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Five on Friday May 3, 2024 “Sorry I can’t dink today.” Pickleball quotes One: Pick up a Pickleball Paddle Pickleball was created in 1965 by three dads—Joel Pritchard, Barney McCallum, and Bill Bell—but its popularity has exploded over the past three years. Have you tried it yet? If not, now is the time to join…
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Five on Friday April 26, 2024 “Of all the paths you take in life, make sure a few of them are dirt.” John Muir One: Hiking Late spring is a great time to go on a hike, urban or in the woods. After celebrating Earth Day, it’s time to take some walks outdoors. Guided group…
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Five on Friday April 19, 2024 “I firmly believe nature brings solace in all troubles.” —Anne Frank One: Earth Day Earth Day is April 22nd. There are many beautiful places on Earth, and we should make an effort to preserve them. I updated my Earth Day post from 2022: https://lifestyleofafashionista.com/2022/04/22/earth-day/ From Martha Steward, The Martha…
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Five on Friday April 12, 2024 “I often hear someone say, ‘I’m not a real runner.’ We are all runners, some just run faster than others. I never met a fake runner.” —Bart Yasso (Bart Yasso, the “mayor of running”, is Runner’s World’s Chief Running Officer.) One: Marathon Monday I am a runner. I chose…
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Five on Friday April 5, 2024 “Juuuust a bit outside.” Harry Doyle in Major League One: Take me out to the ballgame If you live in the northeast, it may not feel like spring, but warmer weather will arrive soon. With warmer weather comes fun outdoor events like baseball games. The Red Sox opening game…
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Five on Friday March 29, 2024 “When all else fails, take a vacation.” Betty Williams One: Plan Your Summer Vacation Spring is a good time of year to plan your summer travel. Start thinking about places you’d like to visit and look for deals. Pull out your 2024 travel wish list and plan a trip.…
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Five on Friday March 22, 2024 “Florals? For spring? Groundbreaking.” Miranda Priestly in The Devil Wears Prada One: 2024 Spring Trends Happy Spring! Winter is (officially) over! It’s time to change out your closet and introduce some spring trends into your outfits. In honor of the spring season, I have reposted this quote from one…
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Five on Friday March 15, 2024 “Girls are capable of doing everything men are capable of doing. Sometimes they have more imagination than men.” — Katherine Johnson, one of the first Black women to work as a NASA mathematician One: Women’s History Month March is Women’s History Month, celebrate by checking out the many accomplishments of…
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Five on Friday March 8, 2024 “That’s the thing about books. They let you travel without moving your feet.”―Jhumpa Lahiri, The Namesake One: Book Clubs Books are great; they let you escape the stresses of daily life and can take you to different places. I love reading, and reading is more fun when you can discuss…
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Five on Friday March 1, 2024 “There’s nothing new in human experience, Mr. Tully. Each generation thinks it invented debauchery or suffering or rebellion, but man’s every impulse and appetite from the disgusting to the sublime is on display right here all around you. So, before you dismiss something as boring or irrelevant, remember, if…
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Five on Friday February 23, 2024 “We believe fitness should be: dynamic, varied, effective, and most of all fun. We take this with us into every class we teach.” Thalia and Caitlin FORMAT Fitness One: Going back to the Barre I’ve returned to the barre at FORMAT Fitness. Barre is one of my favorite activities;…
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Five on Friday February 16, 2024 ”It is hard to fail, but it is worse never to have tried to succeed. In this life we get nothing save by effort.” –Theodore Roosevelt One: Elevate Your Basics I’ve written about basic pieces: a white button-down shirt, a blazer, black pants, and sneakers. Inspired by pictures from…
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Five on Friday February 9, 2024 “After all, I’m just a girl, standing in front of a boy, asking him to love her.” —Anna from Notting Hill (25th anniversary in May, streaming on Prime Video) One: Lunar New Year February 10th is the Lunar New Year, and 2024 is the Year of the Dragon. From USA…
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Five on Friday February 2, 2024 “Traveling – it leaves you speechless, then turns you into a storyteller.” – Ibn Battuta One: 2024 Travel We’ve arrived at the second month of 2024. Dry January is over. The groundhog didn’t see his shadow, and you’re ready to work on your travel plans. February is an excellent…
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Five on Friday January 24, 2024 “Winter is the time for comfort, for good food and warmth, for the touch of a friendly hand and for a talk beside the fire: it is time for home.” Edith Sitwell One: Dealing with Winter Blues I’m not talking about your denim collection; I’m talking about those depressing…
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Five on Friday January 19, 2024 “” One: Watching Comfort Shows What is a comfort show? From Hulu, “A comfort show can mean something different to everyone, but there’s one thing they all have in common — the ability to help viewers escape reality while bringing a sense of calm, stability, and familiarity to even…
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Five on Friday January 12, 2024 “Marvellous things will start happening to you, fabulous, unbelievable things – and you will never be miserable again in your life.” James and The Giant Peach by Roald Dahl One: Color of the Year A peach’s memory is fuzzy. From Humor Living’s Peach Puns list. Pantone’s color of the…
