A style blog based on a fifty-something Baby Boomer doing her best to age gracefully.
The new year brings new style challenges for the Magnificent Eight Instagram group. What’s the agreed-upon January theme? The Pantone color of the year is Viva Magenta. I chose to wear my Banana Republic opera coat, a bright peony pink and not quite Pantone Viva Magenta. The Pantone Color Institute’s global team of color experts […]
I can’t believe I catapulted myself into the limelight in 2013 when I started blogging. What was I thinking? Perhaps FOMO when social media started taking off. Nevertheless, here I am a decade later: Happy 10th Anniversary to my blog. Let me not forget that I did observe my five-year blogging milestone with an afternoon […]
Does anyone else feel a certain emptiness after the holidays? Perhaps it’s the end of the holiday season’s festivities or the beginning of the cold, dreary winter months. With that in mind, I decided to join a fashion challenge, participating in vibrant colors this gloomy winter. I relish vibrant, eye-catching colors at any time of […]
And just like that, it’s 2023. I feel like I flew through this year. Did anyone else cruise through 2022? At the end of every year, I use this time to reflect on my personal and professional goals tied into my yearly blogging experience. I still strive to write down my dreams with a vision […]
When my daughter Channing agreed to be my plus one to the Laura Geller Holiday Soiree celebrating 25 years of beauty at the Laduree Soho, we secured timed tickets for the Louis Vuitton exhibit in Barney’s reimagined building—and booked dinner reservations at Fred’s on the ninth floor. This milestone LV display commemorates the 200th birthday […]
How wonderful to get invited to the Laura Geller holiday soirée celebrating 25 years of beauty. It was in 1997 when veteran makeup artist Laura Geller launched her beauty line on QVC, the home shopping network. The debut product, the contouring set called the Face Structuring Kit, sold out within minutes.
While everyone else shopped Black Friday weekend, I motored to Brandywine Valley to visit an enduring lavish estate for the Longwood Gardens Christmas experience. With my long history of attending the Philadelphia Flower Show, I like to feast my eyes on horticultural beauty; I inherited my green thumb and love of natural beauty from my […]
In my efforts to reduce my carbon footprint, I make intentional purchases, including preloved items and supporting smaller brands. Since that 2021 pledge to buy better, I have discovered that you must have Black-owned brands on your holiday shopping list. When one develops a mindful style, these decisions warrant doing homework. For example, details about […]
Now that we’re getting deeper into the fall season with the chilly morning temps and rustling of felled leaves, It’s officially boots season! Are western-inspired boots on your radar?
As women, we live with the looming threat of the possibility of Breast Cancer. This month, in particular, is designated as the pink month. It is the perfect time to get all the need-to-know risk factors for Breast Cancer prevention. All women over 40 should get mammograms every year. The Affordable Care Act/Obamacare made provisions […]