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Hair and Spirituality…
This post was first published in HilaryTopper.com in 2011. This is the first of many repeats during the month in celebration of our fifth annivesary! ----------------------------------- I'm one of those people who believe that things happen for a reason and that when someone enters your life, even if it's for...
On Being Positive…
I love meeting positive people. When I meet them, I can feel their aura, their positive energy. Unfortunately, there are not many of these positive people. I remember growing up, my mother used to call these people “polyanna’s” or “phonies.” She used to tell me that they had their head...
It Had To Happen Around the Holidays?
With the Christmas holiday approaching, I went to TJ Maxx to buy a few things. As I was walking around, I saw two young girls between the ages of 8 and 10. They were adorable and they were buying presents for their parents. As one little girl wheeled the cart,...
Hurricane Sandy – It Could Have Been Worse…
If I were to theme for this holiday season, I would say that the theme was, “it could have been worse.” On Thanksgiving Day, I went to my mother-in-law’s house. She invited a couple of her friends from the North Shore. They experienced a little wind damage from Hurricane Sandy...
Hilary’s List of Top 10 Things to Do on Long Island…
Since I've lived on Long Island my entire life (well most of it), a lot of people ask me for top things to do on Long Island, so I developed this list. If you have any other tops for Long Island, please include in the comment section. (P.S. there’s no...
Why Sweet 16 and not Handsome 16?
Now that my son is about to turn 16 in a few months, I started to think about the origin of the Sweet 16 and why there are parties just for girls turning 16. Why not boys? As I scoured the Internet looking for answers to my question, I came...
The Truth About Hurricane Sandy in Long Beach, NY
I live in Long Beach and through my travels across the island I've heard lots of crazy rumors about this town. So to set the record straight, I thought I would just jot down a few truths here: The ocean met the bay when Hurricane Sandy hit Long Beach Not...
Happy Columbus Day…
Today's the day that Christopher Columbus sailed the ocean blue and discovered America. How about that? Could you imagine what life must have been like in the late 1400's when Columbus took this journey? It reminds me of a cruise I went on several years back from New York City...
Reflections on Life During the High Holy Days…
As I was walked through the Jewish Ghetto in Prague, I couldn't help but think how life would have been in the 1930's and 1940's. In Berlin, my sense was the German people regretted what happened to the Jews during the Holocaust. There are monuments throughout the city remembering those...