TheSucculentWife's Blog
TheSucculentWife
- Location
- laguna Beach, California, united States
- Birthday
- June 06
- Title
- Senior Editor
- Company
- www.thesucculentwife.com
- Bio
- The Succulent Wife and her contributors are avid lifestyle enablers and trend forecasters, whose passions fill the pages of the blog and highlight the things & practices that make life more meaningful, fun & stylish.
MY RECENT POSTS
- Mother’s Day Gift Guide
April 19, 2013 03:10PM - Being French: More Than Just a
Book Review
April 14, 2013 01:33PM - Can a Long Term Marriage have
Both, Love and Desire?
March 12, 2013 10:03AM - Valentine's Day Gift Guide
January 15, 2013 03:51PM - Holiday Gift Guide
November 20, 2012 09:03AM
MY RECENT COMMENTS
- “Thanks for sharing
Dona!”
May 02, 2012 03:24PM - “Hello
Myriad,
It is very
yummy! I hope you give it a
try and let us know
what
you…”
April 23, 2012 11:53AM - “Thanks for sharing
Amy!”
December 23, 2011 11:08AM - “That is why Joster
International is offering 20%
off with
coupon code
SWIFEGG.…”
October 18, 2011 07:39PM - “Wait until we start our
series on hand bags!
LOL”
October 04, 2011 07:37PM
TheSucculentWife's Links
Being French: More Than Just a Book Review
Let me start this article by saying that I want to share with you a book that has literally brought new life into this aging body, mind and soul of mine. I learned about this book when Esther Perel recommended it after reading my article that mentioned her TedTV… Read full post »
Can a Long Term Marriage have Both, Love and Desire?
By Audrey van Petegem, Chief Editor
Audrey & Scott, happily married for 26 years
I was recently on a short flight from Toronto to Chicago and sat beside a gentleman from France. I normally have casual chats with the person sitting beside me that either end as quickly… Read full post »
Valentine's Day Gift Guide
In this year’s sponsored Valentine’s Day gift guide
– brought to you by the Gift
Giving Advisory Board - we propose an array of items
that are sure to delight everyone. From the very young and on up,
our quality advertisers are here to serve you and
… Read full post »
Holiday Gift Guide
For many, the holidays are one of the most exciting time of
the year - and one of the most stressful! Who wants to spend time
in a crowded and hot mall buying the same old boring gifts year
after year? That's exactly why you need the Gift
Giving Advisory Board's… Read full post » Turning 50: Advice I Would Give My 20 Year Old Self
By Audrey van Petegem, Senior Editor
My husband surprised me with a 50th birthday party this
summer. He invited all my friends throughout my many stages of life
to come and share pictures of me when they knew-me-back-when. It
was really fun to watch the slide… Read full post »
Turning 50: Advice I Would Give My 20 Year Old Self
By Audrey van Petegem, Senior Editor
My husband surprised me with a 50th birthday party this
summer. He invited all my friends throughout my many stages of life
to come and share pictures of me when they knew-me-back-when. It
was really fun to watch the slide… Read full post »
Hostess Gift Guide (to be a good guest)
My mother always told me to NEVER arrive empty handed when invited to a party. A bottle of wine, a box of fine chocolates and flowers are the old standbys, but if you want clever and unexpected gift ideas to woo your host
… Read full post »Greek Green Pie Recipe
By Audrey
van Petegem, Senior Editor
When
Anne-Marie and I went to Rancho La Puerta to celebrate
my 50th we had the opportunity to attend a cooking class at the
Ranch’s La Cocina que Canta (The Kitchen That Sings) with
famed chef Greg
Patent. This hands-on cooking class… Read full post »
Diet du Jour: Dukan
My After Life Series - Hot Stuff!
By Susan Keats, Contributor & Seize-the-Day Propagandist
Ever
wake up and think, gee, I’d like to walk over hot coals
today, just to see if I can? There was a story in the news recently
about a number of people going to the hospital with 3rd degree
wounds and… Read full post »
High School Reunions - Best Time to Go is in Your Fifties
By Audrey van Petegem, Senior Editor
In one of my previous articles in my Turning 50 series I shared my ambivalent feelings about going to my 32nd high school reunion (the year we all turned 50) and what I was going to wear. I think
… Read full post »Gluten-Free Summer Pasta - Recipe
By Amie Valpone, Culinary Marketing Consultant & CEO of the gluten-free blog, The Healthy Apple.
