Category: shopping
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Dear DC,
An open letter to the fashionably-challenged. Dear DC, I’ve noticed you struggle to dress yourself effectively lately, and I thought rather than cursing the damned darkness, I could light this candle: a weekly blog briefing on some simple steps and guidelines you can use toward making good dressing–and shopping–decisions. This week’s tip: TRY IT ON!…
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Feeling My Age?
Over the weekend I enjoyed a lovely brunch with a poet friend here in DC (where I got to have aebleskiver–one of the few ethnic treats of my childhood!). Over the course of our meandering conversation, we talked about what it meant to feel old. “I was just thinking recently about how no matter how…
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The Death of Shopping
Well, sort of. My friend Chad recently invited me to join a service called Shop It To Me. The service is like a personal shopper, allowing you to select various brands of clothing and accessories you like. It generates a weekly (or biweekly) email that collects sale items at various retailers based on your preferences,…
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Success in the Barter Economy
My poet readers will agree that the barter system is one of our primary business transactions: we publish a poem, we get a copy of the journal; we publish a book, we get some free copies in lieu of an advance; we want to buy someone else’s book, we offer to trade our own. Although…
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An Open Letter to Giant Foods
Dear Giant, When I first moved to Maryland, there you were, right across the street from my apartment building, hulking among the Caribou Coffee and 24-hour CVS. I thought, what luck to have found you there, and so close. I dreamed of walking to you, my arms empty, and returning home with an abundance of…
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Update on Boo
Also, I got these books, which I tucked into my carryon and read on the plane: Now You’re the Enemy, James HallBLOOM, last winter’s issue. The first place I went when I had free time in Manhattan: H&M.Why? Because I’m a frugal Scandinavian!I bought jeans.
Charles Jensen | Writer 