My grandmother was an environmentalist before her time. Cultivating a bursting acre of organic flowerbeds, vegetable row…
Shopping
Green Bag It
With a swirling mass of plastic trash reaching across the ocean from Hawaii to Japan, there’s no excuse anymore to…
The Scrunchable Shopper
“Oh no! I left my reusable bags at home!” That used to be a common refrain of yours truly at the grocery c…
I'm Not the I'm Not a Plastic Bag. But I'm Not a Plastic Bag.
Last spring there was incessant buzz surrounding a certain canvas bag. This year, designers from Louis Vuitton to Goyard…
The Little Seed
While waiting in line at Whole Foods recently I broke down and bought Us Weekly. After I got past the latest starlet ar…
Slip On Some Sparkle
Slip on shoes have long been the favorite footing of warmer days. I throw them on with trousers and a stretchy bamboo te…
The Essential Tee (It Works for Work!)
It’s something every woman needs: the perfectly worn heather-gray tee. Not the thinning, beloved top that survived…
Lovely Blues
The trouble with stylish shopping totes is that some of them are so gorgeous, I see no need to use them only for errands…