Does Fat Make You Fat?
By, Michelle Pfennighaus Imagine it. You’re watching Friends on prime time and wearing Doc Martins, Snapple iced tea in hand. In front of you is a box of fat free Snackwell’s cookies. Ah, the...
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Eat Your Sunshine!
By, Michelle Pfennighaus, RYT Do you know what the #1 vegetable in the American diet is? Potatoes. That’s right. And how do we most often eat potatoes? As french fries. You got it. No...
All Natural! Whole Grain! Buy Me, Please!
By, Michelle Pfennighaus No matter where you do your shopping, you’ve probably noticed all sorts of health related claims on food packaging. At a northeast supermarket chain called Stop & Shop they’ve even started...
Make Someone’s Day
On my morning run yesterday, I passed Chicago’s Anti-Cruelty Society. I happened to be wearing my pink baseball hat with a black lab on it (which marked me as either a totally cheesy and...
Bargain Shopper Version Anyone?
When checking in with my favorite blogs this morning on google reader, I came across this fun article called Personalities Decoded: Summer Dress Edition on the popular women’s blog BizzyWomen.com. I liked the post because it...
The Sex and The City Effect
After a 3 month stint in the far west suburbs, I’m all moved back into my fabulous Chicago apartment. The views from my apartment are awesome, my commute to work is about 10 minutes...
The Story Behind Crescendo Apparel: Clothing for Pear-Shaped Women
After having forged a decade-long career as a successful financial analyst, Kathryn McKechnie traded in her spreadsheets for fashion spreads in 2008, when she launched Crescendo Apparel, her line of pants, skirts and wraps...
If you want to be a professional, please write back.
Today I’m writing about a personal pet peeve of mine: those who do not respond to emails. I’m sure this happens at all age and career levels, but lately I’ve noticed a trend among my twentysomething-aged...
Why I love (and what we can learn) from Bitter is The New Black
I just finished reading Jen Lancaster’s first book, Bitter is The New Black, today. I’m not sure WHY it took me so long to start reading this masterpiece, but the good news is that it didn’t take...
Come to Soho’s Naked Biz Growth Seminar
If you are a social media, marketing, advertising or PR person who wants to learn more about social media and its role in business, I highly recommend you attend sohobiztube‘s “Naked Biz Growth” all day...