By: Mary Fran Bontempo and Guest Blogger Jeanne Rihm “Are you in a fashion rut? Is your closet filled with old, dated clothing? Perhaps you have either lost or gained weight and you don’t know how to dress for your body anymore. You have the right to feel good, be confident and look great! You can be (appropriately) sexy, and sophisticated at any age. It doesn’t matter what size your clothes [...]
By: Mary Fran Bontempo We're bursting at the seams. It's not news that the Bontempo household is stuffed. Stuffed full of the stuff that comes with five adults living in a domicile holding the accumulated lifetime belongings of those five people. My husband and I raised our children here, so there's never been the clearing out that comes with a move; we've got 28 years worth of our children's detritus here along [...]
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The 3rd season of the X Factor hits the airwaves soon. Check out the audition round of season two winner Tate Stevens. The guy can sing. Enjoy! --Mary Fran
By: Mary Fran Bontempo Bits and pieces. As everyone who remembers fourth grade science could attest, everything in our world is made up of bits and pieces. Nothing exists that can't be broken down into ever more minute sections. When you're thinking of molecules and atoms, the idea sounds clinical. But bits and pieces can be beautiful. Consider mosaics. Art created from bits and pieces of other things can be nothing short of [...]
By: Mary Fran Bontempo To hear an audio version of this post, click the play arrow below. Well, now I’ve seen everything. And I mean that literally. Last Sunday, my husband and I were treated to the repeated sight of a pair of naked, male butt cheeks staring at us from our family room’s television screen. The bum in question paraded about, occasionally jumping or squatting for almost an hour. No, we [...]
IN REMEMBRANCE BOSTON MARATHON, 2013.
