Why I Love the “F” Word
Darling, I am thrilled and honored that you are here and that I’m finally unveiling what I’ve been working on for months. I’m proud to have birthed this baby with the love and support of a fabulous...
View ArticleModern Day Icon: Author Jamie Cat Callan
This column is dedicated to featuring modern day iconic women – those women who are living life by their own rules, inspiring others with their presence and passion, owning their own personal style...
View ArticleTake a Peek at my Favorite Summer Dress and the Deeper Meaning
Clothes are the narration of a woman’s life. I still remember the dress I wore when my daughter was christened, the blazer of my first speaking gig, the hiking boots that carried me up to my first...
View Article9 Ways to French-ify Your Life
If the French know how to do anything, it’s how to have a hot love affair with life. (Sure,I’m sure they have other hot affairs too!). You’ll find them leisurely sitting by the ocean having a picnic,...
View ArticleFrenchie Friday: The Parisian Signature Accessory
Do you feel that?That crispness in the air? Yes, it’s beginning to feel like fall, my favorite season of the year. Pumpkins. Roasted Root Vegetables. Hot soups. Bonfires. Bottle of Bordeaux. And...
View Article30 Ways to Tap Into Your “Girlie” Self
What happened to that little girl that loved to play dress up, climb trees and steal kisses? In the thousands of conversations I’ve had with women, I’ve come to a conclusion: women are lacking the...
View ArticleFrenchie Friday: 6 Lessons from Coco Chanel
One cannot think of Paris and fashion and not think of Coco Chanel- an icon who changed the world of fashion (and came up with the idea of “the little black dress”). Chanel redefined womanhood in the...
View Article12 Ways to Travel Like a Jetsetter
Mention the word ‘jetsetter’and you probably think of someone who jumps on her private jet and takes off to exotic locations around the world on a whim in the pursuit of pleasure. Well, that’s not me...
View ArticleFrenchie Friday: 8 Ways to Unleash Your Inner Frenchie
I’ve spend the last eight or so years bringing the essence of French living into my home. More notably, the French femme. Honestly, being a Francophile has created a neurosis, of sort. I cringe...
View ArticleWin a Slim, Chic and Savvy Scholarship
Fourteen years ago, you wouldn’t have recognized me. The best way to describe me was overweight, overworked, overwhelmed and insecure. Ease, leisure and luxury were not part of my vocabulary. I had...
View ArticleWine, Horses and Paris: The Adventure of a Lifetime!
Share the love! Do you think you can have what you want? It’s an important question to answer, because if you doubt that you can, you never will. Let me share a story with you. Over a decade ago, I...
View ArticleOverworked? Overwhelmed? Over It ? . . . Try This More Luxurious Approach to...
Share the love! I just spent an hour on the phone with a very dear friend of mine. She is a successful entrepreneur; bright and beautiful; and has a mindset that allows her to be unstoppable. While she...
View ArticleFrenchie Friday: My Valentine’s Gift To You + 10 Reasons Why Every Woman Must...
Share the love! “If you are lucky enough to have lived in Paris as a young man, then wherever you go for the rest of your life, it stays with you, for Paris is a moveable feast.” ― Ernest Hemingway, A...
View ArticleWhy This is Your Year of Grand Adventures and Wild Freedom
Share the love! “Maybe some women aren’t meant to be tamed. Maybe they just need to run free until they find someone just as wild to run with them.” -Carrie Bradshaw I’ll start tomorrow. I’ll wait...
View Article100 Ways to Have a Love Affair with Life
Share the love! “When it’s over, I want to say: all my life I was a bride married to amazement. I was the bridegroom, taking the world into my arms. When it is over, I don’t want to wonder if I have...
View Article10 Ways to Live in Paris Every Day
Share the love! “A walk about Paris will provide lessons in history, beauty, and in the point of Life.” ― Thomas Jefferson Around this time of year, my heart longs for Paris. The romance, the joie de...
View ArticleFrenchie Friday: I’ve Discovered the Secret to Everything
“Find magic in the little things, and the big things you always expected will start to show up.” ― Isa Zapata This morning, while watering my little garden, I realized how completely unnecessary it...
View ArticleFrenchie Friday: 50 Ways to Be Elegant
Eleganceis not a word we often hear. Worse yet, it’s not one we often aspire to embody. We’re just trying to get the kids to school, run businesses, get to the office on time, clean the house, pay the...
View ArticleFrenchie Friday: How to Live in Luxury
“Her whole being dilated in an atmosphere of luxury. It was the background she required, the only climate she could breathe in.” ― Edith Wharton, The House of Mirth My business manager informed me a...
View ArticleFrenchie Friday: Master the Art of Seduction
“ I am here to seduce you into a love of life; to help you to become a little more poetic; to help you die to the mundane and to the ordinary so that the extraordinary explodes in your life. ” –...
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