Today’s story is about my mother. One of many titles I have bestowed on her is Perfume Professor! My mom, who recently celebrated her 100th birthday, was really my professor on everything womanly. As most mothers are for their daughters. She educated me, giving me the tools to be a fabulously feminine woman. I watched […]

Worldly Lessons Learned From Women in My Life This week was International Women’s Week and it got me thinking about the priceless lessons I have learned from the many women in my life. These are lessons that have improved me and shaped me into the woman I am today. I have friends from all walks […]

Have you tried to embrace the look of a sultry, smoky eye, but have found the technique difficult? Sometimes, dear reader, we just have to mix things up. Embrace serendipity, as I like to say. Today, I’m sharing how you — yes, you! — can embrace a makeup trend that will put the “spark” into […]

I love the month of September! It is a 30 day period of time that I think of as a period of reevaluating what does and does not make my heart sing. September is the month I say to my burdens, “Au revoir.” It is the first month of fall so I think of myself […]

When I think back on the passages in my life, there was a perfect 12-year period. How fortunate was that? 12-years without a care in the world. It began when I was 46-years-old. I had completed one year of mourning the loss of my late husband (though in truth mourning is never quite finished,) and […]