Category Archives: Books

Barclay Butera’s West Hollywood highlights– shops, Happy Hours and light therapy facials- all a walk away!

Posted on September 24, 2011 by admin

Interior design darling Barclay Butera is one of our favorite people and favorite designers. With a gorgeous and inspirational shop and showroom on La Cienega in the epicenter of West Hollywood, we asked him for some of his go to neighborhood haunts within walking distance. … Read More

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“The Way of the Happy Woman” author Sara Avant Stover shares healthy and happiness inducing travel tips!

Posted on September 19, 2011 by admin

Sara Avant is a motivational speaker, teacher, mentor, and the author of The Way of the Happy Woman: Living the Best Year of Your Life (New World Library). After a cancer scare in her early twenties, Sara moved to Thailand, where she embarked on an … Read More

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What’s in our beach bag for Labor Day!

Posted on September 1, 2011 by admin

Island Company sunscreen We love this suncreen whose mantra is “Escape Travel Live!” Very Firestone Sisters. We’ve been using the Traveler’s SPF 15 which smells like Tahitian Vanilla, is waterproof and moisturizing. If you’re going for a darker hue, try the Islander SPF 6 which … Read More

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Sara’s Cape Cod- the inside scoop on beaches, gourmet shops and art. AND Summer Beach Reads not to miss!

Posted on July 10, 2011 by admin

Sara (Rosenthal) Butchenhart is one of our best friends who grew up spending her summers on Cape Cod and whose family owns and operates Jams, the gourmet grocery in Truro. She gives us the inside scoop on the Cape… Jams Founded by my parents over … Read More

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Kristin Gore’s newest book SWEET JIMINY in stores now!

Posted on May 10, 2011 by admin

We can’t wait to read Kristin’s latest novel Sweet Jiminy, a thriller set in rural Mississippi that is already garnering rave reviews. This novel is a definite departure from her two first books, Sammy’s Hill and Sammy’s House, books that we and the public loved– … Read More