Yearly Archives: 2005

If anyone is heading down to San Luis Obispo for Thanksgiving, be sure to stop by SLO Swim for their incredible bathing suit sale. I picked up two cute bikinis (Billabong and Roxy) for just $50. The marked price was about $40 per top or bottom. Yes…you’ll have to suffer exposing your pale winter body…

Sailing in my family is an obsession and usually a bit of a disaster. There are few sailing trips we’ve completed without a comical running aground, shipwreck or dingy-destruction episode. So when things were going too well on our cruise around Morro Bay last weekend, we decided to raise the sails and give it a…

I’m off to a big city marketing conference and then heading south to San Luis Obispo. Have a great weekend!

Why don’t fashion designers understand that women like wearing pouffy skirts? How many summer seasons of peasants and a-lines have to pass before designers translate that popularity into holiday wear. Case in point: Jean has envisioned the perfect black circle skirt for her holiday party needs. But can she buy one? Nope….none to be found…

Visiting Macy’s last night was like downing a straight shot of 100 proof holiday cheer. The entire store is jam packed with shiny goodies for Christmas. Plus, Jean and I discovered that the perfume sales people keep stashes of samples and treats hidden in the displays. When buying a Marc Jacobs perfume set, the very…

I love cheese with a passion! Always have and always will. That’s why one of my all time favorite things is saganaki. What is saganaki you say? Its none other than a giant block of flaming kasseri cheese. Straight ouzo is the accelerant used is to ignite the Greek cheese in a huge tableside fireball.…

Macy’s is having a huge sale today online (and in stores?). Definitely one to check out. Especially, this Calvin Klein skirt and this half-off coat!

My hip has been aching lately. I think it’s from too much city walking and too much rock climbing. So it’s time to put the four inch heels away temporarily. Instead, I am going to find some comfy but cute shoes. Duck boots – Growing up in California, I had never even heard of duck…

Rob, Jean, Trent and I are heading to Las Vegas at the end of December. I’ve never been and am really looking forward to staying at Mandalay Bay. Any must-see suggestions for visiting Vegas?

I love stackable rings but I find it so maddening that they are never actually sold as a set. Instead, they are priced at a ridiculously high amount per ring. This is the jewelry equivalent of trying to sell me a PBJ sandwich where the peanut butter, bread and jelly are sold for $3 each.…