I Finally Put Up My Mexican Lanterns!

One of my favorite things about traveling is the shopping! I love spotting handicrafts that are indigenous to that country’s specific culture. Yeah, you can probably buy the stuff online, but it isn’t the same as actually going to the country, seeing all the artisans and their handiwork, haggling for the best price (or scouting [...]

My Summer Dress Wish List

Well, it definitely feels like summer! I returned from Mexico (where it was most assuredly a summery 90 degrees) to gorgeous 80 degree weather in SoCal! Before I left for Cancun, it was still “June Gloom” but now it’s sunny and warm and I’m ready to break out my summer dresses! As many of you [...]

Why You Should Get a Massage on the Beach

Hi Everyone! I’m back from a wonderful trip to Cancun. I’ll have to share more about the trip in a later post, but since it is Monday, I wanted to write something health and beauty-related. Mom treated both my sis and me to hour-long massages on the beach. Heaven! That being said, I wanted to [...]

Visiting Chichen Itza – One of the Seven Wonders of the World

As I stated on Friday, I am in Cancun this week! I’m hanging out with my mom and sister and spending a girls’ week catching up, eating, sightseeing, and shopping. It’s been a fun and wonderful trip so far. I absolutely love Cancun and yesterday’s excursion to Chichen Itza is definitely one of the trip’s [...]

You Just Need to Chill

“There is more to life than increasing its speed.” - Mohandas K. Gandhi This post is dedicated to my readers who cannot relax, and take the time to just sit and be still. For some reason, and you know who you are, you seem to think that to actually stop moving and not do ten [...]

Capturing the Surf Life with Barclay Butera Art

Months ago I gushed about the throw pillows from Barclay Butera. I just love his elegant, yet eclectic style. Well, what’s a home without art on the walls? To reiterate again what’s on the Barclay Butera site: “Furnishings don’t make a home. Life does. And life isn’t something that comes from a store. Design is the way you [...]

Travel Inspired Style

I received an e-mail from J. Crew today that talked about “Travel Inspired Style.” Now that it’s summer, it is time to be light and versatile with the wardrobe. What I love best, is that I actually had most of the inspired items J. Crew suggested. Of course, not from J. Crew, but that’s all [...]

Loving My Misbehaved Nails!

So, last week, I let you in on the Sally Hansen Nail Effects that I have been seeing sported on cool chicks’ nails everywhere, and how I wanted to try the “Misbehaved” design. They look like fishnet stockings or even fish scales! Well, I did it! I purchased a kit at Target for under $10 [...]

People Do Change

“I don’t feel that it is necessary to know exactly what I am. The main interest in life and work is to become someone else that you were not in the beginning. If you knew when you began a book what you would say at the end do you think that you would have the [...]

I love this song! I heard it for the first time on “The Voice” last night with contestant Xenia of Team Blake doing a fantastic version of it. Check it out: “Price Tag” by UK sensation Jessie J. Forget about the Price TagAin’t about the (uh) Cha-Chang Cha-Chang.Aint about the (yeah) Ba-Blang Ba-BlangWanna make the [...]