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January 5, 2014
January 3, 2014
Stay Inside and Warm with Barbara’s Snickerdoodles
Well, Christmas and New Year’s are over, and now the hard months of winter begin. And what a weekend to start off the New Year, with temperatures below zero! In Chicago, it’s best to just curl up with a good book or your best friends under a blanket and enjoy the snow from the inside.
Still, sometimes the dreariness of winter and being cooped up inside gets to be a little much for my girls, who love being up on the roof and going out into the world. One of the best ways to keep the house cheer...
December 30, 2013
Don’t Drop the Ball on New Years Eve: Essentials for a Perfect Night
“It was the night when toasting champagne glasses made anything possible.”- Ivy
New Years Eve can be one of the most magical evenings of your twenty-something existence, or a night you rue until St. Patrick’s Day. NYE is like your high school prom; you have so many expectations you just beg the fates to let them become reality. So what is the recipe to make your dream NYE a reality?
Here are the essential ingredients:
Look Positively Fabulous: Ivy says it best: “It was time to look fabulous.” Fi...
December 27, 2013
The Shy Town Girls New Year’s Resolutions
With 2013 almost over, it’s time to focus on the new year. With all of the fabulous parties in Chicago, it’s easy to just think about New Year’s Eve (What dress to wear? Who will be your midnight kiss?), but the Shy Town Girls have been giving some thought to what they’re resolved to improve upon in 2014. Check out our girls’ New Year’s resolutions!
MerylSo much of publishing is going digital these days, and I want to stay on the cutting edge of it. Whether it’s self-publishing online, reviews...
December 11, 2013
Gift Guide: What Book Will Your Loved One Love?
The holidays are upon us! The lions outside the Art Institute have wreaths around their necks, people are iceskating in Millenium Park, kids are lining up to see Santa at Macy’s, and the Daley Plaza Christmas tree has been erected.
Only two weeks til Christmas? You haven’t even started to think about what to get everyone! No worries, the Shy Town Girls are here to help with Meryl’s gift guide of books (all published in 2013). Which novel will Mom love? What book will your sister actually sit d...
December 10, 2013
All Twenty-Somethings Want for Christmas is…
Making Christmas lists when we were little was so simple! Put down the latest Barbie, a new outfit for Samantha, the American Girl Doll we got for our birthday, and maybe a request for a few new glitter lotions from Bath and Body Works. Now as a twenty-something, I have such a hard time making my Christmas list.
What I actually want to tell my family and friends is that I would love from them to make my heating bill shrink immensely and dinner magically to appear o...
December 3, 2013
Author Jen Yih Looks Back on a Year of Shy Town Girls
Authors Katie Leimkuehler, Jennifer Yih, and Melissa Wilson.
This week marks the one-year anniversary of the first Shy Town Girls novel. On December 8, 2012, Jennifer Yih, Katie Leimkuehler, and Melissa Wilson launched the first novel after months of working as co-writers and publishers.
That first novel revolved around Bobbie and was written primarily by Jen. A lot has changed since then—the ladies have released a second novel and entered new phases of their lives. Jen took a little time this...
