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Sexy Shoe Sunday: L.A.M.B
Am considering buying these fabulous high platform wedges by L.A.M.B. I used to collect a lot of her shoes until she significantly changed their packaging and sole quality and detail. But, there's something especially sweet about the starchiness of b...
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Mint/Yerba Buena
Used in the Latin kitchen mostly for its medicinal properties, mint has many uses in global cuisines. In our house, we've always used it as a boiled "tea"for an upset stomach and indigestion. Of course, our most popular culinary use of mint is for the ubiquit...
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Get a Sexy Glistening Look With Clinique Powder Bronzer
I took a fantastic nap today on our lovely handmade hammock from Mexico because I wasn't feeling well. My goal was to kill off some of the germs I think I got while hanging some with friends with a cold. My 90 minutes of pleasure were suddenly interrupte...
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Chic Estate Sale Finds for the Cocina & Entertaining
I had a really refreshing sangria post and recipe to share with you today, but guess what? If you were glued to the boob tube, then you may have seen that the DC area got slammed with an odd storm on Friday night, knocking out everything including cell pho...
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Isabel Toledo Spring 2012 Collection Reigns Colorful, Breezy & Caribbean Chic
Designer Isabel ToledoI was excited to see 1st Lady designer and Cuban-born iconic fashionista Isabel Toledo launch her Spring 2012 collection. Her avant-garde mentality, touting tremendous vibrancy, cocktail of pa...
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Chilled Watermelon Soup With Ginger and Jolly Ranchers
My life would be wildly boring if everything I had to do was completed on time. I have tried for years to be the perfect on-time woman to no avail. So, I’ve thrown my hands up in acceptance and admit I work far better under pressure, TV call times being t...
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Sexy Shoe Sunday: Missoni
Of the 250+ shoes I own, I'm very fond of these peep toe Missoni lovelies I snatched up on GILT. I bought them for my birthday back in November but have only been able to wear them once, to a cupcakes and cocktails party in Miami for a few hours. My cur...
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NOLA-Inspired #FlanFridays: Beignet {Buñuelo} Style
Next to Saturday's (because I observe Sabbath and take the lovely pleasure of not working for 24 hours, replete with rest and refocusing my energy), Friday's are quickly inching up to the day I wake up with an intense level of positive anxiety. It's happen...
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Summer Grubbin’ & Chilled Sippin’ on Margaritas
(Hydrangeas in Vinings, Atlanta)
Did you have a fantastic Father's Day? Did you eat as if it were Thanksgiving in June?
We sure did over here at the crazy Cuban house. After a 6-hour day working in the city, I came home to find a deck full of guests, circl...
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Mad Men Lips, Cheeks and Yellow Dresses
I'm a baby boomer's child but have always said I would have loved to be a part of the 20s, 40s, and 60s. Those time periods embody such tangible and artistic characteristics that flow with my style. Needless to say men acted like gentlemen and tipped hat...
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