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Whether you’re planning a long vacation, or just a day at the beach, this brightly colored Painted Bare Feet Tote by Lucky Brand Jeans will take you there with a little style. Made of painted cotton canvas, it features double handles, 2 interior pockets, and a top tie closure. Available in hot floral, and stripe patterns, it also includes a beach mat and sells for $148 at Macy’s. Measuring 15×15x6 1/2, it’s the perfect accessory for the serious sun worshipper…
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XFM Brand Room Oh joy! Not a year had passed since my last trip to one of my favorite cities and here I was again. I really must be doing something right to have lucked out on another trip back to London. And, for the first time, the British Council had my me and my mom (who hasn’t been here in 20 years) picked up in a swanky new Jag, complete with a chaperone! What was this all about? I had never gotten this treatment before!
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And just like any relationship, there are some people we are compatible with and others we are not suited to at all.

A factor that can play a key role in how this relationship pans out is the size of the airline seat. It's a simple fact that a seat that accommodates one person may not be the right fit for another.

It's a situation I discovered recently when flying economy from London to Tokyo.

(Full post Not all airline passengers match…)

Here is the official release from the re-launched Favre-Leuba. More than 40 years after its revolutionary impact on the world of diver’s watches, the legendary Bathy is making a major comeback in an automatic version! Its innovative depth gauge works on a beryllium copper membrane which contracts under the pressure of the water entering the double back. The deviation is less than 0.18%! Such precision – pushed to its limits in the most extreme conditions – is one of the hallmarks of Favre-Leuba, a company that has been making watches for almos
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Mary-Kate Olsen, above, and her twin sister, Ashley, are partnering with designer Robert Lee Morris on a jewelry collection to debut this fall. New York—Fashion mavens Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen aren’t limiting themselves to designing apparel these days. According to a story published yesterday by Women’s Wear Daily, the famed twins are partnering with jewelry designer Robert Lee Morris to create a licensed jewelry collection.
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I was born in the mid-50s and grew up in the turbulent ’60s and the bland ’70s. It was a great time to be a child, but it was equally tough to be a dad back then. The role of fathers in the domestic landscape was that of benevolent benefactor, something of a benign king overseeing his kingdom. Dads brought in the bacon, and moms ruled the home front and cooked it up. Unlike the modern fathers of today, men weren’t encouraged to buck traditional roles and become more involved in their children’s lives.

My father was like that.

My father came from a traditional family.

(Full post Dads and Daughters: Learning by Osmosis…)

One of the largest online body jewelry superstores, The Chain Gang (http://www.thechaingang.com), is now offering quality eyebrow jewelry which is designed by experienced craftsmen. Offered in an array of designs, the jewelry store’s eyebrow piercing jewelry is backed by 100% customer satisfaction guarantee. In the body jewelry business since 1992, The Chain Gang offers jewelry for all piercings including ears, navel, tongue and labret.

The Chain Gang’s eyebrow jewelry is available in 14k Gold, Surgical Steel, Titanium and much more.
(Full post Designer Eyebrow Jewelry at The Chain Gang Body Jewelry Store…)

I was surprised to see that I have never included L’Artisan Parfumeur’s signature scent, L’Eau de L’Artisan, in a Top 10 of Summer article. This 1993 fragrance by perfumer Olivia Giacobetti has long been one of my hot weather staples, and it is one of very few bottles in my collection that I drain and replenish on a regular basis. L’Eau de L’Artisan’s opening is bright and crisp, with lots of sharp verbena (the notes: lemon, verbena, basil, mint, tree moss, hay, seaweed).
(Full post L’Artisan L’Eau de L’Artisan ~ brief review…)

Well, the dominoes are starting to fall. After foreboding rumblings emerged from the US Airways shareholder meeting on Wednesday—including a prediction that the carrier’s fuel bill will total $2 billion this year—the airline announced Thursday sweeping cuts and a flurry of new fees. First up, it will add a $15 fee for first checked bags, making it the third legacy line to do so. The fee will affect tickets purchased after July 9, and will apply to all domestic flights as well as service to Canada, the Caribbean, and Latin America.
(Full post US Airways to charge for all checked bags and onboard beverages…)

Gold prices are a concern for watch brands such as Corum. Here, its 40-millimeter “Admiral’s Cup Competition” with 18-karat red gold and vulcanized rubber; suggested retail price is $21,000. Corum.ch Basel, Switzerland—America’s economy may be in a lull, and the price of precious metals may hover at historic highs, but watch brands still drew in record-breaking crowds at the Swiss shows in mid April. Specifically, visitor turnout at this year’s BaselWorld increased 5 percent to 106,800, with a slight drop in the number of American and Chinese visitors.
(Full post Swiss shows thrive as industry adapts to economy…)