Category Archives: Brenda Della Casa

Brenda: What are you giving up for Lent? Charles: Eating late at night. Brenda: You’re supposed to give up something that benefits God. Charles: Girl, it does benefit God and me.  God wants me skinny to find a husband and … Continue reading →

You have something about you that lights up a room, it is up to you to get out there and allow yourself to shine. When you speak, the universe listens and follows your instructions.  If you whisper that you are … Continue reading →

I love to listen to this remix on the way home from work.  Makes the commute so much nicer (and I love to daydream about my own version of La Isla Bonita). “I want to be where the sun warms … Continue reading →

Being that I’ve plopped down in major redecorating/organizing mode–painting happens this weekend!–I’m not only ready to purchase new items but keen on finding new ways to use what I already have.  That’s why I fell in love with this piece by … Continue reading →

Kristen Bell must really love Sloths.  One part funny clip/One part Xanax ad.

  I have to have one of these immediately!

Just got my invitation to the opening of the new Andy Warhol exhibit and can’t wait to spend the evening with my De-lovely hubby, Mr. Mazza!

If you’re going to love, love fully and with great abandon. If you’re going to apply to school, get to it and apply to all of your dream schools. If you’re going to forgive, forgive fully, let it go and … Continue reading →

I love this performance so much and it’s a very special song to me to boot. Win-Win on this end.  I hope you enjoy it as well.

“So much to do, so little done, such things to be.” Elizabeth Taylor

Love his confidence, love his moves, love the song, love his headband, love his little bare feet.  Perfecto!  

That kissing is known to release feelings of isolation and anxiety in women? Northwestern University Professor, Laura Berman, says just one ten-second kiss can do the trick.  I say get as many as you can. Yoga can make you a … Continue reading →

While on the surface, this looks to be about Whitney Houston, it’s really about so many incredible men and women.  I hope we can all take Costner’s words and Whitney’s story as a universal reminder to be grateful for the gifts others see in us, … Continue reading →

As I mentioned in a previous post, I recently woke up obsessed with giving my home an overhaul. After a bit of reaching out, I discovered that one of my colleagues moonlights as an interior designer. Score! Enter a bit … Continue reading →

Want to make sure money doesn’t come in-between you and your partner?  Read my advice (and the advice of others) in Moneywise Magazine.

My friend, Adriana, once told me that, when it came to good-looking men, I was like the dog in the movie “Up”.  “You can be in a very serious conversation but if a guy who is your type is in your vicinity, it’s … Continue reading →

No one enjoys hearing about how tired they look. There are times when you must build in order to move forward and others when the only way to progress is to light a match and set it all ablaze. There … Continue reading →

“Never mistake motion for action.”E. Hemingway Oh, since I just love him, let’s have two quotes today, shall we? The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.

My colleague, Claire, just send this to me and it’s too good not to post.  Please take a moment and read through it.

  It all started innocently enough but thanks to a number of stressors in someone else’s brain,  what should have been a passing exchange turned into a scene best performed on grade school playgrounds. Normally, I would diffuse the situation … Continue reading →

Stop trying to convince yourself that your chance has passed? Challenge yourself more often? Get subscriptions to your favorite magazines and save a few bucks? Ask that cute someone out already? Realize that anyone who is worth your time will … Continue reading →

Your thoughts influence your behavior thus controlling your area of the universe. I’ve said it many times but will repeat it because I believe it to be true: change your outlook and you can change your life.

“The only way to get him back is to get so drunk that everyone looks like him and then you can just have your pick from a crowd full of Jack’s.” My colleague giving another colleague love advice. Please don’t … Continue reading →

This morning, I woke up loving my apartment (so sweet) but hating nearly everything in it. The walls were too white. The furniture could kindly be described as “kept alive on life support”. The drawers were packed with memories. “I … Continue reading →

Just because it doesn’t work out doesn’t mean it wasn’t worth the ride.  Here are a few Valentine’s to the boys who made me the woman I am today. To Jason Lubers: A bad boy with a worse reputation, thank … Continue reading →

“You don’t even see what you do, do you? Even the moments I think our ours, it’s just you, working to get what you want…You’re just an appetite, and if you stop being greedy, you’ll die. You take everything, and I’m … Continue reading →

This is the most bittersweet story I have come across in a long time.

“Don’t you know a man being rich is like a girl being pretty? You may not marry a girl just because she’s pretty, but my goodness, doesn’t it help?” Gentlemen Prefer Blondes

Feminine. Spunky. Flirty. Young. Playful. Italian.

  Read about Hemingway’s Madrid Here. 

I think it reminds everyone of someone, that’s what makes it so special.  Her voice is what makes it iconic.

There is no one coming to rescue you; no prince or friend who will climb up the tower and “save” you from anything or anyone, including yourself. You might meet some amazing people on your journey but none of them … Continue reading →

My iPhone Behaving: My little device went all kinds of crazy and mixed up numbers, locked out iTunes and refused to show the right album cover when playing whatever song it chose to play. After sitting in the Soho store … Continue reading →

“I don’t care what anybody says about me as long as it isn’t true.” Truman Capote

My brother is a huge Nicks fan and just about squealed when we saw Greg Anthony sipping a cocktail a few feet away from us.  Of course, I had to go over and introduce myself and explain that his biggest … Continue reading →

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