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getting the boot

I’m sure you’re ready to give ME the boot, given my spotty blogging of late. But if you kick back and take a peek at the steals I’ve found for you, you’ll likely forgive and forget. And, if that doesn’t work, you’ll at least enjoy...

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fall back position

My favorite issue of the year...

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the bangles

Here’s how a bargain-shopping blitz generally works with me: Something catches my eye in a magazine…I look it up on the internet…go check it out in the store…and eventually decide it’s overpriced. At which point—if I’m really fixated--I find myself back on the net searching...

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just peachy

Something about summer makes me want to sip a Bellini cocktail in the garden. Ever had one? They’re delicious. A refreshing combo of Prosecco and white-peach puree, the Bellini was created in 1948 by a gentleman named Guiseppe Cipriani. Yes, that Cipriani—as in owner of the...

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seeing red

I’m fascinated by the current court battle known to fashion insiders simply as, “Christian Louboutin vs Yves Saint Laurent.” Want to know what they’re dickering over? A color. It seems that the folks at Louboutin—known for their distinctive, expensive, red-soled shoes—are hopping mad that YSL started...

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pretty shady

Why am I writing this? Because I can. I am not ashamed to admit my attachment to 2012's hottest chick lit mommy porn trashy novel "book series" to hit the carpool lane. Let's blame it on the fact that I'm a Seattleite who owns a Kindle. Though...

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flag these…

It's that time of year again...

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10 ideas under $10

Love, love, love clever ideas that cost next to nothing and make you look like a genius. (Click on the photos for easy how-tos...

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piss off

It’s a wonder I love animal prints. To explain the irony, let's travel back to 1973, the year my parents (university professors on sabbatical) enrolled me in a Swiss elementary school...

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white sale

Loving Harper's Bazaar's pages, as usual. Not so much the $27,875 price tag you get when you tally up page 70 of their June/July 2012 issue. Want to shave $26,264 off the total? Add these clean whites to your spring/summer shopping bag...

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