Coast Magazine November 2008 : Page 54
ORANGE PULP > launched Heavenly Hostess, a collection of entertaining aprons and other accou- trements. She has seen her aprons worn by Eva Longoria on “Desperate Housewives” and knocked off at trade shows by at least one mass manufacturer. The appetite for her creations continues, from frothy cocktail aprons that D resemble flirty short skirts to reversible cotton halter aprons in festive prints that look like, well, halter dresses.Waddell’s newly opened Heavenly Hostess boutique carries the full line of aprons as well as other cooking and entertaining goods. Some women have even worn the cocktail aprons as strapless tops. And women aren’t the only customers. “One Saturday night, a man came into the store wanting to buy two aprons for his wife: one halter cot- ton apron for the kitchen and one fluffy elegant cocktail apron for… some- thing else.” The compliments to The “Grace” cocktail aprons are among the Heavenly Hostess’s bestsellers her work are no doubt ful- filling, but for Waddell, there is a real heavenly side to Heavenly Hostess. She provides funding to educational centers in Kenya that teach women a trade, such as sewing, so they can be self-sufficient and support their families. Kenyan women receive seed money to buy fabrics, which they can use to create aprons based on Waddell’s patterns at local sewing centers, then sell their work to fair trade organizations. “It’s about empowering these women,” Waddell says. “They don’t want a handout. They need a hand-up.” And that is the true meaning of heavenly. Heavenly Hostess Boutique, 132 S. Glassell St., Orange, (714) 538-8735; heavenly- hostess.com –LISA LIDDANE 54 COAST NOVEMBER 2008 ENTERTAINING WITH ELEGANCE on’t mistake CynthiaWaddell for someone who wants to transport women back to the 1950s. Her Heavenly Hostess aprons are fash- ion arsenal for domestic divas. “My passion is for cooking and entertaining,” Waddell says. “I love vintage things and I love the glamour of entertaining.” In the two years since leaving her corporate career, Waddell The Four Feet Ashiatsu Massage at The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel Diary of the Spa Converted I wouldn’t describe myself as a spa per- son. There’s something about being closed in a dark room with soft music and copious amounts of bare flesh (mine) – and a complete stranger – that make me uncomfortable. But after a particularly stressful week, I gave more thought to the “just let yourself go!” philosophy preached by my pro-spa friends and went to try The Ritz-Carlton, Laguna Niguel’s new Four Feet Ashiatsu Massage.With two therapists in the room simultaneously using their feet and hands to apply whole-body pressure while sus- pending themselves from wooden bars above the table, the massage is not only a feat in gymnastics, it is divinely relaxing. With the use of long, slow strokes, I felt my tight muscles lengthen and my tense mind go uncharacteristically blank. And maybe it was the rhythmic music in the background together with a com- bined eight feet and hands working my stress away, but I kept picturing the many-limbed Hindu god Vishnu. Turns out he has the power to make the impos- sible possible, which is what happened that day at the spa: Iwas converted. Call (949) 240-5020 to make an appointment. –JESSICA FORSYTH ED OLEN
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