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Wonderpug Graphics & Co.
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Her Literary Salon – written by a Dame who Loves to get Lost in a Good Book

If you know me at all, or have spent any more than three minutes in my home, you know that I love books. I love to read, I love exploring new ideas, and I love discussing novels. But since life is bu...

09 may 12

How to Welcome Change Because Changes, They are a-Coming …

Over the past several years I have been maintaining thi s blog as a type of dumping ground for my brain – whatever comes into my head goes down into these pages and is then shared with...

25 apr 12

Friday Fashion Break: Noa Noa 2012 Collections

One of my closest blogging friends, Sarah Klassen, has this beautiful design blog that showcases the most amazing + beautiful things. She seems to have a knack for discovering brands, artists, design...

13 apr 12

Krista’s Pandalicious Beauty Bin: I Love LUSH

My first encounter with LUSH occurred many years ago, when I was living in Boston during college. At the time, I mostly regarded the chain as a more expensive and stronger smelling Bath & Body Wo...

11 apr 12

Lit Review: Classic Tale ‘Daisy Miller’ by Henry James

As a teenager, I was forced by my ‘evil’ literature teacher to read Henry James’s novel ‘The Turn of the Screw’ and I hated every little second of that tale. However, I ...

05 apr 12

How to Apply Nail Polish Strips

Since my baby sister is the manager of a drug store, she is always getting me fun new products to try. Most recently she brought home bright-pink nail polish strips. Basically, they are stickers for ...

02 apr 12

Friday Fashion Break: Alberta Ferretti Pre-Fall Runway 2012

I have always been a huge aficionado of fashions from the 20s and 30s. I find the glamour to be enviable and I wish women today would dress in the same sterling style – especially mys...

30 mar 12

My Best Friend’s Baby

Throughout the years I have made many friends and lost many friends. But I have always had {since 7 years of age} one very dear friend whom has never swayed, disappointed or left me high and dry. To ...

28 mar 12

Chewy Treats … They Do a Frankers Good

Anyone who has a dog – most especially a pug – will attest to the fact that the most exciting thing for these four-legged friends is the acquisition and disposal of treats. And because Fr...

19 mar 12

Isabel Marant Fashion Week 2012 LookBook {via M’oda ‘Operandi}

There are a lot of interesting online shopping sites popping up all over these here ‘internets’. But for me one of the most exciting is M’oda ‘Operandi. Why? Because you can b...

16 mar 12

My Life {According to my iPhone}: March 7, 2012

With my recent upgrade to an iPhone, I have found that documenting my coming and goings, and the sights and sounds of my day is increasingly easier and fabulous {mainly because I now have access to i...

07 mar 12

Fashion {& Grace} Icon: Emily Deschanel a la Dr. Temperance ‘Bones’ Brennan

I am admittedly a very late passenger on the ‘Bones’ bus as this show has apparently been a hit for seven seasons and I had never even heard of it until several weeks ago. Hones...

28 feb 12

Yummy Scrumboes: Mouth-Watering, New Orleans Inspired Muffaletta Sandwiches

WARNING: If you are a dainty, cucumber sandwich lover than this post is not for you. This post is for the lover of sandwiches in the Scooby Doo fashion. Therefore, if you are not prepared to unhinge ...

22 feb 12 1 person likes this

#25 {30 Before 30}/Lit Review: Read ‘Emma’ by Jane Austen

I put ‘Emma’ on my 30 Before 30 list because I have a life goal to read as many of  the ‘classics’ as I can tolerate – especially those classics written by women ab...

20 feb 12 1 person likes this

Friday Fashion Break: Diane Von Furstenberg Fall 2012 Ready-to-Wear

I have just recently completed reading Diane Von Furstenberg’s autobiography, ‘A Signature Life’ and while I was very impressed with her candor and honesty, I was even more impresse...

17 feb 12 1 person likes this

Lit Review: ‘The Spellmans Strike Again’ by Lisa Lutz

A joint review by: Carolann DeMatos + Krista Gundersen The gist of the Spellman series is thus; there is a family – mom, dad, two sisters and one brother. The family runs a private detective bu...

13 feb 12 1 person likes this

Yummy Scrumboes: Creamy + Roasted, Four-Mushroom Soup a la DeMatos

Whenever my husband – forevermore after this post simply referred to as Mr. DeMatos- goes out to dinner, on a vacation, or over someone’s house, he always pays extra attention to the cuis...

06 feb 12 1 person likes this

Friday Fashion Break: Christian Dior Spring 2012 Couture

As February ushers in, thousands of women are dreaming of flowers and chocolates, petite teddy bears and diamond jewels, and the hope of a perfect Valentine. But me, well I am dre...

27 jan 12 1 person likes this

Yummy Scrumboes: Flaky + Fabulous Phyllo-dough Spinach Triangles

Whenever it gets a little snowy in New Jersey, some people cuddle up next to a fire and read, some find a new series on Netflix and blow through the whole first season, and some people search through...

23 jan 12 1 person likes this

Lit Review: ‘Rules of Civility’ by Amor Towles

Do you need to jump start your new year? Do you need to find yourself a new outlook on life? Do you sometimes wish you were alive in the 20s and 30s and 40s, sipping the bubbly out of delicate coupe ...

13 jan 12 1 person likes this

Krista’s ‘Pandalicious’ Beauty Bin: Best Budget Beauty for any Budding Fashionista

Little-known fact – as recently as a few years ago, my makeup routine almost exclusively consisted of MAC products. As you can imagine, this also meant that my makeup routine was fairly expens...

12 jan 12 1 person likes this

Fashion {& Grace} Icon: Matt Bomer a la Neal Caffrey in ‘White Collar’

Fashion (especially couture) = something that I heartily enjoy reading about, researching, watching, exploring, etc. etc. Male fashion = yuck yuck, boring, yuck yuck. Call me prejudiced against male ...

06 jan 12 1 person likes this

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