It’s All Maya!

Do I know something everyone else is just wondering or speculating about?  No, not really, but I do know human behavior and just watching and rewatching the final episode of America’s Next Top Model, I can almost guarantee that Lisa D’Amato was not the orignal winner.

People don’t change in general and most people react to […]

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Maya Muses:  Well it was a long and difficult hiatus, but well worth it!  The thing is, when I left Charleston behind with the alligators, I wasn’t planning on finding a crocodile on the Champs-Elysées of all places, but that’s exactly what I got the other morning!

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Maya Muses:  What you see is not always what you get!  But I’m sure that there are a lot of Japanese men who don’t care!  Once again thanks to Sandy for this one.
God help us when this fashion hits Walmart!

What you see are not see-thru skirts.  They’re actually prints
on the skirts to make it […]

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No wonder young pre-teens and teens are anorexic or bulimic, and then suicidal these days….no one can live up to the false images that are portrayed by the fashion industry!  It’s time to put a stop to all this nonsense that skeletal is beautiful!!!
The latest example of the fashion industry gone mad is the firing […]

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Maya Muses: Getting ready to go out and do some serious shopping this afternoon even though it’s suppose to get up to 98° (37° C.) today, I was reminded of one of my favorite quotes by the ever effervescent Carrie Bradshaw!
“I like my money right where I can see it….hanging in my closet.”
Carrie Bradshaw
Sex and […]

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You would think if I had a choice between walking on the beach or cleaning out my closet, I would pick the first and leave the second for later.  Well that’s exactly what I’ve been doing for the past couple of years, so this weekend I decided to finally tackle my closet! 
Where did all these […]

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Eight European stars are featured in this month’s issue of French Elle!  I think it’s a wonderful idea of finally showing  women without makeup, and more importantly, without any retouching, airbrushing, or photoshopping done to their photos!  No, I’m not talking about photographs circulated by the paparazzi when a star is caught in the most unflattering […]

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If you’re like me, then you have friends that are so crafty and original in everything they do that you wonder, Now why didn’t I think of that?  They always have a new and interesting way of sending cards, invitations, or announcements that when you receive one of them, you just automatically know who it’s […]

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Spring and Fall are the times I love best, not only for the great weather, but also because of the great deals I can get on clothes!  In the Spring I do my fall and winter shopping and in the Autumn I buy my clothes for spring and summer.  It’s the best way to get […]

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When Mexican soap star turned international star, Salma Hayek, got engaged two years ago I wrote an article about Salma on my then blog, the Paris Traveler.  Her fiancé, who’s also the father of her daughter, Valentina Paloma, is none other than French billionaire and business mogul, François-Henri Pinault, whose family happens to be one […]

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