I may have gone to public high school, but there were certainly times I fantasized about a school uniform. No, not for the ease of getting ready in the morning or the leveling of the proverbial playing field. Rather, for the creative expression that comes with trying to make a uniform unique. Watching Serena Van […]
Labor Day is about paying tribute to the hardworking Americans that make our country what it is. It’s also about paying tribute to those bright summer outfits you’re having anxiety about not getting enough use out of. Since this blog is all about color and making statements, I thought it’d be wrong of me not […]
Fore! Why am I telling you to watch out? Because I’m about to hit you with an amazing new company. A little birdie told me about Sydney Elizabeth Golf. Ok, I actually discovered them when they followed me on Instagram, but I really wanted to fit a golf pun in there. The brand debuted just […]
One of my strongest dislikes may surprise you. It’s watching award shows. Obviously I’d love nothing more than to walk a red carpet and to be up front and personal with the glitterati that comes with it, but there are few things I find as boring as watching it from home. No knock on the […]
I have the easiest treat for you guys to try as the summer winds down! Recently, my brain pulled a memory out of thin air and I recalled my grandmother making guilt-free “ice cream” sandwiches years ago. All she did was put Cool Whip in between chocolate graham crackers and then freeze the sandwiches for a few […]
I don’t even remember where I heard about Ashley Prentice Norton’s The Chocolate Money. But when I went on Amazon to see what kind of feedback it had gotten, one quote stuck out to me in particular: “The Chocolate Money is Mommie Dearest, Prep, and Fifty Shades of Gray all rolled into one compulsively readable book.” I was dying […]
Yes, you read that right. I tried coming up with an annoying avocado pun to title this post, but I decided that putting chocolate and avocado in the same sentence was attention-grabbing enough. I love avocados, but they sure don’t make it easy. You wait and wait for them to ripen while you salivate whenever you see them […]
This past weekend, one of my best friends came to visit from Philly. She’s a born and raised Florida girl, though, so I wanted to show her a cliché New England weekend! She’d visited me once before, but it rained almost the entire time – just our luck. This time, though, the weather was absolutely […]
As I’ve mentioned before, I’m a sucker for novels about excess – money, power, caloric intake, you name it. Throw in prep school kids, twenty-something debauchery, and a European destination, and I’m sold. Stan Parish’s novel Down the Shore first came to my attention through a blurb in Cosmopolitan. Definitely a sign of quality literature, I know. I […]
You know how they say “the eyes are the window to the soul?” Well, I think the bag on a woman’s arm tells more about her than her pupils. Is she quirky? Serious? Practical? Impulsive? Sure, roll your eyes. Tell me a bag is just a bag. But now you’re thinking about all the ladies in […]