I’m a Barbie Girl

Barbie was one of my favorite toys growing up. Hands down. I loved building houses for her, creating walls on my dresser out of my double-fold Grease and Muppet Movie albums, making furniture out of old tissue boxes, dressing her up, playing out scenarios of glamourous parties and a fabulous life. As a child, IContinue reading “I’m a Barbie Girl”

Keep Your Heels High

I’m a woman who likes heels; I never met a pair of heels I didn’t like. The bolder the better. Red stilettos and polka-dot kitten heels. Peep toe and closed toe. Ankle straps and sling backs. Bring them all to me; I am the Veruca Salt of shoes, people. Don’t know who Veruca Salt is?Continue reading “Keep Your Heels High”

Why’d It Take Me So Damn Long To Rock A Bikini?!

So here I am folks, 48 and fierce and frank and fabulous. It took me a long ass time to really have the confidence to own my sexy. As I’m sure all of you can relate, it ebbs and flows and sadly it usually ebbs and flows according to what we see on the scale.Continue reading “Why’d It Take Me So Damn Long To Rock A Bikini?!”

A Woman with a Hat is Just so…Vogue

Like most other girls in the ’80’s, I had a deep and abiding love for all things John Hughes. If you don’t remember or know who John Hughes is, close this page right now and get your ass over to Amazon, Netflix, Hulu, Red Box, the one remaining Blockbuster on the planet (here’s directions inContinue reading “A Woman with a Hat is Just so…Vogue”