Various news agencies are reporting that the busy Barnes and Noble at Union Station in Washington DC is about to close, reportedly because Barnes and Noble and the landlord have been unable to agree on the rent. This news of course has brought out the usual gulp will we continue to have brick and mortar bookstores in the future articles, all of ( Read more... )

No, really, jaw dropping ( Read more... )

Publix moved my favorite type of chips from the snacks/chips/soda aisle to the organic food section and now the chips don't seem like an indulgence any more :( (Also, they're organic? When did this happen ( Read more... )

So, at the checkout line at Target today, I got behind a woman with two children - an infant and a kid of about four, I think. The girl was playing with an unclothed Barbie ( Read more... )

This may be one of the most headshaking holiday articles I've read this year ( Read more... )

In lieu of a thoughtful, inspiring and life changing post, I give you ( Read more... )

I generally loathe shopping for clothes. I approach clothes shopping the way some people approach going to the dentist. (I approach going to the dentist the way some people approach going towards a nuclear bomb.) Which is why I usually shop alone for clothes ( Read more... )

I hate, but, hate, shopping for jeans.

Yes, yes, I know. I'm a girl, and thus, by nature, should be endowed with an immediate love for and glee in shopping for anything. And, truthfully, yes, some shopping is fun: shopping for books (which incidentally can become a day long activity for me); shopping for art, for jewelry, for presents, for ( Read more... )