Have you ever been in a situation where you needed to light a fire quickly? If you like to go camping, outbound skiing or hiking, there are times when you need something that will start a fire quick and easy and the Zippo’s Emergency Fire Starter is a product that...
Book Review: Michelle Madhok with Eileen Conlan’s Wear This Now – Your Style Solution for Every Season and Any Occasion
Have you ever stood in front of your closet wondering what to wear? According to Michelle Madhok and Eileen Conlan, editors of SheFinds.com and authors of Wear This Now: Your Style Solution for Every Season and Any Occasion, we spend on average two years staring into our closet wondering what...
Book Review: BackBone Power The Science of Saying No, by Dr. Anne Brown
Why is the word “no” so hard to say? For years, my husband has been telling me to say, “I’d love to but…” Do I do that? No. Why? Because I learned that I am a “people-pleaser.” And, I’m not alone. According to Backbone Power, The Science of Saying No...
Product Review: Neil Strauss Who’s Got Game?
I never heard of Neil Strauss until I looked him up online. Strauss is a journalist, a best selling author of The Game, and a premier pick up artist. Since I’m on the square side, I didn’t quite get the pick up artist. Then, after watching the Jimmy Kimmel Show...
Book Review: All Told: My Art and Life Among Athletes, Playboys, Bunnies, and Provocateurs by LeRoy Neiman
I must confess, I knew very little about LeRoy Neiman before reading this autobiography. I first saw some of his lithographs at charity golf outings and I was impressed, but that was the extent of my knowledge of his life and work. Now, I know that the late LeRoy Neiman...
Music Review: Vincent DeMasi’s Sketches for Sofia
At the same time that my mother passed away, I received a review CD of Vincent DeMasi’s Sketches for Sofia. I decided to pop it into my car CD player and give it a listen. Sketches for Sofia opens with the sound of a beach. You can hear seagulls and...
MOO and it’s not a Cow Saying It!
I recently received a perk on Klout.com. For those of you who don’t know what Klout.com is, it’s a site that aggregates your engagement in social media and gives you a score. The scores are based on a scale from 1 to 100 with 100 being the best social networker...
Hilary’s Top 10 2011 Blogher Swag
Everyone loves swag. And, at the Blogher Conference in San Diego last August, I was given so much swag, I had to buy another suitcase! (I could have left the stuff at the hotel room but how could I part with beloved swag?) It’s taken me months to get an...
Happy Holidays – Here are Some Nutritional Festive Holiday Recipes
Egg Nog Nutrimeal Shake Servings: 2 Ingredients • 1 cup low-fat milk or dairy alternative (such as soy or rice milk) • 1 cup crushed ice • 1/2 tsp nutmeg • 1 tsp cinnamon extract (or 3/4 teaspoon) • 4 scoops Vanilla Nutrimeal • (optional) 1 teaspoon of Fibergy Plus...
The Sing-Off…
Did you see the Sing Off this season? I watched the entire series until the last A cappella group was standing. I never realized how much I enjoy A cappella I remember hearing barber shop quartets many years back and just recently when I was touring college campuses with my...