This morning in my morning buzz was news of the latest of the First Family, vacation in Spain.  The Buzz on Yahoo, WashPost, ABCNews and a few others are talking about the First Lady, a “glitzy” vacation, the price of her hotel, the resort, a President celebrating his birthday in the company of a talk show host [...]

Michelle Obama is setting a new standard for kid’s nutrition and the US Army is saying our kids are “Too fat to fight”. So how do we get through Summer with our kids health and our sanity in tact? Can we really prepare meals that are EASY enough to keep us home and out of [...]

I remember when the Preppy Handbook came out in the early 1980’s. I was and am a huge lover of all things preppy. This was the decade of Reagan and the Yuppy — the young urban professional. The Preppy Handbook was originally meant to make fun of the WASPy preppy lifestyle in the same way [...]

With the drastic change in the weather, using my “winter products”, and working nonstop my skin has officially started misbehaving. I went directly to my esthetician, JoElle Lyons, to figure out a new skincare plan for the spring. Lyons is a medical esthetician, who has been referred to as ‘The Skin Clarifying Queen’ by Essence [...]

 
Mrs. Obama will be featured on the cover of Glamour magazine’s December issue, which will be on store shelves on November 10th. She will also give dating and other advice. Below is an exerpt of her dating advice in yesterday’s New York Times, and I have to say I wholeheartedly agree with her!
“Don’t look at [...]

 
I love the First Lady’s style, save for that one black and red Narciso Rodriguez dress. There has been lots of talk about whether it’s appropriate for Michelle Obama to go sleeveless. As Carol Joynt points out in an excellent article on this debate for New York Social Diary, Jackie Kennedy was never criticized for wearing [...]

I haven’t been blogging, but I’ve been micro-blogging via Twitter extensively. I urge all my loyal readers to join Twitter and follow me. You can click on the Twitter update link on the left side of the page, and create a Twitter account. It’s easy and it’s free. I enjoy updating my Facebook status via Twitter. You [...]

I read a very interesting article by Vanessa Williams on The Root today. She writes, “It’s true: A lot of black women fell for Barack Obama the moment they saw his wife. If a black president represents change, a dark-skinned first lady is straight-up revolutionary.” Having grown up in the South, I am somewhat familiar [...]