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		<title>Tebow and Gingrich &#8211; Taking It To The Field (Politics and Football) &#8211; Hell Froze Over, Officially</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 17 Dec 2011 22:08:46 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I rarely cover news on my personal blog, let me retract that &#8211; I never do. I think once you start delving into the whole mad house that is politics you get bashed no matter which way you sway. At this point in the political debates, however, I just can&#8217;t keep my mouth shut anymore [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=taylorshocks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3852926&amp;post=4171&amp;subd=taylorshocks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>I rarely cover news on my personal blog, let me retract that &#8211; I never do.</strong> I think once you start delving into the whole mad house that is politics you get bashed no matter which way you sway. At this point in the political debates, however, I just can&#8217;t keep my mouth shut anymore in regards to the Republican race for presidency. It wasn&#8217;t even worth my time to write about the <strong>Herman Cain</strong> scandal &#8211; it only took, what, 10 women who filed for the exact same charge for him to &#8220;excuse himself from the debates&#8221; &#8211; please&#8230;</p>
<p style="text-align:center;">Here are my thoughts on <strong>Mitt Romney</strong> &#8211; I think he&#8217;s extremely out of touch with reality and what the country wants as a whole. I also think he&#8217;s losing a lot of luster in his inability to shut up when need be &#8211; throwing out a $10,000 bet to <strong>Rick Perry</strong> in a state that the total family income is $10,000 was the stupidest move in his race thus far. He just rubs me the wrong way &#8211; and continues to bash Newt for being married 3 times, who cares? It&#8217;s America &#8211; there is a lot more twisted shit that happens here then that.</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;">OH Newt. I didn&#8217;t think <strong>Newt</strong> would be blowing the polls out of the water by any means &#8211; just being honest. I was very shocked to see his current escalated poll numbers. He&#8217;s not a saving grace of ANY sort, however, he is a stable well known man in the political industry whose had his footmark in the sand if you will for decades now. Obama even noted that he isn&#8217;t surprised Newt popped back into the picture &#8211; he never really left to begin with. He&#8217;s undoubtedly not a leader that will stand up and make Americans feel empowered or  inspired, but I do think he has a chance to win over Obama at this point &#8211; hate to say it, but it&#8217;s true.</p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><strong>Tim Tebow</strong> &#8211; OK now I&#8217;m fine to talk about news. Only kidding. The entire aurora around Tebow is somewhat extraordinary. He comes into the football industry, being coined as the &#8220;long shot,&#8221; is wildly religious and steadfast in his beliefs and even kneels on the field after a win. The whole package is a lot to absorb for the typical football watcher who rarely sees devotion of this sort being displayed on the football field. I think people nationwide are split in their decision about Tebow &#8211; is it right to kneel to the Lord in the middle of a game or is it not? <strong> Regardless of race/ethnicity/religion I think what Tebow is embodying is a shining light  of sorts for Americans &#8211; showcasing the importance of having something  to believe in</strong> &#8230; anything. It&#8217;s really interesting to hear the mixed reactions. I for one am intrigued but still a bit skeptical to see how the rest of his years in football will play out &#8211; the rookie year for sure has been one to remember for Tim.</p>
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		<title>Drake &#8211; The Cocky Yet Insecure Singer Whose Paving the Way for Hip Hop</title>
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		<pubDate>Tue, 06 Dec 2011 03:08:10 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[Here&#8217;s my thing about Drake. While he absolutely drives me nuts for reasons as to which I&#8217;ll elaborate on in this blog post, he also manages to seduce me into his music and overall entity. Do I still see him as Jimmy from Degrassi? Undoubtedly. On other hand, do I think he&#8217;s become THE one [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=taylorshocks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3852926&amp;post=4159&amp;subd=taylorshocks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p>Here&#8217;s my thing about Drake. While he absolutely drives me nuts for reasons as to which I&#8217;ll elaborate on in this blog post, he also manages to seduce me into his music and overall entity.</p>
<p>Do I still see him as <strong>Jimmy from Degrassi?</strong> Undoubtedly. On other hand, do I think he&#8217;s become THE one to catch up with in the R&amp;B field? You better believe it.</p>
<p>Drake&#8217;s cocky, unapologetic, skilled, twisted, hurt, proud &#8211; and for that, I find him to be the largest rising star in the music game.</p>
<p>While I loved his original hits for their catchy appeal such as<strong><em> Best I Ever Had </em></strong>and<strong><em> Find Your Love</em></strong>, his latest album just blew it out of the water for me. Some songs specifically are just mind blowing- <strong><em>Take Care</em>, <em>Headlines</em>, <em>Lord Knows</em> and <em>Make Me Proud</em></strong>. On this album, he&#8217;s raw and honest while still presenting himself in that egotistical manner that we all are attracted to him for (don&#8217;t try to convince yourself otherwise).</p>
