December 23, 2009

The Fashion World Mourns Phi

Yesterday Phi announced it was shutting down due to the Great Recession’s economic climate.  Most of you probably don’t know of Phi, the high-end luxury label founded by Susan Dell, wife of Dell founder and CEO Michael Dell. I remember admiring Phi’s architecturally sleek, sexy and tough designs when we used a dress and those booties on [...]

December 23, 2009

Do I Attract What I Put Out?

I was thinking about this just now.  The last four guys I’ve dated have been underemployed or unemployed—unstable, basically—just like me.  One guy was unemployed and bounced through traveling, friends’ apartments and his parents’ home; another lost his job and couldn’t pay rent; another was underemployed, doing odd jobs and had just moved back in [...]