Blog: Off the Cuff

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-- Michele

HOLIDAY HEROES: These Gifts Are Saviors

Boy Smells Holiday Candles   By Michele Meyer Beautiful, fragrant, elegant, hip -- you can’t go...

THE PLAYBOY PLAYBOOK: Story Behind the Stories, Chapter 9

My Cover Story   LESSON: If you’re a germaphobe, don’t sit on the furniture at a...

SPEAKING OUT OF TURN: Story Behind the Stories, Chapter 8

That, sir, is a recording device. LESSON: When you start recording a meeting or have an audience,...

STOP THE PRESSES: Story Behind the Stories, Chapter 7

Homecoming royalty are more popular than they appear   LESSON: Rather than let the word "NO!"...

RUNWAY WITH ME: Story Behind the Stories, Chapter 6

LESSON: Dream it. Plan it. Do it. Just remember that it takes more than a magic wand to fulfill your...

WORKING 9 TO 9: Story Behind the Stories, Chapter 5

THE LESSON: If you're going to do a job, why not do it well? The daughter of a successful retailer, my...

THE INVISIBLE PEOPLE: Story Behind the Stories, Chapter 4

Household confidential THE LESSON: “I’m not really a waitress” is one of OPI’s all-time bestselling nail...

BOMBS AWAY, BELFAST: Story Behind the Stories, Chapter 3

Sightseeing in Belfast. (My photo). THE LESSON: Never stand next to a man with a gunshot wound in his...

OF COWS AND MEN: Story Behind the Stories, Chapter 2

You talking about us?   THE LESSON: You need to aspire, take action—and ask the right questions—to...

IS THAT A BOMB? Stories Behind The Stories, Chapter 1

  THE LESSON: The chisel that cracks a glass ceiling is made of passion, bravery and excelling in your craft....

JOLLY HOLIDAYS: Our Seventh Annual Beauty Gift Guide Lets You Glide Through

We expect the end of this year to wrap up nicely--thanks to the presentable and delectable presents we've discovered. Here...

IT’S A MYSTERY: A Royal Find and My Other Favorite Mysteries of 2022

Reading is the secret to great writing – that’s my belief and my approach as a journalist. So I read...

HAPPY HOLIDAYS: The Grinch Cannot Steal What Matters

By MICHELE MEYER I'm sorry to report that the Grinch--aka supply chain shortages due to the global pandemic--stole most of...

Insta-Truth

As a fearlessly frank fashion writer, I tell it like it is on Instagram at @Michele_Meyer77
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HAPPY HOLIDAYS: In the Nick of Time Pampering Treats to Give and Receive

  By MICHELE MEYER We all have aromas that evoke joyous holiday memories—for me, cookies cooling on the baking rack,...
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GREAT ESCAPE: Advent Calendars Take You to New Places for the Holidays

  Molton Brown Advent Calendar By MICHELE MEYER   Advent calendars are hard to resist: Who...
Adam Lippes Pre-Fall

A HINT OF THINGS TO COME: Easy Living in Hothouse Hues

Courtesy of designer Adam Lippes   By MICHELE MEYER Tired of sweatpants? Get used to them....
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MASKNE: A Sign of Troubled Times

  The things I miss: smiles, mani-pedis, brunch with besties—and most of all,  being blissfully unaware of a terms we’d...