Semper erit aestas.

“We’ve been having fun all summer long.”
— The Beach Boys

Aug 30th

Aug 30th

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“Oh take this veil from off my eyes. My burning sun will someday rise…Summertime, and...

Aug 29th

“All summer we just hurried. So come over, just be patient,...”
— Chris Martin

Aug 29th

Nothing says summer...

…like a backyard bash at my parents’ house.  The amount of booze that the Boomers (and...

Aug 29th

The only thing worse than having a baby-sitter when...

Aug 29th

Thirty-four hours and eleven minutes.

Aug 29th

ECA got promoted today, and I received a raise.  If anyone has anything to celebrate, I suggest you...

Aug 28th

Try this!

Aug 28th

Summer on the Severn River: 1993.

Aug 28th

Before the sun rose...

…my mom packed us in her silver Cadillac behemoth and we set off for Virginia.  It was the...

Aug 28th

“Deep summer is when laziness finds respectability.”
— Sam Keen (via saramcpherson)

Aug 28th

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“Met you one summer and it all began…” (These guys brought guido culture to the...

Aug 28th

Fifty-seven hours and three minutes. 

Aug 28th

Summertime Sizzle: PAP and his girlfriend, my kid sister...

Aug 27th

No season evokes...

…greater sensory memories than summer.  Granted, Christmas conjures the scent of peppermint...

Aug 27th

Aug 27th

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“I feel it in the air: the summer’s out of reach.”

Aug 27th

“I awoke last night to the sound of thunder ‘How far...”
— Bob Seger

Aug 27th

via katiebeck. Eighty-two hours and counting…

Aug 27th

What do you, guys and gals, friends and...

It combines three of my favorites: cranberry (favorite fall/winter lipstick shade and vodka mixer...

Aug 26th

Go here now.

Aug 26th

soupsoup:therandomnessofyes:lomo. The hazy, lazy squirrel...

Aug 26th

After quiet contemplation...

…I have decided that, as KB put it so gently, losing my jat was a blessing in disguise.  I...

Aug 26th

 On my face is the look of Fear, but I wasn’t afraid.

Aug 26th

“Squeaky swings and tall grass, The longest shadows ever...”
— Ben Gibbard

Aug 26th

Four days and ten-and-a-half hours, Tiger fans. ...

Aug 26th

SUMMER APPRECIATION WEEK!

From now until Labor Day 26.style will be celebrating the last official week of summer.  The jams,...

Aug 25th

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Mungo Jerry: “In the Summertime”

Aug 25th

“When I look back now, the summer seemed to last forever,...”
— Bryan Adams

Aug 25th

I lost my jat this weekend.  “Cried myself to...

Aug 25th

via katysaidso:claudia Daily dose of Bale.

Aug 25th

via vibed

Aug 25th

The many faces of Chuck Bass.

Aug 22nd

We lovingly agree to disagree:

KB: Go to teamsugar.com and search Jessica Simpson and look at the pics of her in white jeans shorts and a demin button down. Horrible.
KB: I can't tell if she's gotten chubby or if everything she wears is just completely unflattering.
CR: (finds photos) Oh Christ. Methinks both.
KB: I mean, it's a bad variation on the "broom skirt and demin shirt with multicolored beaded jewelry" we wore in middle school.
CR: Hahahahaaha, that was a great look. In middle school.
KB: It's bad, but I still have to back her up. Hard times.
KB: Hard times.
CR: I can't agree. I think she is talentless and increasingly unattractive. HOWEVER, this is coming from the girl whose fave summer outfit involves cargo shorts with heels and a denim baseball cap.
KB: You had me until "denim baseball cap."
CR: It's true. I lovingly call it my "jat" (jean hat). It's hideous.

Aug 22nd

Girlfriend Potential Test

Aug 22nd

Aug 22nd

All My Instincts.

jennabee: Dudes are fucking nuts. FUCKING. NUTS. I would love to know — and surely someone can...

Aug 22nd

Daily dose of Bale: Peekaboo! edition.

Aug 22nd

TGIFriday! And now a short story:

I wrote this last Thursday.  I was bored, sitting at my desk, and all of a sudden, SHAZAM! ...

