With the holidays now a thing of the past, it’s time to start thinking about your spring wardrobe!  Here are a few ideas to get that fabulous, fresh trend without spending a fortune. WIDE LEG TROUSERS SPLURGE:   Alice + Olivia Eric Pant $286 STEAL: BCX Wide Leg Trouser $24.98, Macy’s FULL, KNEE LENGTH PATTERN SKIRTS SPLURGE:  […]

It’s December 22nd and you just realized you still have a few gifts to buy.  Don’t panic, it happens to the best of us!  According to the National Retail Federation’s 2010 Holiday Consumer Intentions and Actions Survey, December 24th will be the second busiest shopping day between December 18th and the 25th.  Millions of people […]

The hospital was a simple concrete building with no signage. A camel was parked outside next to the steps on which five civilian garbed men – including the 26-year-old doctor and his even younger nurse – were smoking cigarettes. Inside, peeling paint hung like stalactites from a crumbling ceiling in an unmanned reception area that […]

MANUEL ANTONIO, COSTA RICA — One of the problems with living in the Costa Rican rainforest is that is rains. A lot. From May through November — mas o menos — the skies weep incessantly, rendering the rutted streets puddle-laden bogs, my small house a receptacle for all things musty and moldy. Don’t get me […]

Diddy berths his yacht in Ibiza town during his frequent forays here. Kylie Minogue, Elle MacPherson and Paris Hilton are oft-seen visitors while jewelry designer and Rolling Stone offspring Jade Jagger is a long term resident. Pike’s Hotel, one of the island´s most exclusive, is wallpapered with celebrity images: Jon Bon Jovi, Sade, Freddie Mercury, […]

This Saturday November 27th, small business owners across the country are asking you to join them for Small Business Saturday.  According to the U.S. Small Business Administration (SBA), women own 9 million businesses.  Small business, in particular, accounts for 75% of new jobs. So we asked these single wo men business owners to tell us […]

My winter in Goa was drawing to a close, and with no firm plans and so much of India still to explore I joined the post-high season exodus to Pushkar, Rajasthan, the next pre-ordained pack track destination. Geared towards the tourist trade (it’s the site of the renowned annual Camel Fair), and serving as another […]

“Imagine no possessions, I wonder if you can.”  John Lennon points the way to a utopic, selfless existence in Imagine.  You can make a start this holiday by giving things which mean little to you, but can change a life, a family or even a community.  Here are just seven of the ways you can […]

I recently heard a younger male corporate giant say, “I’ll have my girl schedule that.”  Next, a woman who can make your head spin with her advanced wind power engineer knowledge say to me, “I’d never vote for a female politician.”  And saw a young mother in Connecticut’s educated “Gold Coast” tell her daughter that […]

If you’re thinking about starting your own business, here’s an into to top trends for 2010 that look like they’ll last through 2011. Selling fuzzier Here’s a statistic.  The American Pet Products Association said that based on previous years, the forecast of pet related sales for 2009 was $45.4 billion. That’s more than some national […]