Girl Talk

HoCoSo is a new social network (est. January 22, 2010) specifically devoted to the needs of young (or young at heart) professionals in Howard County, located in central Maryland.  HoCoSo stands for Howard County Social, and uses the now common HoCo abbreviation for Howard County along with a short-version of the word Social.  You can [...]

I’m sure many of you have heard of BagBorrowOrSteal.com in the past few years.  The “handbag rental” service, offered for a subscription fee.
Well, I also just learned of RentTheRunway.com and wanted to share it with you too.
RentTheRunway.com (RTR) lets you browse through its array of A-list designers to find a dress you love.  Next, you [...]

While in the Atlanta, Georgia area this week, visiting the folks for the holidays, we made a neat little wine and beer store discovery in Gwinnett County (NE of Atlanta) just off of I-85 about a mile.  It’s called Venus Wine.  My mom, who rarely ever sits still, skimmed through the Gwinnett Daily Post from [...]

Um, for real?  How did I not know about Azul 17 until now?  When for so long I thought Howard County had a real shortage of non-chain Mexican or Spanish restaurants…  This one, like a mile from my house, has been open as far back as when?  October?  The posts on Urbanspoon.com seem to point [...]

About two weeks ago, when I returned from a weekend camping trip and festival that involved parking in the middle of a big muddy, dusty farmer’s corn field, I decided to make a run for the Star Car Wash in Columbia, on Berger Road.  As I approached from Oakland Mills Road to make my turn, [...]

Spend $25 at E.L.F. Cosmetics and use code EGRESCT to receive a $25 Restaurant.com gift certificate (expires 9/30). This is a great deal; you get quality makeup at unbelievably low prices (most items are just $1) from E.L.F. and get to show off your new look while saving money at one of your favorite restaurants [...]

Not only do I work in the search marketing industry, but I’m hugely addicted to the evolving social media scene. Facebook, MySpace, Twitter, Technorati, Delicious, IgoUgo, Dopplr, TravBuddy, Meetup, LinkedIn, Socialzr, Yahoo Answers, you name it…I’m probably on it. I’m all about the “sharing.”
I’d like to think that the Web is improving. [...]

Some of you may have seen that I organized a group of women through Girls and the City to take an Introductory Climbing class at Earth Treks in Columbia, MD on Sunday. Never in my life would I have ever considered doing this, if it wasn’t for my friends from the Maryland Outdoor Club [...]

First, I saw it on BaltimoreSun.com yesterday. Today, I saw it on MSNBC.com. Is letting tiny carp nibble on your toes the latest new spa pampering? The clients of Yvonne Hair and Nails salon in Alexandria, Virginia are certainly hooked, line [...]

So, this past weekend was my big move. I’m now officially inside of Columbia, within the sea of “weird” street names, although before (living right behind the Elkridge/Columbia Costco, Best Buy, Ulta, Lowe’s), I could have spit and it would have landed in Columbia. Only a few broken items or dings on furniture. [...]