Dear Mr. Editor...

1 newly-wed couple

Some of her Southern/French traditional style

Some of his more modern taste

1 New York Times makeover

And BAM--you've got this stylish Washington Square Park flat.

Andrew and Elizabeth nabbed hand-me-downs from family and scoured Craigslist for furniture. Of course, it helps when the Times sees your plight and enlists designer Brenden Kwinter-Schwartz to step in.

Just a little inspiration, considering in a few months I just may be decorating my first apartment. Fingers/toes/legs crossed that it's in Manhattan as well. Hey, a girl can dream.

Photos courtesy of The New York Times

C'est parfait.

Photo courtesy of Zipporah Films

Perusing the New York Times this morning, my ballet antennae was piqued--fifteen years of classical ballet study makes it hypersensitive. A new documentary, cast in the hallowed halls of the Palais Garnier, is flickering across a Houston Street theater in New York. A. O. Scott's article about "La Danse: The Paris Opera Ballet" is fabulous. The films is sure to be a mix of genius, sweat, Aurélie Dupont, beaded tulle costumes, and Nutcrackers.

Proof again that all good things land on Manhattan. And this southern belle can't wait to join in the revelry.