How My Fashion Week Dream Got an Upgrade

March 23, 2019.Reading time 5 minutes.

I’ve been thinking a lot about being open to creative opportunities. As someone who is used to having a plan, that can be a bit of a challenge for me. If you’re familiar with Gabriel Bernstein, the author of The Universe Has Your Back and several other inspirational books, you may have heard her say that it’s […]

The Secret I Learned During The Chico’s 35 Years Bold Anniversary Celebration

August 24, 2018.Reading time 7 minutes.

Let’s Celebrate Chico’s Being 35 Years Bold Many of you have probably heard me talking about the Chico’s 35 Year Bold Anniversary Celebration in Florida last week. You might have even read a little about it in my Real Chic Recap. I wanted to delve a little deeper and virtually take you with me on […]

How To Take Instagram Worthy Photos With a Smart Phone

June 2, 2018.Reading time 7 minutes.

*Outfit sponsored by @lovechicos Have camera phone will travel While this falls a little outside of the kind of life advice I usually give I still believe in sharing life hacks to make your life easier and while no one HAS to take photos for Instagram or any other social media platform the reality is […]

5 Things I’m Crushing on This Spring

May 6, 2018.Reading time 8 minutes.

Waiting For It… I have to tell you that I wondered if Spring would ever rear its beautiful head. I sat around waiting like a kid at Christmas. It seemed like a very long winter. Let’s be clear I don’t mind winter. I love the time to slow down and relax a little bit, but […]

Three Takeaways From My Bold Night In NYC

March 16, 2018.Reading time 13 minutes.

How Bold Are You If you have been following along on Instagram you know that I’ve had what could be described as a fairytale moment in NYC recently. I wanted to share it here too because I feel like what’s happening over at Chico’s deserves more attention than I can give in an Instagram post, […]

The Real Chic Life’s Favorite Fall Things

August 28, 2017.Reading time 7 minutes.

My 7 Favorite Fall Things When I was much younger I once had someone tell me that Fall was their favorite season. Fall?? Who likes fall? What about summer? I couldn’t imagine back then that anything could beat fun in the sun, convertible tops, flip flops and beachy vibes. This was way before the whole […]

10 Must Haves for Summer Vacation

July 30, 2017.Reading time 6 minutes.

10 Must Haves for Summer Vacation In my previous post I talked a lot about how to pack but I didn’t share exactly what to take along. That varies of course by location and personal style, but I did want to give you a few travel fashion hacks by sharing my 10 Must haves for […]