Joanne Ramsay

I (Jo) just spent a few days in Chicago which just coincidentally happened to be over St. Patrick’s Day and boy oh boy those Chicagoans really know how to celebrate! Yes, they dye the river green – it’s environmentally friendly, the recipe is a closely kept secret, and it’s really green! It was so fun […]

Dresses are easy – throw them on and go!  You are pulled together and out the door in seconds. Here are some suggestions for Spring Dresses – both short and a little longer. Please note that at the time of publication, all dresses below were in stock; however, inventory fluctuates and we apologize in advance

Are you looking for a quick and relatively inexpensive way to brighten up your decor?  Well, we have a plan!!  We are pleased to introduce you to Alison Johnston ASID, a designer in the San Francisco Bay Area. Alison is the owner of Johnston Home Interior Design. Her designs focus on fresh California living. Whether

by Chrissie Kremer   Last fall my sister-in-law called to tell me she had sent me a thank you card in the mail. She said I should make sure to look at the card itself because it was so beautiful and ‘very special’.  It was a Lobird personalized card. Laurie Rohrbach, founder of Lobird Stationery,

When did it happen to you?  When all of a sudden you couldn’t read a menu without holding it four feet away? It doesn’t matter what kind of physical shape we’re in – our vision just seems to go and the search for the perfect reading glasses begins. You can opt to ‘buy readers in

With spring around the corner, one of my (Jo) favorite things to do is buy a new pair of sneakers. It’s nostalgic for me – it takes me back to growing up in Michigan, when at the end of a long winter, with the snow melted and the grass visible once again, I welcomed spring

We often are torn about whether to feature budget, mid-range or high-end clothing on FabList. We don’t want to exclude or offend anyone based on price… be it too high or too low. We also know many of us wear a combo of these items, wearing a Uniqlo shirt under a high-end blazer, or carrying

“What’s For Dinner?” These 3 words can be such a gut punch!  We’re here to help you get dinner on the table with a spring in your step with the help of Linda Burner Augustine, a Seattle-based chef and founder of the website “A Year at the Table”. Joanne has taken cooking classes from Linda

I (Jo) just spent some time in Palm Springs celebrating a friend’s 60th Birthday. Oh what fun!  And let me tell you, 60 is definitely part of our go-go years!  We hiked, played pickle and tennis, and of course shopped, ate, and threw in a visit to Sunnylands.  Here is a FabList of Palm Springs

There’s lots of chatter about “aging gracefully” but no one is working harder at helping us do it than Hardie Cobbs. I (Jo) met Hardie 10 years ago when she and her husband Charles, a college friend, relocated to Seattle. Hardie is a force of nature who loves to connect and entertain. One of my