Fun

  • Whew.

    To start off: Gothamist makes Forbes’ Best of the Web!  Hooray! And now, for the ridiculously fun weekend recap.  Friday night, after a trip to the spa for a little microdermabrasion (I know it’s froofy, but my skin felt soooo soft the next day), I met up with a fairly significant posse from the beach

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  • Beach. Fun. Food.

    Blah. Blah. Blah.  For those of you who aren’t in the beach house, this might be getting tedious, but for the rest of you, here are the pictures!  Thanks to all for a great time, Greta for a kick-ass dinner (I seem to be photographically obsessed with the beauty of the antipasti plates), and Yael,

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  • Fame*

    As I was riding the subway to work on Friday morning in a pre-caffeine haze, a woman came up to me.  "Are you Laren?" she asked.  "Yes."  "I thought so.  I read your blog all the time."  Whoa.  I tell ya, that put me in a great mood for the rest of the day.  So

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  • Laying Low?

    So I told a friend on Friday that I was "laying fairy low" this weekend.  He replied, "why do I think ‘laying fairly low’ for you means only going out for dinners and brunches this weekend?"  He wasn’t too far off base.  I went out for dinner at Bellavitae on Friday night with Eric and

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  • She Bop*

    When it comes down to it, it’s all about the ladies.  Even as recently as law school, many of my closest friends were guys.  This certainly isn’t a bad thing, and I still have some great guy friends, but there’s something special about having good girlfriends.  I’ve been very lucky — over the past few

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  • The Pig Out and Other Festivities

    The Chance house was jam-packed this weekend, but luckily, it was jam-packed with some fun folks.  As usual, we ate well, danced up a storm, and sang at the top of our lungs.  And even though we broke some of NY Mag’s rules for how to keep your housemates from hating you (Kelly Clarkson, anyone?)*,

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  • Nothing Says “I Love the USA” Like a Pig Roast

    After last night’s wonderful picnic dinner and Shakespeare in the Park, I wearily came home to pack.  I’m off to Kismet for the long weekend, and in honor of the holiday, we’re roasting a pig.  John purchased a Caja China, I’ve packed my recipes from my pig-roasting class (hoping that I can translate from a

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  • Making the Blog

    (courtesy of Gaping Void) Very often, when I attend an event, or go on a trip, or have a conversation, someone will ask, "is this going to make the blog?"  For example, I went to a family wedding in DC last weekend, stayed with my friend Christopher, and hung out by his pool with some

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  • Another Reason I Love New York

    subway surfin’ Because you never know what you might see on the subway.

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  • Return from the Beach

    Sigh.  It’s not easy to come back from sun and fun filled weekend in Kismet.  Especially when you’ve only got one final week (albeit a short one) to go at your current job before a two week vacation.  Despite a nasty cough and a case of laryngitis (also an unfortunate high school nickname), the weekend

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