Monthly Archives: September 2025

…………………..There is a saying……….”MEN MAKE PLANS…….AND GOD LAUGHS”……………Well I had plans to go and see my first live POLO match, but it has been canceled due to rain…..It’s been raining since late afternoon on Saturday and it continues to rain now, Sunday morning…..I am sure the rain soaked field is much too dangerous for both the horses and their riders……I’m sorry to miss it and spend a day with my friends….but…..we need the rain BADLY!!!…It’s just too bad the rain didn’t come on Monday instead of Sunday….New plans…I have so many indoor projects that I’ve been procrastinating about…..it’s a good day to start them……Have a lovely day!

………………….”LEMON PASTA”……..one of my favorite dishes to make is Lemon Pasta….it’s also a guest pleaser….The “sauce” is easy to make and very quick…….The zest and juice of two lemons [you can add more if you like it really lemony….even a few drops of lemon extract!], heavy cream, butter, olive oil, minced garlic [how much is up to you], salt, ground pepper [again how much is up to you…..Actually, the amount of butter, and cream is all up to you too….There is no science to this….Tasting will be the judge…..I use thick wide pasta….it holds the sauce better…..First cook the pasta and set aside in large bowl….next cook your garlic and oil [don’t burn the garlic!], then add you lemon and heavy cream….constantly stirring….add your salt and ground pepper….When it all starts to thicken it’s done!….Pour sauce over pasta and mix well…..Serve in pasta bowls…If you like you can add a garnish of thin slices of lemon to each dish…it’s pretty!….The final touch is pecorino Parmesean cheese that I serve in a separate bowl. Everyone can add how much they like…..A good COLD white wine goes marvelously with the pasta…..Bon Appetit!

…………………POLO…….”THE SPORT OF KINGS”…………..I am very excited to see my very first LIVE POLO match this Sunday at the Greenwich, CT. Polo Club……I’ve seen the game of polo played many times in movies and on TV, but I’ve never been to an actual game……….I’ll report back after the game with pictures on what I thought about being a spectator at a Polo match!……TGIF!

…………………..GIORGIO ARMANI………an ICON….a POWER HOUSE……a LEGEND…….has passed away at the age of 91…….FEW designers can claim to have changed the face and the course of fashion…..but Armani could, and he owned it……He burst upon the scene in the 70s, and by 1980 he was a house hold name……..I can recall at the age of 21….very slender…you had to be to wear Armani……going to Barneys down town to buy my first Armani suit….I HAD to have it…..In those days I could buy an Armani suit right off the rack….a 38-40 regular…..Who could forget Richard Gere in the 1980 movie…..”American Gigolo”…..The iconic scene….him standing bare chested in his bedroom…..pulling out of his closet one Armani suit after the other, laying them on his bed with coordinating Armani shirts and ties!!!EVERYONE who loved fashion wanted to dress in Armani!…..He deconstructed men’s and women’s clothing, but still had that indescribable Armani tailoring….that vision that was his alone…..but copied by many!…..Jac worked for Armani for many years…..Mr. Armani, as she would call him, booked her for a MONTH before his fashion show. He fit the samples for the collection on her. He thought she had the perfect body for his clothes….slender with broad shoulders…..Then she would do his shows….She traveled around the world for him……She had an understanding with him that if she took this very long booking, she would still be able to do other designers shows….he agreed…..He took very good care of her, and always booked her in lovely hotels not far from his atelier in Milan…..Even when she stopped going to Europe, when ever she would see him in NYC…..they always kissed and hugged. I could tell he was genuinely happy to see her. I met Mr. Armani through Jac…..She knew everyone….many more designers than me!…..He was a HANDS ON DESIGNER…..and was responsible for everything he touched….the clothing, the accessories….the home products, and the hotels he designed…..He worked until the end, and only missed ONE of his shows…..the very last one. He was too sick to attend……In the crazy world of fashion….where it seems sometimes to have gone off the deep end, and there’s very little to commend….with only a very few doing anything original……you could always count on Armani to bring us BEAUTY………No one can ever replace him……..There was and is only one……….GIORGIO ARMANI……..Rest in Peace Mr. Armani….your work and you will live forever.