A SERIOUS JOB IS NO EXCUSE: bathing suit

25 May 2007

The push you need

That means when you enter the code "MAKEUP" at checkout,

you can get my Lisa Curran Wood Bamboo bikini for $118.40*,

instead of the $148 I paid just a week ago. Yay for you.

*2-day shipping, as always, is FREE at shopbop.com

18 March 2007

For those non graduate students among us, the only indication Spring Break had arrived this week was that new episodes of our favorite MTV shows - namely, "Engaged & Underage" and "The Hills" - were temporarily suspended for more ass-shakin' crabs-spreadin' fare such as "Exposed: Mom Edition" and "Wild Girls of Makos Super Challenge."

And then there was that pesky influx of patchouli-smelling Beck-blasting tent-inhabiting individuals who not only "bravely fought" the elements this weekend but also "proudly served" the role of trustfunder-cum-protester stereotype to a 'T'.

Even though we working professionals may no longer have a seven day period to act like alcohol doesn't have calories, sexually transmitted diseases are for the uneducated and string bikinis and flip-flops are perfectly appropriate dinner-wear, we can still plan ahead for that trip to the Dalmatian Coast we'll take if that dream job - or dream man - comes through, or more likely, the rooftop Saturdays and Sundays that, starting May 5th, no matter the temperature, will be an uninterrupted weekly tradition straight through October.

First step -- bathing suit.

Ladies, here are your editrix's top picks for getting your tan on the millisecond that thermometer hits 70-degrees: