It’s the 6th day of Hanukah and Christmas is 2 weeks away. Here I sit in Cabo San Lucas slightly disconnected from the seasonal hoopla that infiltrates our culture in the USA. In Mexico, the holidays are apparent, but much lower key. There are festivities planned at schools and one can see some decorations gracing major town squares; but frankly, the celebration is reserved. It takes place in churches and at home. Mostly, I … Read More
The beaches in Cabo boast their fair share of vendors hawking every kind of local craft to visitors in the mood to spend money on their vacations. I myself do not indulge now that I am a certified resident; my tourist persona long since abandoned for sensible homeowner. But after several days of brain drain at the shoreline, Poncho (that really is his name) got to me. I was in the mood for a seaside … Read More
I think that I am just a little bit in love. I am inspired by the sophisticated underpinnings that so eloquently define the Amulette brand. I have been watching this label for several seasons now and have grown more and more enamored with these beautifully conceived collections of romantic lingerie designs made in Columbia with exquisite European fabrics and laces. I am always careful in my assessment of intimate potential, preferring a watchful strategy. … Read More
By Layla L’Obatti
We’ve come a very long way since loin clothes and leaf pasties, and the bra has ridden the decades in many forms. Today we are experiencing the bra in a whole new way, and that is as outerwear. This is not the “bustier” or the cone bra that defined Madonna’s representation of a power woman in the 80’s this is a revolution more reminiscent of the 60’s and the decade of free … Read More