February 2012
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Bringing sexy back.
I’ve never been one of those girls who naturally exudes eroticism, you know, like Carmen Electra on Baywatch. In fact, I hate wearing bathing suits, even one pieces.
My inner confidence that comes through on the outside is from being a thoughtful friend, exceeding expectations at work, and rocking a stiletto without tripping & falling [not once]. But no where in that crockpot of...
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January 2012
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loved by Love.
Dr. Maya Angelou
The truth is everybody probably has 250 epiphanies. The way you’re changed at ten prepares you to be changed again at fifteen, but you couldn’t have been changed at fifteen had you not had that change at ten. You see what I mean? Epiphany builds upon epiphany.
When I was maybe twenty-two or so, I was studying voice, and the voice teacher lived in my house and rented from me. He...
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Ten.
On January 20, 2002, my friend Vivi passed away at 22-years-old. A drunk driver hit her car after running a red light. Ironically, she was the DD that night for friends who had been celebrating at a bachelorette party.
It was not his first DUI. The driver fled the scene and removed the plates from his limousine…in front of a Washington D.C. police station. Needless to say, he was caught,...
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Got milk?
I stumbled across a recent article on living together before marriage, specifically:
5 Reasons You Should Live Together Before Getting Married
From adolescence to approximately the age of 30, I was convinced…both by my Catholic school brainwashing as well as alleged “scientific” studies against shacking up, that I would not cohabitate before a wedding. I would faithfully and...
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Instructions for Life by The Dalai Lama
Take into account that great love and great achievements involve great risk.
When you lose, don’t lose the lesson.
Follow the three R’s: - Respect for self, - Respect for others and - Responsibility for all your actions.
Remember that not getting what you want is sometimes a wonderful stroke of luck.
Learn the rules so you know how to break them properly.
Don’t let a little dispute...
December 2011
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room + mates.
Someone once said that two halves make a whole. And when two halves move in together, it makes a whole lotta stuff. After thirty days, we miraculously managed to not kill each other.
Those lines are from one of my all-time favorite Sex & the City series episodes: “The Good Fight.”
Ironically, it’s airing on the Style network tonight. And how would I know that SATC is on?...
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Monkey love.
They say that life happens when you’re busy making plans. That life isn’t about the destination, but about the journey. That getting what you go after is success, but liking it while you are getting it is happiness.
Famous quotes of inspiration are plastered across every book shelf, fireplace mantel, and refrigerator magnet in my living quarters, yet, evidently I can’t seem to...
November 2011
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Bling bling.
It isn’t a secret that I love a stiletto. Handbags are not far behind from the heel.
But the third runner up is definitely a cocktail ring, the ‘statement’ kind. Watches, earrings, necklaces and belts are lovely; a piece of bling on right-hand fingers take the cake.
15 Conversation-Starting Cocktail Rings (for winter) is an article that caught my eye. The still photos...
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Closets are a girl's best friend.
I’ve successfully completed three nights of living with Mr. Big.
% of my belongings unpacked & tucked away into their new home / shelf / closet / drawer: 85%
% of comprehension that I actually live in this space & am not just visiting my manfriend for a few days: 15%
% of feeling comfortable in our cohabitation dynamic: 100%
Everything that I suspected would be enjoyable,...
October 2011
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Single and the City.
Not gonna lie. I’m having a little freak-out about the upcoming move [in t-minus six days]. Yes, I’m counting.
“Freak-out” is subjective and I don’t mean to overdramatize this…but the magnitude with regards to what is changing undoubtedly overwhelms me.
I knew a relocation transition was coming due to where we are in our long term, long distance courtship,...
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“for a long time it seemed to me that life was about to begin - real life. but...”
– souza
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Three's company.
They say good things come in sets of three. Evidently, that is the case for me at the moment.
I’m moving to Baltimore!
I’m starting a new job!!
I’m going to live with Mr. Big for the first time in our relationship’s history!!!
Although we’ve been talking about our future for quite some time, somehow these tangible changes seem…well, sudden.
I helped him...
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When love prevails.
