At first I was like, people sure do post weird things on Thanksgiving. Then I actually read the methodology and saw that this was an aggregation of posts from people who participated in a gratitude challenge over the past several months. Not a look at what all Facebook users posted about Thanksgiving, which is how…

I want to move too. To Oregon. And do lots of yoga while surrounded by nature and cities with streetcars. You can have my house in Virginia, where I have been watching YouTube all weekend.

I eat out almost every day, lunch and/or dinner, so I have to be mindful about choices to keep my weight in check. I would love for more places to have nutritional info handy to cut down on the guesswork. I would also love for more half portion of snack-sized options, (of real food, not junk) because I don't want or…

My thoughts on Supersonic:

Options:

Concur. No other store (with the possible exception of Macy's) makes me look as lumpy and frumpy as Nordstrom. I swear, even my cellulite has cellulite in those dressing rooms. And it's always jarring because the lighting and decor of the dressing rooms give the air of luxury and flattery. If this is what I look like…

I too have a full-length mirror that is leaning against my bedroom wall, and every morning I walk out the door feeling fabulous. And then I catch my reflection in a car window, which logically I know distorts images into short and wide, but I'm still like WTF?

I am pretty sure the best piece of furniture one can have…

I see your buttne and raise you crackrash. For when you spend just a bit too long in those sweaty yoga pants.

Food poisoning. Haven't left the house (or been more than a 5-second dash from the bathroom) all weekend. Also, if you didn't notice that you didn't like your haircut until you got home, chances are that no one else will see anything bad about it. The truly horrible cuts are obvious right away. It can be frustrating…

In the summer, 8:00 is when it's finally cool enough to go out to dinner and sit on the patio and enjoy a lively meal as the sun sets. The whole evening is ahead! In winter (let's not call it autumn, because it's winter out there), 8:00 is when I've been curled up under a blanket on my couch for hours, alternating…

Has anyone tried any of the newer lines of denim targeted toward athletes, like Barbell or Relentless? Their hook is that they understand that fit women need jeans that accomodate a small waist, firm round butt, and muscular legs. Given that I can try on 50 pairs of jeans before I find something I'd wear on laundry…

Red wine is a cure for food poisoning, right? I spent 12 hours puking/pooping out my guts, 24 hours eating nothing at all, another day nibbling on saltine crackers and chicken broth, and then suddenly I had a craving for wine. The rational part of my brain said, Are you crazy? Alcohol BAD now. But the instinctive part…

Realize that it takes a surplus of 3,500 calories to gain one pound of fat. Think objectively and without judging yourself: Do you think that you racked up that much of a surplus?

This. I've spent hours upon hours trying on dozens of pairs of jeans, frustrated that my only options are skinny, low-rise skinny, and ultra-skinny. I've come to the conclusion that designers (not even designers, just normal clothing manufacturers) need to produce for all of the bodies that exist, not just to small…

Holidays alone can be great with the right attitude. I've spent many a Christmas alone because of work schedule, money, or just not wanting to deal with the chaos of travel. There are a couple of ways you can go about it.

1. Treat yourself. Take a solo vacation, check into a spa hotel in your town, whatever. Make the…

I have the Zojirushi and I love it. I've found that my coffee consumption has decreased dramatically (this could be considered a good thing) because when I fill it with coffee in the morning, it's impossible to drink for several hours unless I leave off the lid. Usually I take little sips throughout the day. Like…

I have the Zojirushi and I love it. I've found that my coffee consumption has decreased dramatically (this could be…

I love traveling alone, but I'm not sure Disney World would be the best place for that. So much of the Disney experience is based on the people you go with, and you will be doing a lot of standing around, waiting in lines. Not so much fun with no one to talk to, unless you're cool with bonding with the family with…

I love my United Color of Bennetton coats for a DC winter. They come in all sorts of fabulous colors and have flattering cuts that won't leave you looking like a lumpy lump of cold frump. I have a thigh-length wool peacoat that's perfect for 30/40s and a down one that laughed at the polar vortex. If you can make it…

Gilt is quite a self-selected sample. I'd like to see similar data from more mainstream retailers like Zappos or Amazon.

Interesting. I live in the DC area, and it appears DC/Virginia/Maryland provide the highest the salaries both in absolute terms and adjusted (downward, of course) for cost of living for my field (or as close to it as I could get by guessing what's in this database). My takeaway is that I make well below the average,…