by Lauren Slayton | Oct 29, 2012 | Uncategorized
Wind? Rain? How about weight gain? *Please note this was written before Sandy devastated the area, I would never make light of what’s happening in our city. I would guess that, aside from water, our family could survive for a month with the items in our...
by Lauren Slayton | Oct 25, 2012 | Uncategorized
Last week we saw a movie called The Sessions. The film is based on a short story written by Mark O’Brien. Mark suffered from polio as a child, remains immobile and visits a sex surrogate. I had never heard of sex surrogacy but let’s just describe it as physical...
by Lauren Slayton | Oct 22, 2012 | Uncategorized
We were recently interviewing interns. One candidate came in, shook our hands, sat down and proceeded to take one of those repulsive, slurpy sniffs. “I didn’t want to cancel but I’m not feeling well” was her opener. She was smart and qualified but I couldn’t finish...
by Lauren Slayton | Oct 18, 2012 | Uncategorized
I don’t watch Mad Men. It’s very hard to fit everything in with the abundance of Food Network/Cooking Channel shows and the reality crap I watch. So I am unfamiliar with Christina Hendricks, her body of work and her body. It was only via Time Magazine I read her...
by Lauren Slayton | Oct 15, 2012 | Uncategorized
Photo Hilary’s Veggie Burger Most of us have more than enough carbs in our lives. Pasta, bread, tortillas and grainy desserts all make the list of the top ten foods consumed by US adults. Even many of the carbs we consider “good” such as whole wheat bread...
by Lauren Slayton | Oct 11, 2012 | Uncategorized
“Go and find the people that you know Show them all your good parts Leave town when the bad ones start to show” Avett Brothers I love Linda Wells. Whether you read beauty magazines or not, you should open Allure (one of my favorites) and read Linda Well’s...