Nail trends come and go, darlings, and tastes change. My weekly manicure is a time of relaxation for me. I used to get gel manicures, but I now pass on that and just enjoy normal polish once a week. I know other people who find it relaxing to do their own manicures. They put on […]

Nothing good happens by accident, darlings, and there are several areas of your life where you need to be in total control. One of those areas is your health. I have talked a lot about my own health and the need for proactivity when it comes to taking care of yourself. You don’t give yourself […]

Darlings, this has been a week of new experiences and recounting when experiences were new. Not all of them pleasant, but all of them meaningful. To start with the somber, I shared with all of you a podcast I appeared on about widowhood. It was emotional to recount even after all of these years and […]

Even as a seasoned traveler I learned some travel tips about how to handle your luggage from a recent bad flight home. I wanted to share them all with you, but first, you have to understand the complicated situation, how this never happens to me, and the overall debacle of this international adventure.  Unexpected upheaval […]

I walked in on my ultimate concierge. He was sitting at his desk.  I blurted out, “Shelly, I have been married to you for 26 years and you have never heard me say, ‘I am so very tired.’ Everything and everyone else comes first and I have forgotten about myself. I want to get away and reconnect with me.” He stared at me with a worried and […]