Category Archives: Just Because

Why bitch when you can wine?

“Baggy Winecoat” from www.scandinaviandesigncenter.com Fact: Wine is the Diet Coke of alcohol. It just makes everything better. Parents threatening to make you pay your own cell phone bill again? Wine. Accidentally dried your new Citizens jeans? Wine. Hungover from too much … Continue reading

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I wanna rock your gypsy soul

Listening to: “Into The Mystic” -Van Morrison The rain clouds have finally parted over the skyline of Chicago revealing a sunny city, sizzling with the changing autumn leaves. For the first time, it feels like the midwest fall I know … Continue reading

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Keeping up with the Hilfigers

I am so over this cold weather. Sure it’s all snow angels and hot cocoa at first but when the mercury drops below zero, things aren’t so fun. Which is one of the reasons why I cannot stop watching this … Continue reading

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My mom is still my valentine <3

It’s no secret that I love Valentine’s Day (seen here) but with work and a new apartment to keep up with this year, I ran out of time to make my signature Valentine’s Fortune Cookies. So admittedly, this year was … Continue reading

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Against my better judgement…

Sometimes I think my fashion taste forgets who I am and what I look like. Like today for instance, when I stumbled across these shoes in my salemail and “had to have them.” Sure, they’re fly and I am a … Continue reading

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Chicago, I fell in love again.

  If you read my series of Sin City Survival Tips last spring, you know that I’m a fan of “the series”…and not just of the Harry Potter variety. Well now that I’m finally back in my beloved city of … Continue reading

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Colorful Living a la Kate Spade

I am loving this quirky new video by Ely (eel-eye) Kim for Kate Spade almost as much as I love the campaign he created it for. Kate Spade is kicking off their year of “Living Colorfully” and I couldn’t be … Continue reading

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Riddle me this America…

Please tell me I’m not the only one who noticed this. With the ridiculous amount of useless American Idol commentary a float in this here internet, why has no one pointed out that… Contestant Casey James is the identical male twin … Continue reading

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On My Mind: Graduation

The perfect cake for a happy-go-lucky graduation party …emphasis on the lucky for my fellow classmates looking for jobs! Check it out here: Rainbow Brite Desserts!

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All work and no play….

…makes this blog tragically unattended. I’m back from Vegas and it was more than a success. We followed my basic Sin City Survival Tips and boy did we “survive” …but now it’s back to school and with less than 5 … Continue reading

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