Festive St. Patrick’s Day Cocktails

March 15, 2013    |    By +
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This weekend we will be raising our glasses high and toasting green cocktail concoctions to go along with our “Irish” attitudes; because let’s face it, on St. Patrick’s Day, everyone has a little Irish in them! We’ve listed out our favorite St. Patty’s Day inspired cocktails that would be perfect for any festivities you... Read more »


Spring Trend: Succulents

March 15, 2013    |    By +
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When it comes to gardening, I lack three major ingredients to make it happen: 1) a backyard 2) sunlight 3) a green thumb.  Luckily, one of the latest greenery trends, succulents, allows me to fill my apartment with thriving plants without those prerequisites. In layman’s terms, succulent plants usually have meatier leaves & shorter roots... Read more »


Easter Basket Eggstras

March 14, 2013    |    By +
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Let’s just admit that it’s as much fun to fill the kids’ Easter Baskets to the brim with goodies as it was to get them when we were little. The looks on their faces is priceless when they see that goldmine of treats! Needless to say, I’m a huge fan of the traditional Easter... Read more »


Crazy Reasons to Celebrate March

March 13, 2013    |    By +
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March is one of those weird, in between months for holidays. If you’re Irish, there’s St. Patrick’s Day, but if not, March can feel more like the month after Valentine’s Day than a month to celebrate. But, don’t fret. The question at hand here isn’t what you should be celebrating this month; it’s what shouldn’t you be celebrating?... Read more »


Spring Beauty Trend: Brilliant Braids

March 12, 2013    |    By +
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Braided hair has been a huge trend in the last few years. Tired of the simplest of braids, fashionistas and designers alike have championed the newest and freshest hair looks by twisting hair in unthinkably amazing ways. All over the spring runways were unique looks inspired by the classic hair plait. Fishtails, the milkmaid... Read more »


Laugh Out Loud Pet Treats!

March 11, 2013    |    By +
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As a pet owner to two Shih Tzu’s I am always looking for fun treats to give them for being so cute! Of course we can’t forget about the kitties either. They do eat other treats besides catnip you know! Well, I couldn’t stop laughing when I stumbled upon these insanely cute treats called... Read more »


Daylight Saving Time: Spring Forward!

March 10, 2013    |    By +
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Though most of us attribute Daylight Saving Time to Benjamin Franklin, it was actually entomologist and astronomer George Vernon Hudson who put the concept on the map more than a century after Franklin birthed the idea. And he did so in order to collect bugs! Hudson was a postal worker by day and an... Read more »


How To: Be a Super Aunt!

March 8, 2013    |    By +
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I may not have any children of my own, but I do have the honor of being the Aunt of eight boys and two girls, all between the ages of 6-13. And, they all love me! (If I do say so myself) And after all of this practice, I definitely know a thing or... Read more »


7 Lucky Charms for St. Patty

March 7, 2013    |    By +
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While I was thinking of what to write about for the fairly un-giftable occasion of St. Patrick’s Day, I got fixated on the idea of luck. What is luck? Some believe in the old adage, “Luck favors the well prepared.” But what does “prepared” mean anyway? Well, I did some research and apparently if... Read more »


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