Feeling Nutty
Sometimes it seems like old-fashioned letter writing is going the way of the dinosaur.
You fire off boring emails and whip out cryptic text messages, but the soul is gone.
Bring the flavor back to your correspondence with Pistachio ...
Winners’ Circle
And the winners are …
| Best Style Gretchen Hitchner Ginger Boutique Former Hill staffer Gretchen Hitchner was as fed up as the rest of us in her hunt for cute outfits. So she did something about it by making her ... |
Shirtysomething
When you retire, you plan to spend your days lounging on the couch.
Why should your hardworking garments be any different?
Designer Rebecca Juliette-Duex creates snazzy custom pillows from old button-down blouses — so you can retire them with good ...
Still Ballin’
You haven’t seen this many balls since Chuck E. Cheese. Throw on your LBD, plug in the iPod, and we’ll cover the rest.
What you’ll wear: ear buds
What you’ll listen to: “Melodies & Desires,” by Lykke Li
One, Two, Cha Cha Cha
Minutes into a conversation with the smartest, funniest person you’ve ever met, he asks your opinion on the policies of some two-bit congressman from a fly-over state. What do you do?
a) Feign illness.
b) Make like a candidate, emphasizing ...
Well Hung
Tonight: bubbly, ball dropping, and party favors. Tomorrow: you pay.
We’ve been there (oh, have we been there). Hence, our tried-and-true regimen for beating holiday hangovers.
What: Pickle juice
When: You wake up feeling like death.
Why: Sounds horrid, but ...
The Weekend Guide
Practice patience this weekend (or you could lose it next week).
BUY
Hoopla Closing Sale
What: The ecoboutique takes up to 75 percent off jewelry, furnishings, and clothing by designers like EcoSkin and Kate Organics.
Why: Hoop, there it was.
When:
Back to the Future
We interrupt dreamy childhood nostalgia with the newsflash that Marcia Brady had a coke habit. And mom’s soft, warm chocolate cookies? Not home baked (unless you grew up on Pepperidge Farm).
Still, rosy retrospective beats therapy — so rewrite your ...
