Got a man in your life? Is he big? Is he tall? Does he have feet? Excellent. Casual Male, well known for its collection of men’s big and tall apparel, has just decided to launch a specialty shoe site as well, ShoesXL.com.The site features almost 600 shoes – almost 10 times more than before – [...]

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by ss_shopgirl One Laptop Per Child’s XO laptop Heard about the $100 laptop yet? It’s no myth. The organization One Laptop Per Child (OLPC), chaired by MIT Media Lab founder Nicholas Negroponte, has been offering their XO laptop for $100 to children in underdeveloped countries since 2005. The great news is, for a limited time, [...]

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by ss_shopgirl Kid Nation contestants pulling a supply wagon There’s something a little unsettling about a group of children performing extreme manual labor, being expected to function on their own as prominent players within a capitalist system, and making a living by roughing it and relying on their immediate resources for food. What’s most disturbing [...]

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by D.F. Ok. You’ve started your costume search…now all you have to do is create the perfect haunted house! Lighting First make sure the room/house is dark: This can be achieved by putting black sheets or trash bags draped on walls and windows. • Make the haunted house feel like a maze when they walk [...]

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by ss_shopgirl Ken Burns posing next to The War poster If you’re like me and feel the need to balance your time between frivolous (yet necessary) online shopping with hard-hitting, substantive entertainment like attending art shows and watching documentaries, you’re in luck! Ken Burns, the documentarian who churned out many a popular PBS mini-series like [...]

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by ss_shopgirl From left: Skate Hoodie, MDress, Skate Hoodie, Random t-shirt I don’t know about you, but every now and then I sure could use a hug from my mother…even though she’s 3,000 miles away! And as I was meandering through the geeked-out, visionary aisles at last weekend’s Wired NEXTFEST, it occurred to me that [...]

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by ss_shopgirl Martha, Martha, Martha. Not only did you grace the cover and inside of last month’s Wired magazine with your fabulous How To tips on everything from how to get fired classily to how to use LinkedIn as your primary professional networking site… But you also managed to secure the launch of an entire [...]

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by ss_shopgirl So rumor has it that Halloween is trendy and cool this year – and not just for the kids. We did some research to find out what both the little and big ghouls and goblins will be doing to create the perfect Halloween 2007 celebration. Fans of Disney’s hit TV show High School Musical will definitely [...]

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Did you watch the Emmys last night and shudder at the hackneyed jokes but marvel at the gorgeous fashion? Besides the few glittering gems at Shrine Auditorium last night: performances by Tony Bennett and Christina Aguilera with The Jersey Boys – and a heartwarming tribute to the 30th anniversary of the Roots series – it [...]

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Kay Unger burnout halter gown exclusive $530 by D.F. This week the luxury retailer Neiman Marcus turned 100 years old! For a century now our good friend “Neimans” has consistently delivered top-of-the-line merchandise from apparel, jewelry, home décor, men’s electronics to some of the most fashionable handbags in the country. In honor of their 100th [...]

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