Category Archives: Fashion

My LiLo Moment

I get it. Lindsay Lohan is the leggings queen. Whether it’s under a t-shirt, a skirt or a dress that might as well be a t-shirt, she’s got them on. So you win, LiLo. The Miss Leggings USA title is yours. But you know, I have to question your business acumen because I really don’t [...]

On Short and Long Hair

A conversation that has occurred quite often, lately: “Hey, your hair is so long!” or, “Hey, your hair looks good!” And I answer this with a scrunched nose and either, “I know!” or, “Thanks!” respectively. The scrunched nose, which happens no matter what, comes about from this reflexive thing that goes on inside my head – which feels [...]

Apparently, Gladiator Isn’t So 8 Years Ago

You know what’s been killing me lately? The whole gladiator sandal trend. It has the potential to be cute, true. And every designer has their own version. (Yes, I guess that is what they would define a “trend.”) But they also have the potential to be extremely ugly. Some don’t even look half-feminine. Now don’t [...]

Thank God Uggs Are Dying Out

Do you know what I never got about Uggs? Not that I saw more people wearing them in Los Angeles more than in Milwaukee or Mammoth. (You could probably halve the average temperature in Los Angeles over the year and get the average yearly temperature in Milwaukee.) After all, people spend more money on clothes shoes winter [...]

In Defense of Sunglasses At Night

Only in some circumstances is there a time and a place. The sporting of sunglasses is not one of them. You’ve undoubtedly seen young gentlemen and young women wear sunglasses all hours of the day as if they never go out of style. I won’t lie–it’s rampant around here. And sometimes it looks kind of [...]

Magic Bags

Once in a blue moon, the sig. other and I will brave the wait for a table at Din Tai Fung Dumpling House. On a normal weekend, a typical wait to get seated will take up to an hour, so we’ll usually go on mornings when we wake up early enough to beat the mad [...]