or How my dog drove me to get Botox. In past years having my period at work meant I regularly employed the old tampon up your sleeve on the way to the rest room routine. But of late I take a different tack. In my dotage, I march towards the restroom twirling my tampon like a baton. Continue Reading
Blogging Myself Young
So, 2015 is the year I turn fifty. Which means it's also the year I do my damnedest not to LOOK like I'm turning 50. Luckily, I'm a blogger, and there are any number of companies willing to exploit my hysteria over the big five-oh, by offering me youth enhancing services to try. From cures for Continue Reading
Get VAVAVoom Hair with Women’s Rogaine: Giveaway!
I was asked to participate in the #rogainevolume campign, sponsored by Women’s ROGAINE. Although I have been compensated, as always all opinions are my own.The original tagline of my blog was "If 40's the new 30, someone forgot to tell my thighs." At this point, I've been blogging so long that 40 Continue Reading
Gimme a Head of Hair, Long Beautiful Hair…Secret Extensions
If you get the reference in the title, then you're either a musical theater person, or of an age when long hair just seems, well, for younger people. I happen to be both. As I've inched nearer and nearer to the half-century mark, my hair has gotten shorter and shorter. It's sort of the Continue Reading
Confessions of a Swag Hound: BirchBox, Chaise Fitness and More
Being a blogger has introduced me to so much. I’ve made good friends, used my social media influence to help raise money for charities like K.I.D.S, R Baby, The Lamp, Mothers2Mothers, and Women in Need. Sometimes, I’m amazed at how bloggers give back, like Jennifer James and her initiatives for Continue Reading
My 20 Year Quest to Lose the Same Ten Pounds
Yup. The title of this post is my tagline. And sadly, it's now become 15 pounds. Although when I wrote that tagline I probably only needed to lose seven, but the line sounded funnier with ten. Now -- not so funny. I've written about how I'm going to accept that I'm never going to accept my body. Continue Reading
Why I’ll Never Get a Brazilian Bikini Wax
I love Brazil. On my vacation there years ago, I saw beautiful countryside, sophisticated cities, and rockin’ nightlife. I love Brazilians. They are warm and loving. They are awesome plastic surgeons, and they are singlehandedly reviving the NY Real Estate market. Some of my best friends are Continue Reading
New Year, New ‘do: Wordless Wednesday
Yesterday I got a new very short 'do. Not on purpose...but there you go. I kinda like it. But it is SHORT! Continue Reading
How Blogging Makes You Beautiful
Blogging makes you beautiful in so many ways: you get deeper through your self expression, you get more compassionate through blogging for a cause. Your inner self shines...ah, who am I kidding? Blogging makes you more beautiful because you get a free beauty products. Of course, if the number of Continue Reading
Accepting that I’m Never Going to Accept My Body
I am never going to love my body just the way it is, and that's OK. Let me explain: Yesterday, I read this post about a woman struggling with her post-baby body. What struck me about the piece was that this struggle is new for her. She talks about how she never had body image issues until she had Continue Reading