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Now I know why my author friend, Laura Munson, goes to a spa for a few days after one of her book tours. I knew a book tour would be a series of back-to-back events, but nothing can describe the intense whirlwind of such an experience until you’re in one. I’m home to spend time

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Until today, there’s been a box under my bed I haven’t opened since before James died. It’s full of architectural

While my biggest problem is thinning hair, as in I have open runways big enough to land a passenger jet

My girlfriends and I had a blast at the Rolling Stones Zip Code Tour last weekend in Arlington, Texas. To

Recently 1010ParkPlace profiled Kathy Gutierrez, owner of The Secret Garden boutique in Fredericksburg, Texas. Kathy and I met in 2005,

What’s nude and smooth and hot for summer? Pantyhose! Pantyhose are back in a big way. So big, they’re considered

This week 100 women came to Neiman Marcus La Cantera, in San Antonio, to be inspired by Ken Downing, Fashion

GRACE AND FRANKIE I feel another summer television binge coming on, starting with Grace And Frankie, a new comedy series

Every Mother’s Day I think about how my own mother and I role reversed when I was 12. After my

This week there was a backlash about a weight-loss ad, featuring a blonde, a string bikini and the words, “Are

This week Gayle and Lee, my two best girlfriends since high school, emailed that they want to come with me

The first time I went to a concert, I saw the Rolling Stones. It was their second U.S. performance: June

This morning I drove to Fredericksburg, a quaint, old German town in the Texas Hill Country. The abundance of spring

This year, 2015, marks Lancôme’s 80th anniversary. What began in 1935, as a French fragrance house, is now one of

One of my mother’s favorite things to say is, “You have no idea what it’s like to get older.” I’m

Last week another one of my girlfriends lost her husband. I’m devastated for her and their sons. Her husband was

My hands look like those of a 200-hundred-year-old gargoyle that’s been clinging to the side of Notre Dame: They’re gnarled

Wednesday, March 11, 2015 through Wednesday, March 18, 2015 All Neiman Marcus Locations Since 1994, every spring and fall, Neiman

Anyone who watched the actors on the red carpet at this year’s Oscars was aware of the hashtag #AskHerMore. Reese