Best of Everything After 50
My no-nonsense German grandmother tried to teach me how to knit when I was 12 because she believed that knitting and crocheting were keys to happiness.
Carly Simon may have resented the advice her grandmother gave her in “The Carter Family” (one of my favorite tunes), but her gran was correct on all counts — especially the one about standing up straight.
It’s time to kick off those wintry black booties and fuzzy Uggs and put a little spring — OK, summer — in your step!
Any high-school junior or senior about to accompany her or his mother on a college tour will feel understandably nervous about fitting in.
Do you feel swamped by "Eat This, Not That" advice?
The way Gretchen Reynolds kicked off her recent New York Times article made me jump for joy - then jump into my jog togs:
I do my darnedest to ignore articles in trendy magazines and style blogs about this shoe or that shoe being suddenly back in vogue. (If you ask me, everything eventually becomes a "must have" again.)
Plastic surgery, Botox, fillers - anything (and everything!) to help us look prettier and perkier is on the rise.
My husband calls me the Queen of Empiricism: I don't believe something works until I try it myself.
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Fashion should be fun, not frustrating. And it should definitely not be frumpy.