Suit of the Week: Bar III

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light-blue-womens-suit For busy working women, the suit is often the easiest outfit to throw on in the morning. In general, this feature is not about interview suits for women, which should be as classic and basic as you get — instead, this feature is about the slightly different suit that is fashionable, yet professional. I was perusing the Macy's website the other day and noticed that new-to-me brand Bar III has a lot of cute affordable suits. This light blue “moonstone” suiting set comes in regular (0-16) and plus sizes (14W-24W), and I like the classic cut mixed with the fun color. As we've discussed before, light blue suits for workwear can be a great, versatile buy for spring, particularly where, like here, they're sold as separates. The jacket (regular, plus) is $119-$129, and the cropped pants (regular, plus) are $79-$89. Psst: The big Shopbop Sale started — great time to stock up on classics including Ferragamo, TheoryLK BennettRebecca MinkoffTory BurchClaire V, and Hunter. (I particularly love their jewelry collection — it’s always hip and interesting.) . Here's our 2018 Shopbop Sale coverage … I'll try to update as soon as possible.  This post contains affiliate links and Corporette® may earn commissions for purchases made through links in this post. For more details see here. Thank you so much for your support!

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119 Comments

  1. I’m looking for a machine that will make me hot water at a set time. Does that exist? Any recs? I’m not a coffee drinker but I like tea and I want to have the hot water ready in the morning when I get up

    1. I have an electric tea kettle and love it. I drink mainly coffee but some tea and a good bit of hot water. It is very quick, beeps once (quietly) when it’s ready, and then keeps the water at the set temp for 20 minutes (I think). It’s just a push button to turn it on. You might be able to rig an electric tea kettle and old-school plug timer? Interested to see if you get any better suggestions!

        1. Yeah I was looking at that one and the OXO one but it’s not clear whether the OXO one can be set in advance. It says it has a preset function but doesn’t really emphasize it as a feature. I want it to start before I get up as incentive for me to actually get up

          1. Have you checked the OXO website? Sometimes you can find the instruction booklet which will tell you more about the features than the box or product description.

    2. A Zorijushi hot water boiler/warmer. Grew up with these (Asian household) and they will boil your water then keep your hot water hot and ready to dispense whenever you want it. The downside of this is apparently it uses a lot of electricity (which is why my parents then started pulling the plug out when not heating water to save on electricity when they shoulda just bought an electric kettle but that’s another story).

    3. You can just use coffee maker with a timer function. It should give just the hot water if you don’t put any coffee in the machine.

    4. If you own your place and can modify things- I had a hot water tap put into my sink and LOVE it. Instant hot water at the ready whenever I want it- the brand is insinkerator & I got it at home depot. It also went all out and mine has a filtered water line too which is awesome.

        1. I put one of these in and had a handyman do it in my existing kitchen – involved drilling a hole in the counter so above my pay grade, but easy breezy overall, no reno required!

    5. Late to the party on this, but look up the Swan Teasmade on Amazon. It’s an electric kettle alarm clock. I’m also a tea drinker and it’s one of my favorite things.

  2. Does anyone wanna share in Noom stories? I’ve start of the free trial, and I’m pretty skeptical of the whole thing, in large part because it seems like a slightly re-imagined Weight Watchers. I’ve always thought WW’s emphasis on all things low fat was kind of bull shirt.

    1. I didn’t have a great experience iwht my ‘coach’ – felt really bot-ish with a very low calorie recommendation. I’m in my late-20s, 5’10” and really active. They had me on 1210 calories/day.

    2. It was…. ok. I didn’t like the stuff the coach was suggesting, he wasn’t really listening to what I was saying and agree with the poster about that it was bot-ish.

      It’s based a lot on changing your attitude to food and weight loss and types of food, rather than calories so much.

    3. I am trying to do the program now…my biggest complaint is that it doesn’t properly sync my steps with the fitbit I bought, mostly for that purpose, and the food logging program is pretty annoying to deal with. I have doubts about whether weighing yourself daily is a good thing, and the articles are fine, but not life changing. Most importantly I got the program (which I think said for a year but I don’t think it is actually….) for something like 92% off. Don’t pay full price. I find the message board actually less active than the community on the weight watchers app, and the personal coach is not as great as it sounds. The green/yellow/red made me feel like I had more freedom with food choices without huge dings on my day for one candy bar than the weight watchers points.

      I have lost precisely 0. I started the program with the intent of building good habits, but still, for following the program I would have expected a slight change at least.

