Today Annie, Mary Ann and I are joined by our friend Ashley from Modern Glam to discuss how to pack for a vacation. We will be traveling to Hawaii in September with a three-year-old. We will be spending a lot of time around the pool and beach so she can enjoy the trip. We have not been to Hawaii for several years but it is very casual, so there is no need to pack dressy clothes that won't be worn. Let's take a look at how to Rock and Over 50 Travel Wardrobe-Hawaii. The plan is to bring a ...
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Stylish Summer Hats for Women over 50
Hi Everyone, Happy Tuesday. I hope you all had a wonderful Fourth of July Weekend (if you are in the U.S). Today Sarah, Kim and I are going to talk about Stylish Summer Hats for Women over 50. I didn't wear hats for years but I absolutely can't live without them now. Kim and I were lucky to have lunch together last week. Here we are modeling our new hats. My hat is from Wallaroo. It is lightweight and packable. I have a couple of hats from this brand. I find them to be reasonable and ...
Girls lunch, Designer Carleen & Recipes
Happy Birthday USA, Happy Sunday, and welcome to my Sunday fab five with Classic Casual Home, and Most Lovely Things. Warning this week's post is recipe-heavy. I won't be cooking this weekend as we are going on a picnic today at Eden Rift Vineyards, and tomorrow we are heading to see little Summer and family. Let's have a little fun and take a look at Girls' lunch designer Carleen and recipes. GIRLS LUNCH DESIGNER CARLEEN & RECIPES THE BEST BURGERS ON THE PLANET Have you ever tried a ...
The Enchanting Gardens of Dominique Lafourcade
Since I am in garden design mode, I have gone back to some of the inspirational garden posts that I penned when I first started blogging. This was one of my favorites but nearly all of the pictures disappeared. I thought for those of you that love gardens it deserved a rewrite. When we first built our last home over 25 years ago I had absolutely no gardening experience. Our home was to be built on ten acres and the building site itself literally did not have a tree on it. I came from a family ...
Gardenista, Fresh Salads, a beautiful Design Portfolio
Hi everyone. Welcome to our Sunday Favorites. Each Sunday, Annie, Mary Ann, and I try to bring you all things fun that we discovered the week before. Let's take a look at Gardenista, Fresh Salads, a Beautiful Design Portfolio FATHER'S DAY SALADS I posted these two salads in stories and people went crazy asking for the recipes, justifiably so. I made Cher Castellano's White Bean Salad Lauren made this octopus and fingerling potato salad from T & TThese are two of the best salads I ...
Ageless Style-The Contessa
To celebrate four years (in April) of bringing you Ageless Style, Elizabeth and I thought it would be fun to interview each other. We began the series barely knowing each other and became fast friends. In our first post we interviewed each other but much has changed in four years. We have experimented and evolved. Let's see what Elizabeth has to say now. You can read my original interview with Elizabeth here. Let's take a look at Ageless Style-The Contessa Tell us a little ...
The Best Bronzers for Mature Skin
Happy Tuesday. It has been a while since we discussed skincare or makeup. I have currently been on the hunt for a new bronzer so I thought we would talk about the best bronzers for mature skin. Let me preface this by saying I am not an authority on anyhing involving skincare or makeup. I defer to the experts and those that know far more than I. I must say there were not very many articles on bronzers targeted to mature women. Is it because we women of a certain age think we can no longer ...
My Dining Room, TV storage hack and more
Happy Fathers Day to all the wonderful dads out there. I hope you all have a wonderful day with your families today. i am joining Mary Ann, and Annie and we are sharing our Sunday favorites, including my dining room, tv storage hack and more. HEATHER BULLARD’S INGENIOUS HACK FOR HIDING THE GIANT TV Do you follow Heather Bullard? She is so creative and always has such wonderful ideas on her blog and Instagram. One of her recent posts really hit home. Steve recently purchased a gargantuan tv ...
Consoles with Character
I love a beautifully styled console. .It can be a statement piece that sets the tone in an entry. It might even reveal a little bit about the personality of the owner. It is a great place to display collections of things. In this post Consoles with Character, I am featuring some of my own designs and some of my favorites. I originally wrote this post back in 2012. It is still making its rounds around social media, missing photos and all. I decided to rewrite it with some of today’s ...
