Does a Woman Really Need a $23 Undereye Concealer?
My favorite Beauty Supply Store is a ten-minute drive from my house, on a high-end, but Main-Street-y boulevard that cuts a swath through a pocket of Mediterranean, Tudor, and Craftsman mansions. What...
View ArticleTo Photoshop or Not to Photoshop?
In real life, I have a job that requires showing my face, instead of hiding behind a damsel-in-distress gravatar. It also requires a bit of marketing, so I recently decided to build a web site to...
View ArticleEverything I Thought I Knew About Hair Was Wrong
Last Saturday I strayed. I went to a new hairdresser. I was tired of schlepping across town to the stylist I had gone to for years and, frankly, I was in a hair rut. The color was too brassy. The cut...
View ArticleWould Experiential Therapy Help the Kardashians?
Does retail therapy count as experiential therapy? Lately I’ve had several search terms leading to my site that have inquired “would experiential therapy work for the Kardashians?” My first thought...
View ArticleBargains and Bobas in Chinatown
I am punch-drunk happy. Luca is visiting from boarding school and I’m taking a couple days off work: pure, unadulterated decadence, just like playing hooky. The kids and I went to Chinatown yesterday,...
View ArticleEverything I Thought I Knew About Lip Care Was Wrong
Note: This is not a sponsored post, and I am not receiving any compensation from these brands. I just think they’re kind of cool. I have perpetually chapped lips. So when I was standing in the...
View ArticleWhat I’m Thankful For: Pedicures
My single-mom-sans-child-support budget doesn’t allow for many luxuries. Gone are the weekly yoga and Pilates classes, the frequent lunches and dinners out, the Starbucks afternoon pick-me-ups. But the...
View ArticleWhat I’m Thankful For: The Kindness Of An Old Friend
After one of my last, particularly beleaguered posts lamenting the albatross that the lack of child support has draped over my shoulders, an old friend, my first college roommate, actually, sent me a...
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