
I was driving to San Diego on Friday and heard on the radio that the average American family is spending a whopping $1000 to send their daughter to prom this year.
A whopping $1000!
I mean between the dress, the shoes, the bag, the jewelry, the tickets, the limo, the hair, the makeup, the photographer…Let’s face it. All these things add up.
And how things change.
When I went…
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I hope you all weren’t hoping that I’d do some Monday morning fashion quarterbacking and list my Best and Worst Dressed at last night’s Emmy Awards.
To be honest, I think creating a Worst Dressed list is just cruel.
No woman spends hours getting ready for one of the most exciting evenings of her life with the intention of seeing herself on a Worst Dressed list the…
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I’ve always been a huge Donna Karan fan and her philosophy to dress in only the highest quality items that make you utterly happy. Here is a woman who understands women and the many roles we play as mothers, friends, lovers, businesspeople and more, and who always manages to express that intimate understanding in her clothing designs.
Now, Donna Karan has taken on an even more important…
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I’m a huge orange fanatic — the round, juicy kind of orange, that is. So I’m a bit sad because the peak season for oranges is coming to an end.
That just means, though, that I’ll have to be more selective when choosing at the Farmer’s Market each week. After all, not all oranges are alike.
Thin-skinned oranges are juicer than the ones with thick skins and…
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I’m about halfway through Steven Martin’s latest novel, An Object of Beauty, which chronicles the business of fine art collecting and the people behind the game. (And if you’re wondering, yes, it’s the same Steve Martin that you remember from SNL and that you think of as “just a wild and crazy guy.”)
The protagonist in his story is Lacey Yeager, an ambitious young woman pursuing a…
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