My former “office boyfriend” Phil introduced me to blogging many years ago. But it wasn’t just writing that we had in common, or the fact we were colleagues at a marketing agency…we loved talking about love.
The two of us quickly became each other’s opposite sex confidant outside of the office.
He was my self-proclaimed male voice of reason.
Subway was our trusted...
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Gut check.
Soothsayer. That’s what Mr. Big calls me. Honestly, I hadn’t heard that name before he branded me with the title. {Prediction: As soon as he reads that insight, he’ll think, “She’s so innocent” ~ then smile}.
It all started a few years ago. Well, even in high school I noticed strange premonitions, but the awareness of being able to communicate with...
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Love is patient.
Every single one of us possesses an achilles’ heel. Evidently, mine is accepting that my grandoise master plan concocted in my subconscious hasn’t come to fruition.
The older and wiser I get, the more I realize and believe in the depth of my Being that I’m exactly where I’m meant to be. That every single solitary part of my journey to date has a purpose; the good, bad and...
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September 2011
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“There is a time of year in New York, when, even before the first leaf falls, you...”
– Sex and the City, “I Heart NY”
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“Relationships, no matter how good, are inevitably a series of compromises.”
– Carrie Bradshaw
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Best Staged Plans.
Life changing.
That’s how I describe the day Claire Cook entered my life. Sure I loved the movie, Must Love Dogs, which is based on her best-selling book…but the gravitational force that occured all around after hearing the author speak, changed me.
She was the final keynote speaker at the skirt! writing conference I was attending in Atlanta. Before she dived into her insightful...
girlandthecity asked: I love your blog! You have such a great style of writing, and of course the posts that I've read (especially the ones pertaining to Big), I can really relate. All women have a Mr. Big. lol :) I have a private blog that I just started yesterday, and I wanted to invite you to read it! I would need your email address though, so I can send you an invite! Talk to you soon!
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Fashion night out.
On my first day at the job as a Brand Manager for a pet products company, I knew my boss and I would get along just fine.
Her cell phone started ringing; Sex & the City’s theme song blasted from the pink-cased iphone — her custom ring tone for incoming calls. Then and there, we’d become sole mates.
One might think it is hard to make pet gadgets appear sexy, but oh no ~ her...
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We Remember... →
On September 10, 1991 photographer Scott Tugel borrowed some Donna Karan samples for a photo shoot he was doing in NYC.
He took this picture.
I’m sure after he took it, he thought he had gotten the perfect shot. What he couldn’t have known is that it was literally an eery…
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“Writing is like prostitution. First you do it for love, then for a few close...”
– Molière
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“Every year the men and women of New York leave their foolish choices of the past...”
– Carrie Bradshaw, Sex & the City, The Movie
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Lustful lashes.
Bravo’s Real Housewives television series must be karmically connected to me, because the show indirectly and directly crosses my path on the regular. I’ve been an avid follower of the show for quite some time and love me some Andy Cohen in the after shows.
The first overlap outside of my living room was meeting several cast members at VIP events through business affairs ~ Pet...
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Love is love.
I might have been a gay man in my past life.
Maybe that isn’t necessarily true, and I don’t have any proof per se, but my affinity for homosexual guys is progressively edging off the charts. Even my manfriend has started to pick up on the blatant sexual orientation reverse discrimination.
Me: “I like that guy.”
Mr. Big: “Who, our waiter?”
Me: “Yeah, he’s really polite and helpful. I also like his...
August 2011
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“Someday, someone will walk into your life, and make you realize why it never...”
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Happy feet.
Mr. Big is moving to Baltimore.
Cutting right to the chase…this is a good thing.
We’ve spent 11 months doing the long distance dance between Atlanta & Virginia. I’ve dropped approximately $1k on flights, airport parking and cabs over can’t-come-soon-enough-but-go-by-way-too-fast 3 day weekends, and carved out several of my coveted PTO days to soak up one extra night...
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“NINETEEN: Percentage of women who buy themselves flowers instead of waiting for...”
– Women’s Health Magazine, September 2011
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