Entrepreneur Profile: Sun Putty

Send to KindleTweet Most people are probably wondering if the public needs one more sunscreen but scrutinize most labels and you’ll see the answer is most definitely yes. The family-owned business, Sun Putty, is run by a husband and wife couple, each of whom hold down full-time jobs while raising three children. After moving from [...]

Completely Bare Expands, Offers Freebies

Send to KindleTweet Love or hate it, the home of vajazzling is expanding, with a new location in the Upper East Side. Uptown Manhattanites will now be able to get waxing, laser hair removal and “body accessories,” at another spot uptown, at  the Upper East Side Sports Club LA on East 61st Street. The location [...]

Love, Music & NYC

Send to KindleTweet Everyone knows dreamers don’t marry for they are already married–to their dream. When you are young, the kind of love you will have with a dreamer is intoxicating and powerful. You think you are lucky to have met such a person, to have that movie kind of love, to realize that it [...]

The Celebrity Workout: Freebie

Send to KindleTweet One of the most popular boutique workouts today is Physique 57, a NYC- and Los Angeles-based program that focuses on cardio and orthopedic stretches. Bottom line, this appears to be a core-focused workout, which has the likes of SJP, Zooey Deschanel, and Kelly Ripa hooked. While exercise was once all about burning [...]

JCPenney Enters Fashion Partnership Biz

Send to KindleTweet JCPenney has taken a cue from other big boxes, such as Target, with the launch of its line with Spanish retailer Mango. The MNG line for the mass retailer includes work appropriate clothes, casual wear, shoes and accessories. While the collection currently available at JCPenney includes a range of options for casual [...]

Reality TV Star To Write Self-Help Book

Send to KindleTweet So apparently the self-help/dating genre needs another book, and well, with all the single women in NYC, maybe I can’t argue with that. But, from a reality TV star and one that has yet to experience the quarter-life-crisis? How old is “Lo” Bosworth anyway? According to the release, “Lo has certainly witnessed [...]

The Last Desi

Send to KindleTweet For those of you that don’t know was a Desi is, it refers to someone from India, loosely translated. In some American movies, they’ll refer to the first generation child of Indian immigrants as an ABCD, American Born Confused Desi. This is the child that is so hell bent on seeming American [...]

HBO Has Another Winner

Send to KindleTweet Anyone that’s lived in NYC for an extended period of time has at some point gone through a trying period. From friends leaving the city to tired jobs, lack of money or a creative personal drought, the city can drain and excite you at once. This often leads to sexcapades and overindulgence [...]

Walgreens To Buy Duane Reade

Send to KindleTweet The retail market continues to consolidate with the news that one drugstore giant has inked an agreement to swallow another. New York City’s ubiquitous drugstore chain, Duane Reade Holdings, has agreed to be bought by Walgreen Co. Walgreens will purchase Duane Reade from affiliates of Oak Hill Capital Partners in a cash [...]

Want a Bagel with your Watermelon?

A commentary on stereotyping through food, plus the revival of “negro”, the census and a suggestion for open food stereotyping. Pop the top people!

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