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Cleaning Up a National Treasure

August 14th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Op-Ed

[caption id="attachment_450" align="alignleft" width="156" caption="Chesapeake Bay"][/caption] No, this is not about the movies starring Nicholas Cage. Unfortunately, this is real and actually very sad that we have allowed the Chesapeake Bay, the nation’s largest watershed to reach this [Read more]

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The Power of Three Plus One

August 9th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Story

Private plane or not, jet lag is a killer. I am tired but I’m awake because I’m still on London time. So here I am watching the Damages marathon on TV while the girls are watching a rerun of the opening ceremonies of the Beijing Olympics online. [caption id="attachment_446" [Read more]

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The Trip Home

August 8th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Story

Meeting Milan’s father was a pleasant surprise already. Learning that my roommate’s dad is a geeky version of Brad Pitt made me think of how Beatrice would react when she finds out, or does she know already? And, if meeting Mackenzie Westin was not enough, he invited us to join us in his [Read more]

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A Puppy in my Purse

August 7th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Story

“Are you girls ready?” Napster asked his two companions. He still could not believe how smooth the photo shoot went. He likes shooting with natural light and surprisingly enough the weather cooperated. Thus, instead of spending the whole day at Windsor as he had planned, they were done before [Read more]

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The Queen’s Dog

August 6th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Story

At Windsor Castle, the Queen’s Welsh Corgis were all settling down after their walk except for one female who just had puppies about six weeks ago. She was still taking care of her little ones. “I am going to miss the little puppies when they are gone.” “Aye, it is hard not to fall in [Read more]

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Fashion Week 101: London Spring 2009

August 5th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Story

I can’t believe I was just watching the season finale of Dr Who starring David Tennant last Friday, and here I am in London reading about how the Scottish actor known in pop culture as Barty Crouch, Jr. in Harry Potter is going to be playing Hamlet on stage. [caption id="attachment_423" [Read more]

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Fashion Week 101: Revelations

August 4th, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Story

Whew! That was easy. Milan is so eager to experience new things that she was practically begging to be included. But, I still have to be very careful. She is a sweet girl, a little naïve perhaps, but with a very fast learning curve. I also feel guilty deceiving her. Actually, I feel guilty [Read more]

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Fashion Week 101: New York Spring 2009 Season

August 3rd, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Story

Imadge was so excited when she opened her email. Registration for New York Fashion Week, officially called Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week is now open. She said that it is time for her to make sure that she is on the list of the make-up artists so that she can have a few gigs during fashion [Read more]

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The Accidental Political Pundit

August 2nd, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Story

I don’t understand why Napster and Imadge had to go on discussing politics. I understand that this is an election year. It’s bad enough that I have to listen and read about the Veepstakes (as in who will be the running mate of Barack Obama and John McCain); and now I have to live with two [Read more]

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The Celebticians: Obama & Sarkozy

August 1st, 2008 | No Comments | Posted in Op-Ed

If Paris Hilton started the term celebutante, i.e., short for celebrity / debutante for the uninitiated in entertainment lingo, Nicolas Sarkozy, President of France actually invented a new genre of world leaders – the celebtician, which is as you guess, short of CELEBRITY and POLITICIAN. And [Read more]

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