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Time to Make the Doughnuts

March 16, 2010

Fact: It’s difficult to descend back to normal life after vacation.
Joe and I just returned from a few days in the Bahamas.  The weather was beautiful, the beaches were serene and the pace was slow.  I caught up on important reading (Us Weekly and New Moon), took more than a few naps and ate ice [...]

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H&M: Heartless & Mean

January 6, 2010

Just when we thought H&M could do no wrong, our favorite cheap chic chain goes and lets us down.
An article in today’s New York Times exposed a horrific practice at the H&M in Herald Square: the store destroys brand new clothing on a nightly basis and dumps it outside the store where homeless people pick [...]

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Gift Guide: Required Reading

December 15, 2009

The Gift Guide is BACK!  Today we focus our festive energy on gifts involving the written word.  That sounds pretty serious, doesn’t it?  Don’t worry – read on.
Magazine Subscriptions
Ladies love magazines.  Many women (and men) aren’t inclined to subscribe to magazines themselves, and the gift of a subscription shows the recipient how much you care [...]

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Juergen Teller + Marc Jacobs

September 22, 2009

Yes, it’s a third straight day about fashion at HCG, but fear not faithful readers (cough*CF*cough) – I’ll get back to freaking out on Dairy Queen and Target soon enough.
Cathy Horyn, the New York Times fashion critic, hosted a discussion with German-born photographer Juergen Teller on September 12.  For the past 11 years, Teller has [...]

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Olsen Love

August 27, 2009

Thank you, New York Times Style section, for making today worth living.  It’s a happy Thursday at HCG: God has blessed us with a new article on Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen.
I love the Olsen sisters.  I think they have amazing personal style and impressive business savvy.  Their 2008 fashion interview book Influence (thoughtfully gifted by [...]

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