Chicago Chic
One Book, One Chicago Launches With Literary Icon Toni Morrison

One Book, One Chicago Launches With Literary Icon Toni Morrison

Here is Why I Love Chicago Reason #2,055
It’s that time of year again; when Chicago launches it’s citywide reading program, One Book, One Chicago. This innovative program brings together a diverse group of peeps from all over the city to cultivate a culture of reading and discussion. The first book of choice is “A Mercy” [...]

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Texas Star
Discovering Tito’s Handmade Vodka

Discovering Tito’s Handmade Vodka

While I usually prefer wine with my dinner, any proper Southern Girl knows, that you should have at least one good cocktail in your repertoire.   Be it a margarita made famous by every Tex-Mex restaurant in the Southwest, the cosmo of Sex and the City fame, the Derby’s infamous Mint Julep or James Bond’s martini [...]

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Beauty Confidential
Make-up Products I Can’t Live Without

Make-up Products I Can’t Live Without

Sometimes you discover a product that is too good to be true. You can’t believe what you have been paying for another similar product with not as great results and are in shock how something can be better and more affordable.
Here are some of my favorite make-up products I can’t live without. My [...]

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Design Diva
Maximize Your Design Dollars By Going Neutral

Maximize Your Design Dollars By Going Neutral

If you have a tight budget to redecorate a room or are simply not ready to commit to a certain color scheme, consider going neutral! “Going neutral” may sound boring, but it is actually both a smart and beautiful idea for many spaces.
Why go neutral? If you are on a budget, going neutral is a safe [...]

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Southernista
My Sister’s House Announces 2nd Annual Bubbly & Brew Event in Charleston, SC

My Sister’s House Announces 2nd Annual Bubbly & Brew Event in Charleston, SC

My Sister’s House presents the 2nd Annual Bubbly and Brew  on Thursday, October 7th from 6-10:30pm at Omar Shrine Temple in Mount Pleasant. Guests will dine on tasty food selections from High Thyme, Home Team BBQ, Gullah Cuisine, and Glass Onion as well as sip on champagne, cocktails from Firefly Distillery and beers from [...]

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Fashion’s Night Out Miami

Fashion’s Night Out Miami

Don’t miss the biggest fashion party in history – Fashion’s Night Out, a global celebration of style. Created by the fashion industry and Vogue magazine, each participating city will put their own exciting spin on the festivities to remind consumers just how much fun shopping can be. Especially if it’s for a good cause!
In Southern [...]

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Miami Maven
Art After Dark at the Art Museum of the Americas

Art After Dark at the Art Museum of the Americas

End your summer with a drink on a sprawling outdoor terrace and enjoy live music sets by DJ Smudge, Adrian Parson’s band EXACTLY, and improvisational percussion from Argentina at the Art Museum of the Americas on Thursday, September 2 from 8 pm until midnight.

The event, which helps support the public programs and exhibitions of the museum, features [...]

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Capital Sophisticate
Holli Thompson and Katherine Berger Present an Age Reversing Lifestyle Event

Holli Thompson and Katherine Berger Present an Age Reversing Lifestyle Event

Holli Thompson and Katherine Berger invite men and women and to learn about nutrition, meditate, and practice yoga, as they learn the secrets to turning back time at Barrel Oak Winery in Delaplane, Virginia on Tuesday, September 21st from 9:30 a.m. until 2:30 p.m. Holli Thompson is the Nutritional Stylist. She specializes in helping [...]

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Capital Sophisticate
Emmy’s 2010: Fashion Review

Emmy’s 2010: Fashion Review

Last night marked the 62nd Prime Time TV Emmy Awards, which were hosted by none other than late-nighter Jimmy Fallon. Although the night may be centered around the awards being handed out, for many the red carpet is where the real attention is. It is the best- and worst- dressed awards that are often best [...]

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Fashion Quintessential
Fashion’s Night Out Hits Washington, DC September 10th

Fashion’s Night Out Hits Washington, DC September 10th

Polish your stiletto’s for this years Fashion Night Out DC on September 10, 2010 from 6 p.m. – 11 p.m, when the Georgetown style district will come together to celebrate an evening of shopping, entertainment and fashion. Expect everything from live music, Cirque du Soleil, a chic lounge for shoppers to kick up their heels [...]

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Capital Sophisticate
10th Annual KEEN Benefit at French Embassy

10th Annual KEEN Benefit at French Embassy

SAVE THE DATE!  KEEN’s (Kids Enjoy Exercise Now) 10th annual silent auction and dinner will be held at the fabulous French Embassy on Friday, November 5.  Guests are invited to indulge in delicious cuisine created by chefs from Washington DC’s finest restaurants and bid on a wide-range of exciting and exclusive silent auction items.

Funds raised [...]

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Capital Sophisticate
Take Your Dog to Happy Hour in Chicago!

Take Your Dog to Happy Hour in Chicago!

After work, I often find myself facing the same moral dilemma- do I join my friends for happy hour or do I go home and spend time with my pooch, Piper. After being gone for 8 hours, I feel just terrible about leaving him for another 2 or 3. Well, thank goodness Joe’s Bar has [...]

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Chicago Chic
Planning For An Organized School Year

Planning For An Organized School Year

Being organized is an essential part of life. However, organization is a habit that is not typically taught in school. Children need to know the basics of organization in order to be prepared for the school year. By taking a little extra time to implement a few simple organizing systems, your children [...]

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Organized Affairs
Review of Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers

Review of Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers

Having read Blink: The Power of Thinking Without Thinking and Outliers: The Story of Success, I was curious to read Malcolm Gladwell’s Outliers: The Story of Success to discover how it compared to his previous books, the first of which I enjoyed the second not so much. I must say that similar to his other [...]

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Critiquette
West Hollywood: Lori Bregman’s Healing Flow Class At Up Dog Yoga

West Hollywood: Lori Bregman’s Healing Flow Class At Up Dog Yoga

I  took Lori Bregman’s healing flow class at Up Dog Yoga in WeHo last night.  Lori was helping me with some huge life obstacles last year–she works as a life coach….when I found out she was teaching a healing class, I was thrilled!  So thrilled that this is part of the reason [...]

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Hollywood Star
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