A good friend of mine dropped one of her diamond earrings down her bathroom sink a couple of weeks ago. Distraught and fumbling to phone every plumber (being Lebanese has finally come in handy) she could have possibly known, the diamond was finally recovered from the pipes. But her initial loss granted me a huge amount of empathy. I reminisced on some of the fabulous items once owned that have sadly and usually quite unnecessarily departed from my own life.
Number one was my mother’s vintage gold and freshwater pearl watch.
Number two was the perfect nude lipliner. (more…)