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<p>If he continues to integrate great outside forces such as unbelievably talented <strong>Otis Redding</strong> into his mixes and provide listeners with raw emotion, he&#8217;ll continue to be a path maker not driver on a pre done road. People want honesty and they also want diversity. Bringing in <strong>Rihanna</strong>, <strong>Rick Ross</strong> and <strong>Nicki Minaj</strong> were also smart moves.</p>
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<p>No need to take care quite yet, Drake. I&#8217;m excited for what&#8217;s to come.</p>
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		<title>Dead or Alive, Who&#8217;d Be At Your Ideal Dinner Table?</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[My Grandfather Sometimes people go too soon &#8211; that&#8217;s the case with my grandfather, Harold Minksy. He is one of the most remarkable people I&#8217;ve ever learned about. He started the Burlesque dancing industry with his father, Abe Foxman, in Vegas back in the early 30&#8242;s and 40&#8242;s. My mom grew up in the desert [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=taylorshocks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3852926&amp;post=4107&amp;subd=taylorshocks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><em>This post is one I&#8217;ve wanted to craft for years now &#8211; <strong>I think there are some people just so inspiring that you can&#8217;t help but fantasize about what they&#8217;d be like to meet in person</strong>. I thought about this topic with my mom &#8212; and again she asked me, who would I have come? <strong>In case you&#8217;re wondering, no, Obama, God and Justin Bieber are not included</strong>. The list is a thought out group of inspirations that I&#8217;d love to have the honor of dining with.</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><em><strong>Alice Waters</strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>This woman has been given both tremendous praise as well as some harsh criticism over the course of her career &#8211; standing strong throughout. She started a revolution &#8211; there&#8217;s no doubt about it. Bringing<strong> fresh vegetables and fruit to the classroom</strong> has become Waters&#8217; objective as of late and I can&#8217;t express just how remarkable this concept is and how necessary it&#8217;s become. While she has a cult following, there are just honestly not enough people backing her and the movement she&#8217;s trying to instill&#8230; I&#8217;d love to help <strong>implement healthier school lunches in inner-city schools across the country one day</strong> down the road. I would be honored to sit and pick her brain for an hour or two. </em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><em><strong>My Grandfather</strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>Sometimes people go too soon &#8211; that&#8217;s the case with my grandfather, Harold Minksy. He is one of the most remarkable people I&#8217;ve ever learned about. H<strong>e started the Burlesque dancing industry with his father, Abe Foxman, in Vegas back in the early 30&#8242;s and 40&#8242;s.</strong> My mom grew up in the desert in Vegas as a child so that my Pop Pop could craft this entirely new industry which became a monolith of its own later on. Throughout our house, there are notes from President&#8217;s passed and famous people that looked up to my grandfather. I&#8217;m not too close with a lot of my family and wish very much he was still around. I&#8217;ve been told since I was born that he&#8217;d have totally &#8220;gotten me,&#8221; and for that? I&#8217;d have loved nothing more than to have him here for this upcoming Thanksgiving&#8230;</em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><em><strong>Pablo Picasso </strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>I was torn between <strong>Picasso </strong>and<strong> Jackson Pollack.</strong> While I love Jackson&#8217;s work, I think Picasso is just such an interesting character and obviously, the icon of art. Period. Forget about the decade. I minored in Art History in college &#8212; taking to <strong>Pop Art</strong> and oddly enough, <strong>Greek Art/Architecture</strong>, thanks to an amazing professor who I stayed close to throughout my college experience. While those genres interested me, nothing compared to the single work of Pablo Picasso &#8211; his ability to drastically change styles and emotions throughout his career was unparalleled &#8211; still is.  The broke boundaries and did it in such a profound way that you couldn&#8217;t help but stop and admire the person and the work. </em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><em><strong>Leonardo DiCaprio (if I had a choice, circa 2000)</strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>If I have to pick just one actor, it would have to be Leo. From his days in <strong>What&#8217;s Eating Gilbert Grape</strong> to his most recent work in Inception etc. the man is just brilliant. He&#8217;s my generation&#8217;s version of a De Niro. I took a liking to him when I was nearly 10 and have still found myself fascinated by both his on-screen life and his personal one. Jumping from one astoundingly beautiful woman to the next leads me to believe he&#8217;s not as happy as he appears, or maybe (which I hope is the case) he knows that this is the time in his wildly successful career to just enjoy himself. Who knows. I think he&#8217;s able to morph into the character he&#8217;s asked to play in nearly every role &#8211; think about it for a minute, <strong>minus Gangs of New York</strong> he&#8217;s done an incredible job picking his roles. He&#8217;s managed to not get arrested for drug possession, crash a Rover, end up behind bars or even get into a bar fight &#8211; perhaps that&#8217;s why he&#8217;s one of the most distinguished and highest paid actors to date.