This is why I love the internet: I was writing a post for Beauty Banter about my summer beauty tips yesterday, and I happened to see my friend Morgan tweet about these sunscreen wipes she uses for her daughter. I asked her if they were good for all ages, and …
Once you make a decision, the universe conspires to make it happen. -Ralph Waldo Emerson The key to good decision making is not knowledge. It is understanding. We are swimming in the former. We are desperately lacking in the latter. - Malcolm Gladwell I tend to make swift decisions. Not …
For fifteen years, I have worked as a writer, and later, a photographer and an editor as well. I love editing, be it book or magazine or for an individual client. Not just the research and working with writers and the robin’s egg blue cover of the latest CMOS, but …
All persons ought to endeavor to follow what is right, and not what is established. - Aristotle A mob’s always made up of people, no matter what. Mr. Cunningham was part of a mob last night, but he was still a man.- Harper Lee, To Kill a Mockingbird Vancouver has …
It is more easy to be wise for others than for ourselves. - François Duc de La Rochefoucauld It was a Sunday morning, and for the first time I heard what would become the familiar high-pitched squeal of dial-up as it came through my computer. I was fifteen. When the …
Personal compliments, however, are proper only from a close friend… it is bad taste for a young woman to say to another “What a handsome dress you have on!” and worst of all to add “Where did you get it?” The young girl’s particular friends are, of course, apt to …
Our truest response to the irrationality of the world is to paint or sing or write, for only in such response do we find truth. - Madeleine L’Engle The first step - especially for young people with energy and drive and talent, but not money - the first step to …
A journey of a thousand sites begins with a single click. - Author Unknown Over the years, I’ve given up smoking and cut out caffeine because they did more harm than good. I’ve dropped entire food groups because I am allergic to seemingly everything. I get my tans from bottles. …
I know someone who always calls it Monday Funday. I, on the other hand, tend to find Mondays far more like a song by The Bangles. More chaotic and kooky than sprinkles and rainbows. And so, as I do, I wrote down some great words someone else said and thought …
Chic is where you find it. – Bonnie Cashin Luxury must be comfortable, otherwise it is not luxury. – Coco Chanel In recent years, two of my lifelong fashion staples have become increasingly popular: ballet flats and striped tees. Some people get annoyed when their signature pieces become trendy. I …