Anxiety at social functions? Learning a few icebreakers can help.
Frankenstein, or Bride of Frankenstein?
Reinvention may be fine, for yourself. What about playing Pygmalion?
This Is Not Me
Wondering who I am? What I look like? What “sort” I am? See this fab woman? She likes her words. She has cool red glasses. She can even concentrate under a strange, retro, hair heating device. Oh, it’s in the name of beauty. Fine. I totally get that. We women go to great lengths in […]
What drives you crazy?
Relationship deal breakers You’re on a first date. He’s polite, he’s interesting, he’s easy on the eyes. But he makes slurping noises – loudly – over potato leek soup. Deal breaker? You stumble on each other through an internet site. Your email exchange is sparkling. You speak on the phone. She rambles. In an interesting […]
Ten (Fashionable?) Things You Don’t Know About Me…
Ah… the things we don’t know about others…
Six Dollars for Sensory Therapy
Wake up and smell the coffee When your day starts at three in the morning, it’s amazing what you can accomplish. There’s gazing at the 14 stacks of books, folders, and magazines you need to organize (without actually organizing them), or staring down heaps of unfolded laundry with a little smile, knowing they make fine […]
Why I Wouldn’t Shave My Head
Romance and rumination…
What’s Your Style?
What’s your style? Style. When you hear the word, what do you think of? Your wardrobe? Your interiors? Do you contemplate more personal arenas – relationship style, communication style, even your writing style? When you say “he’s got style” or “she’s got style,” who do you picture? All types of styles The fact is, style can […]
Dress My WHAT?
One night last week, I was skimming web pages when I stopped cold at an article entitled “Dress Your Age.” Dress your age, in this day and age? Are we still defining and maligning who can wear what based on the year of their birth? Apparently so. Take a gander at Google on this particular […]
The clothes make the man. True or false?
First impressions. There’s no doubting their power. Eyes, smile, hair, scent – and certainly the attire. Each plays its role, but how true is it that “the clothes make the man,” or that fashion (or lack thereof) really influences what we think of someone? Back in the day, I worked at a company patterned after […]