March 12, 2009
Spring Awakens
Get organized, throw a "personal toy" party, get a bird poop facial, see a Broadway show,and more...
As the snow was melting away after last week's major snow storm,
The Three Tomatoes were heartened to see the green shoots of daffodil bulbs peaking through. And now that we've set our clocks ahead again, and have had a little preview of warmer days, we're feeling we can finally come out of winter hibernation. We're re-energized and we've got lots to share with you this week.
Meet Little Miss Efficiency The Three Tomatoes have a friend and former colleague whom we love dearly, but who is also one of the most disorganized people we know. He had one of those offices that looked perpetually ransacked and we had to close his door when clients came to visit. He moved on to bigger and better things, which we figured showed that smarts still win out over organization skills. And it is only recently that he shared his little "secret". Her name is Wendy Mills, aka "
Little Miss Efficiency." And now we're sharing her with all you because she has joined
The Three Tomatoes as our "
organisation" expert.
Wendy Mills is the founder and CEO of Little Miss Efficiency, an organising consulting company.
(She dislikes that harsh term "organize" and much prefers the gentle British "organise".)
She has an MBA in business and spent 18 years in the corporate realm managing and organizing CEO's of Fortune 500 companies, and the most challenging of executive personalities, by creating sanity out of chaos for people like our former colleague.
Little Miss Efficiency will share her compassionate organising tips with us every month, starting with her
How to de-clutter tips for March (which happens to be de-clutter month.)
Those Very Personal Toys and the Parties that Go with Them
Attention grown up tomatoes. We've posted a new series of s-e-x-
questions and answers from
Dr. Ruth, including one from a widow who wants to know about getting back on the bicycle, so to speak. And one from a woman who wanted some advice on those "personal toys". Although trust us, Dr. Ruth does not use any of these euphemisms.
And since we are on the topic of those "
personal toys", we think you'll get a hoot out of reading PTA Mom's recounting of a recent "
personal toys" party (attended by several other PTA Moms) which are all the rage in the 'burbs. We didn't know what we were missing.
Those Marvelous Wonderettes - the antidote to recession blues Even though we've been offering
special discounts to this off-Broadway show for weeks now, and had several ticket giveaways to tomatoes, we finally got around to seeing the show ourselves, and are we glad we did. It was the most fun we've had all winter.
The first act of
The Marvelous Wonderettes takes place in 1958 at the Springfield High School Prom, where four prom queen hopefuls perform for their senior class (the audience). And we meet them again in the second act, at their 10 year high school reunion. The story follows their hopes and dreams as they belt out over 30 classics like "Dream Lover," "Lipstick on You Collar," "Lollipop" that tomatoes will be singing along to too.
If you're still in your wintry, recession funk, go to our web site and
get your discounted tickets now. And bring some other tomatoes with you. We're still humming those golden oldies.
Everyone's talking about The Bird Poop Facial Okay, the Shizuka Spa in NYC prefers to call it the
Geisha Facial, but its most crucial ingredient is "uguisu no fun" (powdered bird droppings from Nightingales). And it's all the buzz around NYC and all those morning talk shows too. Is it worth a $180 to get bird poop on your face? (And no, they do not pay you.) Well,
The Three Tomatoes sent adventurous
PTA Mom to try out the facial and report back. So
check out her review at the 3T's this week.(Oh, and she'll tell you more about the
"live" fish pedicure too.)
Enjoy a spring break at Miami Fashion Week - Where the tents are open
Forget snobby, impossible to get into New York Fashion Week, and head to Miami for sun, fun, food and fashion. Yes tomatoes, Miami is hosting its 11th annual fashion week March 19-22. It's the largest Hispanic and international fashion event in the U.S. And here's the best part. The fashion shows and the International Culinary Arts Pavilion are open to the public. Find out more at
www.miamifashionweek.com.
Here's to spring, toys, and nightingales.
