Two years ago in a post titled Pink Light to Beat Crime I quipped that maybe piping in Barry Manilow tunes could be effective deterring little hoodlums from hanging around.

AP (via Yahoo News) – Barry Manilow arrives at the Clive Davis pre-Grammy party in Beverly Hills, Calif.

I was just joking but it seems [...]

In Washington I have met many lovely woman but few who radiate warmth and grace the way Pat Skantz does.
Always quick with a smile from beneath one of her signature hats she lights up any room.
Pat is always perfectly put together but today her bright pink suit, print hat and matching wrap along with burgundy [...]

“Mauve? Mauve is just pink trying to be purple.”
James Abbot McNeill Whistler

Yesterday I was speaking to Kathy and we had a lively conversation about the yellow, pink and mossy green decorating scheme she was considering for her cottage-style home in Northern California.
It was fun and I thought I might look for something inspiring in that scheme for today’s post but I didn’t really have to seek [...]

I opened up my email to find this absolutely adorable group of characters on an ad for Licensed Products at Printsource in January. The artwork is by Carolyn Gavin and it simply made me smile.

I like the combination of colors she chose and decided to take a closer look at the palette that has [...]

“Almost all words do have color and nothing is more pleasant than to utter a pink word and see someone’s eyes light up and know it is a pink word for him or her too.”
Gladys Taber
American writer, April 12, 1899 to March 11, 1980

One of the advantages of getting up and out early is seeing the sunrise. I caught this little glimpse of pink as I was crossing the river this morning and snapped a photo.
I really like how the greenish gray and rust (which I tweaked to more of a taupe)

In honor of Breast Cancer Awareness month April has posted pink and more pink.

See all of April’s favorites Think Pink….Hot Pink and Magenta on Live In Full Color…

Joanne Richard took a look at lipstick in an article that appeared in six of the Sun newspapers in Canada today and she included my “Personality Shades”.
I also included another sidebar that I thought you would enjoy.  It looks at personality based on how a woman wears down the point as she applies the color.
From [...]

Telia is not a brand recognized in the U.S. but parent company Deutsche Telekom parent company of T-mobile is and many of you might recall that in the past that they have taken steps to keep competitors from using magenta in their branding.
This time however they weren’t successful in their action and I just posted [...]