Do you know Little Miss Sunshine? I do, and quite frankly, I love her. Some of my friends are Eeyores, moaning and groaning about this or that, or this and that. I too, tend to exist on that end of the spectrum. But after a little time with my friend Little Miss Sunshine, I can…
Author: Nancy
When does a freckle become an age spot?
Damn. Just when I was thinking my freckles actually made me look (a bit) younger, a not-so-good friend who shall remain nameless, pointed out that those marks on my face were actually age spots, aka liver spots, aka senile freckles. WTF? Digging through old photographs, I remember that, unlike Julianne Moore, I was not a…
Fake it till you Make it
When I was in New York (what seems like a million years ago now, instead of just 3 weeks ago) I went to uber-sexy Buddakan for dinner with an old friend. After the initial “you haven’t aged a bit!” pleasantries, Mike asked how long I’d been married (which was the last time I saw him)….
Paging Carrie Bradshaw
Coinciding with the debut of Sex and the City on HBO in 1998, my world changed. I had just gotten married, moved from Toronto to Calgary (where I knew no one, except for my husband) to park my MBA and consulting career on my fabulous new taupe-colored Montauk couches. I had outgrown my Friends –…
The best part of the trip
So it’s over, or nearly so. After months of planning, 6 fun-filled days of eating, shopping, and drinking are over. I’m at the airport with bags under my eyes bigger than the bags I checked. I’m so tired I didn’t even notice that I’d plugged my earphones into the jack that looks like its marked…
Defying Gravity
So here I am in the Big Apple, at the end of one of the best days in my life. This morning, I met my girlfriends and; – had breakfast at Dean & Deluca, – found a Moschino dress at 70% off retail at Century 21, – lunched on a Crispy Spicy Tuna Roll at…
It takes a village
My husband goes out of town on occasion, mostly for work and annually for boys trips. When he leaves, some might argue that life is somewhat easier, as there is no need to have a nice dinner ready at 6PM or to shower and shave my pits every day. However, as I’m about to take…
Product Wasteland
As most fans of magazines are, I am quite easily swayed by marketing mumbo-jumbo. Words like “luminescence”, “heathy glow”, and “erase your stretch marks forever” catch my attention and open my wallet immediately. Unfortunately, despite the industry’s efforts for “truth in advertising”, many products’ claims don’t mesh with reality. As such, a product wasteland is…
Rolling Back the Years Product by Product
I wake up in the morning feelin’ like P Diddy … no, not really, not even close, but I would bet one of his diamond earrings that my morning regime is something that not even the great Puffy himself could face, except for maybe pre-MTV Awards Show. It takes a good team to make this…
T-1 week!
Still agonizing over where to spend my 9 meals in New York next week. It’s utterly mind-boggling to sift through the 18,696 restaurants, diners, dives, izakayas, cantinas, trattorias and pubs in New York City. Reading through the reviews and menus online is a foodie’s purgatory! Any recommendations before I rip my eyes out? Love Lucie
Love Lucie 