Yes! I’m Watching The Royal Wedding!

It’s practically midnight and I’m trying to stay up to watch THE ROYAL WEDDING which will start its broadcast in an hour.  What’s so funny is that practically EVERY woman I know is going to watch it…. the guys, of course, laugh and think it’s ridiculous that we’d even stay up and not sleep to [...]

22nd Annual Spring Garden Show Starts Today

Today marks the start of the 22nd Annual Southern California Spring Garden Show at South Coast Plaza in Costa Mesa, CA (http://springgardenshow.com/). Sorry fans for writing yet another regional post, but I’ve heard such great things about this show and I’m looking forward to checking it out and thought I’d let those who live in the area [...]

Mark Your Calendar: The Balboa Island Artwalk 2011

This past Monday, I joined my talented neighbor Mo (www.artistmommas.com) to the orientation for The Balboa Island Artwalk at the Newport Beach Yacht Club.  It was wonderful to attend the mandatory meeting with her because Mo is one of the artists selected to display her portfolio of expressionistic paintings.  Just so you know, not just [...]

Channeling Easter Goodness at The Peeps Store

Hope everyone had a wonderful Easter and Passover week last week!  As we know, this is the season for Peeps, those marshmallow treats that are most notably shaped as chicks or bunnies, although the line has now expanded into different animal shapes that are not just available for Easter baskets.  Peeps, produced by candy company [...]

Lauren Conrad’s Newest Venture: The Beauty Department

So last Tuesday, Lauren Conrad (from “The Hills”) and originally from MTV’s reality series, Laguna Beach: The Real Orange County launched a new beauty site, The Beauty Department (www.thebeautydepartment.com).  Her latest project (as Lauren has written several books as well as she currently maintains her clothing line at Kohl’s) is a collaboration with her hair [...]

Sometimes, It is Just Meant to Be

I am an oldest child, a Type-A, an Alpha – all those lovely characteristic stereotypes that make me think I can control everything.  But, every so often, I am reminded that sometimes, it is what it is and I need to accept it. Case in point: Yesterday, I headed to the airport with Buster to [...]

In Honor of Earth Week: Sustainable Home Goods

If you haven’t already heard, it’s Earth Week this week, with Earth Day designated for tomorrow, Friday, April 22nd.  There are so many things we can be doing to be kinder to our environment, such as conserving electricity, replacing our light bulbs with LED or CFL bulbs, and reducing our consumption of bottled water.  In [...]

You’re Invited to a Launch Party!

By now, we’re all familiar with DailyCandy, the e-mail newsletter that started in New York in 2000.  I remember receiving those fun e-mails, daily, in my work e-mail in-box when I was still working at L’Oreal.  Those e-mails had that informal, “friend whispering into your ear” writing style that gave “insider” tips for the style-obsessed and trendsetters in “the know.” Well, DailyCandy [...]

Zachary Prell with the Ideal Modern Man’s Sport Shirt

My dear friend from college, Zachary Prell, has a line of beautiful men’s sport shirts that he designed and perfected having worn ill-fitting shirts for almost a decade in his previous careers as an investment banker and private equity professional.   Debuting in 2006, the sport shirts address a few, important details that Zachary saw were [...]

Finalists for Best 2011 Eye Product Prestige

For those of you in the beauty world, the winners of the 2011 CEW Beauty Awards will be announced May 20th.  For those of you who aren’t, CEW stands for Cosmetic Executive Women, and every year, the most innovative new products are voted on by CEW members (obviously, members are those that are affiliated with [...]