Archive for the ‘Julia Reed’ Category
Country House, Country Mouse
Julia Reed January 31st, 2012Two years ago, all I wanted was Meryl Streep’s kitchen in “It’s Complicated”—the one she hired Steve Martin to “fix.” Now, during the painful six days between installments of Downton Abbey’s Season Two, I find myself leafing through my dogeared copy of “Colefax & Fowler, The Best in Interior Decoration” as well as a more [...]
Read MoreMen, Gin, and Martinis
Julia Reed January 24th, 2012Plenty of women have been crazy about gin. Dorothy Parker and the Queen Mother, for example, come immediately to mind. Dorothy, because of her famous quote about four martinis putting her “under the host.” The Queen Mum because of her possibly apocryphal instruction to her coterie of male attendants: “Would one you old queens bring [...]
Read MorePeter the Great
Julia Reed January 17th, 2012There is a piece in this week’s Fetch that features pendants and cufflinks made of letters. In the story, we advocate using them to “brand” yourself, and when we were laying it out, I was reminded of my great friend Peter Rogers. Or, more to the point, I was reminded of his slogan for Bottega [...]
Read MoreMy Baby Wrote Me a Letter
Julia Reed January 10th, 2012I have always been a paper junkie. I’ve hoarded enough writing paper and note cards, museum postcards and even old fashioned tissue thin “airmail” sheets and envelopes to write at least five letters every day between now and 2013. I bought the stuff because I love the way it feels and looks or what it [...]
Read MoreMadder Music and Stronger Wine
Julia Reed January 3rd, 2012My New Year’s resolutions, like most people’s, are pretty much the same every year: Get more sleep. Get fit and thus be able to fit into all those very nice (and very expensive) clothes that hang, reproachfully, in my closet. Live in the moment. Clean out my voicemail/text mail/email inboxes and never let them pile [...]
Read MoreHappy New Year 2012!
Julia Reed December 27th, 2011Thank you all for following fetch in 2011. We’ll be back with lots of fun stuff in 2012. In the meantime, we’ll leave you with the immortal words of Oprah, who is herself starting off an entirely different new year: “Cheers to a new year and another chance for us to get it right.” Amen.
Read MoreHoliday Punch
Julia Reed December 20th, 2011More than once, when writing about the holidays, I have quoted Oscar Wilde: “After a good dinner, one can forgive anybody, even one’s relatives.” There is no question that good food is important—tempers are generally running a tad high after all, and an overcooked rib roast or the wrong kind of pie can be the [...]
Read MoreA Tonic for the Soul
Julia Reed December 13th, 2011This week on Fetch, I’m delighted to announce a new feature, Fetch Bar, that will be written each month by Brooks Reitz, a brilliant mixologist and extremely nice fellow who grew up in Henderson, Kentucky. I met Brooks at a party at Charleston’s Heirloom Books where he sells his Jack Rudy Cocktail Co. Small Batch [...]
Read MoreChristmas Costumes
Julia Reed December 6th, 2011When I was very young, my favorite thing about Christmas was the costume I knew would be under the tree every year, wrapped in the gold paper with silver ribbon that was my grandmother’s trademark. She spoiled me rotten. One year I got a merry go round—a real one with four painted horses big enough [...]
Read MoreElusive Find: Love Potion
