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I am one lucky SugarCookie to be friends with the gorgeous and talented beauty expert LDiva and thoroughly enjoy providing her with my photography whenever possible.
She hosts the blog Divalicious; chock full of beauty tips (and not the same old tired ones) and product recommendations of only her tried and truly-tested best.
There is also plenty of fashion talk – 10 Commandments of Leggings is her most hit-up story for us perplexed females and her observations on city girls strutting their stuff (sometimes unwisely) are no-apologies accurate: it’s tough love from your spot-on beauty sister – not bitchy, just real.
LDiva is now providing house-call beauty makeovers; helping women to toss, retain and rethink their own cosmetics while introducing updated tips and tricks for making the most of the products and their looks.
We recently teamed up to makeover and photograph the lovely LK, a pretty girl with lots of personal style. If I saw her on the street I would think this girl didn’t need to learn a darn thing about looking good.
However, LDiva was able to teach her a completely new approach to her eyeshadow technique with outstanding results! LK went from pretty to pretty spectacular! Here you see 2 different looks, LK chose the neutral look.
And because I need to play too…here’s a glamour shot of Miss LK with her finished look…in much sexier lighting!
Ahhh…this is fun. My path through life has taken me down some very interesting roads – amazing experiences, profound teachings, loving relationships and…as the case with me and LDiva…beautiful friendships.
PS – all photos are property of SCB. But that doesn’t mean that I won’t share…please ask first. 
I visit Belmont Park every summer and I always have a great time!
For one thing, these jockeys are really intense. Just check out this guy’s expression, he’s really stressing.
And this jockey, look at that body language. Such focus…amazing!
This jockey didn’t too well in the last race…so sad.
I love to scope out the horses in the paddock - this filly caught my eye – Canadian Ballet. I love Canada and the ballet! She’s the one for me, lucky 7.
Hello Ma’am, $10 on Number 7 to Win please!
As you might have suspected, your girl is a very big spender. 
And they’re off!!
Canadian Ballet is in a dead heat! And the happy ending…she won! And I’m $34 richer!
A day at the races with my good friends, the beautiful athletic horses, many lovely terminologies (quinella, exacta, trifecta – oh my) and all manner of racetrack characters to scream and cheer along with us – a perfect summer’s day.
The rain in NYC has finally been useful for something. It looks like beautiful jewels on the leaves of my Fire Escape Farm.
A few weeks ago, I purchased an Earth Box. Adding pounds of heavy, wet, organic soil…and fertilizer…and dolomite…was fun, kind of. Luckily I had a gorgeous helper. We named her Eartha Kitt.
This is her blanket which prevents her from getting weeds. Ingenious.
And here she is freshly planted. From the back row, left to right: basil, patio tomatoes, and cauliflower. Front row: jelly melon (no idea), marigolds for biological insect repellant, and strawberries.
Eartha Kitt’s best child is…the cauliflower. It may take over Brooklyn.
Note the jelly melon ladder grip device. He made that all by himself.
From scrawny…
To sensational.
One small step towards really beautiful and really delicious…real food.
XXX,
SCB
This post is part of Fight Back Fridays hosted by Food Renegade.
Thank the Franks. This is GREAT coffee and I’m not easily impressed. I first sampled the brew at the Court Street Cafe Pedlar and learned about the beans from the well-informed staff. They are fairly traded (some are direct trade which is even better), ethically and responsibly grown. Not all are organic, but there’s lots of red tape and high price tags involved in the organic certification process and that’s out of reach to many of these small farmers. And these small farms and micro batches are what yield these amazing cups. Prices are a bit higher but I feel I’m supporting a great global cause.
Stumptown Coffee is being freshly brewed at the Brooklyn Flea which was held today as a sunny Sunday version under the Brooklyn Bridge. These boys know what they’re doing.
Freshly ground coffee and HOT water – what else does one want in life. Except for some really good milk, preferably raw, but that’s a future post.
Lots of lovely things to look at and take home from the Brooklyn Flea -art and jewelry, collectibles and clothing. But strolling around with my good friend and a cup of Stumptown…I had everything I needed.
XXX,
SCB
