This is a funny week, the last week in August. It feels as if the whole world is on vacation. However, I think it is much more likely that as women, we are consumed with more mundane matters; fall prep and summer’s last hurrah. Personally, I found myself in a cleansing mode this past week-end. I decided to purge my bra drawer. Yes, I have an entire drawer devoted to bras. Let’s face it, besides … Read More
A couple of weeks ago, my husband flew back to New York for some family business and found a package waiting for me at home. It was two bras from the LOU Lingerie Stripes collection: the spacer (32237) and the unlined moulded cup (42237), both members of the brand essentials. In any case, he decided to bring them here when he returned. I thought he was crazy, particularly because he jokes about the size of … Read More
Several weeks ago, even though I told them not to bother, Lise Charmel sent me a gorgeous bra from their number one best-selling collection, Dressing Floral. Frankly, I am beastly to fit; it is rare that a delicate looking bra could support me through one of my 12 hour work days. This style is so precious; it reminds me of an ethereal spider web. Like a web, it is difficult to account for its ability … Read More
Today we went to the INM office in Cabo San Lucas to drop off our Immigration application for permanent residency. After 4 return trips plus two stops at the bank, we might almost be at the finish line. I would like to say that everything is easy in Mexico, but nothing here is black and white. The only difference when dealing with government agencies is that after living here a while, it’s so par for … 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 to the touch and one … 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 in Cabo. To be honest, … Read More
Thankfully, I am headed back to Cabo in a few weeks. I can use the change. I am feeling a modicum of melancholy today as I face down the realities of aging. Despite the fact that I work diligently to embrace a healthy lifestyle, I am never going to be a spring chicken again. Yet I can’t deny the wisdom of experience. It re-channels goals. Luckily, for me, as my body regroups and my perspective … Read More