Duchess Digest: I Am NOT Carrie Bradshaw

“I am not Carrie Bradshaw,” cries the Duchess from her column in Los Angeles. Sure there are parallels, where a Duchess’s life imitates art, but her single and fabulous is often more question mark than exclamation point! What’s a girl to do when she loves Ms. Bradshaw, yet isn’t the poster child for hip life in LA her friends and family suppose she may be. What would Carrie do?

Duchess Digest: Never, Never, Never Give Up

We have all had those days, those weeks, maybe even those years where we’ve felt tested and stretched to our limits. Sometimes the challenges you face seem like an exhilarating opportunity to persevere, to think critically and to triumph over all odds. The days and hours border on excitement as you push forward in the [...]

It’s Complicated: Streep as Sexy Is a Joy to Behold

There are times in life, well at least in my life, when things have seemed lonely, dark and like the good times were never coming again. Lately, though things have been better. Much, much better and getting better all the time! Moments in my life have been cropping up all over the place that makes [...]

Duchess Digest: ‘Tis the Season

With the holiday season officially here with this Black Friday weekend, most of us are thinking about family. Opening gifts around the tree with loved ones, fabulous parties with friends (the family we get to choose) and delicious meals around beautifully set loving dining room tables. And once that commercial on television for the generic [...]

Duchess Digest: Between Us

On a recent trip through Anthropologie I happened to peruse their eclectic and fun collection of books. I love this about Anthropologie; they have the greatest little treasures for the home and my book shelves. I stumbled across a great little read called Entres Nous: A Woman’s Guide to Finding her Inner French Girl.
And while [...]

Duchess Digest: Growth vs. Change

What it is about change that we seem to be so adverse to? Isn’t change the
whole reason for our existence today? Think about it. Change is the whole
basis of evolution and how life sustains itself. Those who can change,
adapt and be fluid are the ones who survive. Those that don’t are the ones
we study in [...]