Blogging Naked
So, my to do list this morning started with “Blog Naked” which, fortunately since it is cold in our little cottage this morning, does not mean that I am blogging in the […]
Giving Up Beauty: Another I-Mix
So everyday I am provided with a list of terms that people entered in search engines and thus found the blog for Hijas Americanas. The things people enter all over the […]
The Precipice of a Beauty Revolution
When I started work on Hijas Americanas in early 2006, there wasn’t much talk of shaking up America’s beauty standard. I researched, interviewed wonderful, forthright women, and wrote while taking […]
2007 Jeers
I would be remiss if I didn’t also name some of the jeers from 2007. So, here are a few things that happened in 2007 that should never happen again… […]
How to Look Good Naked
How can we look good naked? Who woulda thought that the answer to that question is to spend a night with Carson Kressley. A review for his new show on […]
A Puerto Rican Christmas
Years ago, one of my cousins got married during our Christmas break in the States. Usually, we went to Puerto Rico every summer, but, that year, we were able to […]
Five Resolutions to Consider for 2008
I’m a resolver. A lister. A planner. A dreamer. A must do better-er. And I am also a supporter of women, a cheerleader (in the theoretical sense. I tried out for cheerleading […]
Wise words from Mrs. Huxtable
I, like many people in my generation, loved The Cosby Show, and, most especially, loved Claire Huxtable who surely deserved many mother of the year awards for everything she endured. […]
Brooke Shields & Self-Confidence
So, I just made a little bit more of a dent in my backlog of magazines and came across an interview that Fitness Magazine did with Brooke Shields. I especially […]