Portugal calls. Those of you who love the Iberian peninsula know that the Mediterranean Sea calls to tourists who love the sparkle of aquamarine waters. I’m always intrigued with the many different blues off the...

Attention, theater lovers, attention! What a treat it is to see a great production of a classic play — and what an added bonus it is when the sets, the costumes and the lighting design...

It’s pumpkin time, when glowing jack-o-lanterns greet scary goblins, as well as the trick-or-treaters who will arrive at our doors on Tuesday. The pumpkin is to Halloween what the evergreen is to Christmas, the egg...

If I were to select my favorite stone for jewelry and for color, it would definitely be larimar. Do you know it? It’s a gemstone of the blue variety, made of the mineral pectolite and mined only...

Recently, Barbara Eden and I chatted at a foundation luncheon about the couple’s two-week photo-safari adventure to Kenya and Tanzania. It was a trip Barbara had looked forward to for many years but had delayed...

Ocean blue, the color of the Atlantic outside many Palm Beachers’ windows, is perhaps the color of choice for the new season. While hunter green, navy blue, claret wine and rich brown seem to lead...

At home, you can feel confident that paintings will look just fine in rooms with colorful painted walls. When you’re planning your own drawing room, library, family room or bedroom, rest assured that work of...

In design and decorating world, styles also aren’t set in stone, but somehow the classics still hang in there. Architectural tastes change as well, as do the preferred building materials. Steel buildings with glass facades...

What's old is now new in decorating. I have found of late that while the traditional antique market is weakening, the popularity of original designs and color combinations from the ’50s and ’60s is exploding....