My Modern Darcy

Dear readers, since we mentioned about gift-giving from my last blog, I guess we are about to welcome another prominent festive day in the upcoming week, which is, the Thanksgiving day.  I know it’s more a traditional thing for American households, yet, we can always f...

Dear readers, when it gets closer to December, I always like to do a couple of ‘Christmas shopping’ posts, even with the recent incident in my city that the shopping mood is not particularly high, but, that doesn’t mean we should not celebrate Christmas, given it’s a o...

Dear readers, among all the menswear accessories in my wardrobe, one of my favorite item, especially for winter time, is a soft and light-weight scarf, either it’s pure cashmere, silk-blended cashmere or pashmina, a comfortable cashmere scarf is a must-have wherever I...

Dear readers, not sure if it’s just the timing that is closer to Christmas, or simply a coincident, there are so many beautiful books released recently, and chief among them, is the new book by one of my beloved Belgian Interior Designer, Antiquarian and Collector, Mr....

Dear readers, not sure if it’s just me or the scent of the fallen leaves, the autumn of this year feels rather poetic, also, a bit ‘heavy’, what I mean ‘heavy’ here, is the density of autumn mood, from the color of the new menswear collection with lots of camel, khaki...

Without any doubt, snapping photos with our cellphone has become one of our habit nowadays, adding countless of advanced apps available out there, almost anyone can become a self-made photographer.  For sure, practice makes perfect, a beautiful photo might requires doz...

During a weekend morning when I was reorganizing my CD & DVD cabinet, getting rid of some old CDs and the ones that I have no longer listen and play, in a midst of the sorting process, one of my favorite CD album suddenly dropped in front of my knees, it’s the soundtra...

Dear readers, in the world of French know-how, we can count from wine to perfume making, then from couture to leather-goods with our ten fingers, but there is one category which has been neglected most of the time, is the French watch-making, in a way it is pretty fasc...

One of the most prominent fragrance expo, Pitti Fragranze, is just completed about weeks ago in Florence, but that doesn’t mean our passion of discovering new and sophisticated fragrance simply end there, while our desire keeps our eyes looking for the next it-fragranc...

Münster, a German city located in the northwest of the country, a city that surrounded by historic architecture and renowned academic institution, there’s always some literature flair in Münster; despite I have never experience the atmosphere of this lovely city before...