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Veronica Chambers
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May 14, 2008 09:44 AM
Laughter has been shown to reduce stress, boost your immune system and increase a person's tolerance for pain. And believe me after the day I had yesterday, I could really use a good chuckle. Which is why I am so tickled at this line of beauty products...
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Veronica Chambers
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May 12, 2008 10:52 AM
Do you ever watch the show Clean House with Niecy Nash? Well, I have a confession to make. If I don't get it together, Niecy's going to come after all of my mayhem and foolishness. ... The ironic thing is that while the home of a frazzled parent can often...
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Veronica Chambers
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May 10, 2008 03:17 PM
The first time I made lobster pot pie, I was flying by the seat of my pants. It was Sunday afternoon, we were expecting six for dinner and I wanted to make something new. I couldn't shake the memory of summers spent in Sag Harbor and how I loved bringing...
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Veronica Chambers
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May 8, 2008 09:10 AM
This Mother's Day, I gave just about every woman on my list a copy of the new Amazon best-seller, Style Statement: Live By Your Own Design. It's a book about fashion, home, how we live style. But most of all, it's a book about authenticity: how we can...
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Veronica Chambers
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May 6, 2008 07:43 AM
I was interning at Seventeen Magazine when I opened the newspaper and read the headline above: For Some Women Mother's Day Is Just Another Day On the Street. I was making $125. a week, before taxes, but I opened up my checkbook and sent what I could to...
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Veronica Chambers
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May 3, 2008 09:38 AM
I'm so excited about this week's Sunday supper that I could bust. It's light, it's healthy, it's delicious . And if you follow this recipe, you'll learn how to make quick and easy dumplings/wontons from scratch. You can't beat that with a bat. ... So...
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Veronica Chambers
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Apr 30, 2008 11:47 AM
Do you think your son or daughter is the next Romare Bearden, Glenn Ligon or Faith Ringgold? Then I've got the contest for you. ... Tea Collection , my favorite line of kids clothes ever, is looking for an original piece of art interpreting the companies'...
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Veronica Chambers
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Apr 30, 2008 10:48 AM
There are few things I love more than when a good friend calls to say they're in the neighborhood and would like to drop by. ... No need to cook up a storm, or bake a cake. All an impromptu visit requires -- especially as the weather heats up -- is to...
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Veronica Chambers
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Apr 28, 2008 10:01 AM
In Philadelphia, where I live, it's another rainy, grey morning and I'm feeling sluggish. It's a funny thing, when I'm in London, the rain seems charming. When I'm at home, it seems like the beginning to a really bad day. ... But today, I'm going to fight...
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Veronica Chambers
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Apr 25, 2008 06:23 PM
... This week for Sunday Supper, I'm doing something new. I'm suggesting a recipe I haven't actually tried yet. But I just got the Bobby Flay Mesa Grill cookbook and I've so been enjoying his throwdowns on the Food Network, that I figure we can all experiment...
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Veronica Chambers
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Apr 24, 2008 03:39 PM
... In the old days, you used to bring a casserole, when someone had suffered a loss, or was coping with a family crisis like an illness or a divorce. But what do you do now? I've said to girlfriends who are struggling, "I'll keep you in my prayers,"...
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Veronica Chambers
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Apr 23, 2008 10:14 AM
When I received this e-mail inviting me to join a chocolate cruise with Vosges chocolate founder Katrina Markoff (who is like a goddess to me) I thought surely the karma gods have come around and are sending me to heaven on the seven seas. Then I peeped...
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Veronica Chambers
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Apr 22, 2008 10:48 AM
... It's primary day in Pennsylvania where I live. The media has descended. Obama supporters have pushed themselves past the point of exhaustion. I believe in the work, but I have no intention of panicking today. This is a marathon, not a sprint. The...
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Veronica Chambers
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Apr 19, 2008 07:33 PM
I've had a rough week, so this Sunday, I'm serving up fish tacos and margaritas. ... My husband wrote a book about Baja California so we spent a happy four months traveling from our home (at the time) in L.A. to places like Tijuana and Tecate, and all...
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Veronica Chambers
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Apr 12, 2008 06:55 AM
For a very long time, I held a girlfriends' brunch shortly after New Year's. I'd cook up something delicious, often my crowd pleasing Tahitian crabmeat soup, and I would ask my friends a series of questions. Name three things you were proud of in the...
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