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I’m gonna help you Get Gorgeous (and win a lil swag)

April 18, 2011 by Melissa Chapman 67 Comments

  Congrats to our winner Julie Jones! Two of my favorite women on this planet; Vera Sweeney and Audrey McClellan hosted their second Getting Gorgeous bash... which featured a consortium of companies committed to helping us women feel good about ourselves from the inside out. Here I am with Victoria Pericon and my little girl as we were literally surrounded by companies looking to … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Giveaways, MMSG, Uncategorized Tagged With: Audrey McClellan, Degree for women, Getting Gorgeous, Hanes, help for women to feel pretty, married my sugar daddy, Melissa Chapman, Restaurant.com, Tide to go, Vera Sweeney, Victoria Pericon

Mamas we’re going to help you up your vavavoom quotient- a sexy sunglasses giveaway!

April 15, 2011 by Melissa Chapman 50 Comments

Congrats to our winners: Truthful Mommy, Susan C., Christie R, Judy Z., and Ellie W! Ever since I watched Audrey Hepburn don her round, onyx  sunglasses  in the classic film  Breakfast at Tiffany's  I've always  considered sunglasses to be a mood elixir. In other words, wearing the right pair, will not only hide a number of unsightly imperfections ( aka the BLACK eye I woke up with several … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: Audrey Hepburn, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Fellini, Getting your sexy back, Melissa Chapman, Scarlett Johansson, Sexy mamas, Shop4sparkles, sunglasses., the Staten Island Family

So what are you doing this weekend? Check out our roundup for family fun!

April 15, 2011 by Melissa Chapman Leave a Comment

So what are you doing with your kidlets this weekend?    Here are our picks!! Saturday April 16th Historic Richmondtown- is holding their 2nd Annual New York City Chili Cook-off from 11am-4pm. There will be lots of chili sampling, judging, cash prizes, amusements & live entertainment.718-351-1600   Weekend Warriors:   Spring Spruce-up 10am- 12 noon. There is a war against weeds, … [Read more...]

Filed Under: Uncategorized Tagged With: activities for families on Staten Island, Canoeing basics, Libraries on Staten Island, Melissa Chapman, Staten Island Family events, Staten Island Greenbelt, the Staten Island Family, Urban park Rangers

When did you know your marriage was over?

April 15, 2011 by Melissa Chapman 3 Comments

By Carolyn Edgar of www.carolynedgar.com The Huffington Post recently ran a series entitled, The Moment I Knew, where women discussed the moment they knew their marriages were over and it was time to file for divorce. The stories were universally depressing, of the I knew it was time to end my marriage when he wouldn't even come visit me in the hospital after my open heart surgery  ilk. As I … [Read more...]

Filed Under: MMSG, My Sugar daddy Tagged With: Baby Mama, Carolyn Edgar, Divorce, domestic violence, Harry Winston, Harvard Law, Huffington Post, married my sugar daddy, The moment I knew my marriage was over, What keeps a marriage together

My sitdown with the Grand Dame of literature; Anna Quindlen

April 11, 2011 by Melissa Chapman Leave a Comment

Last week, the morning before ALL HELL broke loose I had the exquisite honor of enjoying a frittata and coffee, while sitting next to one of my literary heroines...the quintessential columnist, author and original mommy blogger, Ms. Anna Quindlen. I'll be honest having penned such luscious, gnaw at your heartstrings depictions of the fragility of life and our tenuous human relationships with … [Read more...]

Filed Under: MMSG, Parenting Tagged With: Anna Quindlen, Book characters, Every Last one, married my sugar daddy, Melissa Chapman, Motherhood, raising kids, Random House, Relationships between mothers and their kids

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