The City
always energizes me! Never more so, then when I catch it in it's full beauty on a sunny, crisp spring or fall day. I planned on getting in a long stroll along Madison Avenue and stopping into
Phillips to see
Andy Warhol's exqusite 1963 painting of
Elizabeth Taylor. The buzz is
, this portrait, in the wake of Liz's recent passing, may fetch more than
$20 mill! AW did indeed do a masterful job of capturing Liz at the height of her fame and beauty. It was also worth a visit to see
Damien Hirst's magical homage to the beauty of butterflies, aptly named "Tranquility". If you are in the area (57th St. and Park Avenue), do pop in.
For once, I gave into reality that this day would be best enjoyed in ballet flats, so I did my best to still keep it looking chic in skinny jeans, a white cotton blouse and an adorable
Veronica Beard leopard trench. I guess ballet flats are the modern day equivalent of "sensible shoes" because even on Madison Avenue, there wasn't even a
50mm Choo, MB or Louboutin to be found. Good thing there isn't a ghost of a chance of
Sex and the City 111...Carrie Bradshaw would have been apoplectic at the new shoe reality, or
maybe she would have finally grown up too.
Besides all this fun, I was in town to learn about
Elure and
Pelleve, two beauty break throughs, each worthy of their own blog....
