7th Floor at Bergdorf Goodman

The 7th floor at Bergdorf Goodman is filled with good bibelots for the home. Kelly Wearstler has an accessories collection that you can only get there and Amy Lau has an installation she did with Maya Romanoff. Definitely worth checking out when you are lunching at BG.

The Best Little Museum in New York!

Technically The Fisher Landau Center for Art is in Long Island City, a quick shot over the Queensboro Bridge. Emily Fisher Landau has accumulated an impressive collection of art starting from 1960 to the present from artists like Donald Judd, Agnes Martin, Ed Ruscha, Cy Twombley, Jenny Holzer, Jasper Johns, and Robert Rauschenberg. On a non-descript street in a former parachute factory the immaculately white building is crowd free, as if you are walking around your own private museum. And there is no admission fee. Make a day of it and go to the Noguchi Museum, PS1, and the Socrates Sculpture Park(a Trans Am trophy!), all are nearby.

Classic Cameras

Stylistically this Rolleiflex camera by Minox is reminicscent of times gone by, but underneath the vintage design is a digital camera with today's technology. The shutter release even requires you to manually wind the crank. It's available in a no non-sense black, or a more sporty red and black. Not surprisingly, Minox also makes the 007 Spy cam, check it out at license-to-shoot.com.

Pendleton Wool Blankets

This has been a long winter and it's not showing signs of stopping. One of our favorite old school home accessories that you probably remember from Grandpa's cabin are Pendleton Woolen Mill's blankets. One of our favorites is the Grand Teton National Park blanket from the National Park series. The simple, bold designs made from wool will stand the test of time. Warm up the bed and your decor with any one of these. They will last forever.

Savannah Desk and Regency Dresser

With our new designs, the Savannah Desk and the Regency Dresser, we decided to use fabric to cover the drawer faces for texture and depth. This is another way to customize our furniture so that you can make each piece your own. The fabric option along with our many multi layered, hand applied finishes help you to create the perfect piece for your home. The Regency Dresser is shown in color cerused iron mountain gray with a high gloss finish and wool flannel drawer faces. The Savannah Desk is shown in a weathered finish with Belgian linen drawer faces. Each piece of furniture is hand made in our Connecticut factory. Please contact our Client Services Group and make an appointment to visit our studio in SoHo where we can offer inspiration and ideas for your home.

Please help Haiti

We encourage you to give what you can to help those in Haiti.

The Red Cross is taking donations and a quick and easy way is to text "Haiti" to 90999 for a quick $10 donation. Or you can make a donation on line to the Haitian Relief and Development Fund. You can also donate at Unicef where 100% of your donation will go towards saving children's lives. American Express Cardmembers enrolled in the Membership Rewards program can redeem points and give them to charity to support Haiti. $1000 points gets you $10. American Express is also one of many credit card companies where you can charge your donation and they will not charge the charity a fee for processing. Others have done this as well, just ask your credit card company.

For a comprehensive list of charities and how you can donate please click here. Our thoughts and prayers are with the people of Haiti.

Georgia O'Keefe at the Whitney

We've all seen the flowers and photographs. And if you are lucky, even visited her museum in Santa Fe and her inspirational home in Abiquiu, New Mexico. Both are so simple and elegant, and her home so ahead of its time. So to further your education in O'Keefe, check out the abstract works on view at the Whitney Museum. Beautiful, different, and the movement and color is peaceful and awesome at the same time. Check it out.

Get Healthy!

It's a New Year with new resolutions and a great time to break old habits and start new healthy routines. Our CEO did a cleanse and loved it so much (and we saw his results) that we all did it. This is not a fast, it's a cleanse so you get to eat but it really helps you break old eating and drinking habits. One of the first things you notice is your complexion clears up, you sleep better, and you really start to notice what you eat. Many people have lost weight and lowered their cholesterol levels. Get all the details here. And Dave is a friend of ours who is always available for advice or questions along the way. We love a personal touch.

And here is some good information from the Harvard School of Public Health on how to get to your healthy weight, what works and what doesn't, and how important your waist size is. Check it out. And finally some healthy and helpful hints from Cooking Light.