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Top 8 Items To Make Your Travels Easier, Safer & Healthier

Teresa Rodriguez Williamson | Posted November 21, 2009 | Style

Read More: Air Travel, Chic Buds, Flip Video, Holiday Travel, Jetset Extra, La Fresh Travel Towelettes, Rack Trap, Teresa Rodriguez Williamson, Travel Expert, Travel Items, Travel Tips

I just got back from a grueling trip to Europe. After thousands of miles of travel, I have found some great items that have really helped me out. They have kept me safe, sane, healthy, and fresh. All of these items are super easy to use . Here is a...

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Talking About Turkeys

Denise Vivaldo | Posted November 20, 2009 | Living

Read More: Cookbook, Money, Personal Chef, Personal-Chefs, Roast Turkey, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Commentary, Thanksgiving Recipes, Turkey, Turkey Dinner

Years ago, I cooked for one of the richest men in the world. He had been a catering client and then asked me to come to work for him full time as his private chef. His peeps offered me a big bag of money, health benefits, and even stock options...

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Project Runway Finale Recap Part Two

Una LaMarche | Posted November 20, 2009 | Style

Read More: Comedy, Heidi Klum, Heidi Klum Project Runway, Michael Kors, Nina Garcia, Project Runway, Project Runway Lifetime, Project Runway Season 6, Project Runway Season 6 Finale, Style, Tim Gunn, Zoolander

And so, my friends, it has come to this. As Boyz II Men sang so soulfully, we've come to the end of the road. Or, the runway, I guess. Which means we're about to fall off into the lap of the Malaysian Prime Minister, if Zoolander is to be believed....

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Meta-Views: The Economic Crisis and America's "Art Ecology"

Randall Bourscheidt | Posted November 20, 2009 | New York

Read More: American Cities, Arts, Cities, Culture

This talk was given on Saturday, Nov 14, 2009, at the symposium called "The Arts and the Economic Crisis," organized by the Lewis Center for the Arts, Princeton University.

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Let me begin with an invocation, in the form of some numbers. $21 billion in economic impact. 160,000 jobs....

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A Slice from Audrey Hepburn's Closet at Sotheby's

Melissa Biggs Bradley | Posted November 20, 2009 | Style

Read More: Audrey Hepburn, Fontana Sisters, Slideshow, Sotheby's

Audrey Hepburn style lovers should run, not walk, over to Sotheby's this weekend for a rare chance to see some of her iconic clothes. Whether you fell in love with oversized sunglasses and stretch ski pants because of her look in the opening scenes of Charade or the little black...

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Personal Branding

Elissa Stein | Posted November 19, 2009 | Living

Read More: Personal Branding, Public Relations, Social Media, Social Networking, Twitter

Last night, at my son's 3rd grade pot luck, while munching on spicy sesame noodles and sipping red wine, I got into an animated conversation with a mom I'd never talked to before about personal branding. She's in between jobs, had worked in 2 different sectors before, and was now...

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Holiday Shortcuts

One For The Table | Posted November 19, 2009 | Style

Read More: Holiday Season, Homemade Gravy, Making Gravy, Preparing For The Holiday Season, Thanksgiving, Turkey Gravy

Make Ahead Turkey Gravy

Contrary to popular belief, you don't need a whole turkey to make gravy. However, you must slow-roast turkey to get good gravy.

I have to admit I have witnessed some pretty seasoned cooks have complete breakdowns at Thanksgiving when it comes time to gravy making. There...

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Ridge Vineyards: Paul Draper's Quest for Vineyard Expression in Wine

Brad Haskel | Posted November 19, 2009 | Style

Read More: California, Paul Draper, Ridge Vineyards, Wine

Paul Draper has all the trophies, accolades, honors, and celebrity trappings that any winemaker could possibly have. Yet, there is a sense of humility and purpose that seems to set him apart. When I asked the legendary winemaker from Ridge Vineyards in California's Santa Cruz Mountains, what his most...

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Black Friday Music Video: "Can't Get No Zhu Zhu Pet Blues"

Andrea Chalupa | Posted November 19, 2009 | Style

Oh, Black Friday. That great stampede for bargain prices. There are so many coveted items during this nationwide shopping rush, but none is more sought after than the holiday "it" toy. And this year, it's gonna be the Zhu Zhu Pet. What is that you ask? I have no idea....

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The World Has Changed: As It Turns Out, Men Have to Look Good

Louis Licari | Posted November 19, 2009 | Style

Read More: Grooming Tips, Hair And There Blog, Louis Licari, Men Grooming

It was Sunday morning, the first day of the "Ambush Hits the Road" trip. My wake-up call was at the un-Godly hour of 4:45 a.m. After a few minutes of listening to my clock radio, which I had purposely set at a hideously obnoxious radio station, I stumbled out of...

