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Monthly Archives: January 2018

The Best Birthday Cake EVER!!!!!!!

For months, I have seen tons of photos of the Flour Shop exploding rainbow cake all over the internet.  It has been all the rage all over New York City.  Fashion Editors,  Socialites and Celebrities are celebrating birthdays and other special occasions with this cake!!!  SOOOOOOOO of course we had get in on the action.  Today is my Birthday!!!!  And I got an exploding cake. …..OMG!!!!  It was amazing…Probably one of the BEST cakes I ever had!!!  We all loved it.  The rainbow cake comes in a bunch of sizes.  It explodes with colorful sprinkles and chocolate balls, when it is cut.  Flour also has delicious rainbow cake push pops AND cake balls!!!!  For more information on Flour Shop, click HERE.  

6 rainbow layers, crean cheese frosting and decorated with sprinkles!!!!

2 Minute Miracle Gel

Do you have 2 minutes to completely change your skin?  I received a sample of the 2 min miracle gel from my friend Pilar and it was soooo good.   It literally gives you spa like results in just one application.  It renews your skin leaving your face smooth, soft and glowing.  I was shocked when I sampled it.  Here are the key benefits:

The GenM 2 Minute Miracle Gel formula helps protect skin from harsh free radicals that can bombard skin and lead to the look of aging.

  • Lightly cleanses without sulfates that dry out skin
  • Tones by balancing out all skin types to optimal levels
  • Exfoliates without the use of harsh abrasives
  • Brightens by removing the dull surface layer of dead skin
  • Hydrates and plumps, leaving skin soft and smooth
  • Minimizes the look of pores by keeping them void of debris
  • Primes the skin, ensures flawless makeup application, and optimizes benefits from
    additional skincare treatments
  • Suited for use on the face, neck, décolletage, and body
  • For all skin types and complexions


To get your free sample click HERE,  You have to try this product.  For more information or to see Pilar’s site , click HERE.
And if you still are not convinced, here is a video demonstrating how amazing the 2 Minute Miracle Gel is!!!!!

Book Club Monday

It’s hard for me to find a book that has not been read by my readers…but today’s choice might be it!!!!!….One of my favorite authors Jojo Moyes (Me Before You) is releasing a new book TOMORROW, Still Me.  I am so excited to read this..I really love all of Jojo Moyes books.  Here is the summary……

Louisa Clark arrives in New York ready to start a new life, confident that she can embrace this new adventure and keep her relationship with Ambulance Sam alive across several thousand miles. She has been hired by the superrich Gopniks: Leonard and his unhappy, much younger second wife, Agnes– and finds herself amid a never-ending array of household staff and hangers-on. But Lou is determined to get the most out of the experience and throws herself into her job and this very privileged New York life. 

Soon though, Lou realizes that life in the Gopnik household is not as straightforward as it first seemed. She alos begins to make friends who inhabit a less rarefied side of New York–from the building doorman and his rambunctious family to the sisters who run the quintessential vintage clothing store downtown, to the world’s crankiest neighbor, Margot De Witt, and her fierce little dog, Dean Martin.

Before she knows what’s happening, Lou is mixing in New York high society, where she meets Joshua Ryan, a man who brings with him a whisper of her past. As Lou tries to keep the two sides of her world together, she finds herself carrying secrets–not all her own–that cause a catastrophic change in her circumstances. And when matters come to a head, she has to ask herself, Who is Louisa Clark? And how do you reconcile a heart that lives in two places? Amazon.com



For More Information or to purchase this book, click HERE.









Graze New York!!!!!!

Yesterday, I sampled the most amazing cheese board from Graze New York.  Graze was started by local mom Shari Ivler.  While raising her two young girls, Shari found herself entertaining a ton in her home.  She began making the most beautiful boards full of delicious treats to serve to her guests.  Shari decorates each board with little cards, flowers, and other special touches.  Each one is truly a work of art and uber delicious.  Everyone’s eyes lit up when they saw the board.  It was sooooooo GOOOD!!!!! Boards can be made for any occasion, from an intimate dinner party to a large family party. They make great gifts too!!!  Shari does it all. She is working on some special boards for Game Day and smaller ones for Valentine’s Day, so order now!!!!!!  Oh, and the best part is that you get to keep the gorgeous wooden serving board, which is fabulous!!!  I love mine!!! And cannot wait to get another!!!  Thanks Shari!!!!!!  To learn more about Graze and contact Shari and get your own Graze Board, click HERE.