</em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><em><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Keith Richards</span></em></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>I wasn&#8217;t born in the Hippie Era and I&#8217;m not a music buff, but after having read Life by Keith Richards, I just can&#8217;t get enough. He&#8217;s raw, he&#8217;s extremely gifted but most of all, he&#8217;s unapologetic about his entire life. I think he&#8217;d be wildly fascinating to sit down with &#8211; that is, if he could sit for an hour straight without a cigarette break. I&#8217;d like to know more about his experience coping with drug abuse and also what it was like, at one point, to be the center of all female attention while in <strong>The Rolling Stones</strong>. Also, while he did divulge most of his stories in his memoir, my overall goal would be to extract even more juicy tales from him. Wish me luck. </em></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[Joseph Gordon-Levitt Where do I even start with Joseph? I&#8217;ve thoroughly enjoyed watching him play every goddamn underdog role that Hollywood has thrown his way. He&#8217;s adorable and unassuming.  To be fair, I think I&#8217;ve been in love  with him since 10 Things I Hate About You &#8211; who doesn&#8217;t love the nerd who never [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=taylorshocks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3852926&amp;post=4084&amp;subd=taylorshocks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><em>Where do I even start with Joseph? I&#8217;ve thoroughly enjoyed watching him play every goddamn underdog role that Hollywood has thrown his way. He&#8217;s adorable and unassuming.  To be fair, I think I&#8217;ve been in love  with him since <strong>10 Things I Hate About You</strong> &#8211; who doesn&#8217;t love the nerd who never gets the girl? Come on. When he started doing more mature roles, I got a bit upset &#8211; I liked him playing the continual dweeb&#8230; but I did love him in <strong>Inception</strong>. <strong>500 Days of Summer</strong> is probably my favorite movie role he played- couldn&#8217;t have been a better fit for the role. </em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong><em>Jim Parsons </em></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>So I&#8217;ve just recently gotten into the <strong>Big Bang Theory</strong> - words can&#8217;t express just how awesome that show is. Maybe it&#8217;s because I&#8217;m awkward at times? I don&#8217;t know, all I do know is that I&#8217;m not into science but you don&#8217;t have to be clearly &#8211; the whole show jabs fun at those nerdy scientists. I don&#8217;t think anyone would watch the show if Sheldon, Jim Parsons, wasn&#8217;t on it. He makes the show &#8211; more or less. I do love the hilarious Indian guy whose name is blanking me at the moment. OK back to Jim &#8211; would I ever think he was cute if he didn&#8217;t star on the show? Yes, sadly, because I am attracted often to nerdy people. I don&#8217;t feel bad about that, come to think of it. </em></p>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><em><strong><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Shia LeBeouf </span></strong></em></div>
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<div style="text-align:center;"><em>Even though Shia has tattoos, is constantly &#8220;leaking&#8221; his past romps with Meghan Fox and ruins too many nice cars, I still think of him as a nerd deep down. Think back to the <strong>&#8220;Even Stevens&#8221; days</strong> &#8211; he was the quintessential dork! I think Hollywood got to his head, undoubtedly, but nonetheless I&#8217;d still give my right arm to brush shoulders with Shia somewhere downtown. </em></div>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong><em>Dylan Walsh</em></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>I&#8217;ve been a devoted fan of<strong> Nip/Tuck</strong> since the beginning. The show needed to end when it did so I&#8217;m not melancholy but I really will admit to missing Dylan Walsh play a hot Miami based surgeon. PLEASE and thank you. He&#8217;s on a new show I think but nothing will compare to watching him weekly be overshadowed by Christian who in reality is balding and overly plucked. </em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong><em>Colin Hanks </em></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>OK &#8211; don&#8217;t judge this one. Colin Hanks has been on my radar for a creepish amount of time. I thought he was cute back in the day &#8211; especially when people only knew him through his father. Wait, isn&#8217;t that still the case? He hasn&#8217;t really carved his name really within the film industry but when he finally does? Don&#8217;t say I didn&#8217;t tell you. </em></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[FRIENDLY FIRES I&#8217;ve seen Friendly Fires now twice in concert and can&#8217;t wait to see them again soon. They&#8217;re such  great performers and bring a sense of excitement to the stage. The lead singer, more specifically, is a trip &#8211; he&#8217;s very touchy feely (with himself!) making it entertaining over all. If you&#8217;ve never listened [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=taylorshocks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3852926&amp;post=4060&amp;subd=taylorshocks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><em>I&#8217;ve seen Friendly Fires now twice in concert and can&#8217;t wait to see them again soon. They&#8217;re such  great performers and bring a sense of excitement to the stage. The lead singer, more specifically, is a trip &#8211; he&#8217;s very touchy feely (with himself!) making it entertaining over all. If you&#8217;ve never listened to them before, some of the songs I suggest are: Pala, Skeleton Boy and Show Me Lights.</em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong><em>OVERSIZED FISHERMAN&#8217;S SWEATERS</em></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>While in San Francisco with my mom recently, I more or less spent the ENTIRE vacation looking for the perfect sweater. I usually don&#8217;t really care too much about clothing, but this sweater has been in the back of my mind for months now. After looking and finding some sweaters CLOSE to what I wanted at Saks and Bloomies, I FINALLY found the perfect one for a lot less actually, at American Apparel &#8211; who woulda thunken?