why my husband loves me

The $875 pricetag on these Louboutin sandals ruffles my feathers.

Not long ago, I was in Las Vegas for a girls’ weekend…which automatically became a girls’ shopping trip (just fine with me)…which then morphed into a girls’-shopping-trip-to-really-expensive-stores-that-I-had-no-interest-in. Couple of reasons: First, I don’t need to fly to Vegas to find Louis Vuitton [...]

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contest time!

Jane's latest and greatest read….

My friend and best-selling author, Jane Porter, and I are partnering up to bring you some fun holiday sparkle and cheer. We will be giving away two holiday gift baskets filled with fab beauty products, a few of Jane’s signed books, and a Starbucks gift card. Is that a deal, or what? [...]

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fit for a queen

Check mate!

I’m a sucker for the Royals. Back in ’81, I watched Charles’s and Di’s wedding on a small black-and-white TV set at my aunt’s house in Greece…which, in a twisted kind of way, is my pop-culture version of  “Where were you the day Kennedy was shot?” (I was in my crib, [...]

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tv talk: holiday beauty gifts!

Showed some really fun holiday beauty gifts on KING5’s New Day NW this morning: everything from sparkling makeup cases to tartan compacts to… sushi soap for kids! (I kid you not.)

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let them eat soup

My Pollyanna picture of Thanksgiving–thanks to artist Norman Rockwell.

There’s a scene in the movie The Blindside, in which Sandra Bullock prepares a turkey feast for her onscreen family, and the minute she calls “Dinner,” everyone hits the buffet like a buffalo stampede and plops down in front of the football game.  (Thanks to [...]

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The good book…then and now.

Am I the only one who’s been noticing plaid all over the place? I can’t help but think that this sudden resurgence of all things tartan has a little something to do with Lisa Birnbach’s brand-new sequel to her iconic 1980s title, The Preppy Handbook.

Once upon [...]

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