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Joy the Baker wrote a book

by Allison March 7, 2012Home
Joy the Baker book

One of my favorite people ever, and that’s not even overstating it a little, Joy the Baker wrote a book. Oh Joy. Oh, Joy. Isn’t she a babe?  Like, straight up authentically gorgeous. I met Joy at a Jennifer Garner event last Fall.  I didn’t know anything about her, she was the only blogger at [...]

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And then I cut my finger off

by Allison March 6, 2012Family
and then I cut my finger off

I’m working on a regular post for today, but I got a little derailed last night by a minor flesh wound which is making it ridiculously hard to type.  Stay with me.  It took me 3 minutes to type that sentence. Golden. Viktor refuses to shave like a normal person; instead he uses a super [...]

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How to make lip scrub at home

by Allison March 5, 2012Beauty
how to make lip scrub at home

You know when your lips get nasty, dry, and cracked?  The kind of dry where your lips peel and bleed, and you can’t eat or drink anything for two days until your bleeding and broken lips heal enough to go out in public? Just me? Oh, okay now I feel super awkward. I’m a big [...]

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Beautiful Park City hotel getaway

by Allison March 2, 2012hotels
park city lodge

Have you ever been to Park City?  I’m a little spoiled because it’s in my backyard, and grew up looking at those mountains every single day of my life.  But even for me, jaded mountain beholder that I am, Park City is a mecca of beauty.  It doesn’t matter if you go in the summer [...]

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Most meaningful moment of the year

by Allison March 1, 2012Travel

I think I’ve pretty much established the fact that my family’s pilgrimage to Europe last summer was one of the more important events of my life. In addition to crossing off a handful of Life List dreams, Viktor and I were able to take our children to my husband’s childhood home. From the moment they [...]

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$500 Rue La La giveaway

by Allison March 1, 2012Style
$500 giveaway

UPDATED: We have a winner! Thank you everyone for entering the Rue La La giveaway.  If you didn’t win, the universe still loves you.  So do I.  And there will be so many more giveaways where this one came from, so don’t be discouraged!  Please know your comments made my entire weekend happy. The $500 [...]

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How I like to wear jeans: everyday look

by Allison February 29, 2012Style
how to wear jeans

I’m obsessed with fashion.  Like, there are literally 15 fashion magazines stacked up next to my bed as I write this, kind of obsessed. But I’m very sartorially practical, and the sad {and happy} truth of it all is that I don’t work at a trendy NYC agency, but in my cozy home office instead.  [...]

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Pinterest is not the enemy

by Allison February 28, 2012Home
rainboy party how to

There’s a lot of bad buzz around how to use Pinterest right now, but I’m still the happiest user on the block.  I love me some Pinterest. If you steal my stuff, I will cut you. The Bloggess is my other lover The posts I put together take an average of 5 hours a piece [...]

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Maybelline vs Maybelline mascara face off

by Allison February 27, 2012Beauty
maybelline vs maybelline mascara

A couple of years ago I did a little Maybelline vs Maybelline mascara face off to see which of the 3 grocery store mascaras in my makeup bag {at the time} was the best of the best. Maybelline has of course come up with about eleventy billion different kinds of INTENSE EYELASH FIBER EXTENSION miracle [...]

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