So flashback about 20 years ago in the D (aka Detroit for those unfamiliar). Life was sweet with public school prosperity, community connection, and the best era of formative years (in my opinion). Keep pressing the plus button to zoom in even more and nostalgia will flash glimpses of me and Jasmine Donaldson (aka Jazz…
Every Woman: Jasmine
On my dad turning 80…
Last night we got all dressed up and headed to 220 Merrill in Birmingham, MI to celebrate my dad’s 80th birthday. We’ve never thrown him an official party and so it was pretty nice to surprise him with something special. I suspect he had somewhat of a clue something was going down when my mom…
Does my blog matter?
It seems like I’m always a little late to join the party. Whatever that “party” is, I’ll often find myself head tilted, eyes bewildered, and left hand sprawled against my chest in Miss J form like, no one told me this was going on! One of my childhood nicknames, appointed by my dad, is ‘Slow…
Boys Be Thistle-ing at Me
So OPI has a new collection! Twelve new colors for fall, which, by the way, has truly been in full effect these past few days. The Scotland collection was on display when I went in to visit Cheryl a few weeks ago, which made me feel like Ash standing in front of some Hot Wheel…
Asher’s first visit to Disney World
The past couple of weeks have been a whirlwind and so I’m just getting around to writing about our trip to Disney World! Was it magical? Yes. However, that “yes” comes from a very biased, warm and fuzzy blanket of Disney World childhood memories. I really wanted to take Ash to Disney World before now….
Corduroy overload…
While we are talking about transitioning into fall, one word… corduroy. For some reason I have been obsessed with corduroy for years! Many moons ago when I had aspirations of designing my own clothing line (it was going to be called BSIB,) I had designed out my first fall/winter collection to be laden in fine…