While Nan Kempner is largely known for her style and taste, did you know that she was quite the influencer philanthropist? I once read they she raised millions upon millions for an NYC hospital. I cannot decide which is more impressive: her philanthropy work or that she only missed one YSL show ever.
This past summer, I breathlessly wrote about coveting certain items in the Goop x Lilly Pulitzer collaboration. Initially not at all on my radar until the collection dropped, it was a pleasant surprise, punctuating the day before I left for my July Fourth holiday. Lilly Pulitzer kills it at the collaboration game. Lilly x Pottery [...]
"So you have tons of turkey leftover. What is a cook to do? The answer is turkey and dumplings. This is the best way to use up leftover turkey and gravy. Growing up, Grandma Joanne would make the best homemade chicken and dumplings. It was an all day project and a special treat for Lucinda [...]
My husband and I spent the beginning of last week at Antrim 1844, when we stayed in the Clabaugh Room. The room is named for a state figurehead. Per the Antrim 1844 website, "This room is named after George Washington Clabaugh who purchased the property in 1837. His son, Harvey Morris Clabaugh, was elected Attorney [...]
While my husband and I were visiting Antrim 1844, we wanted to take advantage of everything that not only Carroll County, but also nearby Frederick County had to offer. In his case, it was through the scope of the outdoorsman and in my case, through the scope of historic preservation. Our divergent interests came together [...]
I frequently write about my obsession for history, architectural history, and historic preservation on Lucindervention as well as across my social media channels. It is an interest I developed while living across the pond in Europe while in elementary school, and although it took me twenty-three years and a category five hurricane to understand how [...]
Much like Françoise Hardy, I get hair inspiration as opposed to style inspiration from Charlotte Rampling. I could only wish that my fine shoulder-length bronde (brunette-blonde) hair that constantly falls, looked a tenth as fantastic as Charlotte Rampling's (or even Françoise's). Makes me want to book daily blowouts.
