Valentine’s day calls for a red drink — red wine, Campari and soda, a cosmopolitan or some Port. But why stop there? Make your night an aphrodisiac night.
Whether or not there is biological basis to aphrodisiacs, I’m all for them! Certain foods, smells and sensations make people feel amorous — and it doesn’t take a […]
Valentine’s Day is a great time to show how much you care and just how you care. Indeed, you do have to be careful that the gift you choose sends the message you want it to send — sexy and hot, warm and cozy, just platonic, I’m in love. You don’t want to select […]
With Valentine’s Day quickly approaching, if you don’t have to head off to a romantic inn — you can still add more romance to your home. Here are some of my favorite ideas for sprucing up you home for your Special Valentine and your kids:
1. Put some red, pink and white flowers in vases around […]
APRIL MASINI’S TOP 10 TIPS FOR THROWING A VALENTINE’S DAY PARTY EVERYONE WILL LOVE
1. Send invitations, don’t just call. There is something about receiving an invitation in the mail that makes people think that yours will be a special, thought out party — not just a get together that’s thrown together. Be specific in your […]
Valentine’s Day carries all the emotional weight of New Year’s Eve — if you do have plans, you hope they will live up to your expectations — and if you don’t have plans, get on board the anxiety train! The reason for all this is expectations. Valentine’s Day is one of the holidays that most […]
We all make resolutions for ourselves — lose weight, spend more time with family, grow our hair longer, wear it shorter. However, few make resolutions for our biggest asset — our home. Here are 12 great ideas — one per month — for what homeowners can do this coming year to maintain your home, […]
DO have reasonable expectations for the evening. You probably won’t meet Mr. Right tonight, and be engaged six months from now. You will probably have a good time or a bad time — that’s right — one or the other. Your choice. Decide in advance what you’d like to do, and stick to […]
Don’t ignore the holidays — acknowledge that they will change your fitness regime. Then, make the following adjustments to stay fit and feel good during the holiday season:
1. Schedule — re-schedule. Take an honest look at your schedule, and instead of trying to squeeze exercise into your schedule, don’t squeeze anything in. One of the […]
I’ve been getting a lot of mileage out of Christmas here. Don’t see getting this much material out of Valentine’s Day and President’s Day but Christmas has provided bountiful commentary.
Christmas brings out the best in some and the worst in others. I have one person in my life who absolutely loses it every year in […]
Alleviating Holiday Stress When You’ve Lost a Loved One
The Importance of Grieving
Allow yourself to grieve. Pain of loss is very hard to allow. Sometimes we do all kinds of things to avoid feeling the pain. We distract ourselves. We numb ourselves. We pretend to ourselves. We sublimate our feelings and work very hard so we […]