Finds & Gifts
“Gift in a Card” vs Gift Cards – Quick gifts to send in the mail
Certainly, retail or restaurant gift cards have their place in gift-giving, but most occasions require us to be more creative and personal than that. That’s we’re talking “gift in a card” as opposed to “gift card” here. Something that’s just as easily mailable but much more thoughtful. Isn’t it a rare occasion these days, and a happy-making one, to receive […]
Finds & Gifts
The Enclosed. A Feminine Gift to Self {dedicated}
This is a sponsored post written on behalf of TheEnclosed.com, a luxe panty subscription service. We are so excited to tell you more about this service, equally appreciated by men and women. WHY WOMEN IN MIDLIFE NEED BEAUTIFUL PANTIES While we most of us pointlessly resist growing older, any woman over the age of 50 will tell you […]
Finds & Gifts
Clever Find: Great Plate for Great Outdoors Entertaining
Memorial Day is coming up. It’s the official opening of the summer season and the signal to take our socializing outdoors. Picnics, backyard, beach, pool and block parties. It’s all so much more fun outside. That’s where this clever find comes in. Not that it’s reserved solely for the great outdoors by any means, but the Great […]
Living & Spirit
Earth Day 2016 ~ Simple things you can do to make living on Earth a little better
It’s Earth Day’s 46th year. As I was writing this piece, the image of a somber and depressing Time Magazine cover that I remember from early childhood came to mind. Of all the weekly Time Magazine issues that were delivered to our home year after year, this is the edition that left an indelible impression. I went […]
Finds & Gifts
Mother’s Day Gift Guide 2016
We have presented numerous Mother’s Day Gift Guides over the years. These still contain fabulous suggestions but, this year, we thought we would go the road less traveled, with online brands and products you may not yet have heard about. Here are companies that are run by creative entrepreneurs who should be admired not only for their great product offering but […]
Style & Beauty
Fake Bake – Natural Self-Tanner Review
One of our more popular posts is the one on natural self-tanners. I guess I’m not the only one who hates bearing reflective-white legs that have been hibernating under tights and pants all winter. I can’t help it, every year come springtime, I am compelled to reach for the self-tanner. Of course, I’ve had the disastrous streaky […]
Finds & Gifts
Clever Find: Flip-It! Cap to get every last drop
It’s the little things in life. The silly little things. Like getting the last bit of super-expensive shampoo or lotion out of the bottle. It’s infuriating to know that perfectly good product should go to waste simply because the packaging that it came in won’t let you get to that last inch. We all have our […]
Living & Spirit
An app to keep CALM, so that you can, you know, carry on…
I have a slew of clever finds and other succulent though “fluffy” topics and ideas lined up in my editorial calendar waiting to be written and shared. However, with the onslaught of terrorist attacks and the crazy, upsetting landscape of American politics (these being the top two discordant category of events to break my heart this […]
