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NYC Bloggers We CRAVE

Wednesday, March 17th, 2010


Do you absolutely CRAVE blogs like we do? Since you’re reading this one, we’re going to go with yes! Check out the most CRAVE-able bloggers that we’ve found posting up content about fashion, style, food, and so many other exciting happenings in this city we love so much. What are your favorite blogs that you’re following? Keep us posted so we can add them to our blogroll!

What I Wore (whatiwore.tumblr.com)

What I Wore is the fashion and personal style blog of Jessica Schroeder. Each day, Jessica photographs her outfits and posts the when-where-what-why that accompanies each look. Among her other features are behind the scenes sneak peeks from thrift store adventures, runways and blogger meet-ups, do it yourself step by step projects, super sale notices and beautiful photography.

We absolutely CRAVE Jessica’s quirky writing, relatablility to today’s woman, and her killer style! Also, we are so excited for Jessica and What I Wore celebrating their second blogging birthday.

You have to love Jessica’s take on style and fashion. “I truly believe that the clothes we wear can affect our moods as well as the impressions we give of ourselves to others.  Looking your best doesn’t need to cost a lot of money – just a little imagination.”

Bobbin Talk (bobbintalk.com)

Aneta Genova is an accessories designer, a writer and a fashion instructor at Parsons The New School for Design in NYC and the Academy of Art University online. She was born and raised in Bulgaria in a family involved in fashion and creativity, and always wanted to be a designer. She has worked for companies such as Marc Jacobs, Polo Jeans and Ralph Lauren, and freelanced for multiple design houses. She now has her own luxury leather goods company, based on the concept “fashion for technology.”

Her newest venture is the fashion blog Bobbin Talk, and we totally CRAVE it! Aneta gives us her insight on the biggest fashion trends of the season, video interviews, and controversies that are hitting the blogosphere. So much to offer and so much to follow, keep up with the latest on Bobbin Talk.

STYLEMOM (stylemom.com)

Not only do we CRAVE Nichelle Pace and her blog, but we also love her self-proclaimed title of “Chief Fashionista.” STYLEMOM is the ultimate woman’s guide that helps women achieve a balance between her style self and her mommy self, ensuring that moms have the tools and insight to translate the sometimes obscure runway fashions and lifestyle trends into tangible chic and useful information that is relevant to a moms’ lives and stylish women as a whole.

Are you a mom? A fashionista? Someone in desperate need of style advice for your lifestyle? This is most definitely a blog that you will want to check out!

Looking for others to check out?

If you’re looking for a tasty lunch spot to hit up on your lunch break, check out Midtown Lunch (midtownlunch.com).

Share in your love of all things food related when reading A Full Belly (afullbelly.com).

And if you’re just looking for something to make you smile or make you think, check out the simple notes that have been posted on Post Secret (postsecret.blogspot.com).

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CRAVE up your St. Patrick’s Day

Tuesday, March 16th, 2010

St. Patrick’s Day is tomorrow and whether you are of Irish heritage or not, it is a great excuse to dress up in green, drink Guinness and eat corned beef and cabbage. In case the traditional Irish feast isn’t your thing we have come up with a few cool ways that you can celebrate St. Patrick’s Day with your girlfriends. So grab your green, your “Kiss Me I’m Irish” sticker and a few gal pals and celebrate with us! Erin Go Bragh!

Coordinate a cocktail party with you gal pals using this fabulous party guide from Girlfriend Celebrations. Get cocktail creative with green drinks that aren’t beer. Pair these with fabulous green snacks and appetizers. Finish off the Irish ambiance by playing Celtic music in the background. As a fun party activity everyone can plant individual clovers and each guest can take home a pot to remind them of their fabulous friends.

Not into food and games? Coordinate a gift exchange with girlfriends and require that everyone purchase something that is authentically Irish. Set a spending limit so everyone gets something fun.

This year the holiday is celebrated on a Wednesday so if you aren’t in to going out and partying hard consider spending a night in watching movies. Use food coloring to dye your popcorn green and pop in a Irish “chick-flick” like PS I Love You, Tristan and Isolde , or Leap Year. All St. Patrick’s Day rules still apply so make sure your PJ’s are green!

If you want to go all out and spend the night on the town check out this fabulous St. Patrick’s Day event guide and find out what fun St. Patty’s festivities are happening in your area.

