@rocknrollunicorn: I proposed this merkin! The trimming of the trim! But could be the real deal...? Read more

@lollilove: No! Don't stop thrift-shopping! Just A) bring a large Ziploc; add finds to Ziploc; proceed to laundromat; wash and dry everything HOT! I speak as someone one (I wish) bitten, twice shy! Besides, the new stores are all infested anyway! Read more

@chicksarentfunny: I own that nightgown. No joke. Albeit kind of one. Read more

@colormeroutine: What a fascinating thread! Thank you! Read more

@vikkitikkitavi: Ha, yes, meant to write London-style ;) Read more

@accesskathryn: I know; I was not suggesting that Marshall Field's doesn't exist...just that this was how the myth evolved. (Chicago college alum and Frango addict here.) Read more

@CasualSubversive: I know the distinction; she's distanced herself explicitly from those denominations. Read more

@fridaycat.: This is me and a friend. Except it's alcohol. And I end up feeling like a drunk. Read more

@Eastland-87: Stacy is lovely IRL, too: she was a customer where I worked and absolutely the nicest. Read more

@UUsprite: A post for another day! Read more

@indigosky: Technically true, but I have a wicked prescription and enormous frames! Does it distort my face? Yes. Read more

@AtomiClash humanitarian misanthrope: Not according to Cheryl Crane's memoir, "Detour!" Read more

@Jesse Astle: Spice! Read more

@A Small Turnip:Oh join us! What is it, a 7-hour trip? We'll still be eating ;) Read more

@A Small Turnip: The NYC Chapter will meet at Mangaro. Then Cupcake Cafe. Then we'll move to Barney Greengrass. After which, fried chicken at Charles'. Read more

@girl_talk: Yes!!! Read more

@brandy_alexander: Yeah, it's really yours. I can be...Southside Flip. Read more

@magnets: Um. What? I literally took these, arbitrarily, from a list of the first MC's yesterday. But, I will have fun. I always enjoy trying to write a light-hearted post to give people a smile and being accused of casual racism. Read more

@Kivrin: Solid book. Read more

@Queenjulie: I did not know either ;) Thanks! Read more