This month’s three things, courtesy of Dena Smith, author of Leo with Cancer As a breast cancer survivor and beauty blogger, I often get asked a lot of questions about how I knew that I was sick. The answer to that is complicated, but not intimidating. There are really three key...

There is something wistful and significant about October that makes it feel like the time of year for new beginnings.  Maybe it’s because it’s my birthday month.  Perhaps it’s because October is our summer here in San Francisco: that time of the year when the oppressive marine layer goes away...

Currently somewhere over the Atlantic ocean…   I am returning from a trip of a lifetime: a week in the Alps tracing the history of many a Tour de France.  This has long been on my bucket list, so when the opportunity arose, I said, OUI.  I went with a...

We know who Lexi Miller is, so here is the "how" and the "why". As I write this, my Monday morning has been completely derailed: I woke up late, spilled a cup of coffee all over the counter and its items (fruit, wine bottles, my breakfast), and then I discovered a...

au·then·tic adjective \ə-ˈthen-tik, ȯ-\ : real or genuine : not copied or false : true and accurate In a world where thousands of different trends, brands, and products are cropping up every second, and a newly sprouted social media network is poised to proliferate said trends, it is really important that we...