Because making lists is my modus operandi and because my lovely modern gal friend Hélène du Blonde over at Project Stunway requested it as she needs something to fill her…
The coat conundrum
Ok friends, I need your honest opinions. While I was out finishing up my Christmas shopping today,* I slipped a bit and bought myself something as well. It’s a green…
The gift card that keeps on giving
Thinking about giving money or a gift card to someone? How about giving a prepaid credit card that gives 10% of the amount back to the recipient’s favorite charity? You…
For your consumption
The New York Times Sunday Book Review has issued its list of the 10 best books of 2007. I would like to recommend one or another to you, but alas,…
Not for sale
Football figures who got owned yesterday, a photo gallery. Tennessee quarterback Erik Ainge, who single-handedly loss the SEC championship for his team with interceptions and became LSU’s MVP of the…
Europe is a country and everyone there speaks French, according to Kellie Pickler
Miss Teen South Carolina, please get Kellie Pickler a map. The country music gal doesn’t think France is a country, but she’s sure Europe is. I mean, not everyone in…
Sunny days swept away
Here’s some nostalgia for you, twentysomethings and thirtysomethings: Are you having horrible flashbacks now of everything Sesame Street did to corrupt you as a child? If you’re not, apparently you…
Championship day, a TV guide
Jeepers. Somehow, while the Modern Gal was working her tail off or taking a long Thanksgiving break to do some shopping, championship week arrived. I’m so excited about the prospects…
Pottery Barn sale: items now regularly priced
The Pottery Barn is having a pretty decent sale right now, which means some of their stuff has been reduced from absolutely outrageously priced to somewhat affordably priced. Worth checking…
And now for something completely different
Menswear? Shouldn’t that be like the second-to-last regular episode of a Project Runway season? I mean, the Modern Gal has minimal experience making clothing, but menswear seems like a whole…