Semper erit aestas.

San Francisco is beautiful.

It smells like jasmine (and lighter fluid).

May 2nd

Watch

I found this on Simko’s blog and laughed out loud in my lonely hotel room.

May 1st

“Your blog: I love love love it. You are the best writer. I...”
— Mom, MCF, via Facebook message...

Apr 30th

birdgirl: Gabrielle Reece “People are already pissed off...

Apr 30th

Lucky numbers

7 things in my handbag right now: AARP Roadside Assistance card, Clinique lipgloss in “Peach...

Apr 29th

(via garfieldminusgarfield) I’m not a big fan of...

Apr 29th

hungry hungry hippo

dgrahamkostic: as i was introduced to someone this afternoon, we shook hands and then the woman...

Apr 29th

“Nothing cures a hangover like an everything bagel with...”

Apr 29th

I need a tan.

Apr 28th

Now you can leave me comments, bitches.

Apr 28th

OMFG, I love this.

Apr 27th

Guido, part two

I looked up NJGuido.com founder Anthony Moussa on Myspace (I know, I know) and discovered that he is...

Apr 27th

Think you know "guido"?

Apr 27th

On Thursday night...

…I arrived at my parents’ house shortly after nine.  I dropped my bags, ate a Keebler...

Apr 27th

It's a bad idea...

…to mix this with this.    As an ex-boyfriend once said the night he broke up with me,...

Apr 26th

Listen

simko: OMC - How Bizarre… Because it’s Friday, summer is practically here and if you say you don’t...

Apr 26th

“In victory you deserve Champagne; in defeat, you need it.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte

Apr 25th

3 liters of water in 7 hours...

My aqua-soaked brain is sliding around my head like tapioca in a Hefty bag.

Apr 24th

Black-tie in southwest Missouri?  The people-watching...

Apr 24th

Listy McListenstein

bckdy: I like lists.  Lists of things to do, lists of things not to do, lists of things to...

Apr 24th

“I need to eat more lettuce to offset my Brie cheese...”
— Ummm, me, last night.

Apr 24th

This stuff is the calorie-free bomb.com

I drink a Peach Citrus Fresca every day when I get home from work, and always cart a twelve-pack...

Apr 23rd

Watch

Boyz II Men say, “Enjoy your hump day!” With love, all the way from (Motown) Philly,...

Apr 23rd

I have to brag about last night...

Although I had just eaten dinner I hit the track to run what I hoped would be six miles, what I...

Apr 23rd

What I'm wearing as of fifteen minutes...

“Kyoto Pearl” by OPI.  It makes my toenails look like seashells.  Nice.

Apr 23rd

hydeordie: running to d3 projects at lunch to do a...

Apr 22nd

Can you see me?  I’m behind Leah’s flowing...

Apr 22nd

“The longer I stare at the Hastings sign, the more I realize...”
— Sister JBF

Apr 22nd

These are a few of my favorite things...

A while ago I promised one hundred things that make me happy, but I have only delivered on half of...

Apr 22nd

“The press of my foot to the earth springs a hundred...”
— Walt Whitman *** For more on...

Apr 21st

hydeordie: there is a bunny in there.

Apr 21st

I'm not even remotely close to getting...

…yet I am a sucker for all things wedding related.  Two years ago I even created an account on...

Apr 21st

This is it.  This is the one.  Oscar de la Renta Spring...

Apr 21st

This Oscar is a total knock-out.  I love the idea of a...

Apr 21st

I don’t think I’d ever actually buy a J. Crew...

Apr 21st

Saturday night on the Business Loop...

Daddy: Can you believe she's my daughter? Do we look anything alike?
Liquor store attendant behind the register: No, sir. She doesn't look anything like you.
Daddy: I know! She's too beautiful! How did I get so lucky?
LSABTR: Well, sir, are you sure she's not half milkman?

Apr 21st

Instropective Satur- and Sunday, back by...

Last week RTC wrote a blurb on how all our new-fangled communications devices make it virtually...

Apr 20th

“[Former high school classmate] is the antithesis of...”
— RTC

Apr 20th

hydeordie: i know i posted a picture of this yesterday, but...

Apr 18th

These party pictures are phenomenal.

Apr 18th

My father SWF’s Scotch collection.  He honestly...

Apr 18th

Watch

Who else remembers Nickelodeon’s Roundhouse?  I was especially fond of the guy with the blond...

Apr 18th

“I needed a ring that was bigger than my fingernail. You...”
— Anne Slater

Apr 17th

via Jezebel

Apr 17th

"There is only one thing worse than...

…and that is discovering that he is gay married with FIVE TEENAGE DAUGHTERS.” —-an...

Apr 17th

I love days when my biggest question is:...

corndujour: That’s not today.  Or ever really. Word.  Welcome to adulthood.  This would be my dream...

Apr 17th

Reason #5,909,842 why I love "The Trixie"

Apr 16th

hydeordie: on a scale of 1-10, do we think i could pull off...

Apr 16th

Watch

When I was six, this was awesome.  Now?  Umm… Still awesome!  (With the help of some glue,...

Apr 16th

This is a TERRIFIC blog by a girl not unlike...

Apr 16th

Great insight on a favorite topic...

Apr 16th

I finally got caught...

