The pompadour hairstyle has been trending throughout the year. As you can see from this picture, it isn’t just for celebs like Sandra Bullock, Selena Gomez, and Kiernan Shipka. Any girl can create it by following the six easy steps in this video, and the style can be tweaked to fit in anywhere, from a jam fest to the red …
One of my favorite stories of a marriage proposal gone awry happened to my friend at this time of year. Her boyfriend surprised her with a trip to Manhattan. They were students, finances were tight, and she realized that he wouldn’t be doing this if it were not a supremely special occasion. She suspected that he planned to propose in …
…And while wearing a REALLY tight dress? My answer would have been “no” until I recently attended a party at a David Lawrence store. After enjoying hors’ devours, I decided to try on a Herve Leger gold gown, or as I describe it, the famous suck ‘em in frock. The sales associates said it would sculpt my figure. Translation—it’s tight! …
I’m so sad to say goodbye to Christmas, but we still have one holiday left this season, and a lot more memories to make. If you’re in the Seattle area, I’d recommend stopping in Bellevue. From now until New Year’s Eve, Snowflake Lane, in the heart of town, will become Celebration Lane, with a new program. Only two blocks away …
Maria Menounos, the Houghs and Mark Ballas began Christmas Dance Wars this year, and invited everyone to join the fun. The Cahoons answered the call and included all four generations, from my littlest cousin to my 89-year-old grandma…even though she’s partially paralyzed from a recent stroke. This is the first time she’s stood (and danced) without her walker. My dad, a …
Every year around the holidays, I reminisce about when I was little and danced in Pacific Northwest Ballet’s Nutcracker. Each year, we had 40 performances. I loved everything about them…the music, the camaraderie, and the excited audience. My first Nutcracker performance was the first time I ever got my makeup done. My stylist was Tricia, the exotic beauty applying my …
In the spirit of mistletoe season, I polled some savvy men on their dating preferences. These three had insights guaranteed to give any girl a dose of confidence! “A genuine woman is hot. Trying too hard to impress or acting stuck up is not.” 24, California “Girls sometimes try to be sexy by acting aloof, but a smile is the …
At Nordstrom’s holiday shopping party, I planned on only looking at gifts for family and friends. I wasn’t going to try on anything for myself. You can see how well that went! Topshop Bow Sweater
Every night through December 24th, at 7 PM, the sidewalks of Bellevue, Washington along Bellevue Square, Lincoln Square, and Bellevue Place become a winter wonderland. Sparkling snow falls from skyscrapers awash in holiday lights, drum lines of live toy soldiers rock out while keeping the beat to Christmas music, snow princesses pass out treats, sixty Rockettes-style dancers put on a …
I just won three awards at an international film festival in Jakarta, the world’s 12th largest city according to Nations Online. Apparently Jakarta is all about romance. But I Do was selected for its romantic theme. One award was for the overall film, and the other two were given to me as best producer and best leading actress. This is a …
This morning, I woke up recalling how three years ago on Black Friday, I sold out at a Borders’ book signing for The Single Girl’s Guide to Meeting European Men. My book had only been out about two months, and in the first two weeks had hit #1 in its genre. It quickly sold out at all five Manhattan Barnes …
I am thankful for you all, and wherever you are, I wish you the best holiday. During Thanksgiving dinner, an immense fog flooded Puget Sound. It looked like cotton candy floating on the water underneath a kaleidoscope sky. Our waiter had worked at the Space Needle for 25 years and only seen something like this three times!
Apparently Marcus Wainwright and David Neville, co-founders of the cutting-edge clothing line Rag & Bone, are geniuses at both design and diplomacy. They have a knack for saying what all girls want to hear—“The woman is always right!” That’s what they told me when I met them at an event. When I asked about this season’s top looks, Marcus and …
Laura Mercier’s global makeup artist, Jeffrey Tasker, worked the fall trend show runway like he was the headliner at a comedy club. He got his groove on dancing, told jokes, and even demonstrated his lipstick technique on himself. But when it was time to do my makeover, he was down to business. He has the ideal balance of work and …
The fall garden puts on its final show. John Keats poetically described this time as the “Season of mists and mellow fruitfulness.” Thank you to Janelle Irvine, the talented stylist from Mollie Michelle Salon, for doing my hair. She is a bohemian enchantress. There is no one better at this look! Photos were taken by my dad at the Washington …