The Shop Tart!

One of the Shop Tart’s Facebook friends didn’t care for Aretha Franklin’s hat at the inauguration. The Shop Tart liked it, which is beside the point. Or is it? She always cares about fashion choices. ...

Good Morning, dahling. How are you doing with your New Year’s resolution? Not so good? Well, change it. Easier resolutions are best and the Shop Tart has one for you: You hereby resolve to go to ...

Kindly spare the Shop Tart your lecture about how it was so much colder up north and you had to put chains on the tires and people down here are so silly because everything closes when it’s cold and rainy. ...

If you see a faded sign at the side of the road that says 15 feet to the…Art Shack! Art Shack (yeah, yeah)…I’m headed down Rosewood Avenue, lookin’ for some coffee and hot food.Heading ...

Do you ever find that, in your endless quest for ultimate style, you neglect the basics? The Shop Tart finally acknowledged, much to her shame, that she doesn’t own a simple black wool coat. Make that “didn’t,” because she hit the VanJean sale with excellent results on Friday. ...

The Shop Tart thinks recreating space is fab. How chic is it to move your furniture around to suit your needs that day rather than buying a monstrous house with a secial room for every function*? Austerity is the new luxe. ...

Thanks again to an assignment from Jolie Magazine, the Shop Tart recently experienced a little “hand rejuvenation” at Pout. Skeptical at first, she realized the full effect of the treatment several days later at Yoga class, in Down Dog. ...

The Shop Tart loves make-overs, don’t you? LaRoque had one, engineered by designer, contractor and all-around magician* Joab Dick. The bones are there, the clothes are out for browsing and all that remains to be done are a few finishing touches. ...