That's right, the Retail Design Diva will be in New York City for the annual market week. Diva will be busy busy busy--judging holiday windows, visiting visual showrooms, hosting a session at NADI's Retail Design Collective, presenting awards at the...

Some of my ancestors came to America on the second or third sailing of the Mayflower. Little known fact, but the Mayflower made several voyages. Knowing my family, I presume my relatives didn’t board ship until they were relatively confident that...

First there was the Titanic, then came “Santa Claus Conquers the Martians” (1964), arguably one of the all-time worst movies ever made. Pour me some instant Swiss Miss, and curl up on the couch, I love a trashy Christmas film. Well, Santa may...

The quote heading this piece is one that has been floating around throughout this long, dark annus horribilis that we find ourselves in--and for a while it thoroughly irked me. It seemed insensitive at best, gratingly, head-in-the-sand optimistic at...

  "Christmas Isn’t Coming This Year," is a 1966 cult classic film directed by actor, Rossano Brazzi, starring Paul Tripp (also the scriptwriter). The beloved Tripp was the host of “Birthday House,” a kid’s show where you could have your...