City Life Eats — the art of healthy urban living

Catalan Chickpeas with Almonds and Tomatoes

August 6, 2008

I love Wednesdays because that’s the day newspapers run their food sections. And let’s face it, one of the reasons I love city living is the restaurants, the specialty markets, the many grocery stores and farmer’s markets. I love the New York Times Wednesday Dining section and read it without fail online, often buying the […]

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Now for a Shorter Post

August 5, 2008

I realize I kind of bombarded you with lots of content these last few days. So today’s a short one. Check out Corporette, which the author describes as a fashion and lifestyle blog for overachieving chicks. Reading the About Corporette section was one of the things that made me think about about starting this blog. […]

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Beauty Monday — Bobbi Brown Metallic Shadows

August 4, 2008

Beauty Monday will be a weekly feature focusing on green beauty, paraben-free skincare, makeup, and the beauty industry and marketing. Bobbi Brown is one of my top three cosmetics brand. That’s saying a lot considering I wrote a beauty blog for year and use many different brands before, during and after writing the beauty blog. […]

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Fashion Musings — Not Sure Shorts Crack the Code

August 2, 2008

I love the New York times lifestyle sections. Wednesdays are always exciting because it’s the day of the food section. And Thursdays have the Fashion and Style section. But today I’m disappointed by the “Shorts Crack the Code” article, describing the increase of shorts worn to work. Yes, I work in about as conservative a […]

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So what makes me qualified to write City Girl Lifestyle?

July 31, 2008

Note – City Girl Lifestyle was the name of this blog before it became City|Life|Eats. The beauty of blogging is that you can just decide you are qualified and prattle on about xyz topic and block comments so no one can tell you how unqualified you are. Since I don’t block comments, I figured I […]

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Hello and Welcome to the new City Girl Lifestyle

July 31, 2008

Welcome! And if you were a reader when I wrote mainly about beauty, thank you for following me in this blog transition. Like many lawyers, I am a frustrated writer — I think of things to write, I scribble, but I never get enough written. In April 2007, I started writing about beauty products. At […]

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Time for a makeover

July 30, 2008

My blog is getting a makeover. Hint: less beauty, more of everything else. Stay tuned ….

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Bobbi in Mauve

July 29, 2008

I finally checked out the new Bobbi collection in Mauve – a palette, some lip colors, and a liner. The palette’s standout is the Mauve blush, which is absolutely beautiful – it’s a beigey mauve, not too warm, definitely neutral, and incredibly wearable. The shadows are matte, and are Navajo (a cross between Bone and […]

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Neroli – Laura Mercier’s New Fragrance

July 26, 2008

I am a big fan of Laura Mercier fragrances – two of my favorites are the edts in Crème Brulee and Almond Coconut. So when Neroli, an edp, came out recently, I had to try it out. It’s a lovely light orange that dries down to a slightly spicier orange sandalwood on me. The initial […]

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Beach in the City — When it’s too humid for lotion

July 21, 2008

Beach in the City – A seasonal feature about bringing the beach to the city even when you can’t take a vacation. New York is in the midst of a bad heat wave, complete with high humidity, heat advisories and general misery. It’s the kind of weather where you feel like lotion is going to […]

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Beach in the City – “It’s not a smoothie, it’s a Vivanno”

July 19, 2008

Beach in the City – A seasonal feature about bringing the beach to the city even when you can’t take a vacation. Beaches remind me of fruity drinks. It’s just a given. This week, Starbucks debuted the new Vivanno drinks in New York. Despite my love for many things indie, and especially indie coffeeshops, I […]

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From Australia: The Iron Fairies (Candles, soaps and more)

July 19, 2008

Wandering in the East Village before dinner last Saturday night, my husband and I spotted a sign that said “Make Your Own Soap” – in a fit of snootiness, I said “it’s surely melt and pour, we can skip it – plus I’m soaped out.” Fortunately, my husband didn’t listen to me. And that’s how […]

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Beauty and Chocolate

July 2, 2008

After a ho-hum day at work, I decided to head to Soho to go to Vosges for some chocolate. But before chocolate, I had a beauty stop to make. Since I got to Soho just before 7pm, I rushed to check out Space NK. I never seem to be in Soho when the store is […]

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Bobbi Brown Fall Collection is Here

June 30, 2008

Bobbi’s Mauve collection is up on the website. I love the blush in the palette — it reminds me of Nars Madly (minus the shimmer), which is one of my favorite blushes — it’s a lovely neutral mauve. I am not one hundred percent happy with the Bobbi Mauve collection overall though — there is […]