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BRIEF ALERT! Forty Winks

This week’s intimate discoveryA Fresh New Boutique Offers a Great Escape

From the first day I started my retail career, the mantra “location, location, location” was drummed into my head.  So when I was in Boston last week and decided to take a side trip to Cambridge to visit Forty Winks, a wonderful lingerie boutique located in Harvard Square, I knew exactly why this store has … Read More


Innovation ~ Cass and Co.

Architecture that challenges perception has always been a source of creative inspiration for me.  Last year, while traveling in New Mexico, I happened upon the Miraculous Staircase in the Loretto Chapel in Santa Fe. Built to solve the everyday problem of how to access the choir loft without interfering with the space in this tiny Gothic church, the carpenter accomplished a feat of engineering that boggles the imagination.  Turning 360 … Read More


Perfection ~ Twist

My father was a gentle man, very fastidious, very reserved.  He never raised his voice.  I never heard any ultimatums.  There were just expectations, very high expectations.  No matter what I wanted, there was always a goal before I could have it.  He was always raising the bar.  He taught me that I was my only true competitor.  His was a perfectionist whose standard for quality and performance were … Read More


BRIEF ALERT! Simone Perele

This Week’s Intimate Discovery:  Simone Perele Lights up the Panty Market with Invisi’bulles

By now most of my readers know that I am on a constant search for the world’s most comfortable panty.  Last week I tried the Invisi’bulle bikini (158720) from Simone Perele and I knew I had found another contender.   This light as air, ultra-fine microfiber design is engineered with a stitch free bonding technique that holds … Read More


Be Prepared ~ Va Bien

As I am writing this week’s Brief, we are all hunkered down here in the Northeast riding out Irene. She certainly made a grand entrance.  One might think it was another royal wedding.  The TV spin has been relentless, ominous; and semi cynic that I tend to be, a bit overdone.  I do believe, however, that the noise is mostly to assure that we all err on the side of … Read More


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