Happy Early Summer Weekend!!

Before our fair city acquires her very, er... distinctive summer fragrance, she is bathed in the most delightful scent of Linden trees. Right now - very early summer - the smell is everywhere and I find myself deeply inhaling it. This season is sweet, yet oh-so-short, and needs to be appreciated at every turn. 

Have an beautiful weekend everyone!!

xo

Rony

Dream Date: Anna Shechtman

...who published her first crossword in The Times at age 19 and gets to talk to Will Shortz about what is, and is not, a thing. Anna, want to have Sunday breakfast with me?

- Rony

via Opening Ceremony

We love NY, too, YSL.

A big fat kiss for our hometown.

-Leigh

Yves Saint Laurent kissing a model of the Empire State Building, 1983, photo by Roxanne Lewitt via Pinterest 

Happy happy weekend!!

What a week! Hooray!!

xo

Rony

(High five to The New Yorker for this goosebump-inducing cover.)

Summer Song

You are so right, Blondie. Sometimes New York gets so hot and humid, you feel like you are living in a fishbowl. (Also, I really like how you get all frisky with that Darth Vader-like dude.)

Enjoy!
x
Rony

What We Love Today: Old Glamour Mixed with New

Last night I had the privilege of seeing Woody Allen and his Dixieland band at The Carlyle. It was delightfully fancy and quite thrilling - but I think the star of the show might have been the hotel itself.

Dorothy Draper (no relation to Don) knew a thing or two about glamour. And shininess!

Was this fine gentleman in The Shining?

A detail from the mural in Bemelmans Bar (by Ludwig Bemelman, of Madeline fame).

I wish I had a big, sparkly, glamorous necklace to wear to suit the occasion. This Lady Grey Triple Vex piece would have done nicely.

xo

Rony

Sunday Morning

Good morning friends, Hope it's a good one.

New York, New York.

Mr. Boddington is one of our absolute favorite stationers, and their Mr. Boddington NYC Loves ABC print is our new unofficial official baby gift. Rony was at a baby shower and the mom to be was gifted one of these prints, and the guests all squealed, and when we unpacked them in the store the Catbirds all squealed, so I'd say it's unofficially official indeed.

Mr. Boddington NYC Loves ABC print, $24 available in store and online

Oh Donna

Wow Williamsburg! So grown up and beautiful. Welcome Donna - new bar at 27 Broadway.

Via Hollister Hovey.

Need any stuff?

Just came across this jaw-dropping apartment situation, belonging to one Thomas Clary, book collector, on NYSD. Hovey sisters, take note!

(Via The Terrier & The Lobster.)