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Brooklyn Meets Paris at New Festival

Bearded hipsters meet fashion’s finest at a strange new food and culture festival in Paris. Paris by Mouth reports that a new special festival at high-end department store Le Bon Marché is celebrating all of the “best” of the New York borough as curated by their merchandisers in a bizarre Brooklyn meets Paris styling. While…

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Last Minute Gift Ideas for Travelers

Its t-minus two days until Christmas.  Already we’ve hit the “too late to ship” (without taking out a second mortgage) point.  But maybe you’ve procrastinated (like me) or perhaps you have been busy with your own travels (either wrapping up time for business travel or hitting the road for your own leisure).  Meanwhile the gift…

Birchbox OR Ipsy – November 2014
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Birchbox OR Ipsy – November 2014

It’s time for the November battle of the beauty sample subscriptions. Each month, Birchbox goes head to head with Ipsy to see which delivered more value and wow. Both services offer a monthly $10 membership where subscribers receive a selection of beauty product samples that is customized (somewhat) based on personal preferences.  Birchbox comes in its namesake…

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Stitch Fix Box Review – October 2014

I subscribe to a personal shopping subscription service called Stitch Fix.  It’s an online personal shopping service where users can create their own custom profile to receive regular hand-selected wardrobe additions based on their personal preferences (including lifestyle, body type, and wardrobe needs). Here’s how it works: Users complete a detailed profile online. A stylist for the company reviews this data (which includes…

Birchbox OR Ipsy – October 2014
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Birchbox OR Ipsy – October 2014

I’m late. I’m late for this very important date.  It’s my monthly square off of the beauty samplers. Both services offer a monthly $10 membership where subscribers receive a selection of beauty product samples that is customized (somewhat) based on personal preferences.  Birchbox comes in its namesake box while Ipsy’s Glam Bag is a limited edition cosmetic…

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Flash Sale – Gilt.Com Decor from Taj Hotel Design Concepts

Heads up for fans of bohemian style accents. Gilt.com just opened a sale one-of-a-kind throws and pillows from vintage kantha pieces.  Kantha is a type of embroidered fabric made from saris stitched together by hand and found in parts of SE Asia.  These pieces are from Taj Hotel Design Concepts. The hand stitched 50″x60″ throws…

Saturday Night Shopping – Things I Want (but Don’t Need) Addition

Me, champagne, Saturday night shopping?  What could possibly be wrong with that picture? Nothing… except my ability to find plenty of things I want (but don’t really need). Like this t-shirt from Anthropologie…. $48 for a t-shirt is a bit steep in my book (even if it does earn me 4 miles per dollar with…

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Birchbox OR Ipsy – September 2014

It’s time for another Birchbox OR Ipsy square off. Both services offer a monthly $10 membership where subscribers receive a selection of beauty product samples that is customized (somewhat) based on personal preferences.  Birchbox comes in its namesake box while Ipsy’s Glam Bag is a limited edition cosmetic bag each month. Each month, I review “the box” versus…

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HOT DEAL – Tumi Luggage on Sale

Nothing can get a group of frequent business travelers more excited than talking about luggage. And nothing gets this jetsetting diva more excited than Tumi luggage. Unless it’s Tumi luggage ON SALE. Let me catch my breath from the jumping up and down I’ve been doing for the past few minutes. Gilt.com has my favorite luggage…

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Thanks Again – No, Really, Thanks Again!

Occasionally I stumble across ways of earning miles that are so easy that I wonder how I could have ever missed them.  Thanks Again is one of those programs. The website allows users to register credit cards and then receive miles any time a registered card is used at a participating merchant. I found out…