The best pieces from Reformation to end your summer on a stylish note! This is the store for all of your transitional wardrobe needs and to feel fun and fresh!...
We all need a night out with our significant other every once and a while - and when it comes to summer you cant be bothered with the hassle of figuring out a...
Did you know that the average American discards around 37 kilograms of clothes yearly? But that is not all. Over 80% of these discarded items aren’t recyclable, so most of them end up in landfills or incinerators. No wonder the clothing waste caused by fast fashion is wreaking havoc on the planet.
If you want to do your part in helping curb the environmental impact of fast fashion’s throw-away culture, there are two things you can do. First, you may want to shop for high-quality women’s tights, tops, and other clothing pieces from reputable brands espousing sustainable fashion. Secondly, you need to learn how to care for and extend the lifespan of clothes you already own...
A big comfy chair, a good story, and I’m a happy girl. This summer I have read several books by BA50 women, and I happy to recommend all of them.
Lessons in Ch...
Pregnancy and contact lenses didn’t mesh well for me. Nor did motherhood and contacts. So in my 30s I segued away from dry eye torture and gave in to wearing gl...
We are pickle ball obsessed. But that's nothing new to write about really...isn't everyone? The buzz is all around with BA50s clamoring for court time. Just la...
These COVID times have been quite challenging for women, mentally, physically, and in many other critical ways.
According to a study at the University of Chi...
We all understand that social media can be immensely pleasurable but also if used in the wrong way, dangerous to your mental health. Here are some thi...
Sometimes you just need to freshen up your work out shirts. We all have a go to top that feels and fits just right and hard to give up. These basics ...
I was contacted by FOREO to test this BEAR product for our BA50 readers. The BEAR is a non-invasive Micro Current device. Below is a video of this 2 minute fa...
BA50s Get $500 off with the code #felice500 when you sign up for Our Women’s Travel Wisdom Retreat this October at Mandala Springs
Wait, what?? No meat or alco...
Menopausal nights sweats are brutal for BA50s but technology has improved since we suggested these blankets over 5 years ago in one of our top posts.
We have...
We love Dominique Sachse and her post My Secret To Smooth Undergarments From Head To Toe.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PpGulMOp2Y
She talks bras and u...
This past year I started again. I hadn’t slept around in years but now I do It regularly. I relish the delicious illicitness, that feeling of surrendering to a higher power. The desire is overwhelming at times. When I succumb, I savor the sense that I’m slipping out of myself, completely letting go. I crave the cool Egyptian cotton or silken Italian leather beneath my bare skin before giving myself over.
I confess. I’m a slave to the nap.
I’d like to blame the pandemic. The fear of catching a potentially fatal illness. Or losing someone else to it. Maybe it’s age. I’m 65. I’ve lived a lot. Run too many miles, hit too many tennis balls, worked too many all-nighters. But I think it’s more a capitulation, an acknowledgement that it’s okay to be tired. Napping has become my friend....
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roll of Scottish drums began as we walked up to the vigil in Highland Park. The solem tune of Amazing Grace blew through the bagpipes as a member of the SWAT team stood right in front of us holding his rifle. His eyes scanned the crowd above our heads as
we stood there motionless listening to the speakers. Next to us stood a woman with an adorable gray dog with white paws. He started jumping up and down to get her attention. She told him to sit and he did, until a person walking through the crowd stopped
to pet him. A stranger who when finished, was no longer a stranger. The dog’s new friend continued through the crowd, moving closer to the stage....
That’s when I saw him testing out the recliner to my left. Salt and pepper hair, trendy silver frames, Levis, sexy. “A man with gray hair is now my type? When did that happen?” I thought to myself. “When did I start getting turned on by old guys?” I had a big LOL moment and checked him out for ring status, of which he wore none. My Uber was 3 minutes away.
I briefly fantasized about how nice it would be to meet a man who thought gray hair was sexy too, so I would have the confidence to stop coloring mine. I wasn’t sure, but it felt like I would be narrowing the dating pool even further if I went au naturel. He was definitely my age and it was not fair that he could look so sexy with so little work. My Uber was 2 minutes away....
They don't call it the change for nothing. Menopause is most known as the point when you stop having menstrual periods, but it's also the stage your ovaries hav...
We were laughing so hard we could barely stay on our bikes. Ellie and I were circling the island training for the PMC (raising money for the Dana Farber Cancer ...
Maxi Skirts Are A Thing in 2022....The Maxi Skirt is back and they are so fun to wear. Match the skirts up with a cute white t-shirt or a one of your favorite halters and a jean jacket or add a cropped sweater and a little wedge shoe or flip flop.
The Maxi skirt is for BA50’s. They are flattering and Jennifer Lopez loves them too….click to see her white denim maxi -- it's amazing. Just Sayin! We may not be able to buy Jennifer's Sky High Platform Boots but we can still rock the look. Here’s what we are buying.
Ba&sh Is one of my favorite new finds. They opened up a story in my neighborhood and I actually bought this one. It comes in Pink And Yellow
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I'm considering Sleep Divorce....It’s three a.m. and the mass lying on its back next to me is emitting unearthly sounds. I awaken, surfacing from a dream in which I’ve tried to weave the snorts, rasps, whistles, and jagged breathing into the plot. Clad only in a polka-dotted bikini, I’d been floating through a field of daisies towards Freddy, my third-grade boyfriend, while my husband lay serenely unbothered by his own tortured cacophony.
I love my husband. We spoon perfectly, taking comfort in one another’s warm, pliant presence. Randy and I watch TV shows and tennis tournaments in bed, snuggled with our small mutt Zadie, all of us munching popcorn.
Awake, we’re blissful. But turn off the lights, shut off the electronics, and we join the ranks of couples contemplating divorce. Sleep divorce, that is....
There’s a scene in the Sex in the City reboot, And Just Like That, where Carrie and her new, career-driven, 50+, single friend, Seema talk about dating. Carrie says, “I think it’s great that you’re still putting yourself out there.”
Ugh.
Seema points out the insensitivity by saying, “you found the love of your life and had him for many years. And in my eyes, that is something worth still putting myself out there.”
Like Seema, since my divorce, well-meaning but oblivious married friends and family say things that make me want to say, “f##k off.”...
According to People.com ....Dating apps are de rigueur for finding potential partners now, but using apps once you're in a relationship hasn't been quite as commonplace. Usually, we'd be thrilled about that — more face time, less FaceTime, please — but then came 2020.
Dr. Britney Blair, a clinical psychologist and co-founder of sexual wellness app Lover, isn’t surprised by the transition. “Everything is digitized, and especially [during the pandemic] it saves you a trip to the doctor’s office,” says Blair, who adds, “Sex therapy, especially, can be time-consuming and expensive.”
Read more on People.com...
Giving up the addiction of people-pleasing creates a crisis. Severe childhood trauma cannot be stuffed forever, can it? Not in my case.My entire sense of self is undergoing a massive renovation and the new look is ugly. My Father was so violent, my Mother so absent, that I was born a workaholic. Watch, listen, and learn; that took every bit of my brain power. I did not let down. Did not rest. Did not “get to know myself.” I got to know them endlessly, and that was my very best strategy. It wasn’t just about observation; it was also about fixing the problem. ...
Theres nothing better than a statement summer sandal to really bring an outfit to life. ere are our favorite fun and fashionable, must-have summer sandals! Shop the very best here!...
The best pieces from Reformation to end your summer on a stylish note! This is the store for all of your transitional wardrobe needs and to feel fun and fresh!...
