We were under attack these past 18 months while our soldiers in the hospitals that we know as doctors, nurses, and aids put their lives on the line to fight an invisible enemy that was attacking our freedoms to live, to hug, to be healthy. These basic human rights were in danger. As the Godmother to a beautiful little girl whose parents are both doctors that fought this battle. It was very personal to me. So this Memorial Day, I would like to honor our military but also the other soldiers, the ones that fought a battle in ER wards across the globe to give us the weekend we are allowed today. Take a break this weekend and a long...
TODAY’S STORY: JUST PERFECT COLLECTION with two physical stores in Maryland - Wear it Well 4816 Bethesda Rd Bethesda, MD 20814 and Sequel 10255 Old Georgetown Rd Bethesda, MD 20814 We take our mission seriously: Our Just Perfect wardrobe essentials, created by women with style, for women with style, assure you will be the best dressed woman in the room! Jackie Pletcher is no stranger to fashion retail, from joining her family at age 12 on buying trips to Chicago’s Merchandise Mart, to her buying career with Bloomingdale’s in NYC and Woodward & Lothrop in Washington, DC, to the creation of Just Perfect Collection with the purchase of Wear it Well & Sequel in 1998 & 2006 from women owners...
SHOP TALK WITH THE ALEMBIKA COMMUNITY Beyond ALEMBIKA.com, our fashion community spreads across the US with brick-and-mortar stores from east to west. Each offers an intimate, personal touch as well as a unique shopping experience. Now, on a bi-weekly basis, we will share “Shop Talk” to highlight businesses that are a part of the ALEMBIKA family. TODAY’S STORY: ESENTIAL ELEMENTS, CHICAGO 1. TELL US A LITTLE ABOUT YOURSELF: Hi, I’m Melanie, owner of Essential Elements-Chicago! As a young girl I was always excited when my mom received the Spiegel catalog in the mail, can you believe owner, Joseph Spiegel sent his first mail-order catalog in 1905! That was my early beginnings of falling in love with the world of fashion...
Advice can be a subtle form of criticism when it is given without being asked for, Isn't it? I will try to be more mindful when I share my “advice” with my kids, colleagues, and friends.
Have you ever been on the receiving end?
Happy Monday,
Yael
I was about to give up on humanity this past weekend. I felt we are going backwards and not learning anything from our history. I felt hopelessness and anger. But my son, who was born an optimist, reminded me like he always does, how humans overall are doing much better if you look back on the last 100 years: Women can vote he reminds me, and abortion is legal, same with gay marriage. We landed on the moon and beat the Soviets and the Nazis he adds. And ended apartheid. We put social security in place and it now takes a year to develop a vaccine, not decades. Ok, I say. I hear you son. Thank you for the reminder....
