Mediterranean born and Midwestern raised, Em lives the seacoast New England life with her husband and nutty Cairn Terrier. Though not a native of the city, she is in love with all things Boston and is quite sure that her heart has always belonged beside the Atlantic. Even the accent is coming along nicely (at least when it comes to saying Worcester, and ordering coffee). She is red, white, and blue, to the core, but there is a special part of her heart reserved for every other country she has been lucky to call home. She still misses the blue waters of the Adriatic, the purple trees of South Africa, and the heaven that is Italian gelato. The sound of mandolin music is likely to make her dance or cry (though she can never guess which), and the scent of fig trees in the hot sun will always warm her heart.
Visiting her grandfather in Switzerland as a young girl ignited a love of travel that has never diminished (and a love of Switzerland, for that matter). She dreams of having a Guinness in Ireland, shopping for tartan in Scotland, drinking high tea in London, marveling at flamenco dancers in Spain, visiting the birthplace of Adolphe Sax in Belgium, enjoying tarte Tatin in Paris, soaking in the hot springs of Iceland …….
Em speaks two languages, dabbles in a couple more, and like most European children can curse quite well in at least three. She plans on collecting foreign languages along with the stamps in her passport. Next up : Welsh.
Em’s world traveling childhood has resulted in very eclectic taste in everything from food, to music, to fashion. She is a little bit Audrey (Hepburn, of course), and a little bit rock n’ roll. A lover of extremes and contradictions, she is equally likely to fall in love with the very delicate and very bold, rough and frilly, minimalist and glamorous. She is constantly working to make her closet, and her home, match the motley mosaic that is her personality.
Never one to take a straight path in life, she has zig-zaged from dreams of recording movie soundtracks, to two Psychology degrees, to a flirtation with metalsmithing, to a passion for design. Em believes strongly that every day is a special occasion, and we should all try to act accordingly. Most days you can find her annoying the neighbors with her Saxophone playing, endlessly people watching at coffee shops, mixing up classic cocktails, and burying her nose in books, from Freud, to Bronte, to Cutrone.
