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March 14, 2013
Rethink Your Outerwear
Warm weather is just around the corner—peel off those parkas and get ready for spring with these revamped classic cover-ups. 1. The Blazer – now in fresh florals. 2. The Tuxedo Jacket – in vest form, the perfect layering piece. 3. The Biker – softened up for spring in boucle and pastels. Filed under: Simple Tip
Help a Reader Out! How Do You Store Your Contact Lenses?
Yesterday, reader Ashley tweeted with a question about how to organize contacts. I got all excited thinking about the different digital tools, address books, and apps she could use until we tweeted back and forth and I realized she meant contact lenses. Can you tell I just wear glasses? So since I clearly can’t organize my own contact lenses to help [...]
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March 13, 2013
10 Tips for Brushing Your Pet’s Teeth
“You don’t have to brush all the teeth, just the ones you want to keep!” quips Patricia Dominguez, a practicing veterinary dental technician specialist at Gotham Veterinary Center in New York. (Full disclosure: my vet) It took a minute to sink in, though I realized two things at once: 1) This was no joke. 2) There would be no cutting [...]
Beautiful Hostess Gifts from Beurre & Sel
That’s a pretty good looking cookie isn’t it? No surprise there since it’s a Jammer from Beurre & Sel, a cookie company from Dorie Greenspan and her son Josh. But it’s not just that these cookies are guaranteed to be delicious that makes them a great hostess gift (though that’s enough in my book), the double whammy is the stunning [...]
Think Twice Before Adding Oil to Cooked Pasta
I’m completely guilty of this cooking mistake. If my pasta is done before the rest of my dinner, I instinctively reach for the olive oil. But now it’s time to retrain myself. Why? Because adding oil to freshly cooked pasta means that any sauce you put on afterward just won’t stick. Period. Instead add a little bit of sauce to [...]
Wednesday Trivia: Why Losing Sleep Means Gaining Weight
How much weight do you think you’d gain if you slept for only five hours a night, instead of nine? A new study from the University of Colorado at Boulder has found the answer, and it’s significant: You’d gain about two pounds in a mere five days. For the study, researchers monitored 16 healthy adults in a controlled hospital setting, [...]
Wednesday Trivia: Why Losing Sleeps Means Gaining Weight
How much weight do you think you’d gain if you slept for only five hours a night, instead of nine? A new study from the University of Colorado at Boulder has found the answer, and it’s significant: You’d gain about two pounds in a mere five days. For the study, researchers monitored 16 healthy adults in a controlled hospital setting, [...]
How Do You Organize Receipts?
Over the weekend, not only did I prepare and e-file my taxes, I also started a massive clean out project of all of the paper clutter that has been living in my apartment (and the apartments before this one!). I used to be a meticulous receipt saver and organizer. Matching them up with my bank statements and filing them away [...]
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