He stood in the Purple Rain and under the Cherry Moon, bathed in the waters of Lake Winnatonaka and partied like it was 1999 (never gets old). In the movie of my life (starring Sanaa Lathan as moi) Prince’s music provides the bass pumping, sex-infused soundtrack. Besides being a living musical legend (and bonafide F-O-X) [...]
View Article inspiration, Prince, STYLEFashion History, Doing it Yourself, and Breaking Stereotypes Edited by: Marie Denee of The Curvy Fashionista My first week editing the Links a`la Mode and it was such a pleasure to peruse the latest jewels from the blogosphere! Imagine viewing the history of fashion through the lens of a exhibition or a syllabus of what [...]
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Crazy women setting out for adventure. I’m a firm believer that if you really want to get to know someone, go away with them. Whether for a special occasion or just to get the hell out of dodge, there’s something about being out of your typical element with amazing friends that really opens the lines of friendship [...]
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It seems that the ‘10 will be the decade of the Quirky Girl (you heard it here first). The Rhoda to the sweet Mary Tyler Moore. The Lucy to the well meaning Ethel. Fran Drescher to the stick up the butt C.C. Babcock. The eccentric, goofy friend that reads Proust, wears abstract designers and knows [...]
View Article Quirky, STYLEFollow my blog with bloglovin You, Only Better Edited by: Ann Colville Somma of Holier than Now It’s a strange culture we live in: we’re always told Just be yourself!, yet the bestseller list is chock-full of self-help books and memoirs depicting radical change. Finding the balance between total transformation and chilling in our pajamas [...]
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“Fathers be good to your daughters Daughters will LOVE like you do Girls become lovers, who turn into mothers So mothers be GOOD to your daughters too”— -John Mayer “Daughters” Father’s Day is always particularly hard for me. My father isn’t in my life and every Sear’s “Buy Dad a lawnmower/grill/tools” commercial reminds me of that sad [...]
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I read Deepak Chopra, I subscribe to Zen Habits, hell I even listen to Oprah on Sirius (don’t judge me). I’m hellbent on improving myself and living as Oprah says “my best life yet” (I thought it was one life to live, but who’s going to correct the Big O?) While I’m constantly searching for [...]
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I hate business attire! There I said it! Business attire deserves a very special place in style hell right next to Bai Ling and stone wash denim. Matching pinstripe suit jackets and skirts, chunky loafers and dreadful khaki pants are often what women are relegated to in pursuit of dressing smart and stylishly while navigating [...]
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It’s Monday again yall (doh) and like most other “traditional” employees, I live (LIVE!!!) for my weekends off and with the weather finally breaking, the weekends are the perfect time to get out and see your city. While I typically write or do freelance work on my Sats and Suns, the weekends are the perfect [...]
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