TRAVEL: Cote D'Azur

Last week I travelled with my family to the Cote D'Azur in France. It's been a good ten years since I was last here. This is an image of the old port in Nice. In France, things change but at a much slower pace than in NYC. We visited villages high above the Mediterranean, people-watched from cafe terraces in St.Tropez and Monaco, and of course ate incredible food.

FLEA FINDS

A small painting I picked up from the FT GREENE FLEA MARKET from arthouse. A little "Hopper-esque" rendition of the old Domino sugar factory in Williamsburg, Brooklyn.

JEWELRY: large hand forged cuff

In the winter, I like to wear large pieces of jewelry to offset all the chunky layers that I'm wearing so a large cuff always stand out. This one has an unusual pear shaped stone, raw pyrite in slate, that I found at a gem show. I buy stones based on color and intuition unlike traditional jewelers who value the rarity and preciousness of gemstones. I love going to stone shows and just poking around, I'm just drawn to certain stones intuitively and instantly imagine it as some incredible finished piece. Therefore each stone is hand selected and never bought in bulk since I rarely make multiple pieces. Wear this over long skinny sleeves!!!