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THE MET OPERA OPENING NIGHT GALA 2017
James Andrew at the MET Opera opening gala One of our favorite events of the Fall season is the opening night gala at the Metropolitan Opera. It’s a festive and elegant affair with a good deal of...
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IN BUSHWICK WITH BORIS GLAMOCANIN
James Andrew – photo by Boris Glamocanin – click to enlarge We love to take time to celebrate the artists who help us create the epic images we share with you here on WIJW. Today we’re celebrating the...
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IT’S ALL ABOUT THE MIX
James Andrew – photo by Boris Glamocanin Whether I’m creating rooms for a client or working on my own sartorial splendor, it’s all in the mix! For me, a traditional interior really comes alive with the...
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BRING BACK THE DRESS CODE
James Andrew at the Met When Scott McBee and I returned from Portugal the New York Season was already in full swing, so we wasted no time securing our tickets to Puccini’s Chinoiserie confection,...
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FAREWELL PORTUGAL SINTRA AND THE TIVOLI PALACIO DE SETEAIS
james Andrew at the Tivoli Palacio de Seteais Our final installment from our journey Portugaise finds me still reeling from the beauty of it all. And as always, we are thrilled to hear such wonderful...
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SINTRA AND THE HOTEL TIVOLI PALACIO DO SETEAIS
James Andrew at Tivoli Palacio de Setais After a fabulous breakfast at the Pestana Palacio do Freixo in Porto, we boarded an express train back to Lisbon. There we were collected at the train station...
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PESTANO PALACIO DO FREIXO AND CASA SERRALVES
James Andrew at Casa Serralves After a fine breakfast at our fabulous hotel Pestana Palacio do Freixo, with the able assistance of the attentive staff we were off for another day’s adventure. While...
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PORTO AND THE PESTANA PALACIO DO FREIXO HOTEL
James Andrew at the Pestana Palacio do Freixo Porto, the second largest city in Portugal, was also at the top of our list of places to explore in Portugal. With its magnificent Medieval flavor and rich...
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FAREWELL LISBON AND THE LOVELY PESTANA PALACE
James Andrew dressed for dinner at Pestana Palace. Our last day in Lisbon was spent taking in a few more sites, catching up with a few friends in Lisbon and lounging about at the spectacular Pestana...
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EXPLORING THE PALACES OF LISBON VIA PESTANA PALACE
James Andrew – Pestana Palace Hotel After touring so many of the great houses of Lisbon, it was always so nice to seamlessly slip into our very own palace — one simply can’t help but feel like Windsor...
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TREILLAGE FOR BREAKFAST AT PESTANA PALACE
James Andrew at the Pestana Palace hotel treillage dining room. I could not imagine a more sublime way to begin the day (after a blissful nights rest) than by having breakfast in the tremendous...
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HOTEL PESTANA PALACE LISBON AND QUELUZ
James Andrew, Queluz We are just back from our journey Portugaise. As you’ll see over the next several installments of WIJW, it was everything we thought it would be…and much much more! We structured...
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AND SUDDENLY AUTUMN
James Andrew — early autumn ensemble I’m not sure what happened. I was enjoying my extension of summer and suddenly it’s Autumn! And so I’m reluctantly retiring my summer ensembles — as well as the...
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THE GIFT WITHIN THE PROBLEM
James Andrew So often in life we are presented with problems – our initial reaction is to judge the situation as “bad.” We get caught up in the drama of it all and often end up in a downward spiral,...
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FASHON FADES STYLE IS ETERNAL
James Andrew Having just read the two terrific tomes we shared in our last post, Marella Agnelli: The Last Swan and Lou Lou De La Falaise, I was struck by how Agnelli and La Falaise never concerned...
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INDEPENDENCE DAY WEEKEND ON THE NORTH FORK
James Andrew North Fork As you may have gathered by now, we’re in love with the North Fork –– its quaint charm and refreshing un-Hampton vibe is the perfect escape from summer in the city. Needless to...
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NORTH FORK THE UN-HAMPTONS
James Andrew in North Fork A few years ago the New York Times did a piece on the Long Island’s North Fork, nicknaming it the “un-Hampton” — needless to say when dear friends from Palm Beach told me...
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ROARK MODERN A VENUE TO INSPIRE
James at Roark Modern – Photo: Boris Glamocanin With the look and feel of a glamorous uber chic Tribeca loft, Roark Modern is certainly one of my favorite destinations for antique furniture. This...
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THIS MOMENT IS PERFECT
James Andrew When all of the inherent baggage of the past drags one down, and fearful projections of future calamity find one utterly paralyzed, it’s time to get present — something as simple as taking...
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METRO CURATES
James Andrew at Metro Curates As an interior designer, I’m always searching for versatile, elegant, unusual and one-of-a-kind pieces that take an interior to the level of the sublime — and with so many...
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