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Gettin’ Fit for Summer Guide #3 – the RIGHT foods to eat

It’s easy to squeeze in a quick workout in a speedy schedule, especially with the frequent 45 minute SoulCycle classes or even just staying for one hour of a Bikram Yoga class, but even if you aren’t it is ultra important to keep your body well-nourished. Think of your body as a car – if [...]

An evening of Jo Malone

Launching her career off as a facialist, Jo Malone began hand-mixing her own Nutmeg & Ginger Bath Oils as presents to her best clients. Instantly, people fell in love, and began purchasing numerous orders from her for dinner party favors and gifts. Her company officially took off. Maintaining scents of elegance, class, and unexpected endings, [...]

Cooking 101

Preparing a delicious yet healthy meal requires four words: patience, innovation, creativity, and focus. Cooking is typically my time to relax by making my favorite go-to recipes. But sometimes, you want to kick it up a notch and try something new and creative….plus it is nice to have a fellow cook in the kitchen! Earlier [...]

Get on the “Face Train” y’all!

“You have such beautiful skin! What products do you use?” All women have their own beauty routine and know which products work best for them. When I see someone who has beautiful skin, I always have to ask what products they use on a daily basis!  When someone asks me, I’m quick to tell them [...]

Girl’s Dinner Party – Part II

It’s all in the details. For my recent Girls ‘n Pearls dinner party, I had a ball combing the city for flowers, the freshest ingredients and fun favors for my friends. Today’s post is about where I found each item, details about the stores, and conversations I had in the process! A Rose by Harvest A Rose [...]

Girl’s Dinner Party – Part I

Theme: Girls ‘n Pearls After cleaning my apartment one afternoon, I thought ‘why not have a few girls over for a fancy little dinner party?’ – So that’s exactly what I decided to do! Complements of my absolute favorite invitation website, Paperless Post, I was able to create the perfect invitation to quickly send out to [...]

Oscar Party 2011

The Oscars come but once a year and the best part is the gossip next day: critiquing the red carpet fashion, who walked away (or didn’t) with awards and who looked down right fabulous….or so unfortunate you know they want to hide under a rock today! I was going to post a totally different topic [...]

Big Event Night

Oh my goodness! After getting ready for a Bon Jovi event this past week, I couldn’t help but think of a better way to launch my Bonjour + Hola blog than preaching to the choir about what an event in itself it is to get ready for a big event in nyc! Here are some [...]