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…
Category: Living
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
I (heart) New York
When I was a young girl, I never dreamt about my wedding day. Really. I didn’t give two toots about Prince Charming, or babies, or the whole white picket fence thing. I mean, I think I assumed that my life would contain all those things, but they certainly weren’t what I dreamed of. My dream…
Oops, I did it again…
These days, I seem to be going to a 40th birthday party at least every season or so, and last weekend was no exception. The birthday boy was apparently conceived at the original Woodstock, so the birthday theme was late 60’s, early 70’s inspired. Nothing like getting dressed up in psychedelic outfits and Farrah wigs…
Uncriti-size Me
A long time ago, I took a masters degree in Business at a renowned university far away from home, mostly because I wanted to move out on my own but also partly because I secretly aspired to live on Michael Douglas’ Wall Street, where everyone acknowledged that greed (aka the market economy) was good and…
Looking Good, Feeling Better
Remember Billy Crystal’s legendary Fernando Lamas skit, “It’s better to look good than to feel good”? I’m embarrassed to admit this, but I believe that Fernando was onto something. As a teenager, looking good was everything. I used to get up 3 hours early for school to wash, blow dry and curl my bone straight…
Volunteerism – a new Olympic Sport?
What do you get when you put a bunch of “I used to be somebody with air miles, an expense account and fancy suits” ex-working moms with school-aged children together? Welcome to volunteerism as a competitive sport. Class mom, Hockey/Soccer/Baseball/Swim Team manager, Hot Lunch coordinator, Crossing Guard, Parent Advisory Committee member, School Board liaison officer,…
Love Lucie 