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Entertaining

What Is A Michelada?

I was wondering the same thing when I ordered one at brunch yesterday. But I am now full of information on the topic, thanks to our very helpful waitress, so I’ll tell you. It’s a Mexican cocktail that consists of a beer poured over a mixture of lime, salt, and various hot sauces or chiles....

Style

Navy And Nearly Nautical

In which I shop for a car down by the river. P.S. (Yes, a P.S. before the body of a post; I’m feeling wildly avant-garde today) I’m trying out a slightly new format that I hope will help the home page load nice and speedily. So with photo-heavy style posts, the bulk of the post...

Makeup & Beauty

Back To Basics

You’ve heard me moaning about my oft-troublesome skin from time to time: the post-pregnancy period has been less-than-kind to my face, and now with the weather turning…I’ve had it.

Home

A Decor Question For You!

OK, so here's one of the little decor challenges going on with our home-to-be:

The bathrooms.

They're not bad by any means...but they don't have a ton of personality. Which is a good thing, in many ways. So many possibilities!

Lifestyle

Dove & DailyCandy DryBar Event

I've never been to DryBar before. It is so nice.

Despite said niceness, for some reason I thought it would be a good idea to dress like Britney Spears c. 2008. I have no excuse for that one, other than the fact that you really can't put denim shorts and sparkle stars together in a single item of clothing and not expect me to hand over a credit card.

Anyway, DryBar is lovely. You get a little "menu" of options for blow-out styles (I went for "The Straight Up": a straightforward blowout with a little volume at the roots and slight bend at the ends, but I saw lots of other girls go for "The Mai-Tai", which is beachy, loose waves), and you're out the door in about half an hour, including washing time.

Baby

Favorite New Game

Pulling stuff out of the bottom dresser drawer one at a time, freaking out over it a little bit, and then throwing it on the ground.