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The Fashionable Colonoscopy
Valerie says: We already know there are two dreaded C words that we feel uncomfortable pronouncing. (You know what they are, right?) Last week, five years after we began this blog, we were reminded...
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Knuckle Duster Conundrum
Jean asks: "What's a girl to do?" The irresistible knuckleduster clutch purses made infamous by Alexander McQueen feature jeweled rings affixed to the top of small clutches through which the wearer...
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Patrick Kelly: Runway of Love
Road trip! On Saturday, we headed south to the City of Brotherly Love to the Philadelphia Museum of Art to see Runway of Love, a couture exhibition featuring the work of the late Patrick Kelly.Kelly,...
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Gerlans on the Side
More Fun at the Philadelphia Museum of ArtWhen we last left you, we were ooohing and aaahing over Patrick Kelly at the Philadelphia Museum of Art. Although that was our main objective, we took time...
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Adios to the Chelsea Garage Antique Flea Market
When we read in The New York Times' Style Section on Thursday that the Chelsea Antique Garage Flea Market was closing this weekend, we were devastated. For more than two decades, vendors on two floors...
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National Cocktail Day, er, Week!
Some months ago, Valerie discovered that June 19th was National Cocktail Day (well, sort of - more in a moment), and we began impatiently awaiting its arrival, the way children await Christmas....
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Stephen Petronio 30th Anniversary Gala!
Last Wednesday evening, we attended Stephen Petronio Dance Company's 30th anniversary gala. Outside, George and JR pose outside the theater as we gathered everyone together and divvied up tickets....
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Girls Gone Wild
Wild Magazine, that is, wearing a variety of glasses from Selima OptiqueIt all started last year when we made an impromptu stop into Selima on Bond Street and tried on a selection of their vintage...
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NAKED
THE NAKED JUICE SETTLEMENT, THAT ISValerie has become addicted to Naked Juice's Berry Veggie. So much so that she lines them up and drinks them in succession, much the way William Powell lines them up...
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We Flea to Brooklyn
Our trip last week to the closing of the Antiques Garage whetted our appetite for flea markets, so we headed to one of the the Brooklyn flea markets earlier today. We took the L train from 1st Avenue...
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Clog Blog! "Word of Foot" - Dansko's Blog
Check it out! Dansko clogs featured us on its "Word of Foot" blog in a terrific article posted yesterday: THE "IDIOSYNCRATIC FASHIONISTAS" WEIGH IN: HOW DO YOU FORM A STYLE IDENTITY? By Nick on...
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Footsteps of Mandela at Riverside Church
On Friday evening we went to Riverside Church in upper Manhattan for the Footsteps of Mandela (FOM) program on what would have been Nelson Mandella's 96th birthday. Hotlanta Vocal Posse and FOM...
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Senior Planet Asks Us About Shoes!
OR: EVERYTHING YOU EVER WANTED TO KNOW ABOUT SHOES FOR OLDER FEET, BUT DIDN'T KNOW WHO TO ASKWe were delighted to get an email from Linda Magid recently. Would we like to talk about stylish shoes, she...
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You Ought to Be in Pictures
About a month ago, passing by the Museum of Modern Art, Valerie noticed Mark Nilsson standing outside the MOMA Design Store offering portraits for a very reasonable sum. Sample portraits hung at his...
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Twinset
Just for the fun of it, we decided to dress up as twins, sort of. Readers from waaaaaay back will remember when we got our matching natural colored vintage grass hats and spray painted them red. We...
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WISH YOU WERE HERE
WE VISIT THE AMAZING FASHION ARCHIVES OF NEW YORK VINTAGEA few weeks ago, we made an impromptu visit to New York Vintage, a huge store filled to the rafters with uniformly the best vintage clothing we...
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ART EVERYWHERE
"Is it art?" (to quote everyone, everywhere, at some time or another.)Yes, particularly if it's a piece of the Berlin Wall, sandwiched in one of New York's many nooks and crannies. (The realtor owner...
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New Hampshire Craftsmen's Fair
Stalkers, pay attention! Every November, like clockwork, we travel to the City of Brotherly Love to attend the Philadelphia Museum Craft Show. We also like to seek out other craft venues to check out...
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X's BDay Blast!
Xtine ("X" for short) celebrated a milestone birthday in style last weekend. On Sunday, we had a leisurely brunch at B Bar. On her actual birthday on Saturday, she held court in the historic Marble...
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A Celebration of Hats - by Iva Ksenevich
Fate conspires in the strangest ways to bring hats to us. And wonderful adventures to accompany the hats.You might remember that way back in March we went to a "do" at the Classic Car Club of...
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