I’ll never forget a conversation that I had with a school principal 20 years ago. My oldest child had just started kindergarten and I had just reviewed the upcoming school calendar. I found it bizarre that there were many weeks that had multiple half day school schedules. Why in the world would you have a half day [...]
One never knows how friends will enter your life. It’s one of those things that we are just not in control of. You just look up one day, and that friend is there. And you’re thankful. For me, one such friend is Victoria Duke. Victoria just appeared in my life one day, via Facebook. She [...]
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Living in South Florida, it’s kind of hard to get excited about the changing of the seasons. But, for some reason, I’m really into Spring this year. And yesterday, I decided that I needed a new handbag (in my signature Pink, of course). So I headed over to Bloomingdale’s in Aventura. Aventura Mall is my [...]
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Recently, I attended the cocktail reception for the 5th Annual Driven to Dine, a fundraiser for the Florida Heart Research Institute. I attended last year’s event, too! This was one fantastic party! I picked up my friend, Alice Fisher, and we headed down to one of the most exclusive communities in Coral Gables, The Islands [...]
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Recently, the second annual Bizbash Florida Expo & Awards went down at the Broward County Convention Center. This is the largest gathering of the Southeast’s event and meeting planning community and I had a ball! This is where you see the latest and greatest in event venues, rentals, amusements, etc. This event REALLY tickled my [...]
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I shall NEVER forget the day that I met Abraham McDonald. It was Friday, March 4, 2011. I was at the Shrine Auditorium in Los Angeles, sitting in the aisle seat of Row 22. Next to me was New York socialite and celebrity columnist, Flo Anthony. Next to her was entertainment reporter, Jawn Murray. We [...]
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Saturday afternoon, Macy’s hosted members of the cast of the new Disney flick, Prom. Teens, tweens, and parents flocked to the Pembroke Lakes Mall store to meet, chat, and pose with castmembers Aimee Teegarden, Janelle Ortiz, and Thomas McDonell. The stars were in town to promote Prom, but also to donate a formal dress from [...]
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