Arachne's Sister

The problematic situation I wrote about yesterday has a happy ending after all. At 8:30pm last night I was left a voicemail message from Nelson, a Customer Service Rep in a Phoenix, AZ office. Nelson was the last person I had spoken to that afternoon, and his message stated that he had been bothered... [More]

This afternoon I went online to purchase a ticket from USAirways to travel from LGA to visit my family in Pittsburgh. When I arrived at the website, I was asked if I would be willing to try their new website. When I clicked “Yes”, I was redirected to the new site (www2.usairways.com) and went throug... [More]

Victor and I belong to a local CSA (Community Supported Agriculture program) which brings us tons of fresh, ripe, local, organic produce each week. Yum! The past few weeks have provided peaches, plums and nectarines in our fruit share. One particular variety of peaches I just want to mention specifi... [More]

Working out a tangle of embroidery floss has a lot in common with solving other problems in life. Four tips about accomplishing both. [More]

Just for fun, I’ve opened up a little Zazzle store where I am selling some of my Mandala Art printed on useful products. I plan to add additional items, more designs, and some other fun stuff, but thought I’d share as soon as I had the basics up. Take a look and let me know what you thi... [More]

On Sunday I was invited by my good friend and stylist Monica Diaz to a Trunk Show for an awesome NYC-based designer, Roxi Suger and her line called AngelRox. Roxi’s fun, versatile designs are also eco-friendly and are sewn with fair labor practices, which makes them doubly cool.

So, even though I am a pretty organized gal, I was getting tired of some of the clutter in my (very small) office space. One thing that I could never seem to do was keep papers from piling on my desktop. The reason became pretty clear to me, and I’m sure it is a common problem for lots of people. ... [More]

I was invited by my friends over at the Women’s Mosaic to guest blog for their CHICKS ROCK! Blog. Kristina suggested I write about my experience hiring a stylist last spring. Check it out: CHICKS ROCK!: The "New" Me

A very cool online Flash "game" created by American Public Media, Consumer Consequences, takes you through the various areas of life which affect the environment: your home; the energy you use in your home; the waste you generate at home; transportation; food; and shopping and at the end y... [More]