Below is my tray.  This is what it contained:
  • Cave Aged Blue Cheese & Winter Chimay
  • Slow Aged Hard Salami, Garlic and Whole Grain Mustard Dip
  • Blackberries, Blueberries, Raspberries, Grapes, Pomegranate Seeds.
  • Dried Peaches, Apricots, Oranges, Raisins and Persimmons
  • 2 Different Types of Olives, Cornichons and Pistachio Nuts


How incredible are these other boards?  I am brining one the next time I go to a friend’s house!!  


Shari also does an all Veggie one!!!  YUMMMM

Wellness Shot To Keep The Flu AWAY

I really do not get sick a lot (knock on wood).  But when I do feel something coming on, I have my methods to keep it at bay.  Last week, I was fighting the flu for 3 days and I quarantined myself so it would not get worse. Here is what helps me (but if you do think you have the flu please do see your doctor or go to the walk in)… I am a firm believer in lots of Purell all year round but especially in the winter (I keep it in my car) and I use it non stop.  Also I keep THESE adorable hand sanitizers in all my purses and my kids bags too!!  I take NyQuil before bed, use Zicam Swabs every 5 hours but I absolutely positively MUST run to Whole Foods and get ginger shots (2X per day) and pray they are not out….Luckly for me and YOU!!  I found this recipe for a homemade ginger shot that is just as good as the WF number.  Here is a quick and easy ginger shot recipe that will keep the winter colds and flu away!!!!  Stay Well Readers!!!!!


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 adapted from Janded.com

  • 1 large lemon (or two medium lemons);
  • 2-3 tablespoons of honey;
  • 2-3 teaspoons of ginger depending on how spicy you like it (I use the Dorot frozen ginger cubes)
  • a good blender – THIS is the one I use (It’s awesome for smoothies as well..my girls use it daily)


  • 1. Squeeze the juice from the lemon (or lemons) into the blender, try not to get too much pulp.
    2. Add the honey 
    3. Chop ginger roughly and add it to the blender as well.
    4. Mix everything for 30 seconds to one minute. Honey is quite thick and you want it to be well incorporated. 
    5.  If you want it sweeter, add a little more honey.
    Here are the ginger cubes..you can get them in the freezer section of the grocery store!

    Life is a Cabaret

    I don’t really mention the jewel that is right in our own backyard, The Rye Arts Center.  I love stopping by to check out their amazingly curated exhibits.  I need to feature them more because we really are so lucky to have such an incredible local space available to us. The Rye Art Center has grown into the largest multi art center in our area.  The facility now includes an art gallery, art studios for children and adults, a preforming arts room, maker space, digital arts room, practice rooms and many more!!!!!  They also have incredible events like the one this Friday and Next Friday,  A Theater Cabaret, Everybody Knows I’m Guilty.  This cabaret concert by Leonard Cohen and Randy Newman is sure to be a HIT. I went last night to the rehearsal and I was blown away by the talent of the performers.  If you are in town, you NEED to go.  For more information or to buy tickets, click HERE;

    The Rye Arts Center and LawnChair Theatre are pleased to announce their first LawnChair Theatre Cabaret. Everybody Knows I’m Guilty is a cabaret concert of two of the master songwriters of our time, Leonard Cohen and Randy Newman.  
    Newman and Cohen have each explored love, loss, religion, and politics, in finely-crafted songs that have the theatricality of short plays. In Everybody Knows I’m Guilty, Cohen’s spirituality and honesty and Newman’s skepticism and irony work together, as our company of performers present the best of these two musical poets.
    Peter Green, Artistic Director of LawnChair Theatre and Rye Middle School social worker, is partnering with Musical Director Kinny Landrum, a composer, arranger, producer, and keyboardist who has worked with such unusually diverse people as Leonard Bernstein, The Meters, Carly Simon, Jimmy Cliff, David Lynch, and Leonard Cohen. He was the synthesist on the Grammy Award-winning soundtrack of the seminal TV show Twin Peaks. He has scored a number of feature films and was nominated for his score to Living the Story: The Civil Rights Movement in Kentucky. Landrum also wrote the orchestrations for the Broadway show In My Life.
    Audiences will be delighted by the eight performers who remind us that the human voice is an instrument that can convey beauty while tapping into deep emotional truth. All were professionally trained as actors or singers.
    Wine and beer will be available for sale.  Please leave your lawnchairs at home.