People from all over the world flock to the European Christmas markets. You hear many different languages spoken while you’re walking around with stars in your eyes, wondering how you waited so long to go. When I decided to sign up for the group tour headed to Europe for a Christmas market trip, I wondered what I was going to …
Traditional school was never my “thing.” Learning, however, was always something I was interested in. As most people, I enjoy learning about things that interest me. While I succeeded at my primary years doing relatively well in traditional school, large college classrooms were another story. “Disaster” would be a nice way of describing my 18-21 year old self. When I …
Shopping small is a huge part of my life, but there are some items that I either can’t find locally or I simply don’t know who sells them around me. Therefore, I turn to Amazon. Since I have Prime, much of what I order gets free shipping, which gives me a bit of license to order things at my leisure. …
The older I get, the more conscious I get about living sustainably. I’m not perfect at it, but I’ll die trying. Too often I hear people say things like “I don’t have time to think about that” or “What does this one thing I do really matter?” Well, it does matter. Everything we do matters, and to those who have …
What do you associate with the color red? Some first words as I’m writing are: blood, power, sexy, feminine, powerful. Since red is the color of the season this year, I feel like my wardrobe was born ready. Red seems to have taken a back seat to a lot of other colors over the years, and I am absolutely delighted …
Plastic. It’s such a fascinating, innovative product. There are so many benefits of it, but lately I’ve been looking for ways to cut down on plastic and paper. I’m not a person that is totally anti-plastic, but overusing it doesn’t sit well with me. Once in a while, I take stock of how I’m using items around my house and …
Fashion and clothes have been an interest of mine for a long time. While I wouldn’t have considered myself a “classy” fashionista in my younger years, my taste has evolved and my style has drastically improved. I have much more confidence in how I show up to the world in my outfits. Time is spent choosing what I want to …
Once upon a time, I was smitten with the idea of owning shoes made by Prada, Fendi, and Christian Louboutin. I thought those were my favorite shoe brands. These days, I find myself looking at shoes I can walk through Europe in, and I’ll admit, they are classified more as a “comfort shoe” than a sexy, head-turning foot piece. My …
Carnival season can be short or it can be long, but no matter what, when January 6th hits, it’s time to break out that purple, green, and gold. January 6th is a big date for us here in New Orleans. It’s called a myriad of things: Epiphany, King’s Day, the start of the king cake diet, and the most wonderful …