    4. I am doing Stronger U. Its great. Down 10 plus pounds and holding. Feel great.

  3. My upper arms are red and blotchy. I dont have bumps, so I dont think I have keratosis pilaris. I do have dry skin-but moisturize and hydrate regularly. The redness remains, but is less noticeable with a tan. How do I get rid of this blotchiness?

    1. I have found that lotion with lactic acid helps a lot when I get red and blotchy on my legs. I usually just use some AmLactin from CVS.

    2. Ask your doctor next time you go. Fwiw I have KP but not always bumps, sometimes it’s just red and blotchy. I’ve never found anything that makes it go away completely. Regular scrubs, moisturizer, and the occasional epsom salt soak helps minimize the redness. I use the KP Doctor scrub from Sephora, and my mom gave me a moisturizer that her derm recommended but I’m blanking on the name… it’s a blue and white tub-like bottle and I think the name starts with a V.

      1. This is how my KP is. Red and blotchy but not bumpy. My son has it too and he’s not excessively red and blotchy but he is bumpy. KP is not treatable but you can help the redness and bumps with exfoliating and lotions with lactic acid. Also, some limited sun exposure helps also (recommended by the dermatologist).

  4. Can someone recommend a backpack? I had a free one from the junior college I teach at but it fell apart. Looking for something plan I can accessorize with patches

    1. Gregory makes some nice casual ones in addition to all their hiking packs, if you are looking to branch out from some of the more predictable brands.

    1. While I agree that the “neutral” position often isn’t neutral, I think that calling anyone who has a moderate viewpoint equivalent to a racist who is content to let the Jim Crow years carry on is offensive and disingenuous. It’s a way to shut down the debate – if you call someone a bigot or “no better than one,” you get to avoid engaging in rational discussion and engaging in the opposing arguments. Today, you could be called a moderate (and therefore a horrible person?) if you support reasonable immigration laws, any limits on affirmative action, maintaining ICE, criticism of the #MeToo movement, lower taxes, or any other number of issues. I don’t want to live in a world that paints people with such extremes.

      Ultimately, I think it’s cowardly and detrimental to the left to insist on ideological purity, to imply people are racists/sexists/bigots at every disagreement, and to refuse to engage with the very real policy positions that many moderates take. It’s the way to fast track Trump 2020 and I don’t support it.

      1. I agree with this, but I don’t think her point is being characterized correctly. I don’t think the op-ed was very clear or well-written, but I believe the “neutrality” she’s talking about would be more on topics like Charlottesville or various r@cial slur$ by the president, when commentators try to take it in stride or somehow present “both sides” to position themselves as above the outrage.

        That said, I do think it’s always useful to look at what the “neutral” stance was on various issues historically. It forces us to distinguish what’s political vs. what’s moral. The latter is a lot more difficult.

        1. This. It’s not a new idea – Hannah Arendt and the Banality of Evil and Eli Wiesel and the idea that the trimuph of evil does not require active participation but it merely requires ‘good men’ to do nothing. When neo-nazis are literally marching in the streets with torches a la Charlottesville, pretending it’s politics as usual (neutrality) is not okay.

          1. Absolutely, but many activists are taking it way too far and tarnishing anyone with a difference of opinion. Heck, look at this morning’s thread and how easily the term “bigot” was being thrown around on the transwomen in sports thread. It’s not that “good men are doing nothing” in many cases, but that “good (wo)men think differently from you.” To go back to the Charlottesville example, I would consider someone who said “meh, I wasn’t there so I don’t care” to be part of the “banality of evil” scenario you mentioned, but if someone made a reasoned argument that Charlottesville was a statistically rare event and that the situation in the U.S. overall is improving, I wouldn’t do the same.

      2. I agree, and maybe being called something extreme for a moderate standpoint is actually more about the accuser than the standpoint-haver. You said yourself ‘ I don’t want to live in a world that paints people with such extremes.’ That makes sense when you identify as moderate. If now a person comes with more extreme or radical views in general, they then can’t help themselves but also see you as extreme. For me, that doesn’t make me agree with the radical, but it provides context.

      3. +1 I appreciate calls from either side of aisle for improved discourse. Neither side is doing the nation a favor when they shut that down in the name of maintaining ideological purity of position. The Republicans failed on everything they wanted but taxes because they were held hostage by hardliners on healthcare. The Democrats could end up in the same position if they behave the same way.

