Toro Toro

Toro Toro

ANYONE WANNA RIDE A BULL?   My poor pooch! Jake looks forward to Halloween every year, because there is nothing more exciting than people knocking on the door. He greets everyone with a toy and is is complete…
Classy/Sexy Halloween Costumes

Classy/Sexy Halloween Costumes

Tomorrow is Halloween. My husband always makes the comment that young girls wait all year for Halloween, just so they can dress up like street walkers! I'll admit, the sexy costume thing IS a bit out of c…
Arabian Nights

Arabian Nights

I have always loved anything Arabian. My husband and I decided to decorate our guest bathroom Moroccan, because as much as we love the style, we don't like it too overdone either. We thought a small guest…
Better

Better

This is one of my all time favorite sayings! How many times in life have you been disappointed? You didn't get the job you know you deserved, someone betrayed you in some way, or things just simply didn&#…
Home Sweet Home

Home Sweet Home

This past weekend I went home for my 20th high school reunion! I'm from New Jersey, (no comments please) and was not only thrilled to see everyone, but was also in complete awe of where I grew up! Okay, I…
Couple Christmas Card Ideas

Couple Christmas Card Ideas

My neighbors asked me if I would take their Christmas card photo this year. I'm totally flattered, and have been looking for cute ideas! Which is your favorite? I love this one! It's just so New York! …
Style Wisdom

Style Wisdom

There are a lot of people out there with deep pockets, who have fashionable clothes, yet no style! Thing about it. It's not that hard to simply walk into a store with unlimited funds and shop. I for one c…
Roasted Autumn Vegetables

Roasted Autumn Vegetables

My husband and I practically live on roasted vegetables in the fall. They're healthy, colorful, and delicious! I originally started making these because they were in a South Beach  cookbook and I've be…
Hats and Heros

Hats and Heros

My weekend was a fun and inspiring, one of my favorite combinations! My husband performs every year with his 18 piece big band for a charity called Kids Beating Cancer. This year the event was titled Hats and…
A Polynesian Fantasy

A Polynesian Fantasy

This weeks "Friday Fantasy" is sort of my reality! How would you like to be transported here? I felt like the luckiest girl in the world when my husband and I first started dating, and I was taking …
White Cranberry Cosmo

White Cranberry Cosmo

Ladies, ladies, ladies! What do we have here? Anyone who knows me, knows I am a serious  Skinnygirl Margarita fan. I pretty much bought every bottle in the liquor store when it first came out! Being a vodka dr…
Useful or Beautiful

Useful or Beautiful

When people need to de-clutter and get organized, they usually come to me. Being that I am a "Less is more" person, I rarely deal with the clutter problem. I believe a cluttered house clutters your …
EASY Red Pepper Appetizer

EASY Red Pepper Appetizer

Are you ready for the worlds easiest AND healthiest appetizer? My sister-in-law taught me this (thanks Robin) and it's simple, yummy and the perfect color for a Christmas party! I'm not saying to igno…
HAWKERS

HAWKERS

Michael and I went to this groovy little restaurant over the weekend called HAWKERS . Hawkers are street venders prominent in Asia, who depend on locally grown ingredients to create dishes sold from mobile car…
Riding a dream

Riding a dream

Every Friday I like to post something dreamy. This is one of MY dreams! Growing up I rode horses until there came a time I had to choose between riding and dancing. It was a tough decision but dancing was my …
Skinny Decor

Skinny Decor

Do you have a long and narrow bedroom? If so, check out this cool idea of putting all the furniture in a row, down the center of the room. It's much more creative then putting everything up against a wall…
Not so nice

Not so nice

Truer words were never spoken! This weeks "Wednesday wisdom" is something I ALWAYS think about. Someone shared this piece of advice with me years ago, and it has always stuck with me. There is nothi…
"Whatever" Gourmet Pizza

"Whatever" Gourmet Pizza

Did you know it's really easy to make a gourmet pizza without being a gourmet cook? Just buy any frozen cheese pizza and add "whatever" you have in the fridge! Take this mozzarella, smoked turke…
A Fall Weekend

A Fall Weekend

This weekend on October 1st, Fall finally arrived! The temps in Orlando were in the low 70's (low 60's at night) with no humidity. Just sunshine! The weather really put me in the mood for Fall! So....…