• Shop Your Closet: White Button-up Shirt

    Shop Your Closet: White Button-up Shirt

    Whether or not you ever wear it, you probably have a white button-up shirt in your closet. If your mom bought it for you, thinking it would be a good wardrobe foundation (she was right!) or it’s one of your go-tos for job interviews, it’s a pretty common piece to own.

  • Overheard: Things We Like to Do

    Overheard: Things We Like to Do

    (Girl, bringing a drink back to a table.)
    Guy: Whad’ya get?
    Girl: It’s a gimlet.
    Guy: Oh. We usually freeze those. Or put them in the gravy.

  • Intern Diaries: Gettin’ Physical

    Intern Diaries: Gettin’ Physical

    Last week, I was sent over to the fashion closet to help the style interns on a busy day. They had just finished shooting a story on the perfect pair of denim for every body (curvy, boyish, apple shaped, etc.), and now the remains of the project were stuffed in bags that popped out of every corner in the room.

  • Miss Manners: Tipping Cheat Sheet

    Miss Manners: Tipping Cheat Sheet

    I know that times are tough. The economy is in the dumper and our wallets are just getting emptier and emptier. These days it seems like I can’t turn a corner or walk into a bar without having to pay somebody something. Though I know it’s hard to choose between blowing your last dollars on another pitcher of beer or tipping the bartender, as a one-time waitress, I would never ever suggest skimping on tips.

  • Sugar Daddies: The Key to Financial Independence?

    Sugar Daddies: The Key to Financial Independence?

    It is no secret that college is expensive. Even if you get scholarship money, you still have to cover the books, the clothes, and everything else that comes with college life.

    Some people are fortunate enough to have everything covered, but those college students who are on their own are forced to seek employment on or around campus.

  • An Open Apology. I Had PMS; It Wasn’t My Fault

    An Open Apology. I Had PMS; It Wasn’t My Fault

    I am sorry.
    As it seems, I am currently suffering from a WICKED case of PMS. I have never really fal…

  • Bitter Waitress? Share your Horror Stories Here!

    Bitter Waitress? Share your Horror Stories Here!

    I’m convinced that food service has to be the first circle of hell.
    When I was an undergrad, I work…

  • Hooters: Eat Fried Food, Feel the Misery

    Hooters: Eat Fried Food, Feel the Misery

    Hooters? Depressing? You don’t say. All I’ve ever had to do was take a look at the horrible orange…

  • Oh, The Lengths to Which Some Men Will Go

    Oh, The Lengths to Which Some Men Will Go

    I was sitting in a diner yesterday with a couple of friends, when two of the guys I was with got to ta…

  • No More Getting Knocked Up

    No More Getting Knocked Up

     
    Forget birth control, forget condoms. I have found IT. And by IT I mean the foolproof way t…

  • Summer Job: Do’s and Don’ts

    Summer Job: Do’s and Don’ts

    I am the queen of summer jobs and internships.
    I have done everything from chase kids around in nu…