by KelleyPom | Sep 11, 2018 | Lifestyle
What’s better than a long weekend at a world-class spa? At the moment, nothing comes to mind. I recently returned from such a weekend with my girlfriend – our annual reboot at the Miraval Resort in Tucson. It was three days of walks, workouts, yoga classes, skin...
by KelleyPom | Jul 4, 2018 | Lifestyle
There’s a saying, “we grow too soon old and too late smart”. I don’t know that I agree with that so much – I don’t necessarily think aging is our archenemy, and I believe we get smart when we get smart, which happens sooner for some and never for others. Youth is a...
by KelleyPom | May 15, 2018 | Lifestyle
Do you wake up every morning filled with romance and excitement, enthralled for the beautiful day ahead of you? Yeah, me neither. It takes a little intention. Usually I wake up with my mind scanning all the things I have to do, sounding a little like turning a...
by KelleyPom | May 1, 2018 | Lifestyle
I’m not too keen on the word “foodie”. To me, it sounds a bit dilettante – a person who knows the buzz words and trendy places, but without a real understanding of why it is good or what makes it popular. I much prefer the French word, gourmet – a connoisseur, a...
by KelleyPom | Apr 22, 2018 | Lifestyle
This was Charlie. Charlie was Jaxon’s dog. Jaxon is my dog. Jaxon picked me to be his Human when he was just eight weeks old. It was shortly after my husband and partner-in-everything passed away, and my girlfriend came out to spend the weekend with me, determined...
by KelleyPom | Apr 17, 2018 | Lifestyle
“Why would I want to be French?” is the question I occasionally am asked when I tell people I write a blog that teaches American women how to become French. It’s not that I believe you can literally “become” French, the way you “become” a vegetarian or a...