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Are you Popular? (circa 1947)

This is an example of post-World War social guidance films and golly jee whizz, is it a hoot! It can only be a positive thing that no one would ever make these instructional videos today. [youtube http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Eqpe7Y_6rmQ&] Favorite moments: “Or if you’d rather go with the gang on a skating party and weenie roast. We’d…

GIRL CRUSH DU JOUR: Killing it with Curves

  You could say I have history of dismissing style bloggers that spend half their time doing photo shoots of themselves. But with this one, I’ll bend the rules a little. Is it because she’s not the typical size of a fashion blogger? Admittedly, it’s what first caught my eye, but that’s just skimming the…

Parents will get old & that’s Life

You’ve probably clicked on this article because at one point or another, you’ve feared life without your parents. Yes, I’m going there. This isn’t a topic I thought I’d ever be writing about either and I’ll admit I’m uneasy about whether it’s really appropriate here, on my blog. I had a choice either to keep…

10 Random Facts that will Make You Sound Smarter than You Really Are

There’s nothing better than that moment when you have an incredibly interesting fact to spew in a social situation, making yourself sound infinitely more intelligent than you really are. MessyNessy has picked out some of her favorites to throw out there at your New Years parties this weekend … 1. The U.S Government once poisoned…

American Girls in Paris

Summer has arrived here in Paris, which means, so have the American college girls. For twenty-something Parisian boys, this is hunting season. American girls are numerous and they’re generally less intimidating than your average female Parisienne. French women –who are well aware of this themselves– are generally complicated and slightly nutty creatures. It is common…

Lost & Found: A Dad’s Dos & Don’ts for his American Girl in Paris

I was walking around Marie Antoinette’s gardens this weekend in Versailles when I spotted a folded white piece of paper on the ground. No one else was in sight in the frosty orchard to claim it, so I picked it up and continued on our brisk walk, not thinking much of it until we returned home that evening. What…

A Guide to Dealing with Negative Comments from Internet Trolls

Although so many of you wonderful readers leave amazing and encouraging comments on this space, occasionally there’s someone out there that leaves a negative one and it seems to have the power to grab my attention more than any other comment and consume and torment my soul … or at least bug me for a…
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