When life gives us lemons, we just have to make ourselves some sweet lemonade. Here you’ll find our musings, pearls of wisdom, and personal stories to guide you through life’s passages. Explore how to embrace your beauty with style, discover new adventures, navigate the nuances of relationships, pull back the curtain to deal with life changes, and resonate with the reflections of other women.
By Billy and Akaisha Kaderli Due to our restaurant background, one of Billy’s and my greatest joys in traveling is the eating of street food. We can’t imagine going to faraway locations where everything has exotic new flavors and only eating off a sanitized menu at a name brand hotel. Why limit ourselves and our […]
The definition of being bold is having the ability to take risks and to be confident and courageous. So by definition, there is a number of ways in which a person could be considered bold. You may be bold in your style and fashion choices, in how you create new memories and love, and even in […]
I Am My Mother’s Daughter As Mother’s Day approaches, I can’t help but think about my fabulous mother and how she has guided my life. I may live bi-coastally, but my mom is always with me because, in most ways, I am my mother’s daughter! Reflecting on how we differ, I think it is important […]
“All men are little boys.” – My mother. It’s the truth, at any age, all men are little boys. And we still love them. As a young girl, I watched my mother treat my father in a very loving manner. My father always came first. They had a very loving and respectful relationship and my father was not a […]
Every spring, my ultimate concierge and I leave our home in Rancho Mirage and return to our apartment in the sky in Chicago. Today, in California, I am sitting in my great room looking out onto one of my small gardens. A peacefulness sets in as I think at length about the past six months […]