Nine years ago, during a semester abroad, I found myself alone in the open courtyard of the Palazzo Medici Riccardi in Florence, Italy, surrounded by an ornamental grove of potted citrus trees.

I'd been wandering around the place all morning trying to find the elusive garden, and by the time I got there I was grateful to find it void of tourists and clicking cameras.
Fashion designer Cynthia Rowley's creations cruise on and off the runway
I have a little bit of a crush on Charleston right now as far as design goes.
Charleston, South Carolina is a bathing suit town.