Sunday At Home or Creating Order Out of Chaos

Like the rest of the world, I can't stop watching the videos from Japan. This one from the BBC shows when the tsunami first hits the lan...

Tiger Mom Does Davos

Well once again it's that time of year.... yeah you know, the Davos World Economic Forum, where the best and the brightest get together ...

October Sunday Chez BHB

  Piper Heidsieck Champagne and  Pumpkin Muffins and 1500 blog posts

A Day In The Life

A lot has been going on in my life in the last 7 days....a birthday (my son's 27th), a wedding, a party, a funeral and an earthquake and...

Thank You

Thank you everyone  for your kind comments about my post about my step-grandson's death this past week. Of course no one  is ever prepar...

The Unbearable Shortness Of Being

When my husband died he was in his mid fifties and I was in my early thirties.  At that time I thought that the age of fifty something was u...

My Birthday Girl

Young Miss de Ville turns 25 today! How quickly that quarter of a century went by.

Dress Whites - Rota Command Change 2008

Happy Mother's Day!

I would love to spend time with ma mere today but she is off on vacation comme d'hab in this pretty place Happy Mother's Day mama...

Hanging Out With Lady G

Alex and the lovely Laura are in Coachella this weekend for the mother of all music festivals. When you are 26 I can see why a weekend conc...

Just Another Easter Dinner At Home

I woke up early today to the sound of rain. So unusual for this time of year. It fit my mood. Yesterday an earthquake that I didn't feel...

Friends, Aquaintances and Closets - LA Style

I have been trying to write this post for three days but little overtaxed brain doesn't seem to be able to put into words the point I am...