SGITC Reader Perk: VIP Tix To StyleFixx Event

StyleFixx.com is hosting a two-night shopping event at NYC’s Metropolitan Pavillion – and they’re offering free VIP tickets to 30 lucky Single Gal In The City readers!

Scheduled for Wednesday October 21st and Thursday October 22nd at NYC’s Metropolitan Pavillion, StyleFixx’s shopping party features the latest in fashion, beauty and accessories. Project Runway designer Kara Janx will show off her fall 2009 line. Attendees will also enjoy complimentary massages and facials from Rani Spa, free hair treatments by Enzo Milano and make-up demos by celeb makeup artist Eve Pearl.

VIP admission to the event includes a product-filled swag bag. The best part – next week’s event will benefit the Susan G. Komen Foundation for breast cancer. When it comes to a girls night out, it simply doesn’t get any better.

So round up your best galpals and email me at SingleGalInTheCity@gmail.com if you’re interested in one or more free tickets (four maximum per person).

Many thanks to the generous folks at StyleFixx.com!

Remembering Mom

Today marks the tenth anniversary of my mother’s passing. She died one week before her 58th birthday, after a lengthy battle with breast cancer.

Mom was initially diagnosed in 1987. Though she went into remission for nine years, she didn’t take time or her health for granted, continuing to live each day with a zest that never left her.

Mom meant so much to so many. She was an adored wife (by my late father, whom she adored right back), a cherished friend, and a beloved sister and aunt. She took great pride in every one of these roles and with good reason. As I said in my eulogy, you could always count on her for honest, wise advice that made you believe you could survive anything.

I learned so much from my mother -- especially about the importance of fully inhabiting the present and not borrowing trouble from the future. Have all the fun you possibly can, she told me and my sister in her goodbye letter to us, it’s all we take with us when we go.

To that end, I’m heading to a Dave Matthews benefit concert for cancer research. Mom loved music, one of many passions (along with living in New York and snacking on Mallomars) that I’m so lucky to have inherited from her. Tonight, I’ll be celebrating her and the comfort of knowing that, no matter how much time passes, she will always be a part of me.