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Five on Friday January 5, 2024 “It Doesn’t Matter How Much You Push The Envelope, It Will Still Be Stationary.” Ellie in The Last of Us reading from “No Pun Intended: Volume Too,” One: 2024 Golden Globe Awards The Golden Globe awards will air on Sunday January 7th on CBS. The host is comedian Jo…
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Five on Friday December 29, 2023 What we call the beginning is often the endAnd to make an end is to make a beginning.The end is where we start from. – T.S. Eliot, “Little Gidding,” 1942 One: Best of 2023 One of my instructors, Ashtain Rothchild, in a recent fitness class asked us to reflect on our…
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Five on Friday December 22, 2023 “‘Twas the night before Christmas, when all through the house not a creature was stirring, not even a mouse.” The Night Before Christmas by Clement Moore One: Have a very Merry Christmas! Happy Christmas Eve Eve Eve! I know that’s a bit much, but with Christmas falling on a…
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Five on Friday December 15, 2023 “City sidewalks, busy sidewalks dressed in holiday style. In the air, there’s a feeling of Christmas.” — Bing Crosby, “Silver Bells” One: 2023 Holiday Traditions – Try something new One crucial plot line of a cheesy Christmas movie is participating in a holiday tradition or several traditions. I wrote…
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Five on Friday December 8, 2023 “Maybe Christmas (he thought) doesn’t come from a store. Maybe Christmas perhaps means a little bit more.” — The Grinch One: Gift Lists and Guides The Grinch realizes gifts from the heart mean more than gifts from a store, but if you are buying gifts from a store, I’m going to share…
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Five on Friday December 1, 2023 “I just like to smile. Smiling’s my favorite.” – Buddy from Elf One: Christmas Checklist I’ve been counting down to Christmas since the end of November. Some might say that’s too early, but it worked for me. Now, Christmas is officially 25 days away. Are you ready? For the rest of…
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Five on Friday November 24, 2023 “Christmas was on its way. Lovely, glorious, beautiful Christmas, upon, which the entire kid year revolved.”— Ralphie, “A Christmas Story” One: Holiday Movie Update I’m one month into my Christmas Countdown movie-watching. I’ve watched ten movies out of the twenty-three new movies released. I wondered if I could tolerate…
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Five on Friday November 17, 2023 “The turkey. The sweet potatoes. The stuffing. The pumpkin pie. Is there anything else we all can agree so vehemently about? I don’t think so.” –Nora Ephron One: Thanksgiving Prep Thanksgiving is less than one week away. Family gatherings, chaotic travel, big meals, and activities. Are you ready? Check…
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Five on Friday November 10, 2023 “You’re not one of those people who put up Christmas decorations on November 1st?” ― Charlotte (a busy fashion designer returning home for Christmas) in Christmas by Design One: Five Steps to Live in a Cheesy Christmas movie I started my Christmas Countdown in October. Some might think that’s too early,…
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Five on Friday November 3, 2023 “A woman’s intuition is better than a man’s. Nobody knows anything, really, you know, and a woman can guess a good deal nearer than a man.” ― Mark Twain, The Gilded Age One: The Gilded Age Two shows are premiering this month that take place around the Gilded Age: The Gilded Age season two…
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Five on Friday October 27, 2023 “We make up horrors to help us cope with the real ones.” – Stephen King One: Happy Halloween It’s officially Halloweekend! Spooky season is coming to a close. Halloween is on a Tuesday, this weekend is a great time to partake in spooky activities. Go to a haunted house,…
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Five on Friday October 20, 2023 “I will honor Christmas in my heart, and try to keep it all the year.” – Charles Dickens One: Countdown to Christmas The Hallmark Channel launches its Countdown to Christmas tonight. This event has inspired the topic for my newsletter. I know it’s October, and there are two more holidays…
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Five on Friday October 13, 2023 “It’s me / Hi / I’m the problem, it’s me” – Taylor Swift (song: Anti-Hero, Album: Midnights) One: Taylor Swift On this Friday the 13th, the day her Eras tour movie is released, I’m going to focus on Taylor, did you know 13 is her favorite number? “I was…
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Five on Friday October 6, 2023 “You can wear black at any time. You can wear it at any age. You may wear it for almost any occasion; a ‘little black frock’ is essential to a woman’s wardrobe.” – Christian Dior One: The Black Dress Fashioned by Sargent opens at the MFA on October 8,…
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Five on Friday September 29, 2023 “To move, to breathe, to fly, to float, To gain all while you give, To roam the roads of lands remote, To travel is to live.” – Hans Christian Andersen One: Shoulder Season I was recently reading an article about shoulder season. What is it? According to Dictionary.com, “a travel…
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Five on Friday September 22, 2023 “Don’t you love New York in the fall? It makes me wanna buy school supplies. I would send you a bouquet of newly sharpened pencils if I knew your name and address.” Joe Fox in You’ve Got Mail One: Fall Trends Fall officially begins on September 23rd. It’s time to…
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Five on Friday September 15, 2023 “I see dead people.” – Cole in The Sixth Sense One: Talking to the Dead A Haunting in Venice is in theaters this weekend, based on an Agatha Christie book called Hallowe’en Party. The movie finds a retired Poirot at an All Hallows’ Eve séance at a haunted mansion when one…