</em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><em><strong>CHAI TEA LATTES</strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>I love Chai tea &#8211; there is some so delicious when it comes to drinking Chai lattes with some cinnamon on top. I dream about them. I&#8217;m not a big coffee fan so it&#8217;s the ideal warm drink for me come end of fall. If I attempt to make my own, I have to just add some Silk milk since I haven&#8217;t mastered the art of the froth just yet!</em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong><em>PREMATURE CHRISTMAS LIGHTS IN NYC</em></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>One of my favorite days ever, ironically enough, is the day after Halloween &#8211; that&#8217;s when all of the Thanksgiving and more likely Christmas items are being featured on the shelves. Living now in Midtown East on Park and close to Grand Central I&#8217;m delighted to already find lit trees on my walks home from work. You really can&#8217;t beat a winter wonderland in New York City &#8211; while I&#8217;m always in Miami lately for the New Year, I can&#8217;t help but long to break in 2012 in the lovely city.</em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><em><strong>OBNOXIOUSLY LARGE YET AMAZING PLATFORMS</strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>OK I&#8217;ve become obsessed with Jeffrey Campbell this year. I&#8217;ve had some of his shoes over the years, but nothing compares to his Fall/Winter 2011-2012 Havana collection. I&#8217;ve spent most of my paychecks on his line &#8211; they&#8217;re obnoxious, not fit for practical use of any sort and way too much for a Sunday brunch but I love them. I think some of his cat adorned print ones are too much for me, but these, are amazing. Roll on Jeffrey, roll on. </em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><em><strong>CHIVAS 1801 BROTHERHOOD CLUB</strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>Yes, I do work on Chivas, but I must admit &#8211; I work on tons of programs and the latest Chivas endeavor has to be the coolest I&#8217;ve worked on. The concept&#8217;s simple &#8212; create pop up &#8220;broterhood parties&#8221; exclusive to members of the 1801 Chivas Brotherhood, in top cities nationwide. In Chicago, the party popped up in a luxury townhouse in the West Loop &#8211; we just launched the NYC club in a sick townhouse in West Village. I think Chivas is really helping bring a younger demographic to an always classic blended scotch brand. </em></p>
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		<title>25 Things You Don&#8217;t Know About Me</title>
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		<pubDate>Sat, 29 Oct 2011 21:01:37 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I spent my summers growing up in the Hamptons, yet never in the same house twice I will never forget where and what I was doing the minute I learned Princess Diana died I used to be severely claustrophobic &#8212; thank you medication over the years for helping with that I don&#8217;t get freaked out [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=taylorshocks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3852926&amp;post=4050&amp;subd=taylorshocks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<li><em>I spent my summers growing up in the <strong>Hamptons</strong>, yet never in the same house twice</em></li>
<li><em>I will never forget where and what I was doing the minute I learned <strong>Princess Diana</strong> died</em></li>
<li><em>I used to be <strong>severely claustrophobic</strong> &#8212; thank you medication over the years for helping with that</em></li>
<li><em>I don&#8217;t get freaked out by heights whatsoever &#8211; or any <strong>spiders/creepy crawlers</strong></em></li>
<li><em>I tend to <strong>only wear black</strong> or variations thereof </em></li>
<li><em>For some reason, the ONLY movie I cry hysterically at is <strong>Walk to Remember</strong> with Mandy Moore and Shane West &#8211; the movie isn&#8217;t even that well scripted and clearly the acting isn&#8217;t Roberts/ DeNiro level but it just HITS HOME </em></li>
<li><em>I hate olives, sardines, octopus, anything spicy and of course <strong>black licorice </strong></em></li>
<li><em>The day <strong>I got my tonsils out</strong>, minute by minute, is still embedded in my head for some reason </em></li>
<li><em><strong>I despise rain</strong> &#8211; snow and heat I&#8217;m OK with but I&#8217;m miserable to be around in rain</em></li>
<li><em>I <strong>work out mostly every day in solitude</strong> and don&#8217;t like to even ponder starting to do group work outs</em></li>
<li><em>I wrote my <strong>college essay</strong> from the point of view of my running shoes &#8211; I got into every college I applied to with it </em></li>
<li><em>My brother used to run around the house with a <strong>stuffed crocodile head</strong> growing up &#8211; to date I&#8217;m still extremely afraid of them (doesn&#8217;t help when you fly to your boyfriend&#8217;s hometown for the first time and find the SAME croc in his room as well)</em></li>
<li><em>My mom used to date <strong>Eric Clapton,</strong> some old members of the Beach Boys and probably a slew of other musicians &#8211; she&#8217;s also the coolest person I&#8217;ve met in my life and I beg her to write a multiple series on her life for a People Magazine exclusive </em></li>
<li><em>I am <strong>severely scared of sharks</strong> &#8211; one summer on our dinghie coming back from a dinner in Nantucket, my dad told me in pitch black dead still waters that Jaws was filmed in the water we were in &#8211;  I nearly had a heart attack that day</em></li>
<li><em>While I come off confident, <strong>I do have a shit ton of insecurities</strong> &#8211; I actually spend the majority of my free time beating myself up about them</em></li>