…last weekend at a bar called Sake.  I met up with a friend whose group I didn’t know at...

Apr 16th

simko: Nothing screams “use birth control” quite as loudly...

Apr 16th

My friend ALH had the COOLEST birthday cake at her party...

Apr 15th

“P.S. I ate ice cream last night, and I don’t care who...”
— KLG

Apr 15th

In less than six weeks I’ll be doing this at Turtle...

Apr 15th

“27 is young! When I hear someone say, ‘I’m...”
— Me, obvi

Apr 15th

"One glass of wine" night with KLG...

…turned into two bottles and two appetizers in two hours.  It’s not like we really had a...

Apr 15th

cajunboy: of all the hillary clinton party pics to emerge...

Apr 14th

What better reminder that I have four more days of labor...

Apr 14th

An open letter to the inimitable RTC:

I love your blog.  I like the introspection, the lists, the music advice.  I like the inside jokes...

Apr 14th

Watch

I’ve been feeling very quiet and introspective all day - huge changes are afoot and I’m...

Apr 14th

My little sister, ”the pretty one,” turned 21 on...

Apr 14th

“You only love when you love in vain. Try another radio...”
— Miroslav Holub, “Ode to...

Apr 14th

From today's Journal...

“Homeowners must learn that there are risks to using a home as an ATM. Investors who borrowed...

Apr 11th

birdgirl: Sidney Biddle Barrows (1952–) “Barrows ran...

Apr 11th

“‘You must know,’ said Estella, ‘that I...”
— Charles Dickens, Great...

Apr 11th

GO TO THIS PAGE RIGHT NOW. GO!

Apr 10th

I just received my headshots for work...

…instantly felt bad about myself.  The Foundation for a Better Cary Randolph will commence...

Apr 10th

“I’m VERY interested in Jeffrey Dean Morgan :) Also...”
— Sister EAF’s interests...

Apr 10th

Watch

‘Sup bitches! Have a happy Happy Hour! XO, The boys from Colour Me Badd

Apr 10th

Don't stress...the weekend is almost...

Apr 10th

Apr 10th

If you read Style.com (and if you don't, stop...

Apr 9th

Total Request Live

The Faint: "Southern Belles in London Sing"
Smashing Pumpkins: "1979"
Puff Daddy, Mase, et al.: "Can't Hold Us Down"
Rolling Stones: "She's a Rainbow"
Miley Cyrus: "See You Again"
Duffy: "Rockferry"
Depeche Mode: "John the Revelator"
Howard Tate: "Glad I Knew Better"
Van Morrison: "Domino"
Shivaree: "Goodnight Moon"

Apr 9th

Prom always baffled me...

…Either I cared way too much or I didn’t care at all.  Sophomore year I wore a fabulous...

Apr 9th

Remember when Napoleon gave Trisha this likeness of her that...

Apr 9th

I'm one-upping everyone I know...

…who decided to root for Kansas in last night’s championship game.  As an alumna of a...

Apr 8th

I am unimpressed with bad blogs.

But I truly believe that the world would be a noticeably better place if all my friends read...

Apr 8th

“Cary I am trying really really hard to resist writing such...”
— MKM

Apr 8th

We all know how much I love Miley. 

Apr 8th

“I have to remind my dad, ‘Journalists - no matter how many...”
— Cameron Diaz (via simko)

Apr 7th

As much as I love a good bateau neckline, I feel like they...

Apr 7th

It's dinnertime in the West Village...

Apr 7th

Certain flowers, like everything else I...

Apr 7th

My absolute favorites, hydrangeas remind me of summers on...

Apr 7th

I first encountered this cheeky little flora growing along...

Apr 7th

Springtime perfection.  Hyacinth takes me back to my...

Apr 7th

Watch

Holy crap, it’s FRIDAY! *** In keeping with one of my favorite themes, the brevity and...

Apr 4th

“Wow. That’s a first…they are serving fettuccine with...”
— CRF, as dry as should could,...

Apr 4th

Things I shouldn't do while drinking...

…usually involve dexterity.  A recap of last night: KB picked me up in the rain for the...

Apr 4th

“I’d rather suffer with coffee than be senseless.”
— Napoleon Bonaparte

Apr 4th

Apr 4th

Heidi Montag is a Republican! Another reason...

Apr 3rd

What I’m wearing today, under a long gray cardigan...

Apr 3rd

mascarah: adeandabet: peterwknox: ...

Apr 3rd

“Picture it: a swanky French brasserie, the second floor view...”
— CS (one of my oldest of...

Apr 3rd

I’ve never thought about Minneapolis…until now.

Apr 2nd

I'm having a hell of a time...

…coming up with a better title for my Tumblr.  It started as “Welcome.”, which was...

Apr 2nd

This site is hilarious. Stop reading mine...

Apr 2nd

An hour-and-a-half phone conversation...

…with the indestructable RTC reached its zenith when, in a lengthy fit of middle school...

Apr 2nd

Watch

Scrooge McDuck, swimming in silo of pennies. (Fast forward to about :48)

Apr 2nd

“Accountability to the stockholder. The new law is survival...”
— Gordon Gekko

Apr 2nd

What I’m reading.

Apr 2nd

What I’m watching.

Apr 2nd

The honest cover letter...

Apr 1st

My favorite gal-about-town...

Apr 1st