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TEMPORARY TWEAKS TO OUR SELF-ESTEEM
If you’re on Instagram you may have seen women over 50, 60 and 70, putting their best selves in…
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— Style —CHIC AND VERSATILE OVER 50 TRAVEL PIECES
One of my girlfriends is going to Paris next month. While I don’t know what clothes she’s planning to…
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— Life —DON’T FENCE ME IN
We’ve been in our new house for three weeks now, settling in nicely, and I am feeling an interesting…
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— Relationships —WIVES AND LOVERS and PS: SILENCE OF THE JOWLS
We’ve all gotten songs stuck in our heads that play over and over until we want to go screaming…
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— Style —ONLINE SHOPPING MADE EASY PEASY
A couple of weeks ago my friend, Donna Beckman Tagliaferri, and I connected on the phone. We’ve been Facebook…
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— Life —SILENCE OF THE JOWLS
This week I caught up with a friend I hadn’t seen in ages. Our oddball conversation ran the gamut…
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— Style —THE MINI DRESS REIMAGINED FOR OVER 50
We’ve all been told, time and again, if you’re a woman of a certain age you must never, ever,…
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— Life —MEET AMY GUTIERREZ
Amy Gutierrez was 18-years-old when she started writing for my first website, BreastCancerSisterhood.com. I always knew I wanted a young person…
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— Life —A SHOT IN THE ARM
No, this isn’t a reference to a gunshot wound. First used in 1916, it’s a metaphor that refers to…
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— Life —PIERCE BROSNAN OR KIDNEY STONES?
Remember Rene Russo’s Italian Riviera colored smoothie in the Thomas Crown Affair? The enticing blue-green concoction that made many…
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— Style —SUPERMODEL KIM ALEXIS AND PET ADOPTION
While this isn’t a typical 1010ParkPlace Fashion Friday post I think you’ll be interested in what the original supermodel…
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— Relationships —WHO’S OUTING WHO?
Sometimes I’ll rewatch a film I’ve matured into like Alan J. Pakula’s 1971, dark thriller, Klute. It’s not that…
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— Style —10 WAYS NOT TO LOOK FRUMPY OVER 50
Before the holidays a reader sent me a message: “I went to see Stevie Nicks last night and I…
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— Life —THE T-SHIRT TO PROVE IT
Here we are, the beginning of a new year. I don’t make resolutions. Instead I set a few goals…
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— Life —UNTIL WE GET THERE
Poetry has never been my strong suit, but today I found a poem I wrote decades ago. I was…
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— Style —CHANEL’S EGYPTIAN FANTASY
A fun fantasy look at Chanel’s Egyptian collection from the one and only Hildie Plumpepper! xoxox, Brenda
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— Life —A DEADLY ADDICTING LIE
This week Good Morning America (GMA) reported the Surgeon General declared “vaping” to be an epidemic among teenagers, and…
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— Life —THE END OF THIS PHASE IS NEAR
Our journey began early July, 2016. We went to a nearby RV park, in-spite of the ridiculous Texas heat…
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— Life —A MELANCHOLY CHRISTMAS
This Christmas it will be eight years since my darling husband died, unexpectedly. For some reason, this is a particularly difficult Christmas for me.
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— Style —AFFORDABLE CHRISTMAS GIFTS PLUS MY 47-YEAR-OLD DRESS
I’m mixing apples and oranges in this blog post. I’m sharing my dress I bought 47 years ago along with some affordable Christmas gifts!
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— Relationships —GIRLFRIEND TRIPS ARE THE BEST
One of the best trips I’ve every taken was with my two best girlfriends. A lot of it took place in a Santa Fe emergency room, but I wouldn’t trade it for anything!
