> ## Content Index > Fetch the complete content index at: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/llms.txt > Use this file to discover other available public pages before exploring further. # Fugs and Pieces, May 8th, 2015 - URL: https://go-fug-yourself.ghost.io/fugs-and-pieces-may-8th-2015-05-2015/ - Published: 2015-05-08T21:00:18.000Z - Updated: 2015-05-08T19:55:08.000Z - Author: Jessica - Tags: fugs, Fugs and Pieces, #wp, #wp-post, #Import 2026-10-07 07:44 Happy Friday, Fug Nation! I bring you glad tidings: As you may know, **Heather and I are going to be in Chicago for** [**the Printers Row Lit Fest.**](https://printersrowlitfest.org/index.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)And finally we have a time and date for our event! We'll be chatting with Beth Fenner, Editor-in-Chief of *Chicago Magazine*, **on Saturday, June 6th, at 1pm, about *The Royal We*, the blog, and whatever else you want to ask us, after which we will be signing books and chatting you up!** We are VERY EXCITED to finally visit Chicago, so please come out and see us! And in other news: \-- The REAL McCann is [brilliantly handling being portrayed as flat-out evil on *Mad Men* with clever, good humor](https://www.avclub.com/article/assholes-mad-mens-mccann-pay-dividends-real-life-m-219006?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io). (The AV Club) \-- [Our erstwhile Intern George chatted about Amal's fashion sense. ](https://www.laineygossip.com/George-Clooney-on-Amals-fashion-sense-and-his-birthday-in-Extra-and-Entertainment-Tonight-interviews/38483?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)We need a new intern. He never comes to work and now he's not even giving us the exclusives on her Met Gala ensembles. (Lainey) \-- Filed under News You Can Really Use: [How to Make a Great Drink on a Plane](https://cupofjo.com/2015/05/how-to-make-a-great-drink-on-a-plane/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) (Cup of Jo) \-- And at Gawker, [Shot, Sake, Margarita, Slush: The Best Drinking Around the World](https://bestrestaurant.gawker.com/shot-sake-margarita-slush-the-best-drinking-around-1699537518?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io). By "the world," they mean Epcot Center. \-- Over at Mental Floss, [17 Behind-the-Scenes Secrets of Bookstores.](https://mentalfloss.com/article/63664/17-behind-scenes-secrets-bookstores?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) \-- Refinery29 has a[ lovely set of essays about the book ](https://www.refinery29.com/2015/05/87002/famous-authors-high-school-memories?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io#slide)[*Prep*](https://www.refinery29.com/2015/05/87002/famous-authors-high-school-memories?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io#slide) *\-* one of my favorites -- on the occasion of its tenth anniversary. \-- As ever, good work from The Toast:[ Women Trying To Politely End Conversations With Men In Western Art History](https://the-toast.net/2015/05/05/women-trying-politely-to-end-conversations-with-men-in-western-art-history/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) \-- I'll never turn down [an article about words that have fallen out of favor,](https://www.mydomaine.com/lost-english-phrases?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) like this one at My Domaine. (Although I personally still use "scofflaw" and "lollygag.") \--This is [a fascinating piece at NPR about Harper Lee and the town of Monroeville](https://www.npr.org/2015/05/04/403364020/a-town-divided-over-the-next-chapter-of-an-iconic-harper-lee-book?utm%5Fsource=tumblr.com&utm%5Fmedium=social&utm%5Fcampaign=business&utm%5Fterm=nprnews&utm%5Fcontent=20150504). \-- [ABC has renewed *Agent Carter*! ](https://www.pajiba.com/marvel%5Fmovies/abc-has-renewed-agent-carter-and-agents-of-shield.php?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)I am really surprised but also delighted. (They've also renewed *Galavant*, which is nice because that dude is very good-looking and also I enjoy singing GAAAAAAL-a-VANT! for no reason.) (Pajiba) \-- Yahoo Style has a piece on Guo Pei,[ the designer who did Rihanna's Met Gala look](https://www.yahoo.com/style/meet-guo-pei-the-designer-of-rihannas-118306760818.html?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io). \-- And, at *Vogue*: [How 7 Chinese Actresses Translated Their On-Screen Style for the Met Gala Red Carpet](https://www.vogue.com/13259311/chinese-actresses-met-gala-2015-red-carpet-style?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) \-- Nicholas [Hoult looks pretty dreamy in *GQ.* ](https://www.celebitchy.com/426319/nicholas%5Fhoults%5Frule%5Ffor%5Fa%5Fnight%5Fout%5Fyou%5Fshould%5Falways%5Foffer%5Fto%5Fsplit%5Fa%5Fcheck/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)(Celebitchy) \-- This is such [a good piece in Salon about the issues with this season of *The Good Wife.*](https://www.salon.com/2015/05/07/how%5Fthe%5Fthe%5Fgood%5Fwife%5Fwent%5Fbad%5Fyour%5Fcomprehensive%5Fguide%5Fto%5Fthe%5Fmany%5Frecent%5Ffails%5Fof%5Fa%5Fpreviously%5Fgreat%5Fshow/?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) \-- This is a treat: [The Somewhat Weird History of Publishing Wedding Cake Recipes in Bon Appétit](https://www.bonappetit.com/columns/vintage-ba-columns/article/wedding-cakes?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) \-- At Jezebel: [Death to the Maxi Dress: A Manifesto](https://jezebel.com/death-to-the-maxi-dress-a-manifesto-1702248877?ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io) \-- Slate thinks [Kim Kardashian's coffee table book of selfies is her greatest masterpiece.](https://www.slate.com/articles/arts/books/2015/05/selfish%5Fkim%5Fkardashian%5Fwest%5Fs%5Fbook%5Fof%5Fselfies%5Freviewed.html?wpsrc=fol%5Ftw&ref=go-fug-yourself.ghost.io)