You’re warmed by the summer sun and wiggling your toes in flip flops at this point in the year.  It’s a great time, before the tempting fall clothes are really out, to organize your wardrobe and give you more room in your closet. Take it off and put it on It pays – twice a […]

Have you ever said,`I just can’t help myself’ when it comes to good food and snacking?  According to a new study published in the July issue of The International Journal Of Obesity, there’s a clinical reason for it.  Some women are more likely to respond to the sight and smell of food. University of Bristol […]

Conviviality is in the air in Dava Parr’s large kitchen today as 5 women talk, laugh and touch food.  Parr’s garden was overflowing with spring greens so she harvested them for the women to cook with.  This morning they served up a farmhouse breakfast frittata with green garlic and local goat cheese, a stylish, gourmet […]

10 web copy tips As a single woman, you know that writing a thank you note to Aunt Matilda for her reindeer sweater requires different language than tweeting about a new sick app. In the same vein, your professional website will have a much different voice than a corporate white paper, DM letter or even […]

According to a study by researchers at the University of Queensland, the Australian Institute of Family Studies and the Australian National University, women are worse off financially after a break-up but men are much lonelier and sadder. Four years after a separation, men’s income was 20 percent higher and in line with income trends but […]

You hear in the news magic numbers for retirement or for a mortgage and wonder if you’re on track for either.  Here are a number of free online calculators that hopefully can help you make sense of your own numbers and help get you to each, comfortably. Online financial tools that can help figure a […]

In an attempt  to accelerate the empowerment of women, on July 2nd the UN’s General Assembly voted unanimously to create an all encompassing entity combining four United Nations offices to focus on gender equality. Declaring it a watershed, Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon introduced UN Women, the newest member of the UN family, a body tasked with […]

One of the most moving and memorable scenes for me on film happens in Jane Campion‘s The Piano.  It’s at the end when Ada, played by Holly Hunter falls out of the boat and plunges under the sea.  She is suspended, surrounded by total silence and darkness.  She can’t hear.  She can’t breathe.  She can’t […]

Hot spices like chili peppers, wasabi and garlic are the flavors that make Indian, Asian and Caribbean cuisine so memorable, but can these exotic flavors do more? A new study in Elsevier’s Food Quality and Preference journal investigated the effect of hot spices on energy intake and appetite and asked if adding a little spice […]

Who?  Mary Ann Mayer, Mt. Washington Bed & Breakfast Mary Ann Mayer was a typically low paid – but helping her community – social worker on Long Island when she took a short vacation to local Bed and Breakfasts.  Her B&B experience was so positive she says, “I started out thinking I’d never stay in […]