Weekend Real Estate Stalking

This Week’s Real Estate Stalking is an incredible home in Connecticut that is a summer rental.  What a gorgeous setting to spend those lazy summer days.  The property and view are stunning.  It so easy to forget how amazing the Long Island Sound can be.  How great would it be to have it right in your back yard? For more information on this Chilton Summer Listing of Chilton and Chadwick, a team within Higgins Group contact christine@chiltonandchadwick.com.

Fashionable Friend Friday

This past Wednesday I was invited to meet the fabulous uber designer Mary McDonald at the beautiful John Rosselli showroom!!!  Mary is incredible.  She is not only the most amazing designer but she has the absolute BEST personality.  Not to mention that we were all drooling over her incredible outfit and jewels!  She introduced her new furniture line by Chaddock furniture to the crowd.  One piece is more beautiful than the next.  To see the complete line click HERE

Mr. Rosselli and Luke Dolce of Chaddock

One of Mary’s Favorite pieces, the Josephine cabinet

Easy Salsa Chicken

I recently saw this recipe on one of my favorite blogs Happily Eva After.  Eva is the daughter of Susan Sarandon and she is adorable and so talented.  The recipe is so easy and can be the basis for so many possible meals.  I cook this for my kids all the time and they use the chicken to make quesadillas, tacos, nachos, put it over a salad or just eat it by itself.  Here’s all you need to do.  Take your chicken breasts, put them in your crock pot.  Season with salt and pepper and top with a jar of Salsa (which ever is your favorite).  Cook on low for apprx. 5 hours.  When finished, shred with a fork and put 1 or 2 spoonfuls of the cooking sauce with the chicken in a bowl to serve. Voila!!!!  Happy Crocking!!!!

image gimmiesomeoven.com

Get To Know Ramy Brook

I really got to know the Ramy Brook line last summer in Southampton at Kyle Richard’s store Kyle By Alene Too.  The bright colors and hip prints are so great for the upcoming warm summer months.  I love the hot pink dress, which Lisa Rinna purchased for herself to wear on a Housewives of Beverly Hills episode.  The color is amazing.  She motivated me to buy a blouse in the same color, which I recently wore on Mother’s Day.  I went to a great private sale of the line last week and it was incredible.  To visit the Ramy Brook website and receive 10% off the current collection, click HERE.

NY Senatorial Candidate Julie Killian holding the “Lisa Rinna” dress!!!!

Patio Time

It’s that time of year again…….time to spruce up the patio.  Memorial Day is right around the corner and you know what that means….cookouts and outdoor entertaining galore.  It is so easy to enhance what you already own to take you outdoor space to the next level.  A tweak of accessories here and there and Voila, you have your own outdoor sanctuary!!  Happy Decorating!!!!

Patio Time

Book Club Monday

Today’s Book Club Monday choice is “Bite Me: How Lyme Disease Stole My Childhood, Made Me Crazy And Almost Killed Me” by Ally Hilfiger.  It tells the story of her long struggle with the Disease.  I choose this book because so many individuals suffer with this day after day both young and old.  Over the years, I have found ticks on my kids, my dogs, my husband and on myself!!!  Ally’s story goes like this:
Ally was at a breaking point when she woke up in a psych ward at the age of eighteen. She couldn’t put a sentence together, let alone take a shower, eat a meal, or pick up a phone. What had gone wrong? In recent years, she had produced a feature film, a popular reality show for a major network, and had acted in an off-Broadway play. But now, Ally was pushed to a psychotic break after struggling since she was seven years old with physical symptoms that no doctor could explain; everything from joint pain, to night sweats, memory loss, nausea, and brain fog. A doctor in the psych ward was finally able to give her the answers her and her family had desperately been searching for, and the diagnosis that all the previous doctors had missed. She learned that she had Lyme disease-and finally had a breakthrough.

What she didn’t know was that this diagnosis would lead her down some of the most excruciating years of her life before beginning her journey to recovery from eleven years of misdiagnosis and physical pain. She would need to find her courage to heal physically, mentally, and emotionally, and become the survivor she is today.

Set against the backdrop of the fast-paced fashion and entertainment industries, BITE ME shares the heartbreaking and hilarious stories that moved Ally forward on her journey from sickness to health. Its themes will be familiar to more than 300,000 Americans diagnosed with Lyme disease each year, many of whom, like Ally, wondered for years what was wrong with them. BITE ME offers readers hope and ideas for how one can transition from victim to survivor, and shares the spiritual principles and actions that have contributed to her wholeness as a human, mother, and international spokesperson against Lyme disease.
To Purchase Bite Me, click HERE