Looking at homes on Zillow is my new hobby. I don’t plan to move. I don’t plan to sell my home. But I find myself visiting Zillow all the time. If you haven’t been in the market for real estate in a while, Zillow is one of several websites that list homes for sale. There’s […]
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Welcome to Middle Age
You may need to sit down for this. It’s official, though, skinny jeans are out. That’s right! If you wear skinny jeans these days, just admit it, you’re old and tragically unhip. This would seem like a minor blip on the fashion radar, but it is causing many Millennials to lash out. They are visibly […]
Gray AF
I’m a BIG advocate for letting your hair go gray. BUT only if it feels okay for you. We should all do our OWN things. I’ve written several columns on the subject. I’ve also compiled a great board on Pinterest if you need some inspiration. Scared to Go Gray Embracing Gray Hair Gray Inspo on […]
Time to Embrace Gray Hair
In August, the women’s fashion magazine, Allure, vowed to stop using the word anti-aging. The magazine’s editors declared that words matter and that the term anti-aging when it comes to fashion, beauty, or hair, leads to the idea that ageism, as a prejudice, is okay. “Whether we know it or not, we’re subtly reinforcing the message that […]
Scared to Go Gray
I don’t know a basic fact about myself. I know my blood type and parentage, what I don’t know, really know, is the color of my hair. I know what color it used to be. A dark blonde. It’s been super blonde for a really long time. In the 1980s, I discovered Sun-In before my […]
Life Lessons from a 1973 Volkswagen Beetle
Recently, Consumer Reports and the Insurance Institute for Highway Safety teamed up to advise parents on the best cars to buy for a new teen driver. It got me thinking about my first car, the Volkswagen Beetle. Though it makes no “best of” lists, it was the perfect car for a sixteen-year-old me tooling around […]