In the promotional spot for A Beautiful Day in the Neighborhood, reporter Lloyd Vogel’s wife, Andrea (This is Us’ Susan Kelechi Watson) says, “Lloyd, please don’t ruin my childhood.” I approached this new release with the same hesitance. I grew up among the first generation of children who enjoyed Mr. Rogers’ Neighborhood, a PBS production […]
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Girl power is back in a big way with the 2000 reboot of the popular movie series Charlie’s Angels! Directed and written by actress Elizabeth Banks, this new version with a beautiful female cast is packed with great action scenes and an incredible message about female empowerment. Director Banks can certainly take credit for creating […]
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Every little girl dreams of being a princess in some form or another. Watching the Dallas Summer Musical’s production of Anastasia at The Music Hall at Fair Park is a blissful escape to that time when each of us danced about in a tiara or dreamt of finding our own Prince Charming. For years, shows […]
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Families are complicated, and politics even more so. Both of these topics are explored and celebrated in Chazz Palmientari’s A Bronx Tale, which opened at the Winspear Opera House on December 26. So often, experiencing musical theatre is the live equivalent of seeing a great chick flick. A Bronx Tale is an entirely different experience. […]
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The razzle dazzle hit Broadway show CHICAGO has been lighting up the stage at the AT&T Performing Arts Center all week and it does not disappoint! CHICAGO is the longest running musical on Broadway and has delighted and entertained audiences for years. It is a story of fame and fortune perfectly intertwined with show stopping […]
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(I participated in this sponsored campaign on behalf of One2One Network. All opinions stated are my own.) It’s Tuesday and you know that on Wednesdays we wear pink. The mean girls want you to wear pink in order to get their nod of approval to sit with them at lunch. What if this was the way […]
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I participated in an Influencer Activation on behalf of Millennial Central for Aveeno. I received product samples to facilitate my review and a promotional item to thank me for participating. Ever feel like you are in a sitcom, while multiple areas of your life are following a particular theme? The theme for the last 6 […]
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I had the privilege of meeting my childhood idols, the Olsen twins, this past week thanks to Oh So Cynthia and her fabulous ability of knowing everyone and everything exciting going on in Dallas. So, what’s a girl on a budget to wear to meet these pint-sized moguls? You got it dude, orange and camo! […]
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The problem with being a blogger is not a day goes by that I don’t think “oh, I should take a picture of this moment so I can blog about it later.” So, tonight I sat down to look through my pictures from the past month thinking I’d do an April in Photos post. Well, […]
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-This is a sponsored story in partnership with General Mills via Federated Media.- I feel like there are two types of cooks: must follow-a-recipe line by line type and the spontaneous, can’t replicate what I did, hope this turns out okay cook. I’m generally the recipe following type, particularly when it comes to measurements. While […]
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