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14 December 2009

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Bahia or Bust: PART ONE Beats, Beauty and Brazil

Lots of us, if we are lucky or willing enough to admit it, experience some sort of irrational affection for a place we know nothing about....
Things to do in Seattle When You're Dead Tired

I can't imagine a better city to be in when your child is an early riser. Seattle and its many purveyors of fine caffeinated beverages m...
Happy New-ish Year

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Superpowers

What are your superpowers? We all have them . Mine happen to include a pink miniskirt, a hip shimmy and a exoskeleton b...
Could-a, Would-a, Should-a

Sometime in 2005 I wandered inside the National Council of Stylish Jewish Ladies of a Certain Age Thrift Shop and unearthed a COMPLETE FREA...
Shopping for a Better World

Illustration by Alice Rutherford Reposted from Lena Dunham & Jenni Konner's Lenny No. 22 by Shirley Kurata of Virgil Norma...
She Sells Seashells

As much as I love the beach, I haven't been much since Bunni was born, because: taking a 5 month old? Who can't yet sit up on her ow...
Yours, mine, ours?

I've been thinking a lot about the issue of cultural appropriation over the last year. I see instances of this all over -- what is...
#GivingTuesday

Small victory: I haven't blown up my bank account in preparation of Christmas (yet). I didn't shop at all on Friday, over the weeke...