What Would You Wear To The Oscars, If Nominated?
What would you wear, if you were nominated for an Oscar? Important to remember that if you were nominated, it’d mean you were a talented
March 2, 2014
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Year: 2014
Rain, Brains, And Matthew McConaughey, Or Saturday Morning at 8:21am
In the past couple of days I have: almost left an earring at an airport ExpressSpa, run through SFO to retrieve it, attended with my
March 1, 2014
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Makeup & Skincare
Life’s Little Privileges: L’Occitane’s Shea Butter Lip Balm
I never used lip balm much. But the St. Regis Princeville keeps L’Occitane toiletries in their bathrooms. (Amenities seems like such a euphemistic word, does
February 27, 2014
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Fierce at 50
How Do 50+ Women Become Visible?
Do we become invisible, we women past 50? And if so, can we reappear? A reader emailed me to say she and her her friend
February 25, 2014
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Literature & the Arts
Found Galleries, Or, Saturday Morning at 9:10am
I’m not sure when, exactly, I began to check the weather where my children live. When they were in college I would read their school
February 22, 2014
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Style
Something Else You Should Think About Buying Although It Doesn’t Fit Me
Tomboys love to polish up their jeans with a casual jacket. Inspired by a post from Sally at Already Pretty, I ordered this one from
February 20, 2014
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Fierce at 50
Artsy Cousin Shows Us How To Wear Boyfriend Jeans – With Enough Color To Perk Up The Winter Grays
Remember Artsy in Boulder? She who brightened these pages back in March of 2013? Well, this Artsy Cousin is really Debbie in Colorado, and she’s
February 18, 2014
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Blogosphere
Privilege Reports To The Board, (i.e., You) On 13 Longish, Slowish Steps To Blog Readership, Or, Saturday Morning at 10:34am
Exactly 5 years ago today I published the first post on Privilege. It was about High WASP Valentines. And yes, it was a day late.
February 15, 2014
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Style
An Object Of Desire: The Pointy-Toed Flat
Have you noticed? Suddenly all toes triangulate. While some of us may be reluctant to move on from ballet slippers and almond-ended pumps, pointy-toes have
February 13, 2014
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Raptures/Analysis
Are Luxury Goods “Fleecing” Us?
Readers have recently commented, on a couple of posts, about pricing of goods like jeans and blue French jackets. We might add t-shirts to the
February 11, 2014
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Rain, Narrative, Baptism, Or, Saturday Morning at 8:34am
Some facts, and a little associated speculation. It’s finally raining in the Bay Area. Maybe we’ll be able to take showers this summer. Personal hygiene
February 8, 2014
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Food
6 Ways To Win A Sturdy Gal’s Valentine Heart
Cue brief spate of curmudgeonly grumbling. Valentine’s Day, like Christmas at its nadir, has a bad habit of turning substandard stuff into “gifts.” I mean,
February 6, 2014
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