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The Third Annual Huffington Post "Tell Us What You're Cooking For Thanksgiving This Year That You Didn't Cook Last Year"

Nora Ephron | Posted November 20, 2009 | Style

Read More: Food, Recipes, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Commentary, Thanksgiving Dinner, Thanksgiving Dinner Recipes, Thanksgiving Recipes

It's November again, and this year we're giving you lots of time to send your Thanksgiving recipes to the "Third Annual Huffington Post Tell Us What You're Cooking for Thanksgiving This Year That You Didn't Cook Last Year."

What we're looking for is not the thing you cook year...

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HuffPost Game Changers: Your Picks for the Ultimate 10

Arianna Huffington | Posted November 21, 2009 | Media

Read More: Game Changers, Huff Post Game Changers, Huffington Post Game Changers, Huffpost Ultimate Game Changers, New Media, Slidehuge, Ultimate Game Changers

Three months ago, we asked for your help in picking the HuffPost Game Changers -- 100 innovators, visionaries, and leaders who are harnessing the power of new media to reshape their fields and change the world.

You responded with a host of great suggestions.

We then began announcing our choices...

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Garrison Keillor Delights at the Black and White Moth Ball

Ariston Anderson | Posted November 19, 2009 | New York

Read More: Anna Deavere Smith, Garrison Keillor, Jonathan Ames, The Moth

The annual Moth Gala is one of our favorite events in New York. In a world drawn impersonal by tweets and newsfeeds, it's refreshing to know that there are still people out there promoting the art of storytelling. There's nothing quite like having your five minutes on stage, connecting...

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Naked Tabletop No Need for Tailspin

EllynAnne Geisel | Posted November 19, 2009 | Denver

Read More: Holiday Table, Hostess Anxiety, Hosting Holiday Gathering, Table Setting, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Kids Crafts, Thanksgiving Table Decorations

Setting a festive table can be the most, or least, enjoyable part of hosting the Thanksgiving gathering.

Some hostesses see the dining table as a blank canvas awaiting heirlooms of Damask, polished silver, sparkling crystal and china, while an expanse of naked tabletop puts others into a tailspin of anxiety.

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Fall Farmers' Market, at a Sprint

Big Girls, Small Kitchen | Posted November 19, 2009 | New York

Read More: Brooklyn, Farmers Markets, Fish, Food, Organic Food, Park Slope, Recipes

A few Saturdays ago, on a morning in mid-October, I did a remarkable thing: I was among the first 20 people to arrive at the farmers' market at Grand Army Plaza. Now, this is not an easy feat in Park Slope, land of the chipper young parent and early-bird dog...

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Thanksgiving Survey: We Asked Bobby Flay and Now We're Asking You: What are Your Plans?

Craig "Meathead" Goldwyn | Posted November 19, 2009 | Style

Read More: Bobby Flay, Cranberries, Cuban Sandwiches, Fajitas, Food, Hellman's Mayonnaise, Mayonnaise, Poll, Tandoori, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Commentary, Thanksgiving Dinner, Thanksgiving Recipes, Thanksgiving Traditions

For food lovers, Thanksgiving is the most important day of the year. A whole holiday dedicated to food, drink, and celebrating the bounty of our land, with no commercial or religious overtones.

The menu for Thanksgiving dinner is so traditional it is almost rote. Turkey, stuffing, cranberries, sweet potatoes, something...

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Real Food Rehab: Pear & Ginger Hand Pies for Thanksgiving

Dana Joy Altman | Posted November 18, 2009 | Style

Read More: Ginger, Hand Pies, Holiday Baking, Pastry Chef, Pears, Pie, Public Relations, Thanksgiving

I recently invited a professional into my kitchen to teach me a few things and WOW, did it pay off big. Kate Neumann came by last week to teach me how to make these glorious hand pies.

Kate's the former pastry chef at...

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Talking About Menstruation

Susan Kim | Posted November 18, 2009 | Living

Read More: Feminine Hygiene, Flow: The Cultural Story Of Menstruation, Menstruation, Pad, Period, Stigma, Tampons, Women's Health

A friend of mine who works in an office of only women confessed she still hides her tampon in her sleeve on her way to the bathroom. "You're embarrassed someone will know you're menstruating?" I asked, incredulous. "But they're all female!" She laughed, self-consciously. "Yeah, I know," she agreed, "it's...

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What To Wear Part 1: The Feared Dress Code

Daria Shualy | Posted November 18, 2009 | Style

Read More: Caterina Fake, Dress Code, Expo, Flickr, Sense Of Fashion, Web2.0, What To Wear

Imagine you're an East Coaster, a New Yorker as such, and you're invited to a wedding in LA. And you ask yourself: what do I wear. I mean, you don't want to stick out. Not in a bad way anyway.

Unfortunately, of the soon to be married couple, you're...

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Nine Ways to Soothe Thanksgiving Panic

Steve Poses | Posted November 18, 2009 | Living

Read More: Dinner Party Planning, Party Planning, Thanksgiving, Thanksgiving Advice, Thanksgiving Commentary, Thanksgiving Dinner, Thanksgiving Panic

In my travels as a caterer, I've often encountered a phenomenon I like to call Party Panic. It's the seizing fear that many people have when they so much as think about hosting family or friends in their own home. Symptoms of Party Panic include, but are not limited to:...

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