San Francisco’s only luxury waterfront boutique hotel, Hotel Vitale, is offering “La Dolce Vitale Wellness Experiences” at their signature spa, Spa Vitale. The all-day spa experiences are on March 15 and 16. The theme is “It’s Easy Being Green!” These special one-day retreats at the hotel’s elegant penthouse-level spa emphasize wellness activities such as massage, movement,…
by Cynthia English Film and music with a slightly different flair~ ready for something new? This year venture forth to the Dubrovnik International Film Festival (May) or the Dubrovnik Summer Festival (July/August)! There is another world out there, dear readers, that up until now the rich and famous have been privy to walk around in…
Full sensual lips aka Scarlett Johansson lips are top on my wish list. Sadly, my genes called for the thin non-descript variety. And, I am not quite ready for painful fillers. My only recourse and redefining remedy is left to the magic of makeup. A great precision lip pencil and finishing gloss can truly work…
A Reunion with my Own Sense of Promise High school reunions are always iffy propositions. The memory we have of our classmates and ourselves is clouded by adolescent angst. Who we are now, who we thought we’d become as teenagers, and our feelings about our adult self make a head-spinning emotional cocktail. On the surface…
From March 13 to March 15, Palais Namaskar, a renowned five-star Marrakesh retreat, is coming to the three Auberge Resorts properties in Napa Valley – Auberge du Soleil, Solage Calistoga, Calistoga Ranch – for a “Morocco Meets Napa Valley” culinary series from March 13-15. Calistoga Ranch is usually only open to resort guests, will be open…
by Cynthia English How do you feel when you smile? Not laugh. Not a quick tweak acknowledgement. Smile. An eye-connecting, soul-full smile. Most people feel a moment of complete joy. Insides light up, the body warms, the brain flares, energy sparks, then sparkles between two human beings. Often strangers, passersby, people unconnected by any degree…
YOUR OSCAR BALLOT OLD BOY: terrifying, will stay in your head all night MONSTERS UNIVERSITY: the antidote to Old Boy DALLAS BUYERS CLUB: superb, especially if you were there THE BOOK THIEF: required viewing, be glad you weren’t there THE COUNSELOR: will scare you straight THE LONE RANGER: good film cursed with bad marketing THE…