<li><em>I have an <strong>obsession with making my teeth whiter</strong></em>,<em> always having my nails polished and a hair color I fall in love with  </em></li>
<li><em>I grew up having MANY &#8220;uncles&#8221; &#8211; Uncle Mick, Uncle Bruce, Uncle Howie and Richie &#8211; it wasn&#8217;t until my parents had to break it down to me in the Hamptons one summer why Howie and Richie didn&#8217;t sleep in separate rooms that <strong>uncle meant homosexual </strong></em></li>
<li><em>I absolutely adored my years going to <strong>Manchester, Vermont</strong> every Christmas to ski at Stratton Mountain with my family &#8211; the quintessential holiday time experience</em></li>
<li><em><strong>I lived alone</strong> for three out of four years in college and am currently back to living alone, but can live with others and love it </em></li>
<li><em>Who I was for the first portion of my life and who I&#8217;ve become are <strong>two totally different things</strong> &#8211; I was extremely bubbly, optimistic and relentless &#8211; while the relentless has stayed the same, I&#8217;m MUCH more of a realistic and tend to talk a lot but never would be classified as &#8220;perky&#8221; by any friends or co-workers</em></li>
<li><em><strong>Blogging is my outlet</strong> &#8211; while everyone now is a &#8220;blogger&#8221; my writing on this blog since 2008 is my public journal and experiences &#8211; I wouldn&#8217;t take back my time I&#8217;ve spent blogging for anything and continue with my writing &#8211; who knows where it may lead?</em></li>
<li><em><strong>I&#8217;m not really an animal person</strong> &#8211; I used to also not be a baby person but now I can&#8217;t stop coddling ones I see on the street, clearly, the parents aren&#8217;t all too pleased</em></li>
<li><em>I&#8217;ve lived in the following states: <strong>New Jersey, Philadelphia, Delaware, Boston and New York</strong>. I also have a home in Miami, Florida but can&#8217;t include that as a residence can I?</em></li>
<li><em>My undying professional goal growing up was to become a <strong>broadway star</strong> &#8211; I&#8217;d invested too much money and time of singing, dancing and acting lessons only to be told down the road my &#8220;investment&#8221; wasn&#8217;t worth the &#8220;outcome&#8221; aka&#8230; find another field, Tayl</em></li>
<li><em><strong>Nothing is ever boring in my life or sane</strong> &#8211; sometimes I love that and sometimes it kills me </em></li>
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		<title>The Kardashians &#8211; My Ongoing Love &amp; Hate Obsession</title>
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		<pubDate>Mon, 24 Oct 2011 23:20:25 +0000</pubDate>
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		<description><![CDATA[I rarely wiffle waffle, but when it comes to Keeping Up With the Kardashians&#8230; and well, the Kardashian family in general, I seem to be entirely torn. On one end of the spectrum, I despise just how dramatic every waking moment of their lives are and yet on the other end, I love the dynamic [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=taylorshocks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3852926&amp;post=4026&amp;subd=taylorshocks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:center;"><em>I rarely wiffle waffle, but when it comes to <strong>Keeping Up With the Kardashians</strong>&#8230; and well, the Kardashian family in general, I seem to be entirely torn. On one end of the spectrum, I despise just how dramatic every waking moment of their lives are and yet on the other end, I love the dynamic between the obscenely large family  (the Jenner reject boys included). I thought it would be entertaining to break down my thoughts about some, not all, of the family members. If I did a review of each member this post would morph into a short novel.</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong><em>Kim and Kris</em></strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><em>Eh.. I&#8217;ve now watched the &#8220;Fairytale Wedding&#8221; special at least two times already and while I wish I could say that Kim and Kris are on the road to a happy and long marriage? The first two-hours of the special were unbelievably horrifying to watch. They&#8217;re days (if not hours) away from being man and wife and they are literally taking jabs at each other.  The time frame for which they were together before getting married also is a big red flag. In the special, I don&#8217;t know if anyone else noticed, but Kris never met her grandparents before or vice versa for that matter. That&#8217;s awkward. Also, when she visits his home in Minnesota she more or less rips his whole lifestyle and &#8220;style&#8221; apart &#8211; you shouldn&#8217;t have to change someone, you should love who they are and unfortunately, dog framed photos and a very homely looking bedroom isn&#8217;t her idea of &#8220;picture perfect.&#8221; The wedding itself was SO LAVISH that I truly hope they stay united &#8211; her three dresses changes were obnoxious &#8211; also, the fact that she wouldn&#8217;t let Kris even hug her RIGHT AFTER THE WEDDING didn&#8217;t help paint a better picture&#8230; WE&#8217;LL SEE.</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><em><strong>Khloe and Lamar</strong></em></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><em>OK &#8211; I have to confess, I read their Tweets to one another and can&#8217;t help but fawn after the couple. While they too met and married very quickly, they are absolutely in love with each other and a great fit. They work great together it seems even on photo shoots. I think Khloe doesn&#8217;t get nearly as much attention/spotlight as Kim and Kourtney do, but she should. She&#8217;s level headed for the most part, runs DASH and seems to be madly in love with her hubby. I don&#8217;t think there&#8217;s anything wrong with her speaking to Kris about her dislike for him &#8211; she was right, everyone was saying it she just had the balls to talk about it. I think that couple will stay together actually. I can&#8217;t wait to see what their children will look like.