Paris, France — We’re joining in in the celebrations for World Egg Day which was established back in 1996 in Vienna and is held on the second Friday in October each year. […]
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The Sparkling Fashion of 18th Century Pocket Luxury
Paris, France — Tiny perfume bottles, tobacco pouches, snuffboxes( carried by women as well as men) and beauty boxes (often holding a beauty mark) with a mirror on the inside lid all […]
Cult: Color Me Giacometti
Paris, France —These are the painted sculptures. The secret sculptures. These are the sculptures that Alberto Giacometti painted, painted in often seemingly funky colours like deep orange. The Fondation Giacometti Institut located […]
Critic’s Choice: Paris Comes to New York at Bergdorf Goodman
New York, New York — Color and texture are emerging at one of the city’s great luxury deparment stores, the now legendary Bergdorf Goodman. But not through fashion but rather through contemporary […]
A Gourmet Gazette Fine Fortified Wine Find: A Balmy Beaumes de Venise
This is luxurious liquid gold from the good earth around the small picturesque village of Beaumes-de-Venise in the Provence region of southeastern France. The eponymous wine—Muscat de Baumes de Venise — is […]
The Attraction of Antiquity
Paris, France — It turned out to be one of the highlights of the incredibly rich artful autumn in Paris which is traditionally peppered with art fairs, exhibition openings and glamorous gallery […]
Critic’s Choice: The Sacred and the Divine
Paris, France — The lyrical and the sacred are being played out in the elegant gallery district of the Golden Triangle in Paris where the Almine Rech gallery is hosting a show […]
Harmonious Horsehair
Jouy-en-Josas, France — Lovers of a good night’s sleep have always known about the wonders of a horsehair mattress. It is just one of life’s affordable luxuries, well somewhat affordable. But horsehair, […]
Moments in Time: Genoa Boat Show Time
Eberhard & Co.’s Scafograf 200 Limited Edition “Onde Bleue » meaning blue wave. Photo courtesy Eberhard & Co. Handout via The Gourmet Gazette Genoa, one of the great port cities of the Mediterranean. […]
From the Faraway Lands
Paris, France —There were the treasures of the influential Kuba Kingdom of the Congo: masks, cups, boxes and textiles. The masks and objects of the Lega people of the Congo are juxtaposed […]
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