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Five on Friday September 8, 2023 “The only place that success comes before work is in the dictionary.” -Vince Lombardi One: Football Season The NFL season started on Thursday night. This Sunday will be the first of many for football fans to chill out and watch the games. Sunday football watching happens at home with…
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Five on Friday September 1, 2023 “I am offering you a chance to do the right thing. Take it. – Robert McCall The Equalizer One: Denzel Equalizer 3 is out this week, and I’m looking forward to seeing it for a few reasons. First, it was filmed on the coast of Italy when I was staying…
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Five on Friday August 25, 2023 “Kelsey, listen to me. You are a role model for every young girl with an English degree who wants to believe that she didn’t throw away four years of her life, okay?” – Lauren on Younger One: Back to Work Labor Day is quickly approaching, indicating the unofficial end…
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Five on Friday August 18, 2023 “Sleep is like a cat: It only comes to you if you ignore it.” Nick Dunne, Gone Girl One: Books to Series (and movies) I enjoy watching movies and series that were adapted from a book. Even when the film is not as good as the book. (Unpopular opinion…
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Five on Friday August 11, 2023 “Either the killer is in these files, or I’m some unhinged psychopath who goes into fugue states and stabs people. Either way, a girl likes to know these things about herself.” – Mabel, Only Murders in the Building One: True Crime Podcasts With the premiere of the third season…
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Five on Friday August 4, 2023 “Rest is not idleness, and to lie sometimes on the grass under trees on a summer’s day, listening to the murmur of the water, or watching the clouds float across the sky, is by no means a waste of time.” John Lubbock One: Summer Break I’m taking a summer…
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Five on Friday July 28, 2023 “Never trust anyone who has not brought a book with them.” Lemony Snicket, Horseradish: Bitter Truths You Can’t Avoid One: For Book Lovers Do you love to read and visit new bookstores? I have an Instagram handle for you to follow. This account is about books, writers, book clubs, and…
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Five on Friday July 21, 2023 “Barbie has a great day every day, but Ken only has a great day if Barbie looks at him.” – Narrator in the Barbie movie One: It’s a Barbie World It’s finally here! The Barbie movie hits theaters this weekend. The press surrounding this movie started last year. You…
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Five on Friday July 14, 2023 “We’re the heroes of this building. Before us, you could be killed in your own apartment, and no one would know it.” — Oliver Putnam (played by Martin Short One: 2023 Emmy Nominations The 75th Emmy Awards will take place on September 18, 2023. The nominations were announced this…
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Five on Friday July 7, 2023 One: Tours and Travel Agents Visiting faraway or local destinations can be fun. Traveling with friends and loved ones, or even solo, introduces you to new places and adventures. But traveling to new places can also be stressful. Knowing where to go, what to see, and where to eat…
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Five on Friday June 30, 2023 “X Never, Ever Marks The Spot.”— Indiana Jones Indiana Jones And The Last Crusade One: Summer Travel July marks the breadth of the summer, school is out, and families are ready to travel. The fourth of July weekend can be the start of summer trips. Getting ready for summer…
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Five on Friday June 23, 2023 “Maybe the best any of us can do is not to quit, play the hand we’ve been given, and accessorize the outfit we got.” – Carrie Bradshaw One: 25 Years of Carrie Bradshaw Carrie Bradshaw came into our lives and onto our screens twenty-five years ago. The first episode…
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Five on Friday June 16, 2023 “Life is for participating, not for spectating.” Kathrine Switzer One: Run Like a Girl Over the last fifty years, women have made extraordinary advances in athletics. More women than ever are playing sports and staying active longer. I went to a book event this past week with Christine Yu, she…
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Five on Friday June 9, 2023 “Never let ’em tell you who you ought to be. Just be. With dignity. Celebrate yourself triumphantly.” -Kinky Boots One: Give My Regards to Broadway The Tony Awards takes place on Sunday June 11th. 8:00-11:00 PM, ET/5:00-8:00 PM, PT on the CBS Television Network, and streaming live and on…
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Five on Friday June 2, 2023 “Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.” — Voltaire One: Summer Reading The summer allows adults and kids more time to read. Take advantage of that time to create a fun summer reading list for you and your…
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Five on Friday May 26, 2023 “Oooh nice vest, Wambsgans. It’s soooo puffy. What’s it stuffed with, your hopes and dreams?” — Roman Roy in Succession to Tom One: Quiet Luxury “Quiet luxury” or “stealth wealth” have been trending recently. These terms define a style that has been around for years, but the labels are…
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Pick up a Pickleball Paddle
Pickleball was created in 1965 by three dads—Joel Pritchard, Barney McCallum, and Bill Bell—but its popularity has exploded over the past three years. Have you tried it yet? If not, now is the time to join the estimated 36.5 million pickleball players in the United States. What is Pickleball? Sources: Pickleball statistics and WHAT IS PICKLEBALL, AND HOW…