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Bravo Carl Martinez

Carl Martinez and his Chinatown studio was featured online on NY Magazine’s Design Hunting today. Carl is a uber talented New York based hardware designer that I have had the honor to work with on Feng Shui projects. Congratulations Carl! See more of Carl’s work here.

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Prepping for the Dragon

Now that the western New Year has come and gone, it’s time for a second chance – Chinese New Year! This year it arrives earlier than usual on January 23rd. In order to prep for Chinese New Year, Chinese families usually do a huge cleaning, both at home and in finances. This ensures that the…

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Do you hear what I hear?

When I’m walking the streets of New York or riding our lovely subway system, I am always floored by how many people are on their gadgets. Iphones, kindles, nooks, ipads etc. I understand, commuting is a bore. But what stood out to me even more is what many of them were wearing on their heads…

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Looking for Joe?

Gone are the days of the paper “We are happy to serve you” greek coffee cups of NYC. You can definitely still find them in scattered bodegas around town, but they are definitely and sadly, going extinct. I love my occasional cup of Joe and luckily I’m finding that it’s easier and lovelier getting my…

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Not a glass slipper

I can’t believe I have already started my holiday shopping. It’s not even Thanksgiving yet. I guess I have not escaped the early holiday marketing that we’ve all been bombarded with. But look what I came across while web-shopping…FELT slippers! But let the truth be known – it’s actually something I need. Maybe my new…

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A little Color on a Grey Day

Here we go again, manic fall weather. 80 degrees and gorgeous one day, grimfully wet and grey another. Like today. Sneezing and coughing surround you. Ill humor lingers dangerously. What do you do, where do you go? First things first, make sure you are getting enough sleep and are drinking enough water. Also make sure…

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Toms Shoes now for your Eyes

Chance are, 5 out of 10 of you reading this already own a pair of Toms Shoes. Ok, I don’t really know, I’m just guessing. In New York, it seems like everyone had on a pair of the classic Toms as soon as the weather was a degree over 50. If you don’t know the…

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I’ll take the Low Line

What a coincidence that I reported on our visit to the Highline last week and this past week, mentions about a new Low Line is in the media. Better know as the Delancey Underground, this new New York environmental project that takes over an abandoned trolley on the lower east side of Manhattan. It would…

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A Tour of the Highline

Last Wednesday a few members of the NY Chapter of the International Feng Shui Guild and I went on a wonderful tour of The Highline. Not only was it an informative and fun tour by our guide Elena, we were able to take advantage of the lovely warm weather that was still with us. I…

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Outdoor Space Cravings

While the weather in New York has been a wild roller coaster ride, my balcony has been able to reasonably withstand Mother Nature’s unpredictability. And now I’m rearing up to clean it up – put in teak flooring, replace broken planters, add a bistro table and then…I’ll sit down to relax in my outdoor urban…

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