Shake It

As Madeline F Webber slowly but surely takes over the content of this blog, I will relinquish all power gracefully and give her another spot in the Shake It circuit.

The Bunny Hop

Try this one on for size:

Coat rim of glass in sugar

Splash of grenadine

Fill glass to 2/3 with lemonade

Add a shot of vodka

Fill to top with ginger ale

Garnish with a Peep

Yikes!

Shake It

Happy Easter Saturday

It's the day that got stuck in the middle of no-shopping-allowed(or possible) Good Friday and spend-it-with-your-loved-ones Easter Sunday.  So whether you're soaking up the gorgeous weather or catching up on Zzzs from that late-night Good Friday service... have a good one!

Shake It

Today's Poladroid chosen and snapped by Madeline Ferrier Webber

Get Money, Get Paid

You might think that with your fancy University diploma and forty dollar tshirt you're too good for an ole-fashioned lemonade stand.

Well think again, Recessionista.  A dollar is a dollar.

Hit the pavement.

Fwends

Impossibly chic Burlingtonians Maddie Webber and Jordyn Rigby chronicle their adventures in friendship with a brief but darling photo shoot.

A banana makes a cameo appearance.

How To Have A Night In

Cher Horowitz be praised!  In this clueless queen's immortal words,

"I know it sounds mental, but sometimes I have more fun vegging out than when I go partying.

Maybe because my party clothes are so binding..."

When the bags under your eyes seem more like suitcases and your speech has been reduced to hums, haws, and yawns, it's safe to say a well-deserved break is in order.

And when it's all you can do to keep away from PhotoBooth, Sims2, Iron Chef America, or (Insert Guilty Pleasure Here), a night spent in a vegetative state is just plain old healthy.

So, ladies, throw on a pair of soft, worn-out sweats and grab your boxed sets of Gossip Girl - a night spent at the homestead is worth two in the club.

Wish I Was There

Our favourite flower child channels Kerouac for the glam-gal's guide to...

The Great American Road Trip

A Checklist

Photographs and text by the inimitable Miss Haley Cullingham

Smoke cigarettes under the stars behind a gas station in New Mexico.

Drink tall cans of beer in Cheyenne, Wyoming.

Take a nap on the seawall under the Bay Bridge in San Francisco.

Read Kerouac out loud while driving east.

Find all the crazy Nevada towns that pop like neon circuses out of the desert.

Wake up in the Redwood trees.

See a Chicago sunset, and a Michigan sunrise.

Stay awake til 4 am in Brooklyn.

Hear how music sounds in California.

Buy hand-tooled leather purses in Oregon.

Make up new constellations and find maps in the sky.

Point west, find adventure.

Shake It

How To Have A Pleasant Bedside Manner

When the worst of the season makes you cough and sneeze, it's time to eschew all academic and social pursuits in favour of a good book, a good snooze and a good bit of TLC.

Hellooooo, nurse!

Get yourself to a doctor's office, or at least a pharmacist- don't try to cure your sickness "au naturel" - get drugged up, your body will respond.

The Eats

Puh-lenty of soup, nice and hot.  Try to throw in a few noodles for some carbohydrates, and a bit of chicken for some protein.  If you can't deal, though, broth is fine.

Crackers - good all the time, but especially soothing for a sore tummy.

Ginger ale- not technically something you "eat" but still necessary when ill.  Blue gatorade too.

A Good Strong Cuppa

Load up on tea, baby!  Keep it clear, and stick to herbal- you don't want to hinder the sleep cycle, and it's best to keep milk products to a minimum (to avoid mucus.... gross...).

H2O

Drink water.  The end.

Mind your manners

When someone comes to visit you, even if you're too tired to deal, treat them kindly.  They're here to make you feel better, so give them a good shot.

Kleenex, please!

Keep about five thousand boxes of tissue close at hand, the sniffles are not appealing.

The Uniform

Stylish folk get sick too, and it's possible not to look like a trainwreck just 'cause you're sickly.  Sweatpants and fleece are great for keeping the warm fuzzies in, but try to change once in a while.  Take an extra twenty seconds to co-ordinate pyjamas, or at least make sure your top isn't 100% see-through.  You can do it!

Zzzz

Sleep as much as you possibly can, now is the only time when it is officially not rude to just nod off at the drop of a hat.