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Art Friday: Fashion Looks Ugly Now

“Fashion is what seems beautiful now but looks ugly later; art can be ugly at first but it becomes beautiful later.” – Steve Jobs A beautiful, inspiring eulogy posted in the NY Times. A Sister’s Eulogy for Steve Jobs By…

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Fashion Friday: Cut!

I haven’t had my hair cut in more than a year. So gross! I haven’t had any time. Seriously. On the weekends, salons are completely booked or I’ve been out of town or otherwise pre-occupied, like taking my nephews to…

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Fashion Friday: Halloween

We are throwing a Halloween bash next Friday and wondering what people have in mind for costumes this year. I’ve never been good at putting anything creative together. It goes back to when I was a kid and my mom…

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Fashion Friday: Sex and the City

Check it out. Marc took this picture of me in front of Carrie Bradshaw’s home from Sex and the City. Apparently, her home was supposed to be on the Upper West Side (I don’t know the details), but the actual…

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Fashion Friday: NYC Ballet

Whoops, I’ve been having so much fun I barely go online. It’s very refreshing to miss out on all the negative media! I think we need a break from warring politicos, the recession, and reality TV. Except that I’m addicted…

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Fashion Friday: Hollywood

You know what I like about LA? People dress like the weather–bright and colorful. There was this Japanese girl on our flight wearing white socks with black pumps, short navy shorts, and big glasses without lenses in them! We were…

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Fashion Friday: Would You Ever Get a Tattoo?

My sophomore year of college, I wanted to get a tattoo. My mom didn’t just talk me out of it. She screamed me out of it. “You will not get a tattoo! Do not put a single mark on that…

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Fashion Friday: Design

Steve Jobs, thank you for all that you’ve accomplished. I’m proud to say that my very first computer was an Apple IIe. I bought a Mac in my first year in college—as did so many of us in the dorms….

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Fashion Friday: The Olsen Twins

I was up until the wee hours drawn into the Olsens Anonymous blog last night. Maybe because the Olsen Twins are my size. Maybe because they’re California girls living in NYC and I’m heading there next month for 9 days….

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Fashion Friday: Shirtless

Ooh-la-la! Time to go shirtless. Last weekend, we watched the new movie Crazy, Stupid, Love starring Steve Carrell and Ryan Gosling. The beginning was good, the ending was predictable, and the middle could have used a lot more editing. I…

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