A style blog based on a fifty-something Baby Boomer doing her best to age gracefully.
Happy 9th Anniversary to my blog, The Age of Grace. It’s no coincidence that I started blogging the day dedicated to remembering the legacy of the Reverend Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. I, too, had a dream that my voice could make a difference for women in midlife.
My end-of-year holiday typically includes visits with family and friends and venturing out for planned Christmas activities. However, this year, my Flu-Rona holiday quandaries derailed any plans. It’s a New Year and yet another novel term to describe updated COVID-19 and flu symptoms: the word Flu-Rona.
Here it is, the first day of winter with Christmas on Saturday. Little did we think yet another Coronavirus variant would thwart plans of holiday gatherings. In fact, can I say, déjà vu, It’s starting to feel like 2020 again?
It’s beginning to look a lot like Christmas at the Hotel Hershey; it’s merry and bright at the sweetest place on earth. For more than 85 years, the Hotel Hershey has created sweet, memorable experiences. My early memories as a child include bus rides from Philly to visit the amusement park during the summers. When […]
Are You Still Smoking? If yes, today is the Great American Smokeout, the perfect day to consider quitting smoking. According to the U.S.Centers for Disease Control and Prevention (CDC), it takes 8 to 11 attempts to quit smoking.
Based on the foot traffic in Manhattan last weekend, specifically SoHo, the cobblestoned streets are a shopping mecca. Unsurprisingly, Sarah Flint NYC Pop-Up Boutique, a unique designer shoe experience, created a location on West Broadway. Since I became a brand ambassador for Sarah Flint shoes, I didn’t mind getting up at dawn to travel three […]
The signs and signals are there to indicate the impending seasonal change. First, it’s back to school, then the tradition of mums and pumpkins. Finally, the end of Daylight Savings Time for the additional sunlight during the warmer weather because it’s time to fall back. It’s November, and the forecast in Central Pennsylvania is already […]
Orange, you are going to love fall? Learn why fall is my favorite time of the year. It’s Sustainable Spotlight time again. The agreed-upon theme for the October post is the color orange, which represents fall.
Did anyone notice on Instagram that vests took center stage this fall as a fashion statement? I consider my vest version a remix, and it’s not my grandfather’s vest. Vests is the agreed-upon theme for the last fashion challenge post for 2021 with the Magnificent Eight blogger group. Me, I conjured childhood visions of my […]
It’s October why so much pink. Here’s a little history about the origins and roots of the pink month. Breast Cancer Awareness campaigns began in 1985 as a partnership between the American Cancer Society and the pharmaceutical division of Imperial Chemicals Industries (ICI.) Even since then, every October, we see pink. I must note that […]