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Party Dresses

You’ve got your party shoes on, makeup perfeclty applied and holiday tunes playing (and don’t forget your festive hair accessory!)- now all you need is a fab dress! Here are a few (mostly around $100) that I’m loving right now, and some …

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Party Ready Beauty

I love holiday makeup – it’s so fun and festive! And there are some beauty products I’ve been especially loving lately, so I thought I’d share my favorites for getting party ready! 1. Dr. Dennis Gross Alpha Beta Glow Pads / 2. Giorgio …

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Weekend Recap

And by weekend, I really mean Thanksgiving. Nothing like a quick race by the capitol to start the day, followed by donuts, football, and an amazing Thanksgiving day dinner. Which was promptly followed by food comas, in humans and dogs alike. photograph not …

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Happy (Black) Friday!

I hope you all had a wonderful Thanksgiving! I’m enjoying a lazy day of recovery, eating leftovers and watching movie marathons on tv. I’ve actually never shopped on Black Friday but I have some online and DC-area suggestions below if you are so …

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Introducing ShoeMint

I’ve featured JewelMint here before, and you’ve may have also heard of some of the other ‘mint’ sites like BeautyMint or StyleMint – but my love of shoes surpasses all other, so I just had to share the latest edition – …

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NYC Weekend

I hope you’ve had a wonderful weekend! I had an absolute blast in NYC – we took the bus up completely spontaneously to catch a friend’s band who was playing in the city. I may be biased, but I think they’re great – catch …

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Happy Friday!

Yesterday was not a fun day for me (technical difficulties here, stress, etc.), but thankfully everything is back to normal today – and to celebrate (and get away briefly), I’m headed to NYC for the night with some friends! I’ll have lots of …

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Learning To Arrange

H.Bloom, a subscription-based floral delivery service that just launched in DC, hosted a flower arranging party at Room and Board last night to share their “Arrange Your Own” collection! St-Germain cocktails and DIY flower arranging? Talk about a …

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Thanksgiving Inspiration

I can’t believe Thanksgiving is next week! And even though I don’t go home for it anymore, it’s still one of my favorite holidays. I love having a few friends over for a big dinner after cooking and getting ready all day. Which is sort of …

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Cozy Weekend

I hope you had a great weekend! I spent most of it curled up, cozy, catching up on my favorite television shows, blogs and chatting with friends. Sometimes it’s nice to take a bit of a break to relax, and when you do, you might as well cozy up in style, …

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