From the monthly archives:

April 2010

The Help

April 28, 2010

It was expected that April’s book club pick would be a hit.  This month’s selection, The Help by Kathryn Stockett, was chosen by book club member Kim and became wildly popular shortly after its publication in early 2009.  The novel spent 50 weeks on The New York Times bestseller list, has received endless praise from [...]

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The Cure for a Gossip Girl Hangover

April 27, 2010

Monday morning used to be the most difficult morning of the work week for me.  Until Gossip Girl.
Ever since I began watching the Greatest Show of Our Time (Vulture’s tag line, not mine), I no longer battle with Mondays (Gossip Girl airs on Monday nights).  Now, Tuesday is my biggest enemy.
Come Tuesday morning, the [...]

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Bargain Blizzards!

April 23, 2010

Many thanks are owed to my mom for alerting me of this big news (there must be some malfunction in my Blizzard Fan Club e-mail subscription since I didn’t get a notification about this): In honor of 25 years of Dairy Queen’s delicious Blizzard treat, our much loved (but once hated) soft serve ice cream [...]

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Zac Posen for Target (in Motion)

April 22, 2010

I swear Target isn’t paying me to constantly write about its designer collaborations (but I wish it was).
In what seems like Target’s 27th designer collaboration of 2010, the mega-retailer has teamed up with Zac Posen for a collection that includes swimwear, a red leather jacket (hmm) and Target’s first ever gown.  The pairing is an [...]

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Summer Staple

April 21, 2010

It goes without saying that tinted moisturizer is one of the most brilliant beauty inventions ever created.  Summer makeup is a pain in the ass, and we love anything that reduces our pre-event prep time.  HCG’s preferred tinted moisturizer is by Laura Mercier, and it’s amazing.
The LM TM (you’ve got that, right?) is a sheer [...]

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Back to Skinny via the Belly Bandit

April 15, 2010

HCG is not pregnant. But we have a lot of friends who are.
When hanging out with pregnant chicks, one learns a good deal about the experience of pregnancy and its ups and downs (from what I know, the downs are outweighed by only one significant up: getting a baby out of the deal).  My sister [...]

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