Career
How To Build A Simple But Powerful Work Wardrobe, From Scratch
A couple of weeks ago, one of you asked for my thoughts on how to build a work wardrobe from scratch. Ah, work clothes. I
October 25, 2016
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Falling Digital Flowers, Or, Saturday Morning at 10:37am
Way back in 1960 my family moved from Cambridge, Massachusetts to the San Francisco Bay Area. Although I spent my college, grad school and early career
October 22, 2016
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Style
Did Everybody Else Already Know This?
I have a secret to tell you. Or maybe I’m the last to know? Men’s wallets are better than women’s. At least if you carry
October 21, 2016
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Gardening
The Small Fall Of The San Francisco Bay Area
In the USA, Fall has been usurped. The Northeast rules our iconography, and yet. Sweaters, boots? It’s still in the 70s where I live. Waves
October 19, 2016
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The Winner Of The Blue Nile Mini-Birthstone Pendant, And, Thank You For Your Stories
Cat won the draw for the birthstone pendant. She wrote, “Although my birthstone is peridot, green has never been my color. I would opt for
October 17, 2016
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Thank You Internet For Growing My Ideas On Friendship, Or, Saturday Morning at 9:16am
I know we often bemoan the state of the Internet. Surely it’s been a home for some of the least civil, most bullying words we’ve
October 15, 2016
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The Key Motif Of 2016, And Maybe 2017
In these days where fashion welcomes, nay proliferates, all kinds of silhouettes, we find ourselves designating “It” items to replace absent mandates. The It bag,
October 14, 2016
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Uncategorized
Shopbop 25% Sale On All Kinds Of Stuff Starts Today
Hi guys. Shopbop, an online retailer that specializes in not-cheap but not-always-too-much modern-but-not-neessarily-cutting-edge will be running a sale for the next three days. 25% if
October 12, 2016
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Blogosphere
Are Birthstones Only For The Birthday Girl? And Is Your Birth Stone The Only One You Get With Meaning?
After all the posts about my birthday, you guys deserve a present. When Blue Nile got in touch with me about another giveaway recently, I
October 11, 2016
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Introducing “Dearly Beloved: Millennial Mother Love,” The Series, Or, Saturday Morning at 8:30am
I want you to meet someone. Privilege buddies, meet Sarah Finnie Robinson. Sarah, meet Privilege. Why the introduction you may wonder? This week Sarah started
October 8, 2016
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Travel
A Review Of The Auberge du Soleil In Napa Valley, With A Whole Slew Of Photos
My husband really wanted to do something special for my 60th. I dithered, but did not resist. Most of all I wanted to go away
October 5, 2016
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Travel
Thank You Everyone, Or, Saturday Morning at 9:36am
Turned 60. Up, up, and away. Am still celebrating, albeit with feet firmly par terre. I’m not one to say it’s just a number, a
October 1, 2016
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