      4. I didn’t realize slavery, Jim Crow, segregation, and a whole host of American social issues founded in bigotry, sexism, and racism could just be solved by “rational” discussions and engaging in opposing arguments. And the fast track to Trump 2020 is white women. I don’t even know why I bother with reading this site anymore.

        1. Gently, I honestly don’t think this site is for you. You seem to be looking for something different. I hope you find it out there. Reddit has some good subreddits that may be more relevant to you.

        2. If you would like some different reading material you might try Herma Hill Kay’s book on gender discrimination. She explains the mix of legislation and lawsuits that got us to where we are today.

  5. Hey ladies! Really wanted to thank you all for voting for me for Engineer of the Year yesterday. Voting closes tomorrow, so I am monitoring the situation! The guy who was in the lead must’ve noticed how you guys helped me move forward, because he suddenly is catching up. ;) He must be campaigning, too. The (weird to me) thing is that you can vote once every 24 hours, so I’ll put out an SOS tomorrow morning, which is the last day of voting, in case I fall back behind. Love this community!

    1. You should’ve given use advice on the whole slate. I felt dumb voting in the other categories.

        1. Good point! I considered that, but I thought it would be unfair. It’s one thing to try to get votes for myself, but if I made recommendations, I felt it would be too much like soliciting votes for every category and swaying it all towards my opinion.

    2. Repost the link and tell us what else to vote for :)…my choices felt pretty random but I’d love to help you win!

        1. That’s a fair stance. Thanks for chiming in about those. Will definitely vote again!

    3. I’m … really confused as to how this award holds any meaning when the voting is set up so that it is basically just an Internet popularity contest?

      1. Have you ever participated in a super lawyers vote? Basically the same thing lol.

      2. I agree that being able to vote once per 24 hours can throw things off for sure. I didn’t make the rules, though, so I’m just playing by them. ;)

  6. I recently changed jobs. My boss took me to a big client’s corp last week (several hours away) where we trained the executives on topics A B and C. I spoke for about 10 minutes of the 4 hours on topic B. One of the execs is young, mid 30s; I’m 28. He stayed after the presentation, we talked about my transition to the firm, he shook my hand about 6 times in 20 minutes. Today he emailed me and said he can’t stop thinking about my segment of the training, he has some topics he wants to discuss with me, do I have time to meet for coffee when he is in my city next week. Didn’t copy my boss, who normally does this work. My boss is on vacation until Friday.

    Do I email exec back and say how about a call? Offer to meet at my office? The not copying my boss and the meeting for coffee parts are weird to me. But I know I’m sensitive to this (I used to work on senior issues and would get flowers from old men).

    1. Ask for a call. It totally sounds like a guy who is trying to low-key ask you out. If you’re interested in this guy romantically, by all means meet him for coffee under fake pretenses, but it sounds like you’re not. Be firm and play the game of chicken, if he wants to ask more on about Topic B, he can do it over the phone. Only give him options that you are comfortable with, like a phone call or just answering over email.

      1. FOOEY! BE VERY CAREFUL (unless you want to have s-x with him). I was in the same situation 2 year’s a go, and went to a KNICKS basketball game with an older cleint who came in from out of town to testify at a depo the next day, and afterward, he wanted me to go back to his hotel room upstairs to go over the case, AGAIN! He kept licking and clicking his tongue when he was stareing at me, so I kind of knew it was a ploy to get me to go back up there to do stuff (including $ex) , so I told him I was tired and ovulating, and needed to go home and get rest. He knew I knew what was REALLY goieing on, so I knew I made the right decision. FOOEY!

    2. You instinct to do a call instead of the ‘meet for coffee’ is correct. He may be trying to ask you out on a date or he may be oblivious to how it looks but by keeping it 100% professional you send a clear message. If he wants to meet in person, you can suggest he come to the office for a chat.

    3. Do you want to date this guy? If you do, go for it have the coffee. If you don’t, say “sorry can’t do coffee but happy to set up a call if you have additional questions.”

    4. I wouldn’t jump to conclusions, but I also wouldn’t meet him for coffee. I think your idea to suggest a call instead is a good one, or at the very least that you can’t make it to coffee but would be happy to have him stop by the office. You could also ask him to share more specifics about the topics he wants to discuss or propose an agenda so you can be well-prepared for the meeting.

      1. Oh, and if you really want to throw cold water all over this but without risking offending a client exec, invite another colleague who has some relevance to Topic B to join the meeting or call. If his interest in the topic is genuine, it’s good customer service for a large client to take his request seriously. You don’t even have to give the colleague the full context – just say that Big Client Exec wants to talk further about Topic B, and you think it would be great to have his/her opinions in the discussion as well.

