Pictured: A beautiful and seldom seen photo of Amelia from a poster for her lecture tour. Her aviator pin, pearls and open collar look contemporary.

Recently, I saw the movie Amelia with Hillary Swank. I had read and studied...

Like many Americans, I have spent the last few nights mesmerized by the news retrospectives about Senator Ted Kennedy.  I have long admired Ted Kennedy and his family.  This week, I felt  we all experienced a loss.  He touched so many of our lives with ground breaking legislation to  the...

I'm glancing through the morning news today and I see the venerable Eunice Kennedy Shriver has passed away.

She was not considered a style icon, but she had a classic style that was more than skin deep. When I think of Eunice, I think of a sporty classic look,...

Today I am crying bitter tears as I look at my voucher for my tax refund from the State of California. Don't be shocked dear readers, but when I'm not out shopping, I do try to balance my checkbook and count my pennies. These are mundane tasks, but as necessary...

So what's all this fuss about the President's jeans? I had to laugh when I heard Meredith Viera quizzing him about his "mom jeans" on the Today show. Yes, fashion critics were actually calling his loose fitting jeans, worn on the pitcher's mound at...

As I sit writing this article, I am listening to the radio and a commercial that makes my ears perk up. There is actually an ad on the radio promoting personal "lubricants" from a website. I had to ask my friend, do you ever recall hearing ads for these products...

Recently, a study in the UK confirmed something that I have known in my heart for some time. That is, when under stress, depressed or even broke, women will still shop. As Jane Austen, might have said that women...

Lately, I feel the ghosts of the long ago New Deal and the Roosevelt administration shadowing me. They are shadowing me in the words of President Obama and the actions of Mrs. Obama. Many of President Obama's recent speeches and Mrs. Obama's actions echo of the language of FDR and...