whistle while you work

whistle while you work

recently there’s been quite a bit of roadwork around here. driving into the office is slightly more lengthy than usual. the sit and wait for other cars, trying to get to work on time…it can...
with love from shanghai

with love from shanghai

this kitty’s name should be lucky! funny things always happen the way they’re supposed to and when they’re supposed to. our new intern has quite the soft spot for our four legged friends, me too....
healing hideaway

healing hideaway

recently my husband took me for a weekend to two bunch palms near palm springs, ca. i was thrilled and ready for some serious downtime after many long hours working on our lovely expansion from...
bali bliss

bali bliss

summer, my favorite time of year! our lovely katie is kicking off summer vacation with her husband on a jaunt to bali, lucky girl, i'll let her tell you all about a spot i've only...
festa della mamma

festa della mamma

you may know i lost my sweet mom just over 2 years ago. i miss her and it still makes me so sad. she was kind, classy, elegant and beautiful. but too many tears to...
walking streets - el paseo

walking streets - el paseo

referred to as the el paseo shopping district in palm desert, ca., el paseo is more of a walking street than a proper district. make that a strolling, eating, shopping, people watching street. it's real...
turning over a new leaf

turning over a new leaf

draped in hues of yellow, rust, orange and the most beautiful shade of crimson, fall foliage in the mountains and river banks find the hudson valley bursting with color amongst a soft carpet of fallen leaves....
walking streets - robertson blvd

walking streets - robertson blvd

where else can one walk on rose petals? robertson blvd, the slightly less expensive version of rodeo drive in beverly hills. more of a cousin than a sister street, i don't feel the need to wear...
i know what you did last summer

i know what you did last summer

we try to take two vacations each summer as travel is a huge passion of mine. chalk it up to the fact that vacation 1 was fairly impossible to live up to after our trip...
be still my beating heart

be still my beating heart

an easy 45-minute drive from puerto vallarta airport, which is only a 2.5-hour flight from LA, lays one of the most amazing places i've ever had the opportunity to visit. punta mita. to say the sunsets...
where the frogs sing coqui

where the frogs sing coqui

isiting the jungly part, not a tourist or abc store in sight, of one of the hawaiian islands recently i was privy to one of the most beautiful noises i've ever heard. and it came from frogs,...
one word

one word

this year i've asked my angels to come up with one word. one word that speaks from their heart. one word that best describes what we are most grateful for. one word that may have...