Summer is truly the time to enjoy the outdoors and organize impromptu gatherings and salads make it easy to feed a hungry crowd. Here’s a refreshing gluten-free and vegetarian pasta
… Read full post »Praline Souffle With Raspberry Sauce Recipe
By Greg Patent – Guest Contributor and
Baking Wizard
Here’s a perfect light and airy dessert for
summer. Over forty years ago I fell in love with a recipe
called Praline Soufflé Fifi, a creation of the late and
great Michael Field. You beat egg whites with suga… Read full post »
Wello.co - Personal Training a la 2012
By Anne-Marie
Kovacs, Chief Wife
I have a little
“inside scoop” here… I learned about the
terrific Wello.co service through my
sister while it is still in beta mode. The sister in question, the
über-talented Liza
Kovacs, is a fitness trainer with the new company and
My Afterlife Series - Will You Dance at the Party?
By Susan Keats, Contributor & Seize-the-Day Propagandist
I am running down the hall. In the living room there is a party going on and women are dancing to the music. I’m nervous. Very very nervous. One of the women calls to me. Suuuusaaaaan. Its yooooouuurr turrrrnnn! She has… Read full post »
Father's Day Gift Guide
For a man, fatherhood can be one of the most blissful events in his life. That small bundle of joy that comes into his life not only brings with it great pleasures, but also adds a whole new dimension. While mothers are initially given
… Read full post »Cinco de Mayo – Smoked Chickpea Guacamole Recipe
By Amie Valpone, Culinary Marketing Consultant & CEO of the
gluten-free blog, The Healthy Apple.
Happy Cinco de Mayo everyone….I’ve created this
amazing chick pea guacamole that will surely knock your socks off
and keep your Cinco de Mayo festivities rollin’…
SMOKED CHICKP… Read full post »
Walnut Cranberry Pad Thai Recipe
By Amie Valpone, Culinary Marketing Consultant & CEO of the gluten-free blog, The Healthy Apple.
Here’s a quick and easy dish that is perfect for a cool spring evening. I opted for walnut butter instead of the usually peanut butter because it adds a nutty flavor that pairs perfectly… Read full post »
My Afterlife Series - Dissing Anxiety
By Susan Keats, Contributor & Seize-the-Day Propagandist
I don’t have much respect for anxiety. My own anxiety is ridiculously annoying. I was never an anxious person until that cancer diagnosis came from out of the blue. Now I worry about my health all the time. I have read… Read full post »
Mother's Day Gift Guide
Ah, mothers… Whoever your mother figure might be, she certainly deserves to be celebrated. This is the woman that gave guidance, has always been there and that, today, loves you unconditionally. Mother’s Day is a day to show appreciation to the woman who
… Read full post »Pleased to Meet Myself
Raised to believe that a man needed to look after a woman and that, as her mother used to tell her, ‘single women have no status’, Philippa Sklaar felt that any man was better than no man. If a man looked after her, she owed him. So, for… Read full post »
My Afterlife Series - Thinking of You
By Susan Keats, Contributor & Seize-the-Day Propagandist
An old friend of mine recently chopped her finger off.
It wasn’t intentional and it wasn’t her whole finger, but it was a nice chunk. She was trimming plants in her garden and trimmed her thumb right off
… Read full post »Sitting Could Kill You
Do you remember that frighteningly titled infographic “Sitting Will Kill You”? That was almost a year ago and it scared the daylight out of me. I won’t get into to the details (there’s that fine infographic for that) but essentially, the news is that we have all become… Read full post »
ChariTotes - Support a Teen and Her Cause
When I first
met Taylor Greenberg Goldy, I asked her to speak to the person in
charge of ChariTotes.
Little did I know that this young, bright, 17 year old was the
brainchild behind ChariTotes Design-A-Bag!
What a great story this is: When Taylor was volunteering at her local hospital… Read full post »
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