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A Few Awesome, Fun Things To Do This Halloween, Besides That Stupid Parade:

by DianaOctober 25, 2010 Activities

As you may have noticed, Halloween is an important holiday for New Yorkers, by which I mean an important excuse for excessive partying and debauchery. The annual Halloween Parade in the Village is an institution, and definitely worth checking out [...]

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One Shoe To Rule Them All

by DianaOctober 13, 2010 Fashion

If only… there is no perfect shoe, but there are some strong contenders in the all-purpose, work-appropriate/bike-appropriate/walking-appropriate flats category. Here are my favorites:
Vans Lesley (pictured above): More like sneakers than flats, these are my favorite weekend shoes. I can ride [...]

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Tips For Hemming Your Jeans From A Person Who Knows

by DianaSeptember 27, 2010 Fashion

To Hem Or Not To Hem: There Is No Question.
If you’re of the shorter persuasion, like myself, you most likely have a close relationship with your tailor. EVERY single pair of pants or jeans I have ever bought has needed [...]

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How To Save Those Shrunken Jeans? Take A Bath.

by DianaSeptember 16, 2010 Fashion

I accidentally ran my brand-new jeans through the dryer and they shrunk by a whole size. They fit me like a glove when I bought them, but now they were cutting off my circulation!
I wore them around the house, did [...]

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Brew Your Own Beer: Success! My First Homebrew

by DianaAugust 30, 2010 Activities

As promised, I have brewed my own beer… and it’s delicious! It does not taste like soap! It’s a golden-red ale, super sparkling and foamy. Yum.
Quite a relief actually, because for the past few weeks I’ve been slightly concerned that [...]

Fashion Disasters: Mistakes from my Childhood

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by DianaAugust 19, 2010 Fashion

Looking through my childhood photo albums I was shocked to realize that my wardrobe hasn’t changed much since I was a young’un. Since I wear jeans and t-shirts every day I don’t know why that was so surprising, but I [...]

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Buff Your Way To Beautiful Nails

by DianaAugust 3, 2010 Beauty

While Laura goes for a new nail color every few days I hardly ever paint my nails. I guess I like the natural look. Or maybe I’m forced to since I always mess up the polish within minutes and I [...]

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Brew Your Own Beer: First Steps

by DianaJuly 22, 2010 Food and Booze

About a year ago I tasted my friend’s pepper-infused homebrewed ale. It was one of the best beers I’ve ever had. I was impressed because I’ve tried so many home-brews that tasted like taste soy sauce. Or soap. Blech. But [...]

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How To Dye Your Clothes The Easy Way: iDye!

by DianaJuly 5, 2010 Fashion

For my first experiment with dyeing fabric, I used iDye. Supposedly this new “no mess” product will dye fabric in a washing machine. A washing machine! How easy. I was very excited. My husband and co-owner of said washing machine, [...]

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Regrettable Tattoo? Tips For Covering It Up

by DianaJune 24, 2010 Body Art

It’s happened to the best of us: you have a few drinks and decide that it would be a great idea to let your friend handpoke a tattoo that reads “BEER” on your leg. Or maybe your ex-boyfriend’s name is [...]

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Adopting A Dog: Awesome. But Harder And More Expensive Than I Knew!

by DianaJune 7, 2010 Living

About 10 months ago, my husband Adam and I adopted Brooklyn, a three-year-old pitbull/bulldog mix, from a rescue in Manhattan. Look how cute she is!! She’s the first dog I’ve ever had, so I really didn’t understand what we were [...]

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I Am Finally Old

by DianaMay 19, 2010 Editorial

I’m turning thirty next week. To celebrate this momentous occasion when I finally become a Woman, Mr. Smith is taking me to Amsterdam, where we will consume massive amounts of drugs and party all night with hookers, cause that’s what [...]

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What’s The Point Of The iPad?

by DianaMay 10, 2010 Editorial

With the recent arrival of the Apple iPad, there’s been a lot of discussion about the future of book publishing and the role of the e-book. An article in the New Yorker recently described the intense competition between Apple [...]

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BBQ Looks That Forego The Cut-Offs for Girlie Pretty

by DianaApril 30, 2010 Editorial

Tomorrow is going to be 86 and sunny in NYC. Yes! That means it’s the start of bar-b-q season. Clean off your grill and start cooking.
BBQ by Burkeys BBQ featuring
Items in this set:
Candia woven mini dress, $705
Cruiser mini dress, [...]

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Earth Day: What You Can Do Right Now To Delay The Impending Apocalypse

by DianaApril 22, 2010 Editorial

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After watching The Cove the other night, I was feeling pretty miserable and depressed: the slaughtered dolphins, the polluted oceans, the toxins flowing up the food chain and into our lunches… what hope is there for [...]

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Tips For Living In A Small Apartment

by DianaApril 13, 2010 Home and Interiors

My husband and I have been slowly renovating our apartment over the last two years to maximize storage and increase floor space. We have less than 500 square feet, but tons of crap to fill it. Probably because Adam [...]

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Lita Ford, Why Have The Runaways Forsaken You?

by DianaApril 2, 2010 Editorial

I just saw The Runaways, and while it’s not as bad as I thought it would be, I was disappointed that Lita Ford was completely ignored. She had aproximately 4 lines, and there wasn’t even a “where are they now” postcript at [...]

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Kryptonite Bike Locks: Thumbs Up

by DianaMarch 25, 2010 Home and Interiors

Protect what you love! If you live in New York and ride a halfway decent bike, you probably own a Kryptonite lock. I have the New York Chain, pictured here. Yes, it weighs 10 pounds. This might seem extreme, but [...]

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Before and After and After: Bathroom Makeover

by DianaMarch 15, 2010 Home and Interiors

When we first moved in, our bathroom was a windowless closet of florescent lighting and stark white walls. It was gross. We couldn’t afford to spend a lot to remodel, but my darling friend Cody stepped up with a master [...]

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Editor’s Page: Hair Of The Dog

by DianaMarch 5, 2010 Pets

…may not be enough to keep them warm. Plus, how cute is your puppy in a little plaid toggle coat?
Of course, dogs aren’t the only pets that look adowable in people clothes.
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