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My mom and sister came to visit this Valentine’s Day.  We were able to celebrate together with my girls.  My husband is in London, but his treats await his return and sadly my son is at school (hopefully eating all of the boxes of Girl Scout cookies that I sent to him this week!!).  So it was just us girls.  I really wanted to make a fun cocktail to celebrate this special day together…They LOVED it…I am so excited to share it with you!!!!  Happy Heart Day Everyone….

Happy Heart Cocktail Recipe
(recipe from St Germain)

Muddle the strawberry, simple syrup, and lemon juice in a cocktail shaker.Add ice, vodka or gin, and shake well.Strain over fresh ice in a collins glass.Top with Brut Rosé or Brut Champagne.Garnish with a strawberry.

For years, I use to throw a Valentine’s Coffee.  How perfect to spend Valentine’s Day with your besties.  I have not hosted the Galentine’s Coffee for ages, but if I did it this year, these photos would be my inspiration for sure!!!   There is always next year!!!!!

New Year….New Skin…Here are some of my tried and true skin care products that I have been using constantly. Proper skin care is a chore.  It is a combination of home care and in office treatments.  I get regular derma-planing (every 6 weeks) at Skin Westchester and use the following to maintain at home. I think that consistency is the key to good skin. Whenever I stray from my routine, disaster strikes….Happy Cleansing!!!!

This is known as the Hollywood 2 min facial.


I use this all the time…you put it on your face, wait for it to foam and then wash off…..the results are great!!!


I love this CC cream and it has an SPF


I use this a couple times a week..thanks to a dear friend who sent the recommendation to me..its great for aging skin!!


This is the BEST face oil..I go through bottles and bottles and use it all year round…


I also go through jars and jars of this cleansing balm….I use is as a face wash and a nightime mask while sleeping.I cannot say enough good things about it!!!!!


A sample of this mask was sent to me and now I am hooked..it makes your skin GLOW!!!!


This is my favorite tinted moisturizer!!!


I used this moisturizer after a facial treatment and fell in love..its great for winter skin…I use it at night!!!


This sunscreen is on the expensive side but it is the BEST facial sunscreen..it is for sun damaged skin and repairs while it protects…It is a must have….

This week’s choice, My Absolute Darling, by Gabriel Tallent, is a NYT INSTANT best seller, it is also a NYT’s and Washington Post’s most notable reads for 2017, and USA today, Amazon and NPR Book of the Year.  So I thought we really needed to add it to our list…Here is the story:

Turtle Alveston is a survivor. At fourteen, she roams the woods along the northern California coast. The creeks, tide pools, and rocky islands are her haunts and her hiding grounds, and she is known to wander for miles. But while her physical world is expansive, her personal one is small and treacherous: Turtle has grown up isolated since the death of her mother, in the thrall of her tortured and charismatic father, Martin. Her social existence is confined to the middle school (where she fends off the interest of anyone, student or teacher, who might penetrate her shell) and to her life with her father.

Then Turtle meets Jacob, a high-school boy who tells jokes, lives in a big clean house, and looks at Turtle as if she is the sunrise. And for the first time, the larger world begins to come into focus: her life with Martin is neither safe nor sustainable. Motivated by her first experience with real friendship and a teenage crush, Turtle starts to imagine escape, using the very survival skills her father devoted himself to teaching her. What follows is a harrowing story of bravery and redemption. With Turtle’s escalating acts of physical and emotional courage, the reader watches, heart in throat, as this teenage girl struggles to become her own hero—and in the process, becomes ours as well. – Amazon.com


For more information or to purchase this book, click HERE.

Our next Broadway outing is scheduled for May 14th at 7:00: Ain’t Too Proud To Beg, the Life and Times of the Temptations.  We have a few dozen orchestra tickets at $140 each.  Email me to save your spot…I have added the show summary below and a you tube video of the rehearsal.  I cannot wait to see it!!!!



Ain’t Too Proud follows The Temptations’ extraordinary journey from the streets of Detroit to the Rock & Roll Hall of Fame. With their signature dance moves and unmistakable harmonies, they rose to the top of the charts creating an amazing 42 Top Ten Hits with 14 reaching number one. Through friendship and betrayal amid the civil unrest that tore America apart, their moving and personal story still resonates five decades later.

Ain’t Too Proud features an iconic score made up of The Temptations’ legendary songs including “My Girl,” “Just My Imagination” and “Papa Was a Rolling Stone.” The creative team includes Robert Brill (scenic design), Paul Tazewell (costume design), Howell Binkley (lighting design), Steve Canyon Kennedy (sound design) and Peter Nigrini (projection design). Orchestrations are by Harold Wheeler with music direction and arrangements by Kenny Seymour. – Broadway.com