Monthly Archives: August 2006

August 4, 2006 – 5:00 am

Friday Five

It’s August.  What meaning does August have for you?  Back-to-school, vacation, trying to fit all of the activities you had planned for summer into 31 days?  Well, for me, August means primarily September magazines.  Fall ads, and lots of them.  For the Friday Five, my five most-anticipated September titles: 1.   Vanity Fair (not anticipated, I’m reading […]

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August 3, 2006 – 5:00 am

Strapless admiration

As I accumulate my wardrobe for my virtual life, where I am not sweltering, nor waiting for soccer practice to end, I am continually drawn to strapless dresses.  They seem so elegant, and I imagine the party or dinner I am attending which requires said dress.  Sadly, every time I try on a strapless dress, […]

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August 2, 2006 – 5:00 am

Martha Martha Martha

Today, I am not at Saks Fifth Avenue perusing the Michon Schur collection, as I do not live in NYC.  This fall, I will also not be at Martha’s 15th Anniversary Celebration.  Held on Saturday, September 30 and Sunday, October 1, it’s chock-full of seminars and workshops to unleash your inner Martha.  If I were to […]

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August 1, 2006 – 5:00 am

Take a quiz?

If you are among the 40% (or so) of Americans who approve of President Bush, a warning: you will not enjoy today’s link.  The remaining 60% can go to the New Yorker’s web site and take Paul Slansky’s “Bush Quiz: The Twentieth Hundred Days.”  Can you get a perfect score?

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