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You might already know that our lifelong quest to successfully wear heels without pain is one of they very reasons that this blog was born. It’s not just a search girls. Not just a mission.
It’s a daily friggin’ battle.
And it goes a little something like this.
I wake up, dress myself [...]

Dear Jess,
My boyfriend and I have plans to go to a big labor day BBQ this weekend with a large group of his friends. The word on the street is that his ex will be there and I am a ball of anxiety about it. Not only were they together for several years (lived [...]

If there is one thing a city girl loves, it’s the allure of an exclusive shopping bargain. Spying a treasured handbag in the brush, closing in on it, and capturing it before anyone else. Ahhh yes…there’s nothing else quite like it —the thrill of the hunt. When you add to the mystique by putting the [...]

Poste
555–8th Street, NW
Washington DC 20004
Food: Well, Poste has this 4×4×4 thing involving $4 drinks, $4 truffle fries, and it all starts at 4 pm.  We were, of course, all over the truffle fries and declared them: “good (period).”  They did not rock our world, but we did manage to eat at least three [...]

Color me tired.  After being invited to join a friend at the Columbia Heights WSC for a Zumba class, I decided it was time to get off the couch and out in the world.  Zumba, an african/latin dance style class, turned out to be a great re-introduction into the art of getting really really sweaty.  [...]