#tiaratuesday   This week is actually a post with abundance of Magnificent Jewels as well as a diamond that has its own video and in two languages, no less.     Which of the Magnificent Jewels lots are your favourite? Personally, I would never say no to sapphires but all of the Schlumberger for Tiffany & Co. Designs are what I would bid for.

  Cambridge University Library has digitised the world’s oldest printed book, a manual on calligraphy, for you to peruse here.   Image courtesy of Cambridge University Library    

CALLING ALL LONDONERS! It is London Art Week so find the green balloons that will be tied to the doors of art dealers from all areas and covering all mediums! Also come find me on Old Bond St for a peek at our Old Masters and my fantastic desk! A song to play you out:   Baby’s In Love came up on an 8tracks playlist and was fun to groove to on a Saturday night!   What to watch: I really want to start watching The Affair.  ...

Come with me now on a journey through Time and Space…   #tiaratuesday: I present to you, via the Fug Girls, the WEDDING and the GUESTS with many tiaras and back-stories to behold! I honestly wear all of these hairstyles to either hide my unwashed hair or because it is too hot to have long hair! Things not to worry about. I love the comments on this epic wedding portrait, as well as the colour and awkwardness of medieval artwork. 10...

A song to play you out: Dreaming of You always reminds me of scrubs.   What to watch:    Galavant had me at medieval musical!   Something to catch your fancy:   Maddieonthings is very cute and I would like Maddie’s life.

A song to play you out:     If you like Arctic Monkeys and the Black Keys then you will love Bohicas   What to watch:     Cannes Film Round-up, keep an eye out here for reviews of the ones I can get my hands on, very excited for Macbeth, Sicaro and Maguerite & Julien.   Something to catch your fancy:   Floral Delft Tattoos to up your festival accessory...

Come with me now on a journey through Time and Space…   #tiaratuesday : The Chaumet Ice Frost (Stalactite) Tiara   Wow. Not sure how to wear it but so beautiful, like much of Chaumet’s work. Women trying politely to end conversations – the toast does it again! Lost English phrases … some of which are definitely phrases I use and are by no means lost, but some I’ll have to add to my vocabulary. Instead of ‘zozzled’...

In honour of a big birthday for my dad, I spent this past weekend in Prince Edward County with my parents.     P.E.C. is a region about two hours east of Toronto, on a peninsula that sticks out into Lake Ontario. It’s traditionally been used for agricultural – in fact, one of my dad’s uncles had a farm there when my dad was little. Today, it’s home to Sandbanks Provincial Park (where we used to go camping when I was a kid), and...