Sophisticated Living Magazine

In the Dulac family, a love of cooking passes down through the generations with the same care as a beloved heirloom. However, unlike physical treasures that are often locked away for safekeeping, their family’s culinary inheritance has been generously shared with family and friends. Luckily for Louisvillians, since Tim and Brittany Dulac, a father-daughter duo, opened Elderberry Provisions in Chenoweth Square, we can all experience what it’s like to have a seat at their family table.

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Read more at “The Twine That Binds,” from Louisville’s May/June issue at the link in bio and slmag.net/louisville.

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Photos by Tony Bailey

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Marilyn Monroe would have turned 100 on June 1, 2026. To mark the centennial of her birth, the Hollywood icon is being celebrated globally with major citywide festivals, official memorabilia, museum exhibitions, and high-profile auctions, and in Sophisticated Living. In the May/June issue, among the new books profiled in our “Bibliotaph” feature is “Dear Marilyn: The Unseen Letters and Photographs,” by photographer Sam Shaw, a close friend and confidant of the starlet. See more at sophisticatedlivingmag.com/of-note

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And, in this week’s Sophisticated Scoop, we share Hotel Bel-Air’s nostalgic reimagining of what Marilyn’s “perfect day” at the hotel might look like today. Throughout the 1950s and early 1960s, Monroe frequently stayed at the Los Angeles property for days and even months at a time, at one point using the hotel as a romantic hideaway with Joe DiMaggio, drawn to the privacy, romance, and understated glamour tucked across the estate’s 12 acres of gardens. Throughout the month of June, the hotel is celebrating her legacy with nostalgic touches, such as the “Some Like It Sweet” hot fudge sundae and Monroe’s Passion, the hotel’s signature cocktail inspired by the icon herself. Read the newsletter at the link in bio.

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Images: Marilyn Monroe, The Seven Year Itch, New York City, 1954 © Shaw Family Archives Ltd / ACC Art Books.

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Presidential Suite living room at the Hotel Bel-Air

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