It’s Valentine’s Day, but this year it feels so very different. After a year of waiting and hoping and stressing and losing, let’s use this holiday as a time to care for ourselves. We deserve to treat ourselves for surviving this year, for making it work even when everything is breaking. Remember the oxygen mask… Continue Reading How My Friends Treat Themselves for Valentine’s Day and Every Day
Back in the early days of blogging, there was a taskbar at the top of Blogspot blogs with a button that if pressed, would send you randomly to another Blogspot blog. With this button, I found bloggers across the blogs discussing so many different topics, sharing details about their different lives. Through this button, I… Continue Reading Weekend Reads #141
I’m writing this post about how I’ve figured out how to get a good night’s sleep at 3 am. It’s because I didn’t follow my tips for the best night’s sleep and am paying the price. But heck, my mistake inspired me to write this post, so it’s not all bad, right? Here are some… Continue Reading 14+ Tips for The Best Night’s Sleep
What are the best denim washes? Can a change in your jean’s color or wash change the way your existing wardrobe looks or change the way your body looks? I previously wore this coral batwing sweater with white jeans. I was surprised how much I liked the sweater. When I got home from the shoot,… Continue Reading What Are the Best Denim Washes for Spring/Summer? I Review 5 Pairs
In 2005, I saw an exhibit of Sam Gilliam’s work at The Corcoran and was forever changed. Gilliam’s draped canvases are definitely something where, “you had to be there,” for the majesty and emotion of them cannot be portrayed in a photograph. While born in Tupelo, Mississippi in 1933 and raised in Louisville, Kentucky, Gilliam… Continue Reading Weekend Reads #140
For Valentine’s Day and beyond, size-inclusive heart-themed fashion and accessories to update your wardrobe. Continue Reading Valentine’s Day Fashion for Now and Later
A casual look featuring a Talbots Breton top and high-waisted flare jeans with waterproof brown leather boots from Vionic. Continue Reading Talbots Breton and Flare Jeans
This weekend, my husband and I watched The Dig, a new movie on Netflix that stars Carey Mulligan and Ralph Fiennes. We chose this movie because my husband recently learned about the true story behind this movie. He watched some documentaries and did additional research and had been sharing what he learned with me for… Continue Reading We Need to Talk about The Dig on Netflix and How it Portrays Women
For most of my kid’s life, I have been able to be ahead with her wardrobe, and it has saved me a ton of money. I stalk the end of clearance sales and have gotten her amazing apparel, outerwear, and shoes for way less plotting out what size she’d be in a year. Heck, I… Continue Reading On Mondays We Wear Pink