恭喜發財! Happy Chinese New Year

Posted January 22, 2012

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Happy New Year! Yes, again… but this time it is the Chinese New Year, providing us with a chance to once again

welcome wealth and prosperity into our lives. One of the most interesting customs of this holiday, at least to me, is that of gathering with your family. During this auspicious week, all over the world, millions of people are getting into cars or planes or trains, to return to their parent’s home to welcome in the Year of the Water Dragon. Honoring your ancestry is the center point of this tradition, and I just love the dedication to family inherent in this shared celebration.

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Black & White

Posted January 12, 2012

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January comes to the North with nothing but blowing white snow starkly contrasting with the bare black of the trees. Contemplating the whole barren world outside got me thinking of repeating this theme in a B&W photo shoot with my favorite photographer, MJ . For this occasion I donned two vintage dresses, found hanging in the way back of my closet, both gathering dust from an earlier time … You remember those nights when you rendezvoused with your best besties to swap everything down to the accessories before you all headed out on the town…

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Light in the Dark

Posted January 8, 2012

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December has faded and has taken with her the colored lights and shiny bows and gold sequins. Finding it hard to hold your head up, keep your mental and physical health and that much needed drive at work? Seriously, who likes January? As we box up our Santas, store the wrapping paper for another year, place all the ornaments in the attic, we need something to help us out of the doldrums, right? My suggestion: keep your outside lights lit!