Rarely has a woman been so appropriately defined by her name. Since she first appeared onscreen in 1951, Grace Kelly set the standard for beauty, elegance and, of course, grace. The epitome of old Hollywood glamour, Grace earned a Golden Globe and an Academy Award nomination for her role in “Mogambo,” making quite an impression…
Fast Fact: A National Education Association poll shows that the gift almost half of teachers would most like to receive is a simple “thank you.” Fast! Act!: Thank a teacher by participating in The Nation’s Largest Teacher Thank-You Card project, sponsored by the National Education Association and the Parent Teacher Association. Visit www.teacherthankyoucard.org to send…
Among the tinsel of fluffy holiday movies are two gems that will take your breath away. Thought-provoking, beautifully crafted and impeccably acted, they bring a couple of momentous events in history down to a very personal level. These are films for which the Academy Awards were invented. Based on the award-winning book by John Boyne,…
Learn how to walk gracefully in high heels at the High Heel Shoe Museum, which offers 20 great tips plus an instructional video. Much of it may seem self-explanatory to many of you, but for those of us who tend to live in flip flops, UGGS and Chuck Taylors, the advice probably saved us a…
I have lots (ok, that sound you hear is my husband laughing at the glaring understatement of that word) of shoes that look good – really good, mind you — but we’ll admit we’ve been known to wince as we slip our feet into some of those pointy toes and exhale in relief when we…