@disco2000: I don't know if it's any consolation, but one of the smartest women I know (Ph D in math), who is expecting, told me last weekend that she's getting all her info from YouTube videos, because she has no time outside of work to take expectant-mom classes. Which I found both fairly awesome and a little…

@Mademoiselle_Elle: If you go to Prague and need a go-to cafe, here it is: [www.knihytynska.cz] (Note: not the Bar & Books (fake books!) across the street!) Print a map, as it is difficult to find. But you'll be rewarded with cheap beer and a student vibe. :) Enjoy!

@PixieSparkle: I take a lot of flak from my Esprit-wearing husband for loving LE, but I can't quit them!

For the Jezebel with the sister in Ireland: the colorful Swedish firm Gudrun Sjoden (it skews lovable-art-teacher-wacky) has a sale on wool coats now; they run to XXL and apparently ship to Ireland. [bit.ly]

Piece$ of eight! Piece$ of eight!

A high-speed chase with a Prius? "Dear Ms. Lohan, Please accept this fruit basket with our happiest compliments. Love, the Prius ad team."

"January 20. Health note: Mother elects to traipse through Manhattan in search of the poor man's jelly doughnut, the cupcake, despite my insistence that my valve would never be the same after this cold."

Allure teddy bear to-do list, Wednesday:

@LionAndUnicorn is Rosie Retrospection: [www.secondcity.com] (Admittedly, this suggestion is from a non-Chicagoan...but a ton of the greats have risen through the ranks of Second City.)

@duetoprivacy: The apostrophe makes all the difference: shampoo. :)

@lemurdufromage: This article got under my skin for its underlying assumptions about gender roles in the kitchen: [www.nytimes.com]

@sequined: While these aren't all casual and inexpensive, they do involve making/sourcing a ton of stuff other weddings would farm out: [www.etsy.com] (Plus, they're so damn charming. ETA: And inspiring.)

@Penny: Aw! And that hat! Very cute. :)

@LorelaiLeigh: These shampoo bars are the bomb, in my view: [www.etsy.com]

@Dalinae: Thanks! :)

@Kitten is an 80s rocker (now with Jez street cred!): Aw, thanks!

Dear VS, you have nothing on Milton's knowledge of angels (and apparently of bras):

"Breezy Art"? "Art by a Windbag" was taken, then?

@LucyFlawless: Have you read this book? [www.indiebound.org]

@SamIam24: If it's the first date, I'd say, "Let's just split this," on the way in to the restaurant—or, maybe better, as you order, just ask that it be put on two separate checks. If you're casual and breezy about it, it shouldn't be off-putting at all. This way, the question doesn't hang over the entire meal—and…