August 10th, 2018
Musica Marin Festival

What’s going on here? It was a beautiful June evening at the South Beach Yacht Club in San Francisco, California, packed with beautiful, well-dressed folks enjoying fine wine, gourmet food, and a live music concert. Nothing less than the 2018 kick-off party for the Musica Marin International Chamber Music Festival, produced by the nonprofit Musica […]

August 10th, 2018
SCIENCE FAIR: film review

High-schooler Robbie programmed an old calculator to give out Shakespearian insults. Then he created used machine learning to analyzed the music of Kanye West and create original rap lyrics. So why was he rejected by ten colleges? We’ll get to that. Science Fair, screened at the 2018 San Francisco Jewish Film Festival, goes inside the […]

July 23rd, 2018
A Heartfelt Tribute to Whitney Houston

South African songstress, Belinda Davids takes us on an amazing journey channeling the love and musical talent of legendary diva, Whitney Houston. Every moment is magical in this emotionally charged show. The Greatest Love of All: The Whitney Houston Show reminds us that music and song can be cathartic. We are transformed with each note. […]

July 2nd, 2018
Floral Simplicity Sachets: Experience Luggage Scents for Travel

Experienced Travel Divas understand that luggage capacity can translate into a limit on clean clothes. Five days is my cutoff for a wash or refresh. Unfortunately, laundry may not always be an option or affordable. I was thrilled to find a scented collection that will help to renew your travel wardrobe and elevate your spirit. […]

June 25th, 2018
BOUNDARIES: Film Review

Did we mention Christopher Plummer stars in Boundaries? Reason enough to see this hit first screened at the San Francisco International Film Festival. We meet Laura (Vera Farmiga), an insecure single mom who can’t seem to get her life together or find a man who can live with her and a bunch of stray dogs […]

June 14th, 2018
Louisville, Kentucky-Bourbon & Beyond

With just shy of 1.3 million residents, Louisville may not be a big city like neighbors Chicago or Nashville, but it is larger than life in spirit and old fashioned hospitality. Perhaps, it is the ratio of aging bourbon barrels to people, roughly 5 to 1, that keeps everyone so happy.  I was excited to […]

May 19th, 2018
The Azores – Fitness and Yoga Retreat off of Portugal

The Azores, an autonomous region of Portugal, are an archipelago in the mid-Atlantic. The islands are characterized by dramatic landscapes, fishing villages, green pastures and hedgerows of blue hydrangeas. And relatively tourist free. São Miguel, the largest, has lake-filled calderas and the Gorreana Tea Plantation. Pico is home to the 2,351m Mt. Pico and vineyards […]