I’m so excited to tell you about the latest Life With Dee feature. I’m starting a book club! Each month I will recommend three books. In some cases these will be books I’ve read and can recommend to you. And some of the books will be ones I will be reading for the first time,…
Read Across America Day
Today, March 3rd, is the NEA’s 17th annual “Read Across America Day”. That sounds like a great reason to talk about books. I joined a new, online book club the first of the year. We vote on a book to read each month. So far we’ve selected: Gone Girl by Gillian Flynn (January) My Mother She…
French Friday ~ “Forever Chic” (Chapter 4)
Chapter Four Hair Rules Non, Non, et Non Hair is the subject of Chapter Four and again, “natural” is the name of the game. No teased and lacquered hair for the typical French woman, please. Soft, shiny, and with a bit of swing…that’s the preferred look. It may look as if it happens effortlessly…
French Friday ~”Forever Chic” (chapter three)
Chapter Three Le Maquillage More Than Ever, Less Is More The overall goal for the Frenchwoman is to appear natural. Hair, skin, style, makeup…a lot of effort may go into achieving it but the goal is a natural, effortless appearance. Tish Jett discusses makeup (maquillage) in Chapter Three, breaking it down into the following categories:…
French Friday ~ “Forever Chic” (chapter two)
I am finally getting around to reviewing chapter Chapter Two of “Forever Chic”. Chapter One was way back in October! Well, better late than never, right? Chapter Two More Than Skin Deep A Celebration of La Toilette Française In this rather lengthy chapter, the author details the methods and various products used by French woman…
French Friday ~ “Forever Chic” (chapter one)
Today is the first “meeting” of the French Chic book club. We are reading Tish Jett’s new book, “Forever Chic: Frenchwomen’s Secrets for Timeless Beauty, Style and Substance”. We are on our way to New Orleans today so this post was written last night, before any actual discussion on our group site. Tish Jett moved…
French Friday – Book Club
Forever Chic by Tish Jett The French Chic group I belong to decided it would be fun to do an online book club. As we were discussing which book to read first one of our members humbly mentioned that she had a book coming out. Parfait! Several of us pre-ordered and it began shipping this…
What’s on your nightstand?
I mean, what book(s) are you reading? I’ve recently read two excellent books that I highly recommend. The first is “Radical Homemakers: Reclaiming Domesticity From a Consumer Culture” by Shannon Hayes and the second is “Farm City: The Education of an Urban Farmer” by Novella Carpenter. Have you read anything good lately? Right now…