There are just a couple of days left to register for ConstantChatter’s 3rd birthday giveaway, $150 worth of Burt’s Bees products.  For more details be sure check out our original birthday post here.   We’re also giving away five additional surprise packages for six lucky winners in all!
All entries must be date stamped by our server [...]

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Oh I know what you’re thinking: act like a tourist where I live? It sounds funny, doesn’t it, because being a tourist usually means visiting a place where you don’t live.
I think that you can be a tourist in your own town. I’m sure there are places that are unfamiliar to you – places that [...]

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Saturday, June 7, 2008 was the Race for the Cure in Washington, DC. My sister, Jacqueline, had organized a team of about 40 people to walk in My Vision Foundation t-shirts behind a beautiful banner that listed me and my mother first as breast cancer survivors. Even most of my New York relatives drove down [...]

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Well, it’s been three years since we first started this community.  There have been some highs and some lows and many good times and lots of information for everyone, I’m sure.  To help celebrate our third year we thought we’d have a contest (along with the regular giveaways we’ve been doing here in the blog).

The [...]

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Can You Dare to Be Happy…for no particular reason?
One of the biggest problems today is that too many people are not happy. We look for external stimuli to make us happy. We expect our significant other to make us happy and divorce him when he doesn’t. We expect our children to fulfill our dreams [...]

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Last week, before things started to get too book launch crazy for Mignon Fogarty (aka Grammar Girl), we were able to sit down for a brief chat about grammar, podcasting and so much more.  We’re also giving away five copies of her new book Grammar Girl’s Quick and Dirty Tips for Better Writing, so be [...]

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You don’t have to give up style to conform to a work dress code - especially in the summer. Katrina Szish from In Style magazine shares ideas with CBS Early Shoe’s Julie Chen for men and women’s work wear.

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Did you know…

that applying corn starch to your feet before you put your shoes on can help to deter blisters?
that wearing a thick pair of socks and your new shoes around the house will help to break in new shoes?
that applying a liquid bandage (much like a clean nail polish) over the prone-to-blister or [...]

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Life happens fast — at least, that has been my experience of life for 38 years.  I marvel at the monks who can be so present moment that every task gets their full and undivided attention;  I also find myself, normally a highly-functioning multi-tasker, feeling rather ADD in their presence.  My goal recently has been [...]

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