Columns Talking ChicSingle and SassyI believe true style does not mean walking out the door in hopes of getting a catcall when getting into your car, nor about purchasing come-hither-me pieces (like for the cute guy in the office who just happens to stroll by your desk every morning). To me, a sense of fashion is more than that. It means dreaming in color, pretending you’re ransacking your mama’s closet when you were a kid and coming out with creative ensembles. And most importantly, enjoying fashion means owning a wardrobe that includes only those pieces that make you smile every time you imagine slipping them on. (Written By Elana Pruitt) Simply SingleMen & Women: The Ambiguity of Actions and the Saving Grace of StraightforwardnessIt can happen during the most inopportune or most fitting of times, and it can strike anywhere. From buying lunch at a deli, browsing a supermarket isle, or busing it to work, to walking one’s dog, waiting at the doctor’s office, or working out at the gym, individuals evaluate one another. Depending on their single status or sometimes even lack thereof, gutsy guys and gals approach the apple of their eye, attempting to break the ice and achieve a friendly rapport with hopes it may lead to more. (Written By Patricia Lee) InsightsOne Thing at a Time I often take on too many things at once. I believe I am a master juggler when it comes to life, and I try to do it all. I work full time, go to school, take care of my kids. I even try to go on auditions. I just want to be happy, and I haven’t been able to give anything up because I want to do everything. (Written By Lisa A. Trimarchi) Book ReviewA Million Little Pieces - Author James FreyI thoroughly enjoyed this book and was not at all bothered by all the controversy. Yes, I agree Frey should have called it fiction—autobiographical fiction—because even without being told, I knew that much of what he wrote had to be an embellishment of the truth or just downright fiction. As Gabriel Garcia Marquez notes at the beginning of his memoir Living to Tell the Tale, “Life is not what one lived, but what one remembers and how one remembers it in order to recount it.” (He received the Nobel Prize for his novel One Hundred Years of Solitude.) (Reviewed By Lee Lemon Peoples) The Beauty AgendaWhy not let holiday shopping be the only reason for the winter woes? Battle brassy, blah hair and bothersome, badly timed blemishes, perfect your pout, and flaunt fabulous fingers and toes to sparkle and shine during the holidays. Dear AdinaThe 21st Century Dear AbbyAdina helps three women cope with their very interesting circumstances. One woman has a friend with body odor, another is being rushed into a relationship, the third is in an interracial marriage with tactless in-laws. Read how Adina solves their dilemmas. |
