Love — Page 32

08.14.14 // Love

Love Shopping Local at Chartreuse Boutique

When I walk into a boutique for the first time I always wonder who owns it, what their passion was to start it, who they admire in the fashion industry, etc. If you read my last post with Louisville.com, you'll be up to speed on my latest find ... But in case you haven't seen the post yet, the shop I am referencing is Chartreuse Boutique located in Louisville's Westport Village. Chartreuse's owner, Susan Krekel, took some time out of her day to answer all of my questions. I didn't include ...

08.12.14 // Love

Love – Caregiving Roles

To write about the last two weeks of my life is heart-wrenching to say the least. I want to blog about the topic of role changes that naturally take place in a family over time, especially with an ill parent. Almost 10 years ago my mother was diagnosed with brain tumors and from complications after the procedure she is now brain injured. Please note there is a difference in brain injured and brain damaged, I know she'll be happy I called out that there is a difference. She is brain injured ...

07.01.14 // Love

Wanderlust – Rome II

Please excuse the delay in getting this posted. As you can imagine we wanted to see the most that we could within the amount of time we were there which made our trip very busy. Regular posting resumes now. Beauty / hair tip: Something no one writes about Rome is that there are cigarette smokers are everywhere. I'm attempting to grow our my hair with the strict orders from my stylist not to wash it daily to allow my scalps natural oils to nourish my scalp and hair. With smoke in the air it is ...

06.23.14 // Love

Wanderlust – Rome

My guy and I have the desire to see the world ... Wanderlust. Since I am a writer / blogger, I am going to share our travels on my blog. Enjoy! Day 1: We arrived at The First Luxury Art Hotel Rome after 20 hours of travel time ... From delays to cancelations, the flight schedule was a bit stressful for my guy but I was thrilled to be on the way to Rome so it didn't bother me too much. I felt like the donkey next to the Derby horses; I was there to calm him by my presence. The beautiful ...

06.07.14 // Love

Wonderlust – Chicago

To travel is to grow, to enjoy the the sights you see and learn from different cultures and cities that you are not familiar with. It gives you a better understanding of people and the world we all live in. Walking around Chicago have me an amazing feeling of energy. There is so much going on and so much to do. People are everywhere. From Michigan Avenue shopping to Astor Street strolls, there is much to do in the Windy City and I cannot wait to get back there again soon. My personal ...