PARTY DOWN…

DINNER PARTY ADVICE AND CONFESSIONS from entertaining expert Merrily Jackson I love to have dinner parties. I love planning them, shopping for them, cooking for them, and cleaning up after them. If I see the phrase “dinner party” on a page, it jumps out at...

NOT MY PHOTO–

I’m getting a little nervous about my wrinkles!!  It doesn’t seem to bother me when they appear around my eyes or mouth area BUT the other day I was outside in the sun and I happened to look in the side mirror of my car and there they were!!  Wrinkles in...

THE HAIR ON MY CHINNY-CHIN-CHIN

Many years ago a dear friend, 50+ish came to me with an austere and disturbing request. She feared being incapacitated to the point that she would not be able to remove the renegade chin hairs that periodically appeared almost overnight and asked if I would be her...

THE 12 DAYS AFTER CHRISTMAS

On Dasher, on Dancer, on Prancer, and Prozac.  On Comet, on Cupid, on Donner and Lexapro.  From the top of Main Street to the top of Wall Street, our holiday spirits were dashed away, dashed away, dashed away all.  The end of 2008 was such a downer that even the Jolly...

YOUR SUPPORT SYSTEM –Caring for Your BOSOM Buddies

Let’s face it—bras have always played a monumental role in our lives and that is not going to change—especially for the Boomers (damn that gravity).  From those first inverted bras that most of us had back in Jr. High (a little cotton, or toilet paper to fill out the...