Spring has arrived in all its (90 degree!) glory, and you know what that means: swimsuit shopping! Thanks to unflattering lighting and a less-than-perfect figure, the actual process of trying on suits isn’t that fun for me. But I love catalog shopping, just to see what colors, cuts and styles are popular this year. The [...]

Spring is here! I can’t tell you how excited I am about that. Granted, this was a fairly mild winter, especially since I moved even farther south. But I am not a cold weather person, so whenever the sun starts shining and the trees start blooming, I get excited. It’s regularly in the 80s here, [...]

Like most women, I enjoy fashion. It’s so much fun to see what the designers come out with each season, and a new outfit can boost your self-confidence in a way that few other things can. Alas, again like most women, I frequently have days when “there’s nothing to wear.” Nothing in my closet feels [...]

Most people celebrate Halloween by trick-or-treating or handing out candy. For me, this year’s holiday was a little bit different. I went back to Atlanta for the weekend to attend Empoweresque, a fundraiser and costume party hosted by the Ian Somerhalder Foundation. I also got the opportunity to chat with Ian before the event, and [...]

I try to work out pretty often. I aim for a minimum of four times a week, and strive for more if I have time and I’m feeling well. This dedication to fitness is great for my health, but it does require a fairly extensive workout wardrobe (or lots of dirty laundry). I’m always on [...]

A few months ago, I bought the sweatshirt pictured above from Arm the Animals, one of my new favorite websites/companies. The premise is this: buy a groovy shirt that makes an animal-rights statement, and part of the proceeds from the sale go to animal rescue. This is their mission statement: The mission? Simple: Create killer T-Shirts [...]