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I spent my birthday on Cape Cod 2 weeks ago and made my yearly pilgrimage to artist John Derian 's shop in Provincetown. His summer shop is in the garage behind his house, as many people know, and has been published many times. See the charming interiors here at Martha Stewart Living,   My Domaine,   and PopSugar . I never leave without buying SOMETHING. As luck would have it his garden was open for  tours to benefit the local garden association. I jumped at the chance!  Most of the properties in town are rather small so I was surprised his  large house right in the center of town had an ample lot. Lets go inside.  Off the main street one enters the garden through a white picket fence and along a path of ferns. This charming lower porch is where he and his guests spend all of their mealtimes and lounging. Notice all of the lanterns suspended above the table for romantic nighttime lighting. The porch is well hidden from the street and this large lilac s...

Memorial day weekend I stopped down on the national mall to check out the Paul Mellon exhibit at the National Gallery of art (Spectacular, please do yourself a favor and see it before it closes in September 18, 2016). As I was leaving the national gallery I was in time to see the start of the national memorial day parade.  A number of classic cars were assembled to drive some Vets as the head of the parade. I had to stop to take some pictures of these beauties and talk to their proud owners (many of them vets themselves!). I posted a number on Instagram and they proved so popular I thought I would share some on the blog as well.  The cars were popular and despite the weather there were a lot of gawkers checking them out.  I wish cars today had as much thought put into the details. The hood ornaments were fantastic.  Packards, Cadillacs, all of the most popular American cars of the day were represented.  All were immaculately restored, inside and out.  The...