When you're stranded and need to shop...

Turn to Design Sponge, a blog I've recently discovered that highlights cool jewlery, clothes, and design stores in cities all over the world!

So next time you're in Maui, South Beach, Dublin (or even Tallahassee or Louisiana's Twin Cities - Monroe and West Monroe) and you need to fix your shopping bug, you'll know where to get the good stuff!

http://www.designspongeonline.com/category/city

"The secret of being loved is being lovely and the secret of being lovely is being unselfish" - Unknown

The importance of oral histories

Today's Lunch Bunch attendees enjoyed some stories about the days of yore and pondered a bit on folklore. It's not gossip, it's networking...and good storytelling.

We all have stories to tell, stories we have lived from the inside out. We give our experiences an order. We organize the memories of our lives into stories.

Oral history is the systematic collection of living people’s testimony about their own experiences. Historians have finally recognized that the everyday memories of everyday people, not just the rich and famous, have historical importance. If we do not collect and preserve those memories, those stories, then one day they will disappear forever...

Tea Party Barbie

I can't decide if I love this or hate this?!?

A little Madeleine...

You must watch...you will fall in love with her. Don't worry, there are subtitles. Thanks to our follower, Sarah, for sharing this first!

It's the weekend...

And there just aren't enough of them.