. Figue 15 by Le Labo My friend Carlos received this candle in a gift bag at a high end party, and was kind enough to…
My birthday was turned all the way up, so I decided to cool it all the way down this weekend. For me, it was all about getting my house in order…catching up on expenses, cleaning, working out, popping by art exhibits, and getting in some good reading! I received Ty Alexander’s book “Things I Wish I Knew Before My Mom Died” in the mail, and decided to indulge while burning my new BOMB Figue 15 candle (more on that later).…
As I stared out from the 36th floor at the Waldorf Towers yesterday, celebrating my birthday, I thought back to my first January in New York many many moons ago. As I wrote in my book, “My first day in New York was three days before my 23rd birthday. The weekend I arrived, I remember feeling so overwhelmed by the amount of stuff to do in Time Out New York and so intimidated by all the many, many people walking…