</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><em><strong>Kourtney and Scott &#8220;Dickface&#8221;</strong></em></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><em>I&#8217;m kind of indifferent about this duo. They shouldn&#8217;t marry, Kourtney&#8217;s right. They have always battled over Scott&#8217;s pompous behavior and drinking issues. He seems to be a fairly responsible dad, fairly being the key word there. He&#8217;s constantly itching to go out and have rowdy sloppy weekends in Vegas &#8211; never looking to stay in and enjoy &#8220;family time.&#8221; While a lot of people have shit with him, I think a lot of it is just talk to give him a lasting and memorable impression on the show &#8211; even if it is a negative one.  One major site note: I love Mason &#8211; he&#8217;s the best dressed kid I&#8217;ve seen in a while. His hair is also so suave &#8211; sorry Kris, but he DID steal the show during your wedding.</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><em><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Rob</span></em></strong></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><em>So what he still crashes on his sister&#8217;s couches? If he had a big ass and long beautiful hair he&#8217;d be able to afford his own mansion too like his sisters. I think he&#8217;s shaping his act up as pathetic as it sounds with the latest stint on Dancing with The Stars. He won&#8217;t win, clearly, but he&#8217;s getting into better shape and more exposure on TV. I think what he should do to create a huge upset on the show would be to start dating a SMOKE SHOW &#8211; I mean, someone as hot as Kim. That would be hilarious to see since I think these sisters need to step out of their own little bubble sometime very soon. I&#8217;m Team Rob. </em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong><em>Brody Loser Jenner </em></strong></span></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><em>Where do I even begin with this one? He was a prick on Laguna Beach/ The Hills/Whatever other mindless reality TV shows we was on. He then wrapped up that gig and began doing, well, absolutely nothing as per usual. Oh no wait, I&#8217;m sorry, he began dating someone even more loser-ish than himself &#8211; Avril Lavigne. You have to be kidding me. I get that Bruce is all about the Kardashians and not the Jenner&#8217;s but let&#8217;s be serious here &#8211; you&#8217;ll never be cool no matter what cousins you may be associated with &#8211; sorry life&#8217;s tough get a helmet, brah. </em></p>
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		<title>Favorite Fall Recipes Online</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[Pumpkin Potato Latkes Serious Eats has outdone it again with one of their latest Sweet Potato Latke recipe. I love the tradition behind the regular potato latkes, but this is really innovative and seasonal. Plus, sweet potatoes require a lot less oil since they are naturally much sweeter than white potatoes. I think maybe I&#8217;ll [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=taylorshocks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3852926&amp;post=4000&amp;subd=taylorshocks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><em>Serious Eats has outdone it again with one of their latest Sweet Potato Latke recipe. I love the tradition behind the regular potato latkes, but this is really innovative and seasonal. Plus, sweet potatoes require a lot less oil since they are naturally much sweeter than white potatoes. I think maybe I&#8217;ll make these during the November &#8211; December time frame&#8230; I&#8217;m in the heavy fall/Thanksgiving mode but MORE THAN READY for my Hannukah latke season. </em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><em><strong>Homemade Chicken Nuggets</strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>I used to adore chicken nuggets &#8211; plain and simple with honey from McDonald&#8217;s &#8211; just me if you&#8217;d like. I think now that fast food has proven to be even worse for our society than we originally thought, re-creating your fast food favorites is the most ideal way to enjoy them. I think making french fries is just too against the grain, but healthier chicken nuggets can definitely become a staple in my weeknight cooking routine. </em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><em><span style="text-decoration:underline;">White Chocolate Halloween Candy C</span></em></strong><strong><em><span style="text-decoration:underline;">orn Bark </span></em></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>I love candy corn&#8230; and I love white chocolate. This is why I adore this recipe &#8211; I think this would be an adorable treat at a Halloween Party you may be throwing or even better, a cute tin to bring with you if you&#8217;re attending a party yourself. The pretzels definitely add some salty and savory features that help round this delicious dessert out. </em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><em><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Parmesan Garlic Knot</span></em></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>I tend to order a side of parmesan with mostly every dish that I order. I thing there is something so warm and inviting about garlic knots. They&#8217;re easy to replicate, inexpensive and unbelievably satisfying. The version below sticks the basics: garlic and fresh parmesan which is what I think garlic knots should be &#8211; nothing too over-the-top since it&#8217;ll take away the essence of such a classic side dish. </em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><em><span style="text-decoration:underline;">Candy Corn Cake In A Jar</span></em></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>I love Babble&#8217;s &#8220;cake in a jar&#8221; recipes online. They have shaped this adorable concept to fit mostly every season &#8211; the website featured a fabulous Fourth of July themed cake, but even more ridiculously cute is their Birthday Cake in a Jar. You MUST visit the Babble Food section to check it out. </em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><strong><em><span style="text-decoration:underline;">French Onion Soup</span></em></strong></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>It wouldn&#8217;t feel right if I didn&#8217;t include at least one recipe for French Onion. When it comes to the most satisfying fall soup, I&#8217;m sorry, but Broccoli Cheddar and Split Pea don&#8217;t hold a handle to French Onion. You have the bubbly crispy cheese with the undeniably good combination of caramelized onions, broth and a baguette. I swear I&#8217;ll learn to master the art of making this soup this year if it&#8217;s the last thing I do. </em></p>
