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September 13, 2010 In C'est Ma Vie, Favorites, Travel By tamia

Empire state of mine

So, I returned from New York earrrrrly yesterday morning after a pretty fabulous trip. Here's how it went down: Getting thereI have a very complex packing method, which is to say that my technique involves throwing a bunch of stuff I think I might want to wear on the bed and trying to create outfits out of the jumble. This is a very slow, complicated operation that usually lasts for about 45 minutes before I

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September 6, 2010 In Personal Style, Vintage & Thrift finds By tamia

Back-to-school breeze

The weather right now is nothing but sunshine and cool Back to School Breezes(TM), tricking me into obsessing about all of the freshly sharpened pencils, crisp lined paper, and gross-yet-amusing Garbage Pail Kids stickers I could put in my designer Trapper Keeper. The smell of a new pink eraser gets me every time. In honor of homerooms past, I decided to wear my version of an old back-to-school look: a boy's oxford, cropped

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September 3, 2010 In C'est Ma Vie By tamia

NYC 4 IFB n FNO

So, I made the (last-minute) decision to pack up and head to NYC for the IFB Evolving Influence Conference, and figured I might as well stay for the Fashion's Night Out festivities. You know, to support the economy and such.I've been working on the new issue of the magazine seemingly non-stop for the past few weeks, so I could use a fun break

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August 30, 2010 In C'est Ma Vie By tamia

Dernier week-end

Last weekend, I: Indulged my cupcake craving I'd been feenin' for a mini-cake all week, and when we stopped at ForkHeartKnife for dinner, there was a plate of vanilla cupcakes right there at the front counter.  I picked the one with the most icing and started eating it before I even ordered dinner. Rode my bike 4.5 miles Saturday morning, I set out with the goal of making it to Northside and back. I

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August 27, 2010 In C'est Ma Vie, Shopping By tamia

Shop for success

Yesterday, I stopped by the Dress for Success Cincinnati headquarters to learn more about what they do and how I could get involved. Because I think about myself way too much--it seems like such a waste not to do more for other people. The DFS Associate Director, Kelly--who was fabulous and obviously dedicated to helping the women in the program--gave me a personal tour of the operation and explained the suiting process (when clients come

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August 25, 2010 In Design, Do-It-Yourself, Favorites By tamia

My DIY photography lightbox

After doing research for the product photography how-to post over at StyleSampleMag.com, I decided to try my hand at building my own bootleg lightbox. It was pretty simple, and I had most of what I needed just laying around the house: 1. Find a box. Cut holes in it. I used scissors (an X-acto knife probably would have worked better) to cut out opposite sides of an old shipping box and a smaller "flip

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August 23, 2010 In C'est Ma Vie, Do-It-Yourself, Favorites, Personal Style By tamia

Just call me Theo

Since last week, I: Wore the new AllSaints top I bought in the sale. I love wacky asymmetrical draping, but FriendBoy immediately said "You're wearing Theo's shirt!" It is now officially known as my Gordon Gartrell. Hit the Jodi Arnold event at The Limited. Due to underestimating traffic (I don't know how I did the rush hour thing every day), I missed the fashion show, but did manage to snag the tunic I wanted

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August 18, 2010 In Personal Style, Vintage & Thrift finds By tamia

Into the sunlight

This time of year, between, say 8:10 and 8:35-ish in the evening on a clear day, the sun turns everything a very lovely soft golden color--so I cajoled FriendBoy into taking some pictures.Forever21 tank, vintage skirt and belt, Ash shoes, bracelets from street vendorNote the skirt from the flowered Madea-wannabe set I picked up at the theater warehouse sale. I thought about shortening it, but I'm really enjoying it as a long skirt.

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