Life Style
The Whole Ensemble on Fashion Week San Diego
An Interview with Allison Andrews By Aubree Lynn www.stylishlyals.weebly.com Walking up with her cute fedora hat, peep toe wedges and cuffed shorts, a hue of red on her lips and a personality as big as the hug she gave me Allison Andrews was ready for her interview. Not only is Andrews a resident of Mission […]
The Year of the Dragon is Showcased
Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® Presents DRAGONS As a once-in-a-millennium event that honors The Year of the Dragon, Ringling Bros. and Barnum & Bailey® Presents DRAGONS. Circus performers from the farthest reaches of the earth have assembled for Ringling Bros. Presents DRAGONS to showcase their astounding acts of bravery and astonishing athleticism. Ringling […]
Chicks and the City II
Shelly Stewart returned to the Mission Hills Garden Club for Chicks and the City II. The June meeting took place at the Mission Hills Nursery, home to two chickens, Maggie, a Rhode Island Red (brown eggs!) and Ash, a Barred Plymouth Rock. There was a third chicken, Willow, but Willow turned out to be a […]
Secret # 10: Acceptance
This concludes the 10 month series of simple secrets to a fulfilled life. I hope you have enjoyed it and have tried out some of the exercises on the way. You may always go back and re-read them (www.MarvelsandStars.com/blog.html), the simple wisdom keeps on growing and reveals something new every time. I have also pointed […]
Between the Lines : “ Be the heroine of your life, not the victim”
So said Nora Ephron, and if Nora Ephron said it, it’s good enough for me. Nora Ephron passed away in June, and I join the ranks of her abject mourners. She was probably best known for her screenwriting and filmmaking, memorable classics like “Sleepless in Seattle,” “When Harry Met Sally,” and most recently, “Julie and […]
Drug Free
I have put up with the aches and pains for years, plus odd tingling sensations in my hands and feet as well. It’s just one of those things that comes with aging I thought, nothing I can do about it. I start out every morning with my stretching exercises. That seems to help a little […]
The Dog Days of Summer
In last month’s column I wrote about “Barack Obama & The End Time” and some of you sent emails largely in agreement, for which I thank you. (Although one person wrote to say that most of the time my columns just annoy him but the Obama one he liked. Great.) It was a long essay, […]
Cashew Surprise
While nibbling on some mixed nuts, it occurred to me that I had never seen cashews in the shell anywhere in the market. I was curious about it, but did not follow through. Then, while reading an ingredient label on a skin care product, I saw a familiar-seeming botanical name, Ancacardium occidentale. Doing an internet […]
Vintage Experience
By Aubree L. Stout (Russell) I am not just another stylist, I also produce. As of December 17th 2011 I have had the exciting task of producing the most important event of my life, my wedding. The title we choose is StoryBook Romance with a Vintage theme for this June wedding. My mother and I […]
The Dirt on Fertilizer
Mission Hills Garden Club has done it again! Once more, I found myself fascinated by an unlikely subject. This time it was fertilizers and dirt. Duane Wheeler who works for E.B. Stone was the May speaker. Wheeler, a self-proclaimed “gardening nut,” gave us a brief history of the EB Stone Company before explaining what each […]
