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Mingmei Yip’s Beautiful Petals from the Sky

Tuesday, March 9th, 2010
by Charlene Giannetti on Living Around

The best writers are able to paint a picture with words and transport us to places we have never been before. Mingmei Yip’s novel, Petals

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Romantic Reads for Valentine’s Day — And Any Day

Sunday, January 31st, 2010
by Robin Weaver on Reading Around

Rupert Brooke, the World War I poet, once wrote in thinking of his beloved, “Today, I have been happy. I held a memory of you.”

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A Versatile Accessories Designer with an Unusual Touch

Monday, January 4th, 2010
by Tamara Moscowitz on Shopping Around

Vashti de Verteuil (pronounced ver tu’e) is a petite, lively woman with an engaging manner who becomes ever more animated when the talk turns to

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