The Silver Lining In Losing The Gold

Okay, you have to give it up for Canada.  They won the Gold Medal in Men’s Hockey fair and square. The Olympic host team playing a national past time…winning in an “edge of your seat sudden death” overtime…well, it has all of the making of a feel good movie. Exciting, inspiring, warm and fuzzy and- [...] Read more »

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Russell & MacKenna Furniture- An Antedote For The Winter Blahs

I just read that something like 20% of Americans say that they suffer from feelings of depression during the winter months. If you polled my own family that figure would probably shoot up to around 75%- cause I’m sure that not a day goes by from January to March that you won’t catch someone in [...] Read more »

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A Colorful Interview: The Highs And Lows Of Editorial Style With Allison Lind

For as long as I can remember I have been an editorial junkie.  In high school I religiously studied each and every issue of Seventeen magazine as if they were the scriptures themselves.  When I went off to college my Mother’s back issues of House and Garden and House Beautiful went off with me. Long [...] Read more »

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Pretty As A Peacock

It’s seems almost apropos that the minute I’m inspired to write about the stylish trend of Peacock motifs, I would find an article claiming that the male peacock’s elaborate plumage perhaps has much less to do with attracting it’s mate then had always been thought. Instead a scientific study done on Indian Peacocks and Peahens [...] Read more »

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An Animal Of A Different Color

Ever since I first caught sight of Ginger rocking a leopard print evening gown on Gilligan’s Island and Holly Golightlty’s bachlorette zebra print rug in Breakfast at Tiffany’s-I’ve been obsessed with animal prints.  For me animal prints= flirty,fun and confident. My Teenage years circa 1980′s were spent scouring Thrift Stores and flea markets for vintage [...] Read more »

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