Halloween has always been a bust for me. My lack of creativity started off at an early age when I insisted my Wonder Woman underoos sufficed as a costume. Obsessed with Lynda Carter, I was the same character 3 years in a row, minus the Lasso of Truth, tiara, or truth bracelets. (my mom wasn’t […]
Archives for October 2015
Water WAIT!
There is nothing, absolutely NOTHING, more ridiculous than gaining pounds from calorie free water. It’s supposed to be our friend. Not an enemy waiting to create a muffin top when we have not put a single carb in our mouth all week. Here are 5 simple tips that have helped me make water my friend. […]
French Beauties
I’m obsessed the French style and the quiet allure of these beautiful, talented ladies. Model/author Caroline de Maigret’s outlines 3 unique qualities of Parisian women in her book: How to Be Parisian Wherever You Are: Love, Style, and Bad Habits : 1. never try to be friends with their children. 2. never work too hard on their […]
Chronicles of Swan: Entry
I love our Texas home. I loved it from the beginning. In fact, we happened upon the open house en route to Whole Foods. Husband in tow, I convinced him to follow the signs to an unbeknownst neighborhood near Bluffview. A little east, closer to Love Field, it definitely didn’t fall within the defined boundaries […]
4 Tips For Appropriate Dress Code
I consider myself pretty savvy on what to wear in most situations. But, from time to time I have mishaps. That doesn’t necessarily mean ending up on the “worst dress list”. However, have you ever worn something fabulous at the wrong wrong time and place? I have. I’m going to share some personal mishaps in hopes […]
Battle of the Wicks
Who knew that Amazon could be a fancy-smancy candle shop? I’m a sucker for online shopping, b/c it’s for the lazy and spontaneous buyers. That’s me. Here’s some fun facts about our sense of SMELL: our nose is capable of identifying only 7 smells: Camphor, Musk, Floral, Mint, Ether, Acrid, or Putrid. (Either IS Putrid, […]
Watch My Garden Grow
It’s Fall! My friends north of the Mason Dixon are already wearing gloves and jackets. But I’m in Dallas and that means 75-85 degrees in the daytime with maybe some 90 degree days thrown in there to boot. If you are a child of the 80’s, you probably remember sitting at the Clinique counter […]