This, the first Afternoon Chat of the year, is a Fug National Request from Third March Sister, and I am selfishly running it because I need this information myself. Podcasts. Let's talk about them. Which are your favorites? I personally regularly listen to Extra Hot Great, Pop Culture
Read moreThe year is winding down, and many of us are getting ready to unwrap our presents, and possibly practicing our very best Gosh This Is Exactly What I Dreamed Of Getting faces. What are the worst presents you've ever gotten -- or, GIVEN, either knowingly or only to realize
Read moreThe Golden Globes AND the SAG nominations are both out now, which means we can all sit back, relax, and dissect whether or not they stink. I love how the SAGs, despite coming later, sneak in that announcement a day before the Globes just to try and shoplift some thunder.
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YOU PEOPLE. Jessica and I gave thanks for every last one of you this year before we feasted, because we feel lucky to have you in this community -- whether you're a new, occasional, or longtime reader, someone who avoids the comments completely, or someone who comments regularly. You
Read moreOkay, as promised: Yesterday we discussed our favorite go-to holiday recipes. Today, let's talk about your worst holiday cooking disasters -- either ones you perpetrated, or which you witnessed, assuming you can tell those stories without getting in trouble with your loved ones.Most of my gaffes involve
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The other day, I mentioned the bacon and biscuit stuffing that I make every Thanksgiving (pictured above), and someone in the comments wanted the recipe. It got me thinking: Why don't we do this more often? Our summer salad afternoon chat was EXTREMELY fruitful, so let's
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With Halloween on Saturday -- ah, a Saturday Halloween! Perfect for parties! -- what better time to discuss our own personal favorite/most successful/most noteworthy Halloween costumes? I think I have said here before that, as an adult, I have a habit of throwing together costumes from stuff I already own,
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View the gallery Let Daniel Craig stare right through you into your darkest self for a second. Then let him love you anyway over a few martinis. THEN, let's discuss your favorite Bond and Bond movies of all time. Setting aside the last picture in this slideshow, which
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Bridget Jones's Diary is one of my favorite comfort films -- it's the baked potato of movies, the wine cardigan of rom-coms. And it's really held up over the years, due in large part to flawless casting. Jim Broadbent and Gemma Jones are perfect
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Everybody has that famous person they'd go truly verklempt at meeting, but admittedly I don't seem to have as many. As a kid I was always more awed by the sports figures -- Steffi Graf was my idol, basically -- so other than Kylie Minogue when she was
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On the off chance you didn't see the trailer for the final season of Downton Abbey, released a couple of days ago: A) WHYYYYY are you leaving me, Downton, although, also, it's probably good that you're going out before Julian Fellowes would be forced
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There's at least one arrest involved.
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View the gallery Jon here -- or The Hammer, Hammbone, the Hammwich, Hammela Ewing, I Am Hamm, Hamm-Wow, Can of Spamm, none of which have ever been used to refer to him -- won a TCA award for the departed Mad Men. And while I looked at pictures of him hamming
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View the gallery Let's look at all these celebs getting on and off planes, and talk about travel wear. You guys know I love talking about packing, and I also love articles about What To Wear On the Plane. I will read every single one of them. (I
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With apologies to those of you in the opposite hemisphere, who are taking your sweaters out of storage, it is HOT AROUND THESE PARTS. Which means I basically cannot think about turning on the oven without breaking into a sweat. Which means I eat A LOT of salads: That one
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