A little rain must fall...

The thing that really gets me down about rainy days is not being able to find a cab.  On the plus side, they do give you an excuse to wear a chic raincoat.  Rainy days certainly seem to agree with Kate Middleton. If they don't agree with you, just remember...

"Upon us all, upon us all a little rain must fall...It's just a little rain."

- Led Zeppelin

Alain Delon in Le Samourai

Cary Grant and Audrey Hepburn

Gaia Repossi by Tommy Ton

Sean Sullivan by William Yan

Catherine Deneuve

Humphrey Bogart

Michael Caine 

Anna Wintour in Burberry

Ryan Reynolds

The Umbrellas of Cherbourg

Gwyneth Paltrow in Burberry

Holly Golightly

Jackie Kennedy Onassis

Tommy Ton

Poppy Delevigne in Burberry

Brigitte Bardot

Gwyneth Paltrow again

Paul Newman and Joanne Woodward

Rachel Bilson

David Hockney

Steve McQueen

Rosie Huntington-Whitely in Burberry

Cara Delevigne in Burberry

Steve McQueen

The Blonde Salad

Robert Redford

via All the Pretty Birds

Tommy Ton for GQ

Peter Sellers

Rachel Bilson 

Cary Grant at Aquascutum

Kate Moss in Burberry

Tommy Ton

Audrey Hepburn in Charade

Zanna Roberts via All the Pretty Birds

Cary Grant

Steve McQueen

will.i.am in Burberry

via Vogue Germany

Francoise Hardy

Audrey Hepburn and Hubert de Givenchy 

Get Your Game On

We're expecting rain and high winds here in New York all weekend so that has me thinking about what I can do that doesn't involve leaving my apartment. Other than reading and watching television, board games are a another good rainy day activity. I grew up playing backgammon but haven't played in years so I think I may have to buy myself a board. Some of them would actually look just as nice sitting out as they would being played and it looks like a few other designers appreciated that fact as well!

Geoffrey Parker makes some of the best backgammon boards including this pretty blue leather attache option.

Looks like Ivanka Trump is also a fan of backgammon.

This backgammon board by Geoffrey Parker features William Morris paper and is my absolute favorite!

This old House Beautiful cover from 1935 illustrates the long popularity of backgammon!

Bamford and Sons also offers an elegant backgammon board.

In case you're bored or it rains while you're staying at the Parker Palm Springs Hotel designed by Jonathan Adler.

Artist Ara Peterson also makes beautiful and colorful backgammon boards.

Interior designer David Hicks featured an needlepoint backgammon board in one of his projects many years ago.

I wonder if Jonathan Adler was inspired by David Hicks when he created his own needlepoint backgammon set.

Seems Jonathan Adler is a big fan of backgammon because this green acrylic board is featured in another one of his design projects.

The elegant Swinford Backgammon set from Ralph Lauren Home is part of their spring line but is not yet available online. That gives you a little extra time to save up for it!

Emmanuel David wasn't content to just create a backgammon board instead he made it into a table.

The best part about backgammon is that if you buy a travel board like this one from Aspinal of London, you can play anywhere.

I would love to be playing backgammon in an Acapulco pool like these two in this Slim Aarons photo from 1978. That would definitely beat playing at home on a rainy day!