Aug 22nd

In May:

Dude at the bar: Where's your ring?
Cary Randolph: Excuse me?
DATB: Your ring! Aren't you married?
CR: No, why? Do I look married?
DATB: Well, you're just so pretty! You're too pretty to not be married!
CR: Don't you mean the opposite? Too pretty to be married? I don't even have a boyfriend!
DATB: But all the pretty girls around here are married!
CR: Not me! Not ever! At least, not now.

Aug 22nd

Aug 21st

“CR—LOVE the blog. It is my sunshine in my otherwise...”
— CL

Aug 21st

I missed “gratuitous picture of yourself”...

Aug 21st

SUMMER THEME SONG

Aug 21st

I fell in love yesterday.  With a city.

Aug 21st

“Mission Work for Episcopalians is called Cocktail Hour…”
— CR (via cupcakesandcouture)

Aug 21st

via whateverlolawants Daily dose of Swayze: “I...

Aug 21st

I’m a headliner!

Aug 19th

“Who has not practiced this form of alchemy, converting...”
— - Elizabeth Wurtzel, (via...

Aug 19th

“[Redacted] didn’t even understand that I found it...”
— KB

Aug 19th

Go to Flickr.  Answer the following questions in the search...

Aug 19th

antikris:sonyamcneil:claudia Overdose of Bale.  We’re...

Aug 19th

Aug 18th

“You’re either on the bus or off the bus.”
— Ken Kesey

Aug 18th

I am reading...

Aug 18th

Just thinking...

datingfordinner: cajunboy: How’d you like to be an obscure endurance athlete, I mean you train...

Aug 18th

Daily dose of Bale.

Aug 18th

Kenneth Jay Lane Tiger Head Topaz Crystal Ring.  Ordered it...

Aug 18th

“Love the girl who holds the world in a paper cup. Come on...”
— Kenny Loggins,...

Aug 18th

OH NO.  I am thinking about cutting my hair again.  Gwyneth...

Aug 18th

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soupsoup:yourdp: What happens when you add bleeps to Saved by the Bell.

Aug 17th

Two more weeks, Tiger fans.  That’s fourteen days.  Or...

Aug 17th

Yesterday from the moment I woke up...

…until the moment I passed out around two a.m., I ate the following in the following order: ...

Aug 17th

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datingfordinner:katiebeck:corndujour. Eight weeks till Detroit.  Commercials like this keep me...

Aug 17th

cupcakesandcouture: Heaven, we’re in heaven….xoxo, CR and...

Aug 17th

I ran 16 miles today!

And to celebrate I met friends (including the irrepressible KB) at an old college haunt where...

Aug 16th

via rtc

Aug 16th

“I don’t believe in sacrifices. I never believed in...”
— Deena Kastor An optimistic...

Aug 16th

datingdeviant:smartblonde:dilaudid:stare-at-walls

Aug 15th

Me!

Aug 15th

“It’s a small, small world — made even smaller by our...”
— Philip Galanes

Aug 15th

TGIGmail:

KB: How do you go out on work nights? I am dead the next day and can't even work.
CR: I only do it once in a while now and it kills me. We're getting old.
KB: I know. It's sad. But at the same time fabulous because I'm that much closer to my Wedgwood collection.
CR: Hahaha and I'm one day closer to Baccarat crystal and a Saab.
KB: Having a Saab would be magical. Driving through the suburbs of NYC city decked in Ralph.
CR: Omgmydreamcometrue. And you'll have a gorgeous patio just like [your grandmother's] for fabulous cocktail parties. All the time.
KB: And you'll always be invited, obvi.
CR: Duh. Me and my fabulously wealthy and devastatingly handsome husband(s).

Aug 15th

via tylercoates This is hysterical.

Aug 15th

“The only thing worse than a man you can’t control is a man...”
— Margo Kaufman (via...

Aug 15th

via whateverlolawants: squarehippies Daily dose of Male:...

Aug 15th

“I know YOU’RE still drunk when you say...”
— CAF

Aug 15th

You know you have a hangover when...

…you wake up in last night’s party dress.  Ten minutes before you should be at work. ...

Aug 15th

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Kylie Minogue: “Locomotion”: 1987: When I was a kid my dad had this single on an LP, and...