We wish you the “luck o’ the Irish” this year as you celebrate with friends. And no matter where or how you celebrate remember the old Irish adage “Before you call for one for the road be sure you know the road.” Slàinte

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The Best Movies to Watch with Your Girlfriends

Monday, March 1st, 2010

What would we do without our girlfriends? They keep us sane when things get crazy, offer a shoulder to cry on when things get tough, encourage us to buy those shoes we just can’t live without, pig out on junk food with us after a bad breakup, and always, always make us laugh. One of our favorite things to do with our best gal pals is to pile onto the couch with plenty of buttered popcorn and indulge in a chick-flick movie-fest. Check out our picks for the movies to watch with your best girlfriends and start planning your next girl’s night in!

Beaches
Grab your tissues for this one. Its a tear-jerker but its also the story of a friendship that lasts a lifetime – CC and Hilary were totally BFF.

Thelma and Louise
Two best friends on a wild adventure, together until the end, and Brad Pitt? Sign us up!

Steel Magnolias
This one is another sob-story, but we love the story of this group of women who are there for each other through all of life’s ups and downs.

Bridget Jones’ Diary
Because Bridget’s kooky antics make us laugh every time and remind us everyone does silly things from time to time.

Fried Green Tomatoes
A testament to the strength of a woman and what she’ll do for her friends.

Breakfast at Tiffany’s
Because we all love Audrey Hepburn and we all have a little bit of Miss Holly Golightly in us.

Grease
A true guilty pleasure that we love to sing along to with our girls – a definite pick-me-up.

Sixteen Candles
Because we swoon over Jake Ryan and every girl’s high-school fantasy come true, every time we see it.

Dirty Dancing
Another guilty pleasure and classic that we know by heart and can watch with our girlfriends, time and time again.

Mean Girls
It may not be might not be your typical girl-power, female bonding kind of movie, but we all learn a lesson in the end – to support the women in our lives. Plus, its hilarious.

We could go on and on, but we’ll stop here and let you start planning which flicks to view at your next girl’s night. Hooray for girlfriends!

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11 Ways To Be Single on Valentine’s Day

Tuesday, February 9th, 2010

Single, taken, or “it’s complicated”… regardless of your relationship status, Valentine’s Day can frankly be very obnoxious. If you’re with someone, you’re pressured to partake in extravagant displays of lovey-dovey cuteitude against your will. If you’re single, it’s even worse. You’re brutally reminded that those millions of cheesy greeting cards with kissing puppies on the front simply aren’t meant for you. Of course Valentine’s Day isn’t all bad, but it can be tough to go solo on a day when the rest of the world seems madly in love. In an effort to give single gals out there some solace, here’s a smattering of ideas from women (and two men) on what to do on February 14th if you’re single.

  • Get all your single girlfriends together for a fun-filled night of vino and good music… that’s what I’d do. Oh and shopping too (hell make an entire day of it)! -Phaedra, Taken, Los Angles [A Very CRAVE V-Day]
  • Two words: Southern. Comfort. Now you have advice from lady AND gentleman – Corbin, Taken, Washington DC [Best "Drink Your Sorrows Away" V-Day]
  • Celebrate the Chinese New Year! -Jocelyn, Single, Woodinvile [Best V-Day Replacement Holiday]
  • I heard the trick is to not make Valentine’s Day about loving a person you are in a relationship with, but to make it about loving all the people you love. If it isn’t about one person than it can be less disappointing when you spread out the love! – Courtney, Single, Santa Clara [Sweetest V-Day Idea]
  • Remember that it’s easier to be single on Valentine’s Day than stuck in a relationship that’s going nowhere fast. -Mike, Divorced, London [Best V-Day Reality Check]
  • This might be an LA only thing…but going to Disneyland with friends is awesome, as is going to Amoeba Records by yourself. – Natasha, Single, Los Angeles [Most LA V-Day]
  • Offer to babysit for your friends with kids! -Deborah, Taken, Woodinville [Most Charitable V-Day Idea]
  • I loved my single Valentines the best! Having a dinner party (with yummy cocktails) is fun with your single friends, or taking a little trip somewhere- the ocean, a cabin, a movie- with a few friends is wonderful! Just celebrating the people you love is what it’s all about! – Carly, Taken, Camano Island [Best Girlfriends V-Day]
  • If I were single on VDAY I’d go to Vegas for sure. But that’s just me… – Ashley, Taken, Los Angeles [Best V-Day for Ladies on the Prowl]
  • It’s two weeks away…. whose to say you will be single? Also… I hear having a bonfire is great fun… and if things go awry, a fireman comes over to visit – Adrienne, Single, Santa Fe [Hottest V-Day Idea]
  • Valentine’s Day is just another day…I would go to brunch and buy yourself some flowers. – Jess, Taken, San Diego [Best "Celebrate Yourself" V-Day Idea]

So there you have it. Booze, babysitting, brunch or bonfires – whatever you do, you definitely do not need a beau to enjoy your Valentine’s Day this year. Have fun!

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