From the monthly archives:

September 2010

The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society

September 29, 2010

September’s book club pick was definitely the most book club-y selection we’ve read in our one-year (!) history: The Guernsey Literary and Potato Peel Pie Society by Mary Ann Shaffer and Annie Barrows. I’d heard a lot about this book (first from my friend Caitlin) and always thought, “It’s impressive that a book with such [...]

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Military Mania

September 21, 2010

The military trend is all over the place lately, and this past spring I became hell bent on finding the perfect military jacket to add to my arsenal of coats and outerwear. I met my perfect match back in May when I encountered the Ecote Surplus Jacket (pictured above; $78.00 at Urban Outfitters) during a lunchtime [...]

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Born That Way

September 20, 2010

Team HCG had the honor of seeing Lady Gaga in concert last week in Philadelphia. As we expected, the show, and the Lady herself, did not disappoint.
Lady Gaga’s 2010 Monster Ball Tour has been wildly successful, and both Philadelphia shows sold out faster than I could click my little computer mouse to buy tickets. Initially, [...]

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Well…Obviously

September 13, 2010

Hawaii 2010 was the best trip we’ve ever taken. It’s difficult to have a bad time in Hawaii, and the combination of a week on Lana’i by ourselves and a week on Kauai with our friends was the perfect way to end summer. A few final photos of our time on Kauai, including the largest [...]

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The Girl Who Played With Fire

September 9, 2010

August’s book club pick was not only my favorite book club selection so far, but also one of the most exhilarating books I’ve read in years: The Girl Who Played With Fire by Stieg Larsson – the sequel to The Girl with the Dragon Tattoo (our March book club pick). This book was so [...]

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Tucker for Target

September 8, 2010

We’re having so much fun in Hawaii we almost forgot about Target’s newest designer collaboration with Tucker which officially launches this Sunday, September 12. Fortunately for us, all the September fashion magazines we’ve been reading on the beach have lots of ads that reminded us.
We haven’t been this excited for a Target designer collection since [...]

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