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• Honey, Don’t Bother Mommy. I’m Too Busy With My Blog and Building My Brand.
  So-called mommy blogs were once little more than glorified electronic scrapbooks, now they have recently evolved into a cultural force to be reckoned with. […]
• A Night Out With | Roger Ross Williams: First Indie, Now Oscar
  Hanging out with the Oscar winner for best short documentary as he makes the obligatory first stop for Oscar winners and nominees. […]
• Is a Gesture Obscene or Not?
  There are mixed reviews on how society regards what George W. Bush called “the one-fingered victory salute.” […]
• Social Q’s: How to Handle a Friend Who Steals Your Look
  This week, answers to readers’ questions about handling accidental destruction of neighbors’ property, men who blow their noses in old-style cloth handkerchiefs, and other issues. […]
• Fashion Diary: Wrapping Up Fashion Week in Paris, With an Iceberg and a Wake
  Wrapping up fashion week in Paris with a iceberg, parties and a wake. […]
• Generation B: Time, It Turns Out, Isn’t on Their Side
  The author checks in with the middle-age jobless men and women who attended a job fair in Midtown Manhattan a year ago. […]
• Modern Love: Appreciating a Difficult Mother
  A son learns to appreciate his difficult and troubled mother during her battle with Alzheimer’s, and after her passing. […]
• Killer Heels
  These heels by Gianvito Rossi for Altuzarra have just enough ammo to stop enemy combatants in their tracks. […]
• Obama Social Secretary Ran Into Sharp Elbows
  The rise and fall of Desirée Rogers, the White House social secretary, is in some ways a familiar Washington tale. […]
• Respect Your Elders
  Advanced Style, a Sartorialist for the superannuated set, chronicles the stylish and often eccentric get-ups of a crowd that's largely ignored by the fashion system. […]
• Fashion Review: Reviews of McQueen, Alaïa, Hermès, Vuitton, Miu Miu and Valentino
  Reviews of the Alexander McQueen, Azzedine Alaïa, Hermès, Louis Vuitton, Miu Miu and Valentino fall collections, the last from Paris fashion week. […]
• Baby’s Snuggled in a Sling, but Safe?
  Baby carriers are more popular as parents believe the snuggled-up style has benefits for infants. […]
• Critical Shopper | Alexis Bittar: Alexis Bittar’s Jewelry on Madison Avenue
  Mr. Bittar brings his suave bling to an Upper East Side location, where open cases encourage customers to try on Lucite and semiprecious baubles redolent of happy bygone eras. […]