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		<description><![CDATA[I know, I know. I&#8217;m being a bitttt premature with this post, but I just simply can&#8217;t help it. I LOVE HALLOWEEN SO MUCH. It&#8217;s the first time of year you smell wood burning (in suburbs that is, I haven&#8217;t smelled any goddamn wood since I&#8217;ve lived in SF, Boston or NY&#8230; grrr). I also [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=taylorshocks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3852926&amp;post=3980&amp;subd=taylorshocks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p style="text-align:center;"><em>I know, I know. I&#8217;m being a bitttt premature with this post, but I just simply can&#8217;t help it. <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong>I LOVE HALLOWEEN SO MUCH</strong></span>. It&#8217;s the first time of year you smell wood burning (in suburbs that is, I haven&#8217;t smelled any goddamn wood since I&#8217;ve lived in SF, Boston or NY&#8230; grrr). I also love how simply cool and crisp the weather is on the night of Halloween &#8211; it never seems to be horrible out, perhaps a bit nippy but nothing awful. </em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>I grew up wearing some of the least girly, most unusual costumes ever. For example, I was once Wendy from the Aadams Family and then a &#8220;Joker&#8221; which no one who opened their door for me, knew what I was exactly. Oh well, I tried to be creative. I&#8217;ve given up with the costumes for the most part, but my unwavering love for all things Halloween has nowhere near diminished. </em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>Below is a list of my Top Picks for this upcoming Halloween &#8211; whether you&#8217;re hosting a party or&#8230; creepishly wearing a mask to steal candy from people most likely your own age:</em></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong><em>Take 5</em></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>So&#8230; pretty much&#8230; the bar is a combination of pretzels, chocolate, peanuts, peanut butter and caramel. How can you possibly NOT like this chocolate candy? I didn&#8217;t really know about it as a kid, I was more of a &#8220;Nutrageous&#8221;-er if you will, but I&#8217;m glad that later in life, I found out about these great bars. My finance department coordinator has a piggy bank of chocolate (yes, I know, there&#8217;s always one employee like that in every workplace) well she keeps some stashed just for me. I let her keep the Mounds and Almond Joy&#8217;s&#8230; CLEARLY, gross me out. </em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong><em>Dots </em></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>I&#8217;ve blogged many times about my adoration for Dots. It&#8217;s one of those foods that my mom totally warped me into loving as a little kid and it&#8217;s stuck ever since. While I haven&#8217;t ever tried the Halloween inspired ones below, I figured, of they&#8217;re out there on the market and I&#8217;m blogging specifically about Halloween candy why not use this picture, right? Whichever variety of Dots you choose, you just simply can&#8217;t go wrong. </em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong><em>Homemade Caramel and Candy Apples</em></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>My grandmother has showed up at my house in NJ since I was born in a VERY peculiar costume of choice with a big ol&#8217; basket of homemade caramel and candy apples. I was fortunate to even have her send me the apples while in college at Boston. They just bring back Halloween&#8217;s throughout my childhood. My grandparents would show up WAY later than the rest of the trick-or-treaters in either a Reagan or Bush mask&#8230; sometimes they&#8217;d even dress as human peacocks, regardless of costume, we&#8217;d always have those apples. Damn do I love them and the memories associated. </em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong><em>Reeses &#8211; Halloween Edition</em></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>I&#8217;m a big sucker for all things peanut butter. You really can put PB with MOST food items and it&#8217;ll be delectable. Yes,  I just included the word delectable in my blog. #firstforeverything. I used to do the usual brother/sister post Halloween trick-or-treating candy swap. He&#8217;s a huge fan of all things sour which I&#8217;m clearly not and he hates all things savory (aka REESES) therefore, we always thoroughly enjoyed our annual swaps. I got everything from peanut butter filled pretzels (lame in comparison to other picks but hey, beggars can&#8217;t be choosers) to white chocolate Reeses which is my all time favorite. WHITE CHOCOLATE + PEANUT BUTTER  = PURELY INSANE DELICIOUSNESS. </em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"> <span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong><em>Tootsie Pops (Preferably the Cherry and Chocolate Flavors)</em></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>Embarrassingly enough, I often find myself bringing in Tootsie Pops to the workplace solely so I can hoard a bunch of them in my drawer. I love these pops. Oddly enough, I love the chocolate one&#8217;s which no one but me (I don&#8217;t think) enjoys. It&#8217;s very creamy and less harsh then the acidic blueberry and cherry&#8217;s. I wouldn&#8217;t turn down a cherry flavored pop though, so don&#8217;t think that please. I&#8217;m a level-headed person, come on. </em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong><em>Candy Corn</em></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>I used to hate the concept of candy corn. It grossed me OUT. For some reason, though, I&#8217;ve become such a fan of the candy over the past few years. Maybe with age, my palate has become more open to sugary, artificially colored halloween candy &#8211; who knows. All I know is that I adore candy corn year-round. I shouldn&#8217;t probably admit that should I? Oh well. </em></p>
