According to Susan, Oprah recently gave a list of ten clothing items every woman needs (she could be making it up for all I know, since I don’t think I’ve ever seen more than ten seconds of Oprah). Several women commented saying they thought a few of the things on the list were wrong for their lifestyles (for good reason…
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Saving the World
When I think of cities with good public transportation, I think of New York City or Washington D.C. or London or Paris. (I bet when you think of public transportation, you think “this is going to be a snooze of a blog entry”). It turns out that Austin has a pretty sweet public transit system itself, with over 3000 bus…
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Weekend Report
Reasons this weekend has been lovely: 1) We got a gift card to P.F. Chang’s from my parents to celebrate Bart’s acceptance to graduate school (Thanks, Mom and Dad!) 2) We watched Becoming Jane – delightful. I always forget how much I love regency movies. Love! (Also, I rented it from Red Box for free, since I had a nifty…
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Eat, Pray, Love – One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India, and Indonesia by Elizabeth Gilbert
I’m beginning to wonder if I’m the only person who didn’t love Eat, Pray, Love: One Woman’s Search for Everything Across Italy, India and Indonesia. I’d heard about it here and there and then, last fall, a man at one of the book booths at the Texas Book Festival said if I was only going to buy one book, it…
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Easy, Freckles
A long time ago in a galaxy far, far away, my friend Kristi said “You need to watch LOST.” But I didn’t, of course. Then, Kristi read some books that Ralphie and I told her to read. And she said “Now, you need to watch LOST.” But I didn’t, of course. Jennie sent me a book about LOST because she’s…
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