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Gretchen Wilson, 34, finally getting diploma

Education still counts, even when you're worth a bazillion dollars. This one from USA Today...

Country music singer Gretchen Wilson has a mantel full of awards in her home. Her first radio single, Redneck Woman, spent five ...

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Newsletter May 2: Spring Shop Crawl & Freebies

Winter is officially over! Take a moment to fist punch the air wherever you are. After the most brutal weather in recent history (at least in T.O), we can finally hear birds chirping, and even spot the occasional tree in bloom. Sun worshippers that we are at ChickAdvisor H.Q, this means our lives just got that much better!

We have been working like mad to bring you some exciting new stuff...

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Lemon-Raspberry Cupcakes

This recipe from Epicurious.com is enough to make us forget our summer bikini ambitions...

These gorgeous cupcakes have a sweet surprise inside: They're filled with a dollop of raspberry jam.

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Studios not willing to accept contract demands by actors

Major Hollywood studios said Wednesday they won't accept pay hikes sought by the Screen Actors Guild in contract talks, suggesting ...

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April Monthly Challenge Results + May Monthly Challenge

Fabulously Broke in the City always has a neat perspective...

April 2008 Challenge: No Spend
April 2008 Challenge Results: Thumbs up!!!! It’s April 29th and I haven’t purchased a single toiletry, article of makeup, clothing, or deviated outside of my budget for those miscellaneous costs. In fact, I made a little cash.

May 2008: Greener Living...

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Spears reprises 'Mother' role

Britney Spears, who proved she's worