I am so annoyed that I forgot my camera on Friday night, because my girlfriends and I went first to the Boom Boom Room (at the top of The Standard Hotel in Meatpacking) and then to Fig & Olive for dinner to celebrate Morgan's birthday, and it was all so fun and beautiful.
I guess it seems obvious in retrospect, but prior to Sunday I was genuinely confused about how a prenatal massage worked. Namely...how do they do it?
These might be the best fancy chocolates (I put those in a separate category from, say, Snickers) that I have ever eaten in my life. I would have taken a picture of the selection that Melissa brought me the other day as a Pre-Baby gift...but it's gone.
Please order some, so you can see what I'm talking about for yourself. Recommended: the Mint Cream Patty (oh my god), the chocolate-covered Oreos, and the Marzipan Rolls. Check out their entire selection here.
And apparently there's a location in Grand Central, which means that a trip to Midtown is happening today. You think I'm kidding? I'm not.
The new fall earrings from Lizzie Fortunato (from left: Smoky Prickly Pear, Brown Eagle, Prickly Pear) might be my favorite pieces that I've seen in awhile: they manage to be simultaneously incredibly unique and easy to wear anywhere, with anything (with jeans during the day, paired with a silk blouse at night). I'm crazy about Lizzie Fortunato generally these days (I wore one of her necklaces in this post); her stuff is just so different, so eye-catching, and so well-priced for statement pieces of this caliber.
Oh, fine: let's look at one more.
(That's the Oh, Pioneer bracelet. Sigh.)
Do not drink coffee while in a fully horizontal reclining position while wearing your husband's Little League jersey. Just don't do it. But if you do, and the obvious result should happen to occur (oops), all is not lost!
Classic, seasonal, and luxe messenger bag options.
I love hearing from readers who have started their own companies - love it. It's brave, and fantastic, and such an inspiration.
As an example: reader Susannah recently wrote to tell me that she started producing a line of balms called The Lipper, and that they sell...wait for it...a lavender flavor. Boom.
She sent some over for me to try, and it's lovely stuff - non-greasy, perfectly moisturizing, and, yes, smells exactly like lavender. I'm way early on this one, but it bears mentioning that this would make quite the stocking stuffer for those who are similarly obsessed with the stuff.
Lots more flavors available; check out the entire Acoustic Handmade shop here. (Susannah would also like to offer you free shipping on any order with the coupon code "ramshackleglam".)
Guys - or at least the guys in my life - have this unfortunate habit of a) buying everything that they want for themselves when they want it, rather than waiting for a holiday, and b) answering the question "What do you want" with a foot-shuffle and an "I dunno...nothing, really."
There is SO much information and judgment out there about pregnancy and how to "do it right," and the simple truth is that there is no single "right" way to "do" pregnancy.
I rarely talk about products I don't like - mostly because I don't see the point; I'd rather tell you about things I recommend - but I get so many queries about the WEN by Chaz Dean line I thought I'd let you know my thoughts. And those thoughts are: eh.
WEN, for those of you unfamiliar with the products, is a non-lathering (soap-free) haircare line that's sort of the anti-shampoo: it purports to eliminate the "harsh and damaging" chemicals and detergents found in other cleansers, thereby leaving your hair soft and healthy.
I ordered a box of products a couple of years ago on the enthusiastic recommendation of a friend, and kept it up for about three months (over the course of which I tried both the Sweet Almond Mint and Cucumber Aloe lines), and honestly, it just wasn't for me. I didn't like the non-lathering formula - I never got that fresh-from-the-shower super-clean feeling - wasn't a huge fan of the scents, felt like the packaging was a little flimsy and dated-looking (again, this was a couple of years ago; it might've changed), and really didn't like that it seemed virtually impossible to cancel my "subscription" - box after box after box arrived in the mail in the coming months, and though repeated calls to the company ended up removing the charges from my credit card bill, it all made me a little nuts.
But I know that the stuff is billed as basically a miracle product for hair, so I'm wondering: what have those of you who've tried it thought of the line (or similar non-lathering haircare products)? Did you like it? Or were you as on the fence about the stuff as me?