    5. I’m pretty sure he’s asking you out. Are you interested in that? Go meet him for coffee if so. If not, say you’re booked and are available for a call on XYZ date.

    6. This has happened to me before. Men will use the work topic as pretext to get more of your time/attention/ask you out. I gave one the benefit of the doubt once and agreed to meet after he repeatedly brought up discussing claims under Statute X I work with, and then he asked if I wanted to get gelato on Sunday. (He was also about 15 years older than me.) Ugh. I’d like to think most men aren’t trying to deliberately blur the line and play on your desire to be professional so you’ll agree to see them–rather, they’re just clueless–but I’m not sure anymore. All this is to say, talk over the phone unless you’d want to date this guy.

  7. I have had my OG for about 5 years and my love for it grows with each trip. I have not been gentle to it and it still looks great.

    I am starting to take more longer trips where I max out on space to avoid having to check a bag. Is there anything out there that is slightly larger (MZ Wallace travel Kate with the sleeve to fit over your wheelie bag?)? I feel like I need to go larger or have a backup plan for when it meets its inevitable demise (lost my last bag to an air sick passenger).

    Any serious contenders to recommend?

    1. The Kate is smaller than the OG but better organized, so I felt like it was easier to use. However, I had serious quality issues – the place where the strap attached broke twice. The first time MZW replaced it. The second time they basically implied that I was using the bag wrong and wouldn’t replace or repair it (I was in no way overloading it and I’ve never had issues with other bags). So that was an expensive and frustrating experience.

    2. Victorinox Divine tote. It is awesome. Get it at ebags when they have a 30 % off sale.

    3. No suggestions, just wanted to echo the love for the OG. I don’t know how I lived without mine.

  8. Would appreciate your T-shirt recs for a boat neck style, if you wear these. At least, I think that is the cut I am looking for……. Crew necks are unflattering on me and v-necks aren’t great either. I am small-chested with narrow shoulders and a long neck.

    Would appreciate recs for a casual T and would love a more formal style/fabric that is work appropriate. And it needs to be one where I don’t have to worry about hiding my bra straps. So not cut too wide, I guess…

    Many thanks!

    1. I’m not sure if they still make them (RIP Merona), but I have a few tees from Target that fit that description. They came in stripes and solids, and the colors changed seasonally. They weren’t with the tissue tees and tanks, but on a separate shelf altogether.

      1. Target still has them under the A New Day brand: https://www.target.com/s?searchTerm=Boatneck+T-Shirt They are exactly the same as the old Merona ones. I have both. The body is shaped (cuts in at the waist) and can be worn either fitted or semi-fitted. FWIW, I am a 5′-7″, 32A, slim arms, and the small fits me well (fitted, not tight). I found that many washings and dryings have faded my navy Merona one, but I bought a backup on clearance for pennies.

    2. Boat neck or other styles that widen your shoulders are what you want.
      I guess with a long neck, don’t go for cowl neck, either.
      Have you looked at “inside out style” all one word dot com? She will very often focus on things like this. You could probably put “narrow shoulders” into her search engine and see what comes up.
      Good luck!

      1. Corrected: It is “inside out style blog” all one word dot com
        By Imogen Lamport

    3. I just got a great one from Gap – the modern stripe long sleeve boatneck. Thicker fabric than I expected and the fit is spot on. The Boden ones look great but never fit me quite right.

  9. Does anyone here have any experience with restorative justice? I am in the middle of, and grappling with, a thorny situation that has no clear answers. I am going to take my part of it to my therapist tomorrow, but I also feel a responsibility to help the other people wrapped up in this. I’m drawn to trying a restorative justice approach because I think someone with experience in this area will help us with some education, and could help us develop a framework for accountability in a situation where there isn’t a clear playbook to follow.

    I know this is vague, but if anyone has worked in restorative justice or gone through this process I would really appreciate your perspective on it.

    1. Yeah and at a personal level I don’t think restorative justice means what you think it means. I mean, affirmative action is a type of restorative justice. Making deforesters plant 5 new trees for every one they cut is restorative justice. You are being way vague and the term isn’t generally applied to personal or person to person problems.

      1. I actually don’t think you know what restorative justice is. Restorative justice is all about person to person problems. Namely, crime. It’s not about a specific punishment like making a deforester plant trees.

