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Archive for March, 2010

Trendspotting: Spring Skirts

31st March 2010 by Jess View Comments

Whether you’ve got $17 or $170 to spend this season, here are a few of my favorite picks for Spring 2010. Elastic waists are surprisingly flattering, considering how easy they are to wear! If you tuck a tee or tank into the skirt, you get fantastic a fantastic hourglass shape and the natural waist makes [...]

Ask The Senor: Chemistry and Sandra Bullock

31st March 2010 by Guillermo, "The Senor" View Comments

Some days it happens, although I would never admit it to my male friends.  I might, and I stress the word might, be in the grocery store picking up dinner for my special lady and maybe I also just might happen to pick up a copy of her favorite gossip magazine.  I only do it [...]

Ask Jess: Busy Signals

30th March 2010 by Jess View Comments

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I was busy once. I remember the time fondly. It involved oodles of frequent flier miles, an apartment that I never had time to clean, piles of incomplete expense reports, and a barrage of voicemails from friends saying “Why don’t you ever call me back?!”
BUT, I felt important. When you’re busy, [...]

Spring Collections: Laura Mercier

30th March 2010 by Guest Author View Comments

Yes, there is fashion week, and that is all well and good (and ok–sometimes kind of creepy, no?) and then there is BEAUTY product fashion week.  And that is far more interesting (if also, at times, slightly odd) and affordable on this citygirl’s purse. So that is why we keep talking about the crazy beauty [...]

The Emergency Break

29th March 2010 by RelationshipGirl View Comments

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Someway, somehow, without the benefit of a survey, study, or statistic to back me up, I reached the firm conclusion that 3 months is the “blossom or bust” deadline for all new relationships.
Of course there is no turkey thermometer to pop up and tell me if and when my relationship is [...]