Festive fun + fabulous company made for a fantastic evening last night! At Nest, we “Turned Up the Cheer” with our friends from Design Within Reach and Mitchell Gold +Bob Williams, and auctioned off one-of-a-kind wreaths to benefit DIFFA. Thanks everyone for joining in the festivities! Only 24 more days till Christmas!!! As always, write [...]
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For Your Eyes Only
Warby Parker is the cool kid’s vintage inspired prescription eyewear frames that everyone’s talking about (and smartly stocked at pocket-friendly prices). Think $95 for these babies, Rx included! In May, we hosted a cocktail party at Nest to launch the first Warby Parker pop-shop in Texas! If you missed it, how dare you!?!. Some photo-ops from the [...]
Haute Hot
My affinity for dining al fresco is no secret, but even I have my limits. Today, I learned that limit is 104 degrees. If you’re fortunate to not have this climate issue, please invite me! So, if you are with me in this heat wave, I’ll fill you in on a few secrets to keeping cool in the shade of [...]
Fresh from the Paper Garden
Last spring was ripe with time spent outside. New puppies to play with, lots of gorgeous weather to take in, and a budding (wanna-be) green thumb to draw me out of my kitchen on warm Saturday afternoons. Translated–new creature inspired designs launched this week at the National Stationery Show in New York City. A burst [...]
A Saturday in Style
Well, hello! Has it really been this long? I have had a few irons in the fire (which is code for: stay tuned…). A trip to reveal new things is just around the corner. A new bellinvito.com is days away from launching, and some very talented ladies are in my store for a trunk show [...]





