Photo provided by Dollface by Jules A few months ago I had an interview with a well-known, West Coast aesthetician to the stars all lined up to… Read more “THE SKIN WE’RE IN”
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SAVANNAH
PHOTO BY CHIA CHONG Today, it’s a nod to my hometown. When my longtime friends, Carrie and Colin McGranahan, threw out an offer to do a location… Read more “SAVANNAH”
JOURNEY
Yesterday, we traveled a couple of hours for my husband’s naturalization ceremony, which was held in Macon at the Museum of Arts and Sciences.MAS doesn’t usually host,… Read more “JOURNEY”
STRATTON LEOPOLD DISHES ICE CREAM, HOLLYWOOD AND GROWING UP GREEK AMERICAN
A couple of weeks ago I met up with Stratton Leopold, a Paramount movie executive and owner of Leopold’s Ice Cream, a local family business he and… Read more “STRATTON LEOPOLD DISHES ICE CREAM, HOLLYWOOD AND GROWING UP GREEK AMERICAN”
ERNEST HEMINGWAY’S PAPA DOBLE
Photo credit: Life Magazine I’m a day late to the party.Yesterday, Ernest Hemingway would have been 115. I can not pass on an homage to one of… Read more “ERNEST HEMINGWAY’S PAPA DOBLE”
BECOMING AN AMERICANO
Today my husband received phone and text messages wishing him a Happy 4th of July. We all get these, but his are especially meaningful as this is… Read more “BECOMING AN AMERICANO”
KING OF POPS
Traveling through Central America, a band of gringo brothers fell in love with paletas– Latin American icepops made from fresh fruit – and soon hightailed corporate life… Read more “KING OF POPS”
SUMMER FINDS
I am obsessed with rompers and jumpsuits. Anything that I can throw on, look put together and go, go, go is golden. The jumpsuit was invented in… Read more “SUMMER FINDS”
TITANIC LOVE
Havana, Cuba 2003 My paternal grandmother, Mardi Blun Bowden, was an amateur genealogist and did immense research over 40-some odd years, digging into our family’s history.As a… Read more “TITANIC LOVE”
RECIPES: CUBAN BLACK-EYED PEAS AND PLANTAIN CHIPS
It was about noon at our house on a Saturday, and our son, Marcos, was hungry, nosing around in the kitchen.Like a sixth sense, his dad came… Read more “RECIPES: CUBAN BLACK-EYED PEAS AND PLANTAIN CHIPS”
