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Thursday Nights in the Summer

No Comments 25 June 2010

There’s something special about Thursday nights in NYC during the summer.  If you were outside like I was last night (walking home from the office) you would have seen all the couples strolling to their various date destinations — restaurants, bars, hotels, clubs and the like.  It struck me how great it is to see [...]

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A Cultural Perspective, Sites and Sounds

Seriously Fun

No Comments 23 June 2010

I was in Sephora over the weekend checking out what’s new.  I like to go in every so often to see what interesting brands have launched or just to get a new look.  I even bring along my daughter and we try out different perfumes or eye shadows together.  No question about it, Sephora is [...]

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Beauty in the Workplace, Beauty News, Beauty Theories

Wake Up, Dammit!

No Comments 21 June 2010

Remember my plastic surgeon?  In the short time I was there the other day, I picked up so many amazing nuggets.  I was waiting for the doctor to see me and “happened” to overhear tidbits of the conversation he was having with the patient next door to me.  It was obviously a follow-up visit because [...]

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A Cultural Perspective

The Beauty of Fandom

No Comments 18 June 2010

I was walking on my way to work early this morning and passed a bar, which was already open.  Sitting there was a woman all alone — literally.  In the whole place, no one was there but her!  She was wearing a soccer jersey (I couldn’t identify the team or country as I am terribly [...]

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A Cultural Perspective, Beauty Theories, Expert Contributors

Erasing the Past

2 Comments 17 June 2010

I was sitting in my plastic surgeon’s office yesterday (now, don’t start visualizing images of body dysmorphism, I’ll explain why I was there in a bit…) seeing the results of major sun damage via one of those special cameras that can see beneath the skin’s layers.  And let me tell you, the image wasn’t pretty. [...]

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