I am what many have called a type A personality, Sitting still was not my natural state. I always felt like I was wasting time. When I first started going to yoga classes 10 years ago, I really didn’t get it. I found myself questioning the pace, the meditation, the chanting, and the lingo. I stuck with it though, because I was committed to the discovery. I had to figure … Read More
When I lived in New York’s Hudson Valley, surrounded by endless winter woods, it was the tremendous Magnolia tree in our back yard that announced the shift in seasons. Over the years, its branches grew to form a canopy so large that sitting beneath its branches was to find myself enveloped in luxurious solitude. It was the explosion of silky blossoms that briefly embraced this space in April that formed … Read More
By ALISON CONNOLLY
To be able to design and create lingerie is one thing, to have the skills and training to design corsets is quite another! That is why when we discover a talent in the old world craft of corsetry: it typically involves someone who has very specific training and tailoring expertise. It is no surprise that Gerry Quinton, the force behind the brand Morúa, is precisely that … Read More
I’ve been in Cabo now for just one week. Perhaps it’s the familiarity of this place for me after several years, but I have begun to notice innuendos of this environment. Past the vegetation and margarita Sundays exists an elegant idyll. For the last few days a bleached light has permeated the atmosphere. The sky is coated with a canopy of alabaster clouds. The beach is serene; the sand cool … Read More
Having arrived in Cabo after a long drawn out expedition here last Friday, I have been re-thinking my perspective on travel. There was a time when leaving home to discover new cultures was a major focus for me. Maybe it’s my age, although I doubt it. I suspect it’s the headaches of flying, the time consumption and discomfort required to deal with the airlines. It’s easier to find an interesting … Read More
By JEAN CRISS
I met a remarkable woman who founded a bra recycling company. Actually years ago she founded the original shoulder pads we’ve known to love and wear over the years that have come back in style and worn by super models in undergarments for a shoulder boost, breast boost or for comfort.
Her name is Kathleen Kirkwood and she is the Queen of the ‘Pints of Pads’ which … Read More
By the time you are reading this I will be en-route to our home in Mexico. Today, therefore, is not a day driven by creative juices, but rather a period of practicality as I run around putting last minute “oh I just remembered” things together. Packing is the least of it. That’s kind of a formula by now because what seems very appropriate in New York doesn’t really cut it … Read More