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Work It Girl: Tomboy Style
A vast majority of women live in an era where they are "allowed" to dress anyway they feel like. So much of women's clothing style of the past and present has focused on just being the princess, or the glamor girl, or the girly girl, or the pinup queen, but that doesn't work for every girl and...
How To Work Out Safely During the Summer For You and Your Dog
It is hot AF outside these days, and if working out indoors just isn't your thing, there are some safety precautions you should take to ensure you have as safe of a summer workout as possible. H Y D R A T E! This one is hopefully a no brainer, and yet so many people get sent to the hospital due...
Work It Girl: Nude For All Womankind
When privilege according to ones race is discussed, the idea of something being "nude" is one of the issues that often comes up for minorities and people of color. People don't often think about this because they've never been excluded by a brand before for their skin color, but often in...
20 Group Photos You Should Try At Least Once
Tips For Getting Great Group Shots Most people just take a standard group photo, and they are nice, but why not get a bit more creative so your group photos will be much more memorable and fun for all involved. Whichever you decide to do, these tips will help you achieve your dream group shots....
8 Great Cookbooks for Beginners and Experts
First, a word about cookbooks... I am a cookbook connoisseur. I have thumbed through about a thousand over the years at this point thanks to my local library, some chef friends, and many many bookstores and gifts. After a while you get to know which books are going to be on your shelf forever,...
The Most Difficult Foods To Eat, And How To Eat Them
Whole Crab, Crab Legs, Lobster I'll tell you right now, I have suffered many a bloody finger at the hands of crab who I swear are still fighting for life postmortem. You have to respect something like that. There is absolutely no way to be dainty, clean, or proper when eating these items either....
What Do Those Weird Kitchen Gadgets Do?
If you aren't familiar with the kitchen, or you've just been curious about a weird looking kitchen gadget you've seen somewhere, here is an explanation of some of the things you may have seen or wondered about. 1. Off Set Spatula Kind of sort of looks like it could be a really skinny spatula,...
How To Survive Your Freshman Year Of College
1. Um, your education...is actually important When you land on the vast shores of your new college, the temptations are going to be everywhere. You are free from your parents, from rules, from teachers, from old friends and exes that held you back, so a lot of freshman get drunk on this...
10 Ways To Get A Guy To Like You
1. Be Yourself If you've lied about your interests, your religion, your political views, your love of a sports team you hate, and your regrettable drunken marriage in Vegas...and the guy you're trying to start a relationship falls for "that person," you're screwed because that's not you and...
Work It Girl: Figure Flattery If You've Got a Big...
Do not be discouraged by the body you have right now! You can spend all day wishing you had some type of body you see in a magazine or maybe you're working out to get the body you want but still want to look your best in the meantime, or maybe it's just genetics and you've got what you've got...
Work It Girl: Your Fitness Fashion
Working out can sometimes seem like a chore, but for some women, looking stylish while working out is great motivation to hit the track or the gym. I mean, if you can be stylish at work, at a party, or in your casual clothes, why not at the gym as well? 1. You're a perfectionist in and out of...
My First Taste of Revenge, But is Violence the Answer?
Every adult likes to tell you the same exact useless string of words when you're sitting across from them distraught, sobbing, and drenched in a combination of your own tears and snot: "if you ignore your bullies, they'll leave you alone." Bullsh*t! It was four months into my first year of...
Work It Girl: Dressing Modestly
Dressing Modestly: Rules: Where to Find When you hear modest dress , you may be thinking that that means you have to wear a big old shapeless sack dress or maybe that in modern times its impossible to really dress modestly given current fashion trends. Many women, inside and out of cultural...
Work It Girl: Vintage Dressing in the Modern World
Ah yes, as the saying goes, what was once old, is new again, and never is that more true than in fashion. Resurrecting styles from the past and bringing them into the modern age is something that will continue to occur over and over again. However, you don't have to wait until something is...
How To Host a Multi-Course Dinner Party
At least one time in your life, make it one of your bucket list goals to host a multi-course dinner party. It is one of the most rewarding challenges for cooks or chefs to pull off successfully. Showcase your favorite recipes, your culinary and plating skills, entertain and delight your guests...
Lessons for New Cooks: The Foundation
When you are just starting out in the kitchen, it can be intimidating. You've no doubt seen someone standing over a stove at some point furiously throwing things in a pan, and stirring wildly and thought, hmm, I could never do that, but cooking is absolutely like every other skill you've ever...
Are You Bored Right Now: YouTube!
I don't think many of us can really remember with any real clarity what life was like before YouTube anymore than we can life before cell phones (if you are even old enough to have had a life before either!). There is immense value in a site that allows anyone, with few restrictions, to post...
Make-Up vs. Natural Face
Hi. Can we all just be really honest here for a minute when it comes to women wearing make-up? When men try and tell women that they love the natural look and believe that women don't need or should not wear make-up, they are referring to this type of girl pictured above, Exhibit A. She has a...
When Your First And/Or Last Name is "Complicated"
https://www.youtube.com/embed/ADgS_vMGgzY I am the product of two different cultures. As such, my name reflects as much. I have an easy, by American ears, first name to pronounce which few people have problems with combined with what is apparently the most difficult last name in the entire world...
Why Do Men and Women Wear Pants?
Guys remember the good old days when men could throw on a tunic, or strap on what looked like your best dressy white bed sheets and a bit of rope and you were good to go fashion wise for the entire year? What happened to the good old Roman days where men could essentially wear togas and tunics?...
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