Happiness is the best makeup you can wear on your wedding day.anonymous Photos: Ramses Garcia Editor: Matthew Auerbach Digital Editor: Jessie Neft -Swinger MUA & Hair: Odett Hernandez Location: La Fonda on The Plaza, in Santa Fe, New Mexico ..read more

A few of our official engagement photos by the talented, Ramses Garcia. If it’s one thing I’m sure of , I am sure you have always belonged with me.Akif Kichloo Editor: Matthew Auerbach Digital Editor: Jessie Neft-Swinger MUA & Hair: Odett Hernandez Location: South Beach, Versace Mansion ..read more

If I get married, I want to be very married.Audrey Hepburn Bridal Photos by Kelly Ward Dress: For Love & Lemons Jewelry: @lexijewelry Headband: @overthedecades Hair: @hairbyjes1 MUA: @miamibeach_hairstylist Shot on Marco Island, Florida Digital Editor: Jessie Neft-Swinger Editor: Matthew Auerbach All Rights Reserved ..read more

Where there is love there is life.Mahatma Gandhi Engagement photos by suzygphotography.com Dress: TA Couture Suit: Gent Row Bespoke Ring: J.R. Dunn Shot in the French Quarter, New Orleans Digital Editor: Jessie Neft-Swinger Editor: Matthew Auerbach All Rights Reserved ..read more

The purpose of life is to live it, to taste experience to the utmost, to reach out eagerly and without fear for newer and richer experience.Eleanor Roosevelt TIKTOK: @ShireenSandoval IG: @ShireenSandoval Twitter: @ShireenSandoval FB: @ShireenSandoval Kelly Ward Photography Digital Editor: Jessie Neft-Swinger Editor: Matthew Auerbach Shireen & John photographed on Marco Island December 2021 ..read more

What: Surprise! I’m blogging again. I wanted to write something grandiose to pick up where I left off, but honestly, sometimes just getting the words on the page is what matters, at least for a writer. Over the past few years, I’ve had a lot of living to do and my thought process turned from blogging to navigating real-life problems and a few of them got the best of me. At first, I told myself I had writer’s block; but deep down, I knew l was just tired. Not of the “Shireen’s Favorite Things” narrative, per se, but from all the noise around me: a raging pandemic, my mother’s battle wit ..read more

What: I know, I know, it’s been awhile. My last blog entry was right before the world came to a grinding halt because of Covid-19. I couldn’t rationalize the importance of fashion trends and foodie hotspots when there was so much pain, suffering and death. Like most people, the pandemic really took hold of me. Not only was I worried about my own health (as I have a neurological autoimmune disease,) I was fearful for my family, friends, co-workers and community. So, I left the blogosphere to concentrate on keeping myself safe among other things… Like the break-up of my six year relationship th ..read more

Home should be an anchor, a port in the storm, a refuge a happy place in which to dwell, a place where we are loved and where we can love.Marvin J. Ashton   Photography credit James Woodley Photography ..read more

What: Inside the most glamorous holiday party in South Florida: The Black Tie Ball — the official kick-off to the Winterfest Boat Parade. Why: Showcasing the “Aladdin” theme of The Black Tie Ball and getting a look inside the new Guitar Hotel. I love being the hostess of this yearly event, but this time, it was even better, with help from my co-worker and good friend, Jeff Lennox. I hope everyone had a wonderful holiday season and here’s to a magnificent 2020! And, yes, I’m blogging less, but I’m also living more.  Cheers! https://winterfestparade.com/ Wh ..read more

What: When I think back on my illness, getting sick was the easy part, everything that came after was, well, devastating – there’s no other way to put it. It was emotionally heartbreaking & physically debilitating; add those two things together and life-altering is what I was left with. 9-years later, the tears still fall freely when processing all I’ve been through. I’m not sure I’ll ever make sense of it, but I do know there have been some great people along the way who’ve helped me fight the good fight and one of them is my beloved Pilates teacher, Gretchen Wagoner. Why: When I ..read more