Life is challenging enough when we’re not dealing with a global pandemic. Here are some ways to make things easier on yourself and your community during these difficult times.
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I have mixed feelings about Valentine’s Day. So much pressure to prove our undying devotion to one another.
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Before the heady scent of nectarines and roses are a distant memory, before we’re back to wool socks, unshaved legs, and squash casserole, check a few of these “wouldn’t-be-summer-without” experiences off your summer bucket list.
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The crisp taste, the hit of bitterness, the bubbly refreshment—I had been completely indoctrinated in #spritzlife. But I’d begun to question the brightly colored, over-sugared, syrupy-sweet liqueurs.
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This four-ingredient chia seed pudding recipe contains one ounce of chia seeds per serving. It’s low cal, delicious, and it couldn’t be simpler.
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Does the simple act of wearing the sundress make summer better? I’m remembering days of bare-legged abandon. Running through unmown fields. The smell of sun-drenched grass. The feeling of freedom. The weightlessness of nowhere to be. I want it all.
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The first time you make this, you will question whether it’s worth the effort. By the time you’ve consumed the first batch, you will feel like Keith Richards post-transfusion.
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Diane Keaton makes me think of the sugar diorama Easter eggs I used to get as a kid. Sparkly and ruffled with hard chalky frosting on the outside, a secret world of bunnies and chicks hiding inside.
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After writing the blog for a skin care brand for nearly three years, I’ve learned probably more than I ever wanted to about the topic. I went from using nothing but Dove soap my entire life to having a multi-step regimen.
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"They say, 'if you haven't visited Yosemite in the winter, you haven't visited Yosemite.'" "Who says that," my husband asked. "The website?" Indeed, I had to admit, I did get that information from the website.
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If you had asked me when I was twenty-five if I believed in soulmates, I might have said no. I dated somewhat pragmatically, probably because I had broken off an engagement at twenty-three
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The desire for a fresh start is never stronger than in the first few weeks of a new year. Optimism, ambition, and the sense that all will be different this year if only I can begin it with all my underwear and socks in their proper place.
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Not just any shoot. One with hair and makeup and wardrobe changes, champagne on offer, and a stylist and assistant fussing over you.
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Aging is inevitable. Whether you embrace it, create a plan to age gracefully, or deny it’s happening — it most definitely is happening — it’s how you deal with it that makes all the difference.
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Most of my days start the same way. After the lattes are made, and the breakfast is eaten, I head to my computer still in my jammies, coffee in hand, a single thought running through my brain: “I have so much to do,”
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Among the cherubs, saints, and ruffled aristocrats, a couple of fried egg tits suspended above a pair of disembodied legs, or the giant phallus protruding from a barber's chair, stood out like clown kitsch in a Lladro collection. So, of course, I loved it.
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Christmas decorations down, boxed, and garaged! Maybe next year I will go through them, organize, and cull so that rather than bringing in eight bins and cherry picking items from each, I can bring in only two bins of essentials. Kondo Christmas.
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Do you get a bit giddy over the idea of bubbly? Need another reason to love Champagne? Just like good news? Then you'll be thrilled by the findings of a study…
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