She went through labor for you; you labor over her once a year. She wins.

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Feel Beautiful: a Celebration of Mothers
What: Local photographer Jennifer Loomis’s elegant, tender portraits of pregnant women.
Why: Won’t be a belly flop.

Memo
From: Adult Selves
To: Teenage Selves
Re: Mom

Sure, you can’t stand her now. She scrutinizes your friends, your hairstyle, your posture. And can’t she just stay the hell out of your room?

But trust us: One day you’ll ...

Sure, you had plenty of Eeyore moments during the rainy season (take the entire gloomy, doomy month of February, for example).

But now that spring has officially sprung, you’re as winsome as Pooh. Which makes you want to celebrate by ...

You had big plans to check out the Olympic Sculpture Park but got lost in a pot de creme at Boat Street Cafe. You can’t wait for first Thursdays — once Grey’s Anatomy wraps. And you’d be pumped about the ...

Convenient or not, things are heating up this weekend.

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Thaw Fashion Show
What: Spring/summer fashion show and auction (with prizes like an NYC Fashion Week vacation) benefits the Huntington’s Disease Society of America.
Why: You came, you thaw, ...

Even without a ring on your finger, you’ve always suspected all that “something old, something new” business would never bring good luck. (One time you put six pennies in your shoe; all you got was a sore foot.)

But there ...

If The Jesus and Mary Chain can reunite at Coachella this weekend, anything’s possible.

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Glassybaby
What: Cult fave votive company unveils its new Madrona shop.
Why: You could use a touch of glass.
When: Mon.-Sat., 10 a.m.-5 p.m.; Sun., 10 ...