  10. I am an attorney, and learned that my ex is my opposing counsel in a case we recently filed. He is a partner at a large law firm, and I am a very senior associate at a boutique. This is a huge case at my firm, and I don’t want to bow out due to this – I really led the charge in getting the case together and filed. But not only is this guy my ex, but he was abusive and I had to get a restraining order against him. It was a 5 year RO, which has since expired, and I did not seek to renew it because we live in different cities. I never pressed criminal charges. One of the reasons we relocated was that he kept violating the RO, including breaking into my apartment and getting into a fist fight with my now husband.

    Should I tell my colleagues on the team about this? If so, how – just minimal information? I still have fear of him, but we won’t have to interact much in person except at say depositions or in court, and we won’t be alone in those situations. I haven’t yet had to directly interact with him by phone or email, but I will very soon. The partner on the case with me talked to him on the phone and suffice it to say already has a negative impression of him.

    1. I am not an attorney so I have no real advice but holy….I am so sorry you’re dealing with this. This is like something out of a movie. My gut would say I should tell them because I wouldn’t want them to find out later but again, I’m not in law. I think you should post first thing tomorrow morning for more replies.

    2. If you trust the partner on the case, I would suggest reading the partner into the backstory early on and letting the partner know that you still want to work on the case (even with the backstory). At a minimum, it should alert the partner to check in with you on certain items to make sure that you are comfortable handling–e.g., any situations where there is a high likelihood that you will be with opposing counsel alone such as both of you handling a out-of-town deposition — and also that partner should avoid sharing any details of your life with your ex-husband — e.g., any conversations about “oh what is so and so doing, I used to know her” would be a red flag. Talk with partner about who else needs to know the information. Assuming partner is a decent human being, he or she would want you to work on the case but in a manner that you stay safe.

    3. I think you need to look at the rules of professional conduct for your jurisdiction. In mine, I would need to disclose this to the client as something that could materially affect the representation and obtain a waiver of any potential conflict of interest. Disclosure to the client would certainly mean disclosure to the firm as well, especially if there is someone in a supervisory role over me.

      1. Yeah, this. It’s interesting to me that you’re thinking only of yourself here. Pretty sure you have an ethical duty to disclose this to your client.

        1. Yes, that would be my concern as well – pretty sure this would be mandatory disclosure in my jurisdiction.

    4. Bow out of the case. Immediately. It does not do you, your client, or your firm any good for you to be working on this matter.

    5. If this was a fling or a “friendly” breakup, I’d say grin and bear it, but given what you’ve described, I think you’re ethically obligated to your client to disclose at least some of this information as it is likely to have a detrimental impact on the case.

    6. Are you close enough to a partner on the case to tell them the whole story (or at least about the restraining order, etc.)? I do not think you need to tell your whole team everything, but I think it would be helpful to have one person that kind of knows what’s going on to watch out for you.

    7. I think you have an obligation to mention it. It could have a negative effect on the case. That does not mean the resolution is that you don’t handle the case. The appropriate resolution is that he doesn’t handle his side of the case. At the very least, everyone moves forward with a “we know the situation here and you are on very thin ice” understanding. And you should not let the partner resolve the matter by taking you off the case without a real fight. But if this comes out later, and you’ve said nothing, the partner is going to be rightfully upset. Depositions and court appearances between adversaries can get very testy when there is any level of personal animus/history between opposing counsel. The potential for things to go wrong when adversaries are a former couple whose relationship ended in a restraining order takes that to a whole other level.

      1. I agree, I think you have an ethical obligation to disclose the situation and so does your ex. Are other partners on ex’s side involved in the case? Did ex originate the client? I think if it’s ex’s client then you have an uphill battle – the client’s right to counsel of their choosing is a big deal. But if it’s not his client then he needs to be taken off the case.

        Talk to the partner in your office. Talk to the other partners in ex’s firm – with partner in your office on the line – to explain the situation. Gather whatever public documents you have that you’re willing to share – the RO, any police reports, etc. If they don’t voluntarily take the guy off the case I would talk to your partner about whether the judge needs to be notified.

    8. I am the type of lawyer who never darkens the door of a courtroom, so pardon if this is wrong… but shouldn’t the judge know about this?

      Guy violated a restraining order and got into a fistfight with your husband. Yes, you absolutely need to tell the partner that.

    9. So I do not go to court, but if one of my associates was in this situation with respect to a deal, yes, I 100% would want to know. This is also what I would want to know:

      -Do you want to stay on this case (I know you’ve said that you do, but communicate that clearly to the partner)?

