As you know, I worked for The Body Shop for two years in the stores and for almost two years as an at-home consultant. The Body Shop is a company that sells great products, but more importantly has beautiful ethics and has done amazing things for people and communities all around the globe. Today Dame…
Tammy Faye Messner died this weekend, and the world lost an amazing woman who never doubted her faith, never let money or fame change her. Through her life, until her death she was positive, full of love and compassion and humor. She never judged based upon lifestyle, race, sexual orientation or illness. The world has…
So tomorrow I am going to the theater (for those of you in DC, we are going to dinner first at Notti Bianche, and then walking to the Kennedy Center) to see Phantom of the Opera. I have seen lots of theater performances, but never Phantom (though I did see the movie but that doesn’t…
Wednesday we drove from DC to Bristol, TN to stay overnight with relatives of my friend. Thursday we arrived at Bonnaroo, a four-day music festival where we camped. No running water except well water in troughs. Porta-potties No A/C No electricity Drought situation in Tennessee creating an INSANE amount of dust Every day hot and…
Last night my husband and I attended the VH1 You Oughta Know tour at Rams Head Live! in Baltimore. I bought the tickets because my husband and I are big fans of Rocco DeLuca; not until after I purchased the tickets in January did I ever hear a song by Mat Kearney or The Feeling….
Okay, I am not longtime fans of either group. A friend of a friend introduced me to Gomez and I have loved them since. Love the sound, love the feeling, love the band. They were playing at Sonar so I bought tickets on a whim. Ben Kweller was opening and thanks to the beauty of…
Sorry I have been gone for so long. I thought I would have more free time and fancy outfits over my vaca, but it wasn’t to be. Let’s see, what did I do over my vacation? You saw my Friday and Saturday outfits. Sunday – Christmas Eve. We visited friends and then went to my…
After happy hour, I went home and did laundry. Hubby came home from a hockey game, we watched a movie and fell asleep on the couch. Saturday – It was my husband’s birthday. We started the day off with breakfast with the parents, then the two of us took a short hike, then he went…
I am watching the BBC version of “What Not to Wear” and for years, prior to this series even, I felt that I should write a book about what few pieces should be in every woman’s wardrobe, be she a size 2 or s size 22. Be it 2005 or 2010, I think they would…