I should be asleep right now, but instead I am wide awake! Jet lag is terrible. My two favorite definitions of jet lag are (1) When you arrive and your luggage is in better shape than you are; and (2) Nature's way of making you look like your passport photo. Right now both definitions describe me pretty well.
I am thrilled to be back home in Scotland and I am looking forward to joining my husband in Edinburgh today. We are staying at one of our favorite hotels and having dinner at
Khushis, Edinburgh's first Indian restaurant. No trip to Edinburgh is complete with out a side trip to
Harvey Nichols, lucky for me it's a stone's throw from the hotel.
If only there were some way to magically transport myself back and forth between two continents, life would be so much easier. It just so happens that I am missing three great parties in NY and LA. Darn! Had I known about these events when I booked my ticket back in August I would have stayed on for a few more days.
Yesterday was breakfast with
Charlotte Moss to introduce her latest China pattern with
Pickard (Espalier); tonight
Nathan Turner is hosting a party in honor of Carolyne Roehm's new book
A Passion for Blue & White at his
store in LA; and next week Becca Cason Thrash is hosting a launch party at The Carlyle for PaperCity's new book
Domestic Art.
Becca Cason Thrash! I have
always wanted to clink a cocktail with Becca, although the stress of what to wear would probably do me in for a year.
Nathan has promised to send me photos and I will post them for all to see. Oh how I would love to meet
Carolyne! I can't wait to add this book to my GROWING library. If I get photos from the other events I will post them as well.
Postscript: Please forgive any typos. Also, someone recently posted a comment about going to Edinburgh and I accidentally rejected the comment instead of posting it. I am so sorry. Please post again.
We've had freezing fog in Scotland today, yes freezing fog! Before today I had no idea there were so many types of fog - ice fog, steam fog, coastal fog, hill fog, advection fog and radiation fog. 
We awoke this morning to a white Christmas
I was both honored and delighted when Home Plus Scotland Magazine approached me about becoming a contributing editor and columnist for their magazine. As I wrote in my first column, "Never in a million years did I imagine that I would one day write a blog, much less end up living in Scotland and writing for Home Plus Scotland. Life has a funny way of bringing about the unexpected. Through my writing for Home Plus Scotland, I hope to share many homes (plus people) from both Scotland and around the world."
My husband and I just returned home from The Glasshouse Hotel in Edinburgh. This is our second visit and one of our very favorite places to stay. Voted as 'one of the top 50 coolest places to stay in the world' by Condé Nast Traveler, the hotel also won the Scottish Style Awards' Most Stylish Hotel. 
The hotel is ingeniously designed, melding modern and medieval architecture in a most creative way. Guests enter the hotel through the grey stone facade of the 150 year old Lady of Glenorchy Church, then step into the modern glass lobby.
The hotel boasts the only rooftop garden in Edinburgh offering unparalleled views of World Heritage Site Calton Hill and its collection of 19th century buildings and follies, including the Old Observatory and Greek Parthenon. The perfect place for a wee dram or an aperitif.
Philippe Starck chairs
The rooms on the top floor are designed in a semi-circle. Each with huge floor to ceiling windows and direct access to the rooftop garden and your own small patio. It's the perfect hideaway from the bustle of the city below.
Yesterday was breakfast with Charlotte Moss to introduce her latest China pattern with Pickard (Espalier); tonight Nathan Turner is hosting a party in honor of Carolyne Roehm's new book A Passion for Blue & White at his store in LA; and next week Becca Cason Thrash is hosting a launch party at The Carlyle for PaperCity's new book Domestic Art. Becca Cason Thrash! I have always wanted to clink a cocktail with Becca, although the stress of what to wear would probably do me in for a year.
Nathan has promised to send me photos and I will post them for all to see. Oh how I would love to meet Carolyne! I can't wait to add this book to my GROWING library. If I get photos from the other events I will post them as well.
