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Orange You Glad…

Posted on January 5, 2010 by laurenflax

… this isn’t another post about navel gazing or shoes? I have not been a big fan of facebook for a while now – it is a perpetually open tab in my browser more because it is how so many … Continue reading →

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Misbehaving Tuesday: Argyle Edition

Posted on December 1, 2009 by laurenflax

My clothes don’t match today. As I was getting dressed – pink toenails, purple open-toe flats, black and gray argyle footless tights, olive drab miniskirt, purple shirt, black sweater, denim jacket – it occurred to me that I would have … Continue reading →

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Body, Mind and Sole*

Posted on November 22, 2009 by laurenflax

I have two great regrets in my life: 1) One night when I was sixteen, I started laughing as my big high school crush was about to kiss me, and 2) my mom and I don’t wear the same size … Continue reading →

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Socks: The Final Frontier

Posted on November 14, 2009 by laurenflax

For the past week I have been contemplating the bigger issues of life – finding beauty, sacredness, and nobility in everyday actions, conducting myself with kindness and integrity, trusting intuition – but at the same time I have been giving … Continue reading →

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Frivolousness

Posted on November 1, 2009 by laurenflax

I spent this afternoon meandering around Fells Point, after checking out the Baltimore Tattoo Museum. Between the chinese slippers on my feet, Mr. T Experience in the car, and the junk stores, I felt like I was fifteen again, only … Continue reading →

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An Open (Love)Letter to Loehmanns Department Store

Posted on October 28, 2009 by laurenflax

Dear Loehmanns, I am writing to tell you that I think you are positively keen. Why? Because your lingerie department is full of oddly sized, inexpensive bras in fun colors and shapes. We’re a perfect match, you and me. Your … Continue reading →

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Posted on October 24, 2009 by laurenflax

Today was Scott’s birthday. In honor of his oldness, I baked a cake. This is the Phabulous Philadelphia Pumpkin Chocolate ChampionChip Bun(d)t Cake. I made a few tweaks to this recipe since I posted it last October, and it is … Continue reading →

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It’s Misbehaving Tuesday

Posted on October 13, 2009 by laurenflax

One Tuesday over the summer, I was doing my usual Tuesday thing – work, maybe a little cleaning, making a grocery list – when I was beset by a strong urge to misbehave. Quite suddenly, the best use of my … Continue reading →

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Shifting Gears

Posted on October 11, 2009 by laurenflax

It was one of those surreal weekends in which the scenery changed rapidly: teaching at the JCC in Pikesville, a Catholic wedding, learning to drive stick in the car of my whatever-you-call-my-mother’s-gentleman-friend, all in the space of about thirty-six hours. … Continue reading →

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I am going to drink a beer and complain about bras.

Posted on October 3, 2009 by laurenflax

You know what? There is something that bra manufacturers and department store buyers need to know: We’re out there. That’s right, we’re out there: small women with big boobs, and we are tired of wearing sports bras all the time. … Continue reading →

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