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		<title>Lovely Snapshots of My Fall</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[My New Hood There&#8217;s something so authentically New York about Park Avenue/Grand Central. It just exudes this sense of stability and tradition that I adore. Granted, I&#8217;ll love to move maybe in a year or two to a younger area like Union Square or LES but for now, since I&#8217;m back to living alone, I [...]<img alt="" border="0" src="http://stats.wordpress.com/b.gif?host=taylorshocks.wordpress.com&amp;blog=3852926&amp;post=3964&amp;subd=taylorshocks&amp;ref=&amp;feed=1" width="1" height="1" />]]></description>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><em>There&#8217;s something so authentically New York about Park Avenue/Grand Central. It just exudes this sense of stability and tradition that I adore. Granted, I&#8217;ll love to move maybe in a year or two to a younger area like Union Square or LES but for now, since I&#8217;m back to living alone, I love being in such an old-school part of the city. A few spots I&#8217;ve been frequenting around here include: Pershing Cafe, El Rio Grande, Josie&#8217;s East, Dig Inn aka Pump Food, Les Halles (a bit more Gramercy area) and Park Avenue Tavern </em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong><em>Lazy Sunday Brunch, Made by Yours Truly</em></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>I FINALLY snapped a shot of my Taylor concoction breakfast I&#8217;ve written to you guys about for years. I&#8217;ve made the same mix-up for breakfast probably for the past 4 years. It&#8217;s egg whites, some cheese (whatever you have mix and match  - Parmesan, Feta, Goat, American slices, doesn&#8217;t matter), sautee in some spinach (or any other veggies &#8212; asparagus, swiss chard, broccoli etc) and perhaps some garlic, salt and pepper and just scramble in a pan. Utter messy and confusing deliciousness of a breakfast trust me. I am also LOVING the Roasted Garlic Salsa from Green Mountain &#8211; it&#8217;s delicious. I hate most canned salsas, I much prefer fresher pico de gallo&#8217;s but this canned salsa does the trick. Also, nothing&#8230;. and I mean nothing compares to a Sunday morning extra toasted Whole Wheat Everything Bagel. #bliss. </em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><em><strong>Time With My Parents</strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>I am so happy for the time being to be in NYC &#8211; for those of you who don&#8217;t know, I was supposed to head to USC for my Masters in the summer of 2010 after graduating from Boston University but decided, instead, to postpone and work a bit to get my hands dirty. Well, if I want to continue with that analogy, my hands are most definitely in need of a cleaning. What I&#8217;ve learned in a year and a change has been indescribable I can&#8217;t put into words how smart my decision was. Moving here and not to the West Coast also enabled me to spend more time either at the beach at home or with my parents in the city -coming from a family without little to no relatives, depending on the side you&#8217;re referring to, it means a lot to me to see my parents as often as I can. Corny paragraph&#8230;. now complete. </em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><em><strong>Randomly Stumbling Upon Great Street Fairs </strong></em></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>Boy do I love flea markets and street fairs. Sometimes you run into the shitty ones where you feel like you&#8217;ve seen the same &#8220;chachkies&#8221; at every other flea market. Sometimes, however,  you stumble across some amazing booths with authentic designers who aren&#8217;t wavering from crafting unique non-homogenized artwork which I truly love since that&#8217;s what my mom&#8217;s whole jewelry line has been about since she began her business which is all made domestically. Also, sometimes, you meet great people and find junk you&#8217;d never purchase elsewhere otherwise. Love me some fall fairs &#8211; keep em&#8217; coming. </em></p>
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<p style="text-align:center;"><span style="text-decoration:underline;"><strong><em>&#8220;Back to School Shopping&#8221; </em></strong></span></p>
<p style="text-align:center;"><em>I was intending on writing a whole post on what I purchased this fall and perhaps if I find the time this upcoming week I will, but for now all I will do is take a brief snapshot of the purchases and gush about how much I love some of the items. BCBG pulled through big time this fall with some HOT leather dresses that I can wear to work and other leather ones I&#8217;m for SURE not wearing in a work setting. I also bought some great fitting Citizens of Humanity &#8211; they&#8217;ve always fit me well and for someone my body frame it&#8217;s not as simple as one would expect. Usually people have butts of SOME SORT. I, however, wasn&#8217;t fortunate in that department. Oh well. Also, some great Aqua going out tees. I&#8217;ll just shut up and post about it in its entirety this week. You&#8217;re welcome in advance. </em></p>
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