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    Posted in etiquette food and drink holidays home travel

    Being a good guest or host

    Chances are you’re either going to be traveling somewhere for Thanksgiving or hosting someone who is traveling for the holiday. Domino Magazine has a great guide for either with tips…

    Posted on November 24, 2008 by themoderngal
    Posted in fashion food and drink holidays home

    Time to set the table

    Because I have to work the day before and two days after Thanksgiving, this will be the first time EVAH that I don’t get to make the trip to Memphis…

    Posted on November 14, 2008 by themoderngal
    Posted in home power tools

    Power tool cool

    I’m a firm believer that modern gals should be able to handle the basic kind of home repair and maintenance jobs that are often labeled as a man’s work by…

    Posted on October 21, 2008 by themoderngal
    Posted in holidays home

    Aunt Martha’s tricks and treats

    Aunt Martha digs Halloween. This time every year, I get a thick Halloween edition of Martha Stewart Living in my mail chock full of costume ideas and decorating tips. She…

    Posted on September 30, 2008 by themoderngal
    Posted in home shopping

    Spotted at Crate and Barrel

    I’ve been on a serious hunt in the past few weeks for a coffee table. Crate and Barrel must have known, because they sent me an e-mail with the perfect…

    Posted on August 22, 2008 by themoderngal
    Posted in home life

    Milking that stress-free feeling

    The Modern Gal is trying to milk the restful post-vacation high as long as possible, which is to say she hasn’t gotten a lot of work done in the office…

    Posted on August 18, 2008 by themoderngal
    Posted in home personal experience

    Home is where the cook is

    My new home has more than just a living room, so I figured I’d keep showing you a few things about the place. I have no idea why people find…

    Posted on August 17, 2008 by themoderngal
    Posted in home personal experience shopping

    The things they hung on their wall

    I unpacked my final box two weeks ago, where I found the only damaged item from the entire move: the glass of my diploma frame was cracked in two. This…

    Posted on August 6, 2008 by themoderngal
    Posted in blogrolling home public service announcement

    Easy chair does it

    Modern Friends, some crazy things have been happening in my hometown in the past two days, and as a result I’ve worked some crazy overtime ever since getting called into…

    Posted on July 29, 2008 by themoderngal
    Posted in home

    Tracking junk mail

    I am a periodicals whore. You can look at my magazine stack in my right sidebar to see the list of publications I read. And those are just the ones…

    Posted on July 24, 2008 by themoderngal
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