Y’all, I love beauty pageants. When I was a little girl, I used to stage elaborate versions of Miss America in which I would represent 10 or so different states (the number generally depended on the number of bathing suits I could find) and make my babysitters judge. I always rigged it so Hawaii or […]
So, I have a lot of hair. The color of that hair varies. When I was little, it was what you might call dirty blond. For the past two years (and for most of high school), it was auburn. Then I decided I wanted it really, really blond. Like Gwyneth on the cover of August […]
Why is it that there are 100 different products to add volume to your hair, and none to get rid of it? The reason I’m asking is that my hair — which starts out straight and normal-ish each morning — grows to 80s-era Dallas Cowboy Cheerleader size every afternoon. Not exactly what I’m going for. […]
I was getting a facial today (courtesy of my mother-in-law! Thanks!) and I was thinking about eye cream. I have been wearing eye cream for few years now… maybe five? I can’t really remember. But finding a good one is not easy. I have tried numerous drug store brands, but I hated all of them. […]
Want to see the Suzanne Farrell Ballet, Smokey Robinson, Mambo Sauce and other awesome dancers, musicians and poets free? The Kennedy Center is hosting three nights of free performances as part of a 50-state “Arts in Crisis” tour. The title is pretty alarming (we love you, arts!), but it sounds like a great opportunity. You […]
Women are not men. It seems kind of obvious, right? But apparently all those exercise studies they do that end with articles instructing us to drink chocolate milk after running, eat more protein for recovery and carbo load before a big race? Yeah, they only studied men. Nice.
I think we should all take a moment and appreciate the following: Hmmm… now how did that one get in there?
The other day, I was sitting in the doctor’s office, waiting for a shot in my foot to numb this inflamed nerve so I can run. I have a terrible problem with needles — even if I don’t look at it or think about it, getting a shot or getting my blood drawn makes me […]
This article about the popularity of “so” at the beginning of sentences is a few weeks old, but I thought it was interesting. Perhaps because I am sooo guilty of doing it. So, what do you think?