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Part I: Antigua   What started in the snow: My Nephew on his knees in the snow proposing to his girlfriend     (…was consummated at the Beach!) A pretty darn cute “Save the Date Card” Well it all started last winter when our nephew proposed to his girlfriend while she was mastering the bunny slope on a ski trip … Read More

From the Gallery at Cabana Home… Bronze on view at Cabana Home- Mill Valley Cabana Home Stores in Santa Barbara and Mill Valley have been selected as representatives of the Artists and Sculptor, Darcy Sears. Sears, A resident of Northern California studied with Eugene Daub, Tebby George, Bruno Lucchesi, and Peter Rubino to hone her craft as a sculptor, working … Read More

Art, Art, there is never too much art… Michelangelo’s David Warhol’s Marilyn    One of the greatest joys in my life is living with art! Living with it, around it, sometimes even on it. Art on the walls, on the floor, and the furniture we sit on. There is art and architecture in everything we do and everywhere we go, … Read More

For those of you at the show already, here are some events and venues not to be missed!  Several of the biggest collectors in the US reside in Miami and are part of what is called the “Miami Model”. These collectors have opened their own museums and institutions in which to show their private contemporary and modern art collections. Rubell Family … Read More

For those of you at the show already, here are some events and venues not to be missed!  Several of the biggest collectors in the US reside in Miami and are part of what is called the “Miami Model”. These collectors have opened their own museums and institutions in which to show their private contemporary and modern art collections. Rubell Family … Read More

Woo hoo!!! Its that time of year again, to overdose on art! And there’s no better time or place to do it than in Miami Beach which opened to the public today in this city by the sea.Art Basel Miami Beach, in its 12th year, is an off shoot of its famous cousin in Switzerland, Art Basel. The show officially runs December … Read More

O Santa Barbara has a way of grabbing headlines, and this last week has been no exception with all the press and hullabaloo in and around what the locals are calling The Oprah Yard Sale (the Kaminski Auctions billed it as “The Oprah Winfrey Collection”). Whatever you call it, it was fun for us, and the proceeds benefit The Oprah … Read More

We started the day at Tommy Bahama (outdoor furniture, not clothes!). What we learned that it’s one of the most successful created Brands (there is no real Tommy Bahama) around the idea of weekend enjoyment, time off, relaxation, and everything else you can think of doing except working. Imagine such a corporate vision and philosophy. I somehow had the idea … Read More