By the Editors Ever heard of the “Fifty People, One Question” project? It’s a brilliant social and film experiment that poses the same “simple” question to fifty people. They take the answers and produce a short film that illustrates the beauty of human connection. Some of the answers are gut-wrenching, while others are downright...
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By Rachel Michelin Over the weekend I joined a few friends for “Girl’s Night Out.” After a great dinner, and a few drinks, we headed to the movie theater to see “Eat, Pray, Love.” OK, I must admit I have not read the book. I bought it, I even read the first few pages,...
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By the Editors In honor of Women’s Friendship Day (Sunday, 8/15), we pose the following question: What’s the best piece of advice a girlfriend ever gave you? Join the discussion by leaving a comment below or by emailing us at girlsonthegrid AT gmail DOT com. And this Sunday, be sure to take an hour,...
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By Jamie Romas “I just know no matter how good I feel about myself, if I see Christy Turlington, I just want to give up!” – Charlotte York, Sex and the City When I was younger, I spent hours flipping through the pages of VOGUE, Elle and Harper’s Bazaar. Fashion magazines were an escape...
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By the Editors Humorist Richard Almour opined that hindsight is 20/20 and he wasn’t kidding. So often we look back at our younger selves and wonder – what was all the stress about? How many times have you caught yourself asking: If only I had known that I would make it through X, Y...
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Promises made and promises broken: how many times have we heard that K Street is finally going to get cleaned up? But it looks like plans may actually be moving forward…
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By Laura Braden I recently saw a Frontline episode (called the Digital Nation) that just scared the be-jesus out of me. One of their main points (I didn’t catch them all because I was Facebooking and working on a memo at the time), is that multitasking might not be a skill – like being...
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By Becky Warren My good friend in San Diego told me about this really cool project – the 3/50 Project (www.the350project.net/home.html) – which asks the simple question: What three locally owned businesses would you miss if they disappeared? The 3/50 Project is simple: 3: Stop in and visit your three favorite locally owned businesses....
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By Caroline Silveira I can’t find a decent guy to date (and really don’t know where to look) and am wondering if I have to succumb to online dating. But then I wonder if it isn’t already passé. I would love to hear of others’ experiences or knowledge on the matter. For me, it...
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