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February 28, 2010

Off-Limits

One of my friends in New York asked, “You still blogging?” “Ummm, yeah, hello, everyday.” “Well it’s not interesting anymore.  You’re getting married.  You talk about your wedding.  Sorry, but I don’t really care to follow that.”  I respected him…

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February 27, 2010

The Big Apple

I’ve spent the past several days in New York and I just absolutely love it.  I don’t care that it’s snowing and you need snow boots to cross the street.  It’s gorgeous and different.  My friend said his kid’s school…

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February 26, 2010

Let it Snow, Let it Snow, Let it Snow

I was really skeptical that my red-eye flight to NYC was on-time.  OK, sure, whatever Virgin. Well it was right on time.  We left at 11:15pm from SFO and headed for JFK.  I dozed off and on.  Everyone woke up…

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February 25, 2010

Lenten Reflection

A friend of mine told me she gave up road rage for Lent.  I really like that. Here’s something from our church bulletin. Fast from pessimism; feast on optimism. Fast from criticism, feast on praise. Fast from bitterness, feast on forgiveness….

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February 24, 2010

Normal Friend Conversations

I sent a friend the following email this morning. Subject: preggers Did I tell you that I know 33 people who either gave birth in the last month or are currently pregnant?!?! Anywho…hope you had fun at dinner last night….

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February 23, 2010

Weddings: Food for Thought

There was a Do It Yourself wedding featured on the Style Me Pretty website recently that made me sing, “Hooray!  There’s someone else who gets it.” In the words of the Bride, “We had an extremely small budget…partially by circumstance…

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February 22, 2010

Non-Shit that I Buy

I spend a lot of time reading wedding and fashion magazines in preparation for the wedding.  I always like the spreads on editors’ or celebrities’ favorites.  Here’s a list of some of my favorite things. All undergarments from Gap body…

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February 21, 2010

Import Experience

In December, I fell in love with a piece of furniture that I saw in a design magazine.  It’s a chair made out of a suitcase.  The furniture designer is in Cape Town and when I inquired about the stock…

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February 20, 2010

Quality Control

Errors make me cringe.  My first job out of college, I realized very quickly there was no room for error.  I was a consultant and clients were paying me to think.  I triple-checked my work, then sent it on to…

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February 19, 2010

Happy Weekend

I’m so excited about this weekend.  Tonight, Lizzie and I are having dinner at Frances which I’ve been dying to try.  Every time I’ve tried to get a reservation, they’ve been full.  Watch for my Yelp review.  In fact, you…

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