Recently visiting family in Miami, I had the good fortune to spend New Year’s Eve 2013 at Werner Staub’s Peppermill’s Bar and Restaurant located at 350 Bayview Drive, Sunny Isles Beach, Florida. I found The Peppemill to be a wonderful escape to an elegant, old world charm, coupled with great music performed by Lynne Sherri,…
What a fortunate choice on my part to decide to buy a ticket to see La Soiree the other evening, an adult cabaret show just because it was a couple of blocks from my house. Wow!!! It did not disappoint. It was sooo fun and such a trip out of the ordinary!!! Just what the…
When I was in the ninth grade having to read Shakespeare and no less understand it was not fun. I realize now that I just wasn’t mature enough to understand all the complexities of human nature coupled with Shakespeare’s use of the English language which he demands that the listener understand. Well, the other evening,…
This month I saw Sophie Treadwell’s Machinal at The American Airlines Theater which was the true story of an unfortunate housewife in the 20’s who had no voice, no sense of self-definition and wound up in the electric chair and then I saw Tom Stoppard’s Rosencrantz and Guilderstein are Dead which explores death and what…
On May 1st, 2013, while attending Women’s eNews (www.womensenews.org) fundraising event at The Mrrriot Essex House I got to interview a very inspiring leader of the 21st century. That honoree is Dara Richardson-Heron, M.D., The CEO of YWCA USA who shared with me what her vision was for The YWCA under her present watchful eye.…
From his book, “Long Walk to Freedom,” Nelson Mandela states the “Freedom is indivisible:the chains on any one of my people were the chains on all of them, the chains on all of my people where the chains on me.” Now the public will be able to see the movie version of this wonderful book…
On March 18th, 2013, Shared Interest (www.sharedinterest.org) held its 2013 Anniversary Awards Gala and singer Harry Belafonte, South Africa’s pop band Freshlyground and social justice and freedom fighter, Father Michael Lapsley were the honored recipients. Now, the evening’s highlight while attending this great event was speaking with Father Michael Lapsley and learning of his inspiring…
On February 21st, 2014, The National Arts Club Fashion Committee (www.nationalartsclub.org) whose mission it is to educate and enlighten through the medium of fashion hosted an edutaining event highlighting this Chinese New Year, The Year of the Horse. Along with a lot of surprise activities was special guest speaker, Evie Evangelou, president and founder of…
On Monday, September 9th, 2013 from 6:30 p.m. to 9:30 p.m. The Greenwich Village-Chelsea Chamber of Commerce held Tesla Style Night, co-founded by Build a Better Planet (www.buildabetterplanet.org), an event which added to the unique excitement of Fashion Week 2013. This fabulous evening featured the sustainable electric car designs of Tesla’s Motors (www.testlamotors.com) complemented by…
I attended Bettie Paige on the Bowery (www.bettiepageclothing.com/28263/location/new-york) during Fashion Week and it was nothing but fun and then more fun. Seeing all of those vintage pieces of clothing made today and not having to go to a thrift shop to find them (ok, I do to wander around thrift those shops!) was delightful! So below…