Last minute summer travel deals; Summer Glamour; Bernie’s NYC Walking Tours; Down there; and those ugly
divorces
Hope you all had a grand 4th and are still in summer lull mode. The Three
Tomatoes are trying to motivate ourselves back into work mode, but we’re finding ourselves still
a bit scattered, kind of like this week’s newsletter. We have no theme, but we have lots of great updates from our experts
(thank goodness some people are focused), like last minute summer travel deals, and summer glamour tips. And how about touring
your very own city? More about that in a minute. And here's good news for Manhattan real estate owners - real estate prices are still soaring (see
our sidebar.) Plus we've got a few musings about new products and a spa for “down there.” And
while we’re talking about summer fun, check out our two fun insider events, from the highbrow to the lowbrow. The highbrow event is July 30th, and is an
afternoon private tour and tea at the Mount Vernon Hotel
Museum (right here in NYC). And join us on August 12 for Karaoke Night with The Three Tomatoes! (That would be the lowbrow event, of course.)
This week at Ask the Experts – Last Minute Travel, Avoiding those Summer Style Sins, Get Smarter about Your
Money, Romance and more
Our travel expert, Phyllis
Stoller, has some great ideas and great tips on where to find last minute summer travel deals. It’s not too late.
Our Glam Gals, who are full of
great styling tips for “women who aren’t kids”, have a terrific article this month on how to avoid the top five summer style sins.
Hint: Some of those sins have to do with footwear. The fashion police will so nab you!
And last week we introduced our newest expert, financial wiz Cherith Harrison. And since according to last week’s poll, all of
us are somewhat, or very concerened about our financial futures, you'll appreciate Cherith's first column
-- dispelling those retirement myths
like, “it’s too late to save”, “social security will run out”, and more.
And our guest expert this month, the Rev. Laurie Sue Brockway, has a delightful column called Summer Love. A fun read.
And what would summer be without a great white wine? So read our wine expert, Cristina Mariani May’s white wine picks for summer.
Bernie’s New York
Here’s a novel last minute summer “travel” idea. Why not tour your own
city? For quite a while now we’ve been getting a great newsletter called Bernie’s New York.
Not only does it highlight Bernie’s various New York City walking tours, which Bernie conducts all over the City, every weekend, and
has for the past twenty-five years, but it’s chock full of listings of fun, interesting, free or low cost events and places to see all
over the City. Bernie loves New York City, its history and architecture, and strives to conduct great and unique tours with
humor, facts, and interesting sights that even the most jaded native New Yorkers will love. Email him at bernesbx@yahoo.com for a list of upcoming tours and to get added to his mailing list.
New products and a “spa” for down under
No we’re talking about Australia here, but “down there”. Yes, I know we
should be much more grown up about using the right words, but then all your spam filters will kick in. But these two items recently
caught our eye, and fall into the “you can’t make this stuff up” category.
The first is a product called “Brown Betty”, and it’s a hair dye for you know where. It comes in your basic colors, blonde,
auburn, black, and brown, and promises to cover grey and add shine. And if you’re feeling really adventurous you can go
green, orange, or rose red. But then of course, you could forget about the dye and just go “Brazillian”. But
since we can barely handle eyebrow waxing, we’re just going to stay “au naturale”, although green does sounds kind of fun.
And now, we kid you not, there’s a new spa in Manhattan for “pelvic fitness”, as reported in a
recent New York Times article. It’s called “Phit”, short for pelvic health integrated techniques and it
opens this month on East 58th Street. The idea, according to founder Dr. Laura Romanzi, a clinical associate professor
of gynecology at New York-Presbyterian/Well Cornell hospital, “is for women to come in and know their pelvic fitness”.
And based on your “fitness level” she will prescribe “down there workouts” which she describes as “personal
training.” The “spa” also offers "down there" cosmetic laser treatments too. Oh
my.
Those Ugly Divorces
Well not that any divorce is pretty, but the public spectacle of the Christie Brinkley/Peter Cook custody trial is
just painful. First, let us say there is nothing not to like about Christie Brinkley, unless you count how fabulous she looks
at 54, and having your husband cheat on you with anyone is a bummer, but especially with a young nubile girl whom he reportedly started courting when
she was only 15. But really, publicly dragging the father of your children through the mud, who may be a philandering bum,
but not necessarily a bad dad, seems a bit much. What do you think? Vote in this week’s poll at our home page.
And hello Cynthia Rodriquez? Your husband cheated on you publicly with a stripper for a year,
and you decided to forgive, have another child with him, and now you want to divorce him for his philandering ways? Oh
well. We guess with age, a little wisdom does come. But then again, two kids in a divorce settlement ups the ante.
