Year: 2018

Lifestyle: How Do You Handle Pressure?

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Just when I think the dust is settling on a few glitches in life, another set of issues have come up, where I am under pressure to make a decision either this way or that. What’s funny is, those who know me enough, wonder how it is I manage to remain so cool and collected while juggling what life is dishing out. Little do they know that on the inside, I am in turmoil, like everyone else, over the choices or the decisions I am making and whether they are the right ones.  Especially when I get the gut feeling either way I decide, it isn’t really going to be the best.  This time however, I decided to go online and see if there is anything helpful or can validate what I believe to be the best of the decisions. Or perhaps help me in making sure I understand there is no right or wrong in a decision, only what I am hoping is the right one at the time I am deciding. And so …

Travel: A Need For A Quiet Week or Two

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I can’t believe it’s already April and Easter has passed. Soon everyone will be busy with Mother’s day or graduations and weddings and well, we all know the rest. And I realized last night while wide awake, tossing and turning, that I need a break. From life, and all things real and simply go somewhere quiet and simply exist. I mean have you seen the film A Good Year?  If so you will understand. If not, please rent it, stream it and see what I am talking about. With that said, I am longing for two weeks in this amazing little cottage in France with all the necessary amenities and some left out – which is perfectly fine with me.    

Food: Cupcakes for All Special Occasions

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Easter, bridal showers, mother’s day, baby showers, mother’s day and even a graduation celebration for anyone with a whimsical style – these cupcakes are the coolest. INGREDIENTS 2 cups all-purpose flour 1 teaspoon baking powder 1/2 teaspoon baking soda 3/4 teaspoon cinnamon 3/4 teaspoon salt 1 cup canola oil 1/2 cup buttermilk 2 large eggs 3/4 cup granulated sugar 1/3 cup light brown sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 cup grated carrots MASCARPONE FROSTING 8 ounces mascarpone or cream cheese, softened 2 sticks (1 cup) salted butter, softened 2-3 cups powdered sugar 2 teaspoons vanilla extract 1 cup freeze-dried strawberries or raspberries, ground until a fine powder {more}

Fashion: Would you Consider This or That

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There are things in life that you contemplate whether to go for the high end or the affordable option and recently that’s been my struggle: In search of a gray coat, I stumbled upon this coat by ULKIN coat. Or that one by  Zara coat Mules are in – and so are the options – Would you buy this – Stuart Weitzman or that – Sam Edelman  Bags in pink, I do adore at the moment in this – by Burberry, or that by Tory Burch Flare Jeans from Theory or from Gap {scroll over photo for product details}