Urban calm at Folklore hair salon

New Orleans is a lot of things, but it’s not exactly hip. Antebellum mansions, classic cocktails and Mardi Gras balls usually spring to mind.  When you step into Folklore Salon, you instantly get the feeling that somehow, maybe, New Orleans is cool. My friend Nicole opened the Freret Street location with her business partner Agnes … Continue reading →

Restoration Hardware chandeliers at a fraction of the price!

Without fail, I walk into any store and gravitate toward the most expensive thing in there.  The old adage couldn’t be more true… I’ve got champagne taste on a beer budget. I spent last weekend shopping for the finishing touches for our upstairs renovation.  The nursery and bathroom are complete, but we need new light … Continue reading →

Queen Bey and Jay Z lay down roots in NOLA

There’s about to be new royalty in New Orleans. The same week that we learned Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie are selling their French Quarter property, word on the street has it that Beyonce and Jay Z have bought a house in New Orleans! The Spanish Baroque property is a converted Presbyterian Church called La … Continue reading →

Brangelina’s French Quarter mansion hits the market

New Orleans may be saying farewell to our favorite celebrity couple.  Then again, they might just be sick of the French Quarter! Brad Pitt and Angelina Jolie have listed their 1830’s New Orleans mansion with Latter and Blum for $6.5 million.  It’s a steep price, at $850/sq ft. Located at 521 Governor Nicholls Street, the … Continue reading →

Eat, shop, see: A girls’ trip to charming Charleston

There’s nothing better than getting my favorite girlfriends together for a reunion and there are few places better to do that than charming Charleston, South Carolina.  It was my first trip to Charleston, yet somehow the city seemed familiar, probably because it’s so much like New Orleans. Our trip was short, but we managed to … Continue reading →

Historic hidden gem oozes with old world charm

Working with buyers to find their dream homes in New Orleans, I come across the good, bad and the ugly. Yesterday, I stumbled upon the incredible! Tucked into a quiet block of New Orleans’ tourist-filled French Quarter is the home and office of Kim Hunter. She’s not a buyer, but rather, the branch manager of … Continue reading →

Shotgun tour takes you inside some long and skinny digs

You can’t even talk about New Orleans architecture without including the iconic shotgun! There are plenty of myths, legends and folklore surrounding them.  My favorite it the old idea that you could shoot a gun through the front door and the bullet would go all the way through the back without hitting a single thing … Continue reading →

Realtor report shows Gen Y is buying homes like whoa!

Don’t think you can afford to buy a home? The National Association of Realtors says, not only can you, but folks are doing it earlier and earlier these days. A new study from NAR shows the largest share of home buyers isn’t Baby Boomers.  It’s Generation Y… folks 34 years and younger. So if you’re … Continue reading →

Anthropologie everything.

I’ll never forget many, many Christmases ago, shopping with my best friend Liz.  She’d asked her entire family for Anthropologie gift cards… and they seriously delivered. She was like a kid in a candy store! Liz’s obsession was my first glimpse into how great Anthropologie really is.  I’ve bought countless dresses for special occasions, tops, … Continue reading →

$125 and an essay can win you a stunning bed and breakfast

  A bed and breakfast is up for grabs in Maine, to someone who has $125 and a way with words. The owner of the Center Lovell Inn and Restaurant is holding an essay contest for ownership of her property in Maine’s White Mountains! “The Inn was built in 1805, the barn on 1795 and … Continue reading →