
Valentine’s Day seems to put hearts on center stage so let’s talk about women and their hearts for a moment.
Did you know, for instance, that heart disease is the number one killer of women in America and that five times more women die from heart disease than from breast cancer?
Or that over 35% of American women over 20 die from cardiovascular disease each and every…
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In 1993, the pharmaceutical company Sanofi purchased the Yves Saint Laurent fashion house for approximately $600 million dollars.
So let’s see…that’s about…$200 million per initial! Quite the bargain, don’t you think?
Fortunately you can acquire all three YSL initials for yourself for way less in today’s charming VPOD.
This vintage 1980s pair of logo earrings will declare your love for YSL in super-chic style–even if it means forgoing…
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In my pre-vegetarian life as a young girl, I remember running to greet my father when he’d come home from a morning fishing trip to the Nescopeck creek, eager to count the number of Rainbow trout in his fishing basket. Today my father’s retired and has plenty of time to enjoy his pasttime but only if he throws his catch back into the water. Contaminant…
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I’ve been working on a book about collecting vintage clothing and accessories for fun and profit and one topic I’m covering is determining which vintage pieces have the best chance of appreciating in value. In my opinion, these pieces fit into one of two categories: either they’re truly iconic and a designer’s most famous “looks” or they’re the opposite extreme, something completely unexpected from the…
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Written on
May 3, 2010 by
Mary Kincaid in
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