We met Angelo Surmelis at High Point.I really wasn't stalking him! Ashley was on her cell phone and I saw this man wearing a hat walking briskly in front of me, whom I immediately identified as Angelo Surmelis. Now, I've watched Angelo on HGTV's Rate My Space and knew he had a line of furniture, bedding, rugs and drapes called appropriately enough angelo: HOME and Continue Reading
Highlights of High Point – First Impressions
First Impressions of High Point Highlights Ashley and I just returned from High Point Market and I thought I'd share our first impressions. In its 85 years, I've concluded High Point has grown like Topsy into a maze of spaces and buildings.The 3rd floor terrace is a great place to get some rays as well as socialize at sunset.First impressions Continue Reading
Vieux Carre Pied a’ Terre
This is my first of three posts about my Vieux Carre Pied a' Terre in New Orleans, French Quarter.20+ years ago my husband and I decided it would be fun to spend a weekend as tourist in our own home town. Some big convention was that weekend and there wasn’t a hotel room to be had in the French Quarter. I complained and my husband said, “The only way you’re Continue Reading
Batting 100 with Bryan Batt!
Byran Batt is Batting 100!A successful acting career on Broadway. A character in the award-winning show Mad Men. A Big Easy home furnishing boutique named Hazelnut. A touching memoir, She Ain't Heavy, She's My Mother, and now, a second book, Big, Easy Style: Creating Rooms You Love To Live In; the title playing off of the nick name for New Orleans. Seems Continue Reading
Why Didn’t We Think of That?
Why didn't we think of that?Well, I'm kicking myself all over because why we didn't think of this idea! But it does seem appropriate to blog about it on a Wednesday. Anne Maxwell Foster and Suysel de Pedro Cunningham of Tilton Fenwick (named after both of their freshman college dorms) have just launched a Wallpaper Weekly blog post. This is what they had to say Continue Reading
