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My New Business Cards

April 22, 2010

How pretty are they? Mint green is my absolute favorite color (not to wear, though...I look deathly in green), and I love love love rounded edges on business cards (my NonSociety cards also had rounded edges).

Want some gorgeous new business cards of your own? Allow me to give the most heartfelt recommendation to Marivi (marivi.manaluz@mac.com), who you may remember from the DIY Baby Shower Invite video and the DIY Thank You Card video. I asked her to make my cards after seeing the stunning custom ones she created for Rebecca Shepherd.

If you're in the market for new cards, check out this fun site for inspiration.

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NY Times!

April 22, 2010

I made the Times!

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Reader Recipe: Felicity

April 21, 2010

Felicity's "Caprese Pasta" is excellent when it's warm and drippy...but she told me that it would be even better the next day cold and eaten straight from the refrigerator, and she was right.

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Upper East Side Apartments Under 2K

April 21, 2010

For this Time Out New York article, I scoured the Upper East Side to see what's really out there for under 2K.

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Newlywed Nest / Equinox Earth Day

April 21, 2010

With Tiffany, Samara (who will be participating in an exciting new RamshackleGlam development, TBA soon!), and Dana at the "Newlywed Nest Show Home," hosted by Brides Magazine.

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Huge Lips, Skinny Hips WinnerS (more than one)!

April 21, 2010

Surprise! I selected the winner randomly, as usual, but there were so many amazing entries that I chose a second winner: the one who sent in my fave summer makeup tip.

The winners:

Angie: "I definitely wear less makeup in the summer! Rarely wear foundation; some bronzer, some powder blush, mascara and the can't-live-without products are Bobbi Brown's long wear cream eye shadow and gel eye liner. Survives a hot, humid day like no ones business."

Rachael: "Hi Jordan!
My fave summer makeup tip is LESS IS MORE! I know, cliche? Well..kind of. I'm 20, and I'm still evolving and figuring out what works and what doesn't for me. I used to pile on the makeup to try and tame my gigantic eyes, but I decided to really tone it down this summer by brushing on a sheer beige with a sheen. Just a teeny emphasis, and I'm finding that I'm really liking my "natural" beauty a lot more. It's nice to finally start to feel comfortable with a feature I've felt self-conscious about my whole life.
Have a great week!"

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Stress-Free Entertaining: Signature Cocktail

April 20, 2010

In this episode of "Better Bites," Donatella Arpaia teaches me how to make the perfect spring cocktail.

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THE BURGERS (yeah, they deserve caps)

April 20, 2010

You know if someone's eaten the Black Label burger at Minetta Tavern, because they just won't stop talking about it. Like, ever.

When Verena and I got on the subject of burgers a couple of weeks ago, we decided that it just had to happen: we'd journey down to Minetta to taste-test the $26 Black Label Burger and the $16 Minetta Burger (which Frank Bruni has actually decreed better than its pricier rival) side-by-side.

The Black Label burger is one of the more storied foodie items in the city. Seriouseats has an extraordinarily comprehensive run-down of how the thing (which I would hesitate to call a burger, so far is it from tasting like what one would expect from a meat patty swaddled in bun) is made, but suffice it to say that it's an elaborate process, including dry-aged ribeye, brisket, and skirt steak in secret proportions, brioche from Balthazar Bakery, and onions that are griddled just-so in the beef juices.

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Harlem Shakes C Side

April 19, 2010

Listen to this, because you probably haven't heard it (it was only released as a demo), and because it's great (she says, totally objectively). "A Night" is a very, very old Harlem Shakes song - from their pre-Carpetbaggers days - and it's the song that was transformed into "Sunlight" for the Technicolor Health LP. I like it even better than the song that it became (which is itself quite great and deserves more than a few listens).