Kathleen’s Best of 2012!

by Kathleen O'Reilly

At this time of year, there is always the lists.  Best of, worst of, words that need to go away.  Harper’s Bazaar has their “Best Dressed of 2011” List.   The 100 best Twitter accounts.  #1 was @kathleenoreilly!!!  Haha, no, that belongs on @humblebrag.  #1 was Tim Siedell, (@badbanana) who I have no idea who [...]

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Getting Back to Work

by Julia London
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Where to start?  I have taken a couple of weeks off.  I didn’t intend to do it, but I found my motivation lacking over the holidays.  My house was filled with little kids more days than it was not, and there was all the holiday stuff to do. But now, I have to get serious [...]

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I’M IN LOVE

by Jacquie D'Alessandro

Well, it’s finally happened–I’ve upgraded.  Out with old, in with the new.  And I’m in love. With my new smart phone. Yes, my new Motorola Atrix 2 has stolen my heart–and I don’t even know everything it can do yet.  Oh, but the pleasure it’s already brought me!  The FREE Kindle App has me sighing [...]

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Don’t Meet Your Idols

by Sherri Browning Erwin

First bit of advice for the New Year: don’t meet your idols.  Chances are, when your idol happens along, you won’t be ready. You might be like me, holding leftover spicy green beans in a garlic chili sauce from P.F. Chang, reeking, feeling like your stomach might be about to explode, when your husband (buying [...]

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Happy (Almost!) New Year!

by Julie Kenner/J.K. Beck

The weekend’s starting in 2011 and ending in 2012. How cool is that? What’s your number one new year’s resolution? Mine is to put up blog posts longer than three sentences, bwahahaha! But seriously, here’s wishing everyone a safe, happy, wonderful new year filled with friends and family and joy galore. Share this:

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Naughty or Nice?

by Sherri Browning Erwin

It’s that time of year– time to nominate a Whine Person of the Year. We’ve gone naughty, snarky, giving the award in the spirit of thumbing our noses at bad behavior. The Kardashians were last year’s Whiners of the Year. Tom Cruise was our choice in the year of his couch-jumping. We’ve gone nice, honoring [...]

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Holiday Windows

by Dee Davis

For your enjoyment a few photos from Bergdorg Goodman’s windows.  They’re always my favorites!                                                                             And a couple [...]

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All I Got For Christmas…

by Kathleen O'Reilly

At the end of the year, there’s not a lot of news going on.  People are talking about the holidays, the best of/worst of, the economy, and frankly, I wasn’t excited about talking about any of that.  I’d rather talk presents.  Namely, what we got for gifts.  Call me curious, Molly Miss NosyPants, whatever, but [...]

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Holiday Week

by Julia London

I confess to still being in holiday mode and out of town (don’t worry, Julie!  I will get to that cat ), so this is going to be very short and sweet.  What are your plans for the week?  Are you: a. Working b.  Going to the movies c.  Catching up on your reading d.  [...]

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HAPPY HOLIDAYS!

by Jacquie D'Alessandro

No big blog today–just my hopes for everyone to enjoy a safe, healthy, and happy holiday.  Would love to know what you’re doing today–I’m preparing for the Big Italian Fish Feast tonight and looking forward to being with family and friends.   What are your plans? WISHING YOU ALL A WONDERFUL HOLIDAY! xox Share this:

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Feed the World

by Sherri Browning Erwin

It’s Christmas time. There’s no need to be afraid. At Christmas time, we let in light and we banish shade. And we decorate trees and listen to carols and start to question those lyrics, particularly Do They Know It’s Christmas? the Band Aid 80s classic.  Yes, in the 80s, I loved the song, and the video, [...]

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Revisiting Pretty in Pink

by Sherri Browning Erwin

A few weeks ago, Pretty in Pink was on TV, and I watched it again. This is one I haven’t seen since 1986, the year it came out… which was also the year I was a senior in high school, like the main characters, and going through things like parties, prom, impending graduation, and the [...]

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Christmas Bells

by Dee Davis

The cold wind blew up the busy street.  Christmas shoppers hurried home, trying to beat the quickly descending darkness.  Shop windows glittered like jewels, dressed in their Christmas finery.  Everything was the same.  Everything was different. Vienna at Christmas is like a fairy tale.  Gluh Wein, Kristkindl Markts, candles and somebody called Krampus.  And there’s [...]

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A Compendium of Kathleen’s Complexing Melange

by Kathleen O'Reilly

There’ve been a lot of things occupying my mind recently, some good, some bad, but it all makes me want to make changes within myself. Yesterday, it was announced that Kim Jong-il of North Korea had died over the weekend.  I have no love lost for the dude, I don’t think he did his people [...]

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My Very Excellent Adventure

by Jacquie D'Alessandro

My dad recently had a pacemaker put in and isn’t able to drive for a month.  That fact, added to his recovery time, forced my parents to cancel their planned trip to ATL for the holidays.  Bummer!  Even worse, due to an overload of work committments, my DH can’t take any time off between now [...]

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The Christmas Secret: A Novella

by Julia London
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I am very happy to announce that the ebook exclusive novella, The Christmas Secret, part of the Secrets of Hadley Green series, is now available for download. If you read the first book in the series, The Year of Living Scandalously, you met  Declan, the Earl of Donnelly, Keira Hannigan, and Declan’s sister Eireanne, who [...]

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Favorite Holiday Songs

by Jacquie D'Alessandro

One of the things I like best about this time of year is the music.  So many good songs–it doesn’t seem fair that we only get to hear them for a few weeks out of the year.  Given it’s The Most Wonderful Season of All, I thought I’d share my Top Ten Favorite Holiday Tunes.  [...]

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Home Invasion

by Julie Kenner/J.K. Beck

No, not THAT kind (although there have been two–count ‘em, two–home invasions in Georgetown recently…yikes! No, I’m talking about the good kind. The party kind! We’re having a work-related holiday party at our house tomorrow night. I’m looking forward to the food and the company…but what I’m really looking forward to is the pre-invasion result: [...]

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Holiday Pets

by Sherri Browning Erwin

We just had a pet emergency here at home. My corgi Kylie, who was never spayed (because she never leaves the yard or spends time with unfixed male dogs, and my pug needed a few surgeries that left me unwilling to put another beloved under the knife at the time), somehow contracted a very serious [...]

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The Tale of the Christmas Trout

by Dee Davis

In yesterday’s blog, CateS mentioned the game Dirty Santa.  I hadn’t ever heard it called that before, but I’ve played it several times at holiday parties.   You know the one where you can choose a wrapped gift or take one of the opened ones someone else has already chosen.   The year I remember it best, [...]

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The Gift-Giving Tradition

by Julia London
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When I was growing up, Santa generally delivered one great gift, an orange, and some underwear or socks.  Mom and Dad came through with some extra gifts, and we four kids were expected to get our parents and sibling small gifts, and enjoy it, by God.  Ha! Our take Christmas morning was not a big [...]

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