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Snippets of Christmas

December 29, 2011

Here Comes Gina enjoyed an especially wonderful Christmas this year. Joe and I hosted every member of our immediate families (a first) for the fourth Christmas Eve in a row. We worked like elves on speed in the weeks leading up to Christmas to prepare our house, the gifts and the menu, and our diligence [...]

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HCG’s Personal Christmas Wishlist

December 16, 2011

Dear Santa,
Above is a collage depicting the items on HCG’s personal Christmas wishlist. These items are listed below in no particular order of desirability, so feel free to choose whatever you like.
FYI – I am publishing this to my readers so they may use my personal wishlist as gift suggestions for their friends and [...]

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And the Winner is…

December 14, 2011

Congratulations to the winner of the Lucky FABB swag bag giveaway: NORAH MAXWELL!
Here’s how the incredibly sophisticated selection process worked: I manually typed the names of all those who left comments into the list randomizer on random.org. I excluded (1) comments by my sister’s dog Rusty Ferry, (2) any multiple comments (Jenn, Rusty Ferry) and [...]

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Win the Lucky FABB Swag Bag!

December 12, 2011

HCG is thrilled to announce our first official giveaway!
You may recall that I attended Lucky magazine’s FABB conference in September and promised to write about the tons of goodies that were included in the swag bag. Well, I’m doing you one better: I’m giving away the entire thing (except for the paddle brush pictured [...]

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Gobble up my Money

November 23, 2011

Watch out Philadelphia Premium Outlets: for the 5th Black Friday in a row, Team HCG is coming to town to let your stores gobble up our money. LET’S DO THIS SHIT.
Four years of bundling up and hunting down outlet deals into the wee hours of the morning have taught us valuable lessons, and this year [...]

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Party Rockin’ at Athleta

November 9, 2011

Athleta has arrived in Philadelphia! HCG stopped by the active wear brand’s opening party last night, and the placed was packed. Champagne was flowing, cash registers were ringing and yoga pants were flying off racks. As a fitness fanatic and recent fan of Athleta, I couldn’t be more excited about this welcome addition to Walnut [...]

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