Don’t Retire, Refire: Don’t be fair to look at your finances

With obligations to parents and kids, today’s retirees may feel the squeeze By Gail Supplee Tatum, Columnist, The Times The subject of finances is one that scares many of us because we aren’t even close to being prepared. According to Money Magazine, one in three Americans have zero dollars in savings. CBS Money Watch calls us the “sandwich generation” because many of us have obligations...

Manly mistakes men make on Match.com

By Nancy Plummer, Columnist, The Times Ok, men, aren’t you frustrated that you haven’t been successful in finding the woman of your dreams yet on Match.com? Admit it, you know you are at least an 8, you make a good salary, you are successful and have no baggage. So what’s not working for you? I’ll tell you plain and simple – it’s not you; it’s your process. Below are the most common...

Politics ain’t pretty

Shopping can be a distraction from the election, right? By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times Let me make something VERY clear, Read My Lipgloss is a fashion article. I prefer to concentrate my efforts on writing about pretty things. Some may find this pedantic or vapid; au contraire my friends…it is important stuff. We have learned critical bits of info, like: how to apply a symmetrical...

On Your Table: Cooking in Julia Child’s kitchen

My visit to the legend’s home in France By Cathy Branciaroli, Food Correspondent, The Times The author, posing with the famous pegboard that husband Paul Child created for French Chef Julia Child in the 1960’s. Thanks to a friend with connections, ten of us food writers and food artisans spent the week at Julia Child’s get-away home in the south of France just this month. The village...

Anthropologie: heaven for a fashionista

Now, finally, open at King of Prussia Mall By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times As if the King of Prussia Mall wasn’t awesome enough…the new Anthropologie is finally open! If you are a fashionista, you have been patiently waiting for this news. I haven’t visited in person, YET (embarrassing disclosure); but, I’m planning a trip, ASAP. If you need extra inspiration to make the...

What’s in my bag?

By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times As a member of the social media marketing company, Social Stylate (www.socialstylate.com), one of my favorite blog posts to participate in is a feature called “What’s in Her Bag?” It’s a sneak peek into the essentials we carry around on a daily basis. I am a firm believer that sorting through the contents of a woman’s purse is like conducting...

Just the facts, please

By Stephanie McGann, Columnist, The Times It’s the Wild Wild West out there. No I don’t mean politics. Today’s Wild West is the internet, full of great information, supposition, opinion, marketing and malicious intent. As health care providers it’s our job to know when something is based on solid science or just someone’s opinion or anecdotal evidence. Worse yet, when information on the...

Time for a closet overhaul

By Kelly Hockenberry, Columnist, The Times My closet isn’t big enough for my clothes. Some (like my husband) may peek inside and think “no one person requires that much stuff.” Others (like my girlfriends in similar predicaments) think “poor Kelly, she really should be able to convert that spare bedroom into the closet of her dreams.” Potato, po-ta-toe. The point is, I need to re-organize....

Chef who beat Bobby Flay on TV shows off mushroom dish

By Cathy Branciaroli, Food Correspondent, The Times Chanterelle Mushrooms are Grown by a number of local producers and offer a fabulous taste to add to fall dishes. At the recent Kennett Square Mushroom Festival which took place earlier in September, Chef Robbie Jester of the Stone Balloon Ale House in Newark, Delaware and the guy who beat Bobby Flay of the Food Network in a faceoff earlier this...

All About Connecting: An update on my journey

By Nancy Plummer, Columnist, The Times My Dear Readers, I promised to keep you up to date on my Ovarian Cancer journey, and since there’s nothing like fighting for your life that brings home the gift of all your relationships, I want to share with you an important message. The hero (or heroes) during this journey isn’t the patient; it’s the caregiver{s).