      -What do you need in order to feel safe while interacting with this person? Are you comfortable having phone calls with him alone, or will you feel better if someone else sits in? What about if this person comes to our office for depositions/meetings? Is there anything we need to do to limit this person’s access to information about you (like your home address, personal cellphone, etc.)?

      Other things you might want to consider: if I had an associate in this situation, I would likely want to ensure either that depositions/meetings that this person would attend were not held in our offices OR that if they were, they were held on a floor where he could not gain office to any other floor (i.e. one without an internal stairway); I’d probably also want to provide his name and picture to our security and administrative staff so that it was understood that he was not allowed in our offices without express verification from me or you, that he wasn’t allowed on any floor or in any firm space other than where the meeting was being held, etc.

      You may want to call your state’s ethics line to determine if you’re obligated to inform the court of this, btw.

      1. All of this and what Anonymous at 4:43 said, too. Protect yourself in your career but also your physical safety.

    10. This is terrible. Sorry you’re dealing with this. I would start by bringing this to HR at your firm. They should be able to help you navigate how to handle this, and then there will also be an appropriate record made. You may also need to make some disclosure about this to the partner managing your case. As a partner, I’d be pretty upset if you didn’t mention this for the reasons others have already mentioned. But you also want a record made and HR is the right place for that. And they may have dealt with similar situations and have some helpful suggestions. Good luck.

    11. You definitely need to disclose and if he gives you any trouble I would file for a new restraining order.

    12. Thanks for the replies. We don’t have HR, so I went ahead and disclosed this to the partner on the case – I have an excellent working relationship with him. He was, as I expected, completely understanding and willing to work with me on concerns and safety issues for the future. It had not occurred to me that about professional responsibility requirements, so thank you. I mentioned this to the partner, and we are going to talk to lawyer how handles PR matters in our firm to see what she thinks we need to do.

      Sorry I’m not sorry, but I am not bowing out of a huge case for a client I originated just because of who the opposing counsel is. That feels like letting my ex continue to have power over me – if that is selfish as some posters suggest, so be it. I of course will do whatever is necessary to square this away properly, but not that (unless the ethics rules in my state absolutely require it, which seems bonkers). I am totally fine with telling the client and/or making a formal disclosure if required – I would rather tell him about the RO and my ex (and even the fistfight) than tell him that I am not going to be working on his case any more.

      1. Please take the long view on this. The most important thing is your personal safety.

      2. Your professional responsibility obligations are bow out *if this affects your handling of the case*. It is not selfish of you to not throw your career away because some a-hole violates the law.

        Your ex must have some sort of PR obligation as well. “I violated a RO put in place by opposing Counsel” kind of sounds like the sort of thing *he* of which he needs to inform the court.

      3. And I don’t know the standards to be applied, but it’s worth considering a motion to disqualify him (if you’re plaintiff’s counsel and basically were in the case first).

      4. Go you. I’m on team “don’t bow out.” This should be his problem, not yours. Glad your work people have your back.

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  11. You guys, these Cohen hearings are just so depressing. Our president is a garden variety fraudster. It’s not news to anyone who has been paying attention, but knowing that 30-40% of the country shrugs it off is really getting me down today.

    1. The word I used this morning when talking to my husband was “tawdry.” This whole thing…just…

      I have a number of relatives who stand with the President. As in, they like his “policies” (actually believe corporate tax cuts work, think the government’s too big, etc), but that said, they’d really like him to be more dignified. A lot more dignified.

      There’s a new poll out, and I’m hopeful that the 34% of Republicans who “somewhat approve” of the President are people like my relatives who are otherwise “normal” Republicans and who would vote for a different Republican should the opportunity arise. https://thehill.com/hilltv/what-americas-thinking/431149-president-trumps-job-approval-dips-as-sotu-bump-fades

  12. Looking for blogger recommendations for casual style! Main requirements – short person who wears flats or near-flats; also preferably not stick thin but not plus sized, with a little edge like leather jackets or “masculine” style elements (i.e. short hair, loafers). I can’t seem to pull off the current casual trends and some of this is clearly because most bloggers feature 4inch heels with their jeans (um, no), but some if it is just me not understanding the proportions I should be aiming for if we remove the heels.

    1. Check out Laura Jansen at The Mom Edit. Her look fits your description precisely.

    2. She’s not my style necessarily, but I think you just described Wardrobe Oxygen.

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