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My life, as Amelia Edwards once said, is the "satisfaction of a purposeless curiosity."

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2018

January 30, 2019by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

Every year, I write one of these blogs about the past 365 days. I would go all out and do a detailed month-by-month recap that exhausted me and undoubtedly exhausted […]

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cat, Cher, education, Egyptology, health, life, medicine, mexico, Mexico City

Why Don’t You? #114

September 26, 2016by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

Monday: Why don’t you get a memento mori tattoo to remind yourself that your time on the planet is fleeting and that the grave awaits? Ever since I adjusted to […]

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Angela Lansbury, Diana Vreeland, Ina Garten, inspiration, Uncategorized

PARIS: No Camels at the Zoo

July 26, 2016by Benjamin Phillips 3 Comments

I postponed Jessica’s birthday because I was feeling poorly. I’m sure she understands; besides, it was Sunday. In Paris, you relax on Sunday. You can’t do anything else since most […]

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art, Europe, France, Louvre, museum, Paris, travel, Uncategorized, vacation

Why Don’t You? #12

November 11, 2013by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

I once catered a dinner party where a man who had casually known Yves Saint Laurent (right) said that I looked like he did in his youth. I don’t know […]

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advice, Britain, Diana Vreeland, inspiration, tattoo, travel, Why Don't You?

Why Don’t You? #7

September 30, 2013by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

Monday: Why don’t you dress your house up for Halloween already? There’s no holiday more delightful and we all love it. Buy an enormous number of pumpkins and fill your […]

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advice, baking, Diana Vreeland, emergency, fashion, inspiration, tattoo, Why Don't You?

Men’s Fashion I Like #5

June 5, 2013by Benjamin Phillips 2 Comments

I could spend every moment of the rest of my life looking at fashion photography. I absolutely adore it and if it were in my power, I would be a […]

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adorable, advice, art, chic, clothes, couture, culture, cute, elegance, fashion, fashionista, glasses, hair, manly, me, model, peasant, Ralph Lauren, rich, skinny, suit, tattoo, underwear, vanity, Versace, Yves Saint-Laurent

I Got A Tattoo

May 25, 2013by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

I’ve never thought much of tattoos. They haven’t interested me much over my life, but I never had a problem with them. I took issue with ugly ones, of course. […]

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abs, adorable, advice, Amanda Bynes, ancient Egypt, cat, celebrity, cemetery, drunk, eating, Europe, family, fear, food, France, liqour, love, margarita, me, Paris, Pere Lachaise, poor, pupusa, tattoo, tequila, travel, tumblr, vegetarian

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“If you don’t do it, you won’t have done it.” –Patsy Stone

“Things are fine, and life is fine. And life is so much fun. It’s one big movie.” –Joan Rivers

“My only ambition in life is to wear size 28 jeans.” –Karl Lagerfeld

“Buy an atlas and keep it by the bed; remember you can go anywhere.” –Joanna Lumley

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