I Left Without It. Then I Couldn’t Stop Thinking About It.
Tried this jacket on in Cancun. Kids were hungry, left the store. Then I thought about that suede jacket three days straight. The moment I got home I bought it…
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What Carmel Taught Me About Being Enough
For a long time, I told myself I needed two parents to make a complete family. That belief wasn’t imagined, it was rooted in my own experience of paternal abandonment…
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What I Lost and Found in Carmel
A few months ago, I packed up my four daughters and drove to Carmel for a weekend. It was the first real trip I’d taken as a single mom. No…
Read More20 Years of Luxemix. I’m Back.
Twenty years. I started this blog twenty years ago, and I genuinely cannot believe I’m back here again, starting to blog again. When I launched Luxemix I was a girl…
Read MoreThe Hardest Part of Parenting Nobody Talks About
Everyone warns you about the exhaustion. But nobody tells you the hardest part is learning to manage your own emotions while teaching your kids to manage theirs.
Read MoreFeatured Site: Aloha Rag
Graduating college (a mini-lifetime ago) felt like the start of real life — liberation from academic torture and I guess partial-liberation from my parents. I had a job lined up,…
Read MoreThe Paris Factor
We’re hardwired this way. People who watch more TV are more satisfied with their friendships, just as if they had more friends and socialized more frequently. Another study found that…
Read MoreBitten: Sarah Jessica Parker’s New Clothing Line
Hopefully you’ve heard about Sarah Jessica Parker’s new line coming out called "Bitten". I liked the name first thing. The clothes themselves are not anything to write home to Mom…
Read MoreStyle Analysis: Fashion Do’s and Dont’s — April 6, 2007
Don’t!Camille Winbush at the "Disturbia" Los Angeles Premiere The cut of Camille’s bouse is cute but with those wide leg jeans she looks frumped out! The flowy tips of the…
Read MoreLayering Clothes: Tips and How to’s for Layering Clothes — in a Luxe Way of Course
The truth is layering clothes gets easier the more you experiment. I’ve also learned that the best layered looks happen on accident so it’s best if you can be openminded…
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