Aug 14th

Chub-a-dub-dub, I just ate three...

Aug 14th

via juliaallison I’m working (out) for the weekend.

Aug 14th

inmywardrobe: I need a new ‘do.  So sick of the bangs.  So...

Aug 14th

“More than anything, more than we are obsessed with...”
— Julia Reed

Aug 14th

It's been five days since my world...

…and I saw my heroes Huey Lewis and the News at the Town & Country Fair.  If I got hit by...

Aug 14th

Bacon, eggs, booze:

CR: Binge drinking is defined as five or more drinks in one setting. 20.6% of the population of America's hardest-drinking city (Austin, TX) claim to have binged at least once in the last thirty days.
CAF: Whatever, that's like breakfast at the Lake.

Aug 14th

Daily dose of Bale: “Oh my god, it’s almost...

Aug 14th

Go here. Thank me later.

Aug 13th

via jessicap:ineedtoo:jackieheartsb:source. After the week...

Aug 13th

What's in your refrigerator?

Aug 13th

Daily dose of Bale: Wild West edition.

Aug 13th

I have huge awkward T-Rex hands.  And the drink tasted like...

Aug 13th

corndujour: Shaun Johnson was eating brunch at the table...

Aug 13th

About five minutes ago...

…I received an email from a Lake area realtor demanding I remove from 26.style a photo that he...

Aug 13th

“The words of the Lorax seem perfectly clear. UNLESS someone...”
— Dr. Seuss

Aug 13th

Some people...

…deal with disappointment by listening to Morrissey or cutting off six inches of hair or...

Aug 12th

Sorry [our parents] party.

KB: Our parents seriously party hard.
KB: If all their parties are like the one on Saturday night, good Lord.
CR: I don't think I can party as hard as [Daddy].
KB: No way. At one point, my dad raised this huge like gallon of Jack Daniels in the air and said, "We're all out! It's empty!" Your dad promptly ran to the bar, blew the fog horn, and pulled a new fifth out of the bottom cabinet saying, "I saved the day!"
CR: His stash of liquor is shocking and awe-inspiring. I've never seen anything like it.
KB: He told me about the 200 fifths of Scotch he has in storage in the basement.
CR: They're in a 5 x 8' locked safe.
KB: OMG.

Aug 12th

“[Your sister] just called me to look up a phone number...”
— PAP (Sister JBF’s BF)

Aug 12th

Aug 12th

Let's...

Aug 12th

Daily dose of bail.

Aug 12th

“Should I be at a strip club right now?”
— Anon. Quite possibly the...

Aug 12th

onemoretimewithfeeling:imkevin:katieschenk: Did someone say...

Aug 12th

photo via whateverlolawants Monday is dunzo.  Let’s...

Aug 11th

“You say the F word too much. It makes you sound like a...”
— Mom

Aug 11th

via saramcpherson.

Aug 11th

rtc: I’m trying…I really am.  Outside of hoops and an...

Aug 11th

Dear ELLE Magazine:

This was me last October.  The flannel shirt is by Ralph Lauren: This is your September cover...

Aug 11th

Daily dose.

Aug 11th

“Sexier than all the girls in all the magazines, and...”
— Slightly Stoopid, “Round...

Aug 11th

Have air, will travel: Saturday, August 2, at the Lake.  Can...

Aug 11th

Tumblr Directory: Roll Call

Aug 11th

“OK. I am controlling the iPod at our parents’ party...”
— KB via text message at 12:25...

Aug 10th

stylings: American athletes looking totally tough (and...

Aug 10th

Ready yet?  Get set…

Aug 9th

maryrambin: WORST ITALIAN IN NYC It’s rare I go to a...

Aug 9th

“After we broke up I bumped into her as she was walking home...”
— Philip Nobel

Aug 8th

I'm not voting for Obama

inmywardrobe: randyhaddock: muppetpants: commacommachameleon: (Happy Un-follow Friday) OMFG...

Aug 8th

Click on the picture for more Friday afternoon hilarity.

Aug 8th

I bought these shades en route to the Lake two Fridays ago. ...

Aug 8th

via malty: butterflyeffect: glinner: www.pokersucht.com

Aug 8th

From the twisted mind of PAP:

PAP writes an enormously funny blog documenting days in the life of a rich Southern yuppie.  He...

Aug 8th

But really, who isn’t?

Aug 8th

Yesterday couldn't end soon enough...

…I first dropped a bottle of water with no cap into my purse, drenching my phone and...

Aug 8th

Daily dose of Bale: troubadour edition

Aug 8th

Daily dose of Bale: high school senior portrait edition.

Aug 7th

“For Halloween I want to be a pink bubble bath.”
— KB

Aug 7th

juliaallison: This week’s Time Out NY column, on the...

Aug 7th

"I just LOL-ed all over my desk": G-Chat...

cupcakesandcouture: Me: What is up with moms these days?  Ours would leave all seven of us with...

Aug 6th

Apparently it is “gratuitous photo of oneself”...

Aug 6th

I just ate three huge pieces of pizza, a...

Aug 6th

HAPPY HUMP DAY!

Aug 6th

Daily dose.

Aug 6th

Speedwork 101:

Marathon training seems daunting at first - even I get a little nauseous when I imagine those long...

Aug 6th

“The next time we hang out I will redeem myself. My heart it...”
— Miley Cyrus/Hannah Montana ...

Aug 6th

CR: We just generally have a lot in common.
KB: Yeah. Like the fact that we are fucking fabulous.

Aug 5th

maryrambin: “John McCain is a Shoe Slut” Apparently it’s...

Aug 5th

I just received this in an email from Lilly Pulitzer with...

Aug 5th

Daily dose of Bale.

Aug 5th

inmywardrobe: heidelweiss: soupsoup Prepare for...

Aug 5th

“I think that you should hang out with MPA and I in [City]...”
— SS

Aug 5th

“If you go home with somebody and they don’t have books,...”
— John Waters, via...

Aug 5th

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via peterwknox: noigetit “Boats ‘n Hoes” by Huff & Doback: “Pull up...

Aug 4th

Four more weekends, Tiger fans!

Aug 4th

“Your grammar rant on your blog a few days ago made me very...”
— Sister EAF

Aug 4th

Facebook.

CR: I want to move to [City] and hang out and talk about our blogs at bars.
MPA: I think that is a most fabulous idea. Because the BF is soooooo sick of hearing about the blog. And I like to talk about myself and drink at the same time.

Aug 4th

via soupsoup: andreaallen

Aug 4th

Some potential names for Katie Beck's...

1. Shawna Rose 2. Cynthia Danielle 3. Cary Randolph, Junior (CJ for short) 4. Rebecca (after your...

Aug 4th

26.summer soundtrack

Jesse McCartney: Leavin'
Shwayze: Buzzin'
Chris Brown: Forever
M.I.A.: Paper Planes
Lupe Fiasco: Superstar
Slightly Stoopid: Round the World
Huey Lewis & the News: Heart and Soul
Estelle and Kanye West: American Boy
Boombox: I Heard Your Stereo...
Kansas: Wayward Son
Foreigner: Urgent

Aug 4th

Daily dose of Bale: “He unfortunately looks kind of...

Aug 4th

soupsoup: scout: vinh: joshuatuscan

Aug 4th

whatthehale: CRF. Get this! Small world yeah? :) OHMYGOD,...

Aug 4th

onemoretimewithfeeling via bullshit

Aug 4th

My friend PAP, the one-upper:

CR: You're really going to like [Redacted]. He's just like you.
PAP: Yeah, whatev. Did he ever drive his Porsche through the projects and throw copies of his W2 out the window? Yeah...I did.

Aug 1st

Give me an effing break.

Aug 1st

The days are getting shorter...

…and the sales are getting longer.  Via my Shop It to Me daily blast, here are some things...

Aug 1st

“What is the past, after all, but a vast sheet of darkness in...”
— John Updike (via isaid)

Aug 1st

via onemoretimewithfeeling: eatsleepdraw.

Aug 1st

Daily dose of Bale: TGIBale edition.

Aug 1st

TGIFriday! And now a short story:

When I was eleven my nerddom was much more overt, allowing me the freedom to do such things...

Aug 1st

I think Julia Allison is gorgeous and fun and talented and...

Aug 1st