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Are You Living a Colorful Life?
In my book, Any Color but Beige: Living Life in Color, I finally realize that the picture-perfect life I created for myself was missing something essential – color. Once I identified what was wrong, I found happiness by living life in color. Use my little quiz below to determine if you need to add more color to your life.…
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Ten Tips for Being a Great Speaker – or, Dear God, Please Don’t Let Me Sound Stupid
I sell color for a living to paint companies around the world. By that, I mean those little paint chips (swatches) and color fans you often see in home improvement retailers that help you select your paint colors. As such, I’m often called upon to make all kinds of presentations on a variety of topics:…
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My Carrie Bradshaw Moment – My First Public Reading
I’ve had a lot of Carrie Bradshaw moments over the last few years: walking away from the wrong man at the right time, falling for the wrong man at the right time and an amazing rescue by my Café Girls when I returned home from a disastrous foreign love affair – on Valentine’s Day with…
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Girls’ Nights In — Celebrating Good Times, Good Friends and a Good Book
People often ask me, “Why did you write a book?” If they are friends who know me well, I will often mischievously reply, “I did it for the party.” And there’s a grain of truth to that response. As months go by, there have been more celebrations. Who knew the ancillary benefit to all that…
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Dating – Is it Better to have a Bird in the Hand?
I’ve been thinking a lot about old sayings –you know – the ones we use to help us make decisions. For example, “A bird in the hand is worth two in the bush.” I used to think that made sense until experience proved me wrong. It’s always better to keep both hands open. Not too…
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The Best Night of my Life – Prove It!
When I mention to people that my book launch was the best night of my life, reactions vary from agreement to doubt. It’s interestingto note that only the men appear to doubt my claim. I find this puzzling because, given the differences between the sexes; I would have thought men would just get it. So…
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The Best Night of my Life
Everything was ready, and well in advance. I had booked the caterer, selected the menu, purchased an assortment of wines (sparkling, red, white) picked the mood music, Pink Martini, and organized a surprise salsa lesson for my 45 guests. I had found the perfect dress – red of course. And the shoes? We’ll they’re the same…
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The UnValentine’s Day
February 13th, 2009 I packed my bag, purchased an airplane ticket and walked out on my Italian lover. In spite of the temptation to do so, I never looked back. I arrived in Montreal on Valentine’s Day. How appropriate I thought, to come home to a city that I love, and on Valentine’s Day. It…
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Are You a Cafe Girl…
Choose as many as you like… Original Illustration Helen Samson Design. Copyright 2010 cafegirlchronicles
