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I was once asked who my role models were. After careful thought, I disclosed my list:
Wonder Woman because she’s smart, refreshingly unjaded, fights the good fight and looks gorgeous while doing it. Plus, bracelets that deflect bullets? That girl knows how to accessorize. Lara Croft: smart, sexy, and kicks a**. Jessica Rabbit from Who Framed Roger Rabbit? for knowing how to work it while keeping her priorities straight (she marries Roger Rabbit because he makes her laugh). Top of the list though, always, is Auntie Mame (the title character from the book by Patrick Dennis). Auntie Mame is vibrant, charming, intellectually curious, open to all people and experiences, and always the life of the party. Her motto is “Live, Live, Live” and that is what this blog is about.
As Auntie Mame so famously says, “Life is a banquet and most poor suckers are starving to death!”
Too many of us have become those starving suckers. We are stuck in a rut of waking up, working all day, coming home, watching TV and going to sleep, just to wake up and do it all again. We may add a workout to the routine, take-out, a night out, or a movie, but most of our time is spent in the same boring patterns. It’s time to stop going hungry!
This blog is about living, evolving, indulging and doing what we can every day to get the most out of life.
Food will be featured heavily because I love it. I do not subscribe to the “food is fuel’ school of thought. I believe in the smell of homemade bread and chocolate chip cookies, the delight a tiny taste of triple crème brie can tempt forth, and the sensuality of a creamy chocolate mousse. Whoever said “nothing tastes as good as thin feels” never tasted fresh chevre topped with black cherry confit. Food provides nourishment, comfort, creativity, and a fail proof way to connect with others. It’s time to stop obsessing and start enjoying.
Another way to really experience life? Travel. Whether it’s in your hometown or immersed in another culture half a world away, nothing will breathe new energy into your life faster than a get away.
Most of all though, this is about finding ways to steal little moments out of even the busiest day to enjoy and experience life. Let’s get to it and “Live, Live, Live!”
Jane Austen Ruined My Life How can anyone resist a title like that? As a former English Major and Jane Austen devotee, when I spied this title in the bookstore I couldn’t pass it up. In Jane Austen Ruined My Life, Beth Patillo tells the story (read full article)
Last summer I was with a friend going to lunch (she was driving) when we were rear-ended – hard. The effects on my body were instantaneous – severe neck and back pain radiating to my legs. The next several months were spent in Dr. (read full article)
Chocolate Cake Saturday night we had friends over for dinner. I failed to do my usual two-week menu planning and so the meal was kept pretty simple. Brie and baguette to start served with wine in the living room. A salad of spinach leaves, (read full article)
Kiehl's Creme de Corps When I first arrived in Vancouver a few weeks ago, I noticed that my skin was rapidly becoming as brittle as a fallen leaf. As Jim and I walked down Robson, looking for a place for a quick lunch, I spied my salvation (read full article)
"The Girl Next Door" If I haven’t mentioned it before, I’m a big Elizabeth Noble fan – anything she writes, I read. I stumbled upon her first book, “The Reading Group” when I lived in “THE OC” an (read full article)
"Not Becoming My Mother" by Ruth Reichl Editor in Chief of now defunct Gourmet magazine, restaurant critic and author, Ruth Reichl has dipped her hand into every aspect of the food world. But “Not Becoming My Mother And Other Thing (read full article)
The Starter Marriage As you know, I’ve confessed before to my forays into “chick lit.” While I have favorite authors in this genre (Elizabeth Noble and Marian Keyes come immediately to mind), most of my experiences are courtesy of (read full article)
For most of my life I avoided the news in all forms: Newsweek, television news (if it can even be called news anymore) and the papers. It wasn’t that I didn’t want to know what was going on in the world, it was that the news was alway (read full article)
Shepard Moon Ache & Pain Relief Bath Salts Feeling like a slacker, I did 40 minutes of pilates on Sunday (Mari Windsor Pilates for Pink Core Challenge) and then played tennis for an hour and 15. I felt fabulous – at the time. Yesterday (read full article)
Cooking & Screaming If you know Adrienne Kane, you likely know her from her blog Nosheteria. What you may not know is that Adrienne Kane was just about to graduate from UC Berkeley as an English major (and dance major? not clear) when she s (read full article)
Confession: I love mystery novels (especially ones with recipes – lol) and “chick lit” (hate that term). I’ve read Sophie Kinsella in the past with mixed reactions. The first Shopaholic book was good, the second (Shopaho (read full article)
My sister Kate is in town which means movies, movies and more movies. My husband and I generally only agree on about three films a year (he pretty much only likes things that are nominated for academy awards) so when Kate comes to town, I take full (read full article)
L'Occitane "Delightful Creme" With the dryness that accompanies winter and the stress of trying to get everything finished in time for the holidays I’ve been hitting up my L’Occitane Honey Miel & Lemon Citron “Del (read full article)
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