Spring cleaning doesn’t always mean just cleaning out your closet or tidying up your office space, darlings. It is healthy to take a close-up look at our relationships, to rid of any negative energy around us, and to spend a little more time pampering ourselves. Sometimes it is only then that we feel truly refreshed […]

Have you been to the spa lately, darlings? Will you be rewarding yourself with some pampering after completing your list of spring cleaning chores? I just might! But whether you’ve made an appointment or not, these five celebrity women over 50 are sharing their secret beauty treats that are spa-worthy any day of the week! […]

The pilot says, “We will be landing in 25 minutes.”  I think to myself, “I am going home. There is no place like home.” Our American Airlines flight from California circles the city, and as it dips under the low hanging clouds, a gorgeous view of my beautiful Chicago appears. I am mesmerized by its […]

When I was in my 20s, my girlfriend, Carolyn, dropped a little paperback book off at my home. It was “Gift from the Sea” by Anne Morrow. It wasn’t my birthday; the gift was purely a gift of friendship. Little did either of us know that the book would still be sitting on my nightstand […]

This letter is an expression of my gratitude and devotion to my darling husband, and Ultimate Concierge, Shelly… Before I became a writer, an author and the owner of an Internet company, our lives revolved around one another. I know you miss the days when it was just ‘us.’ I do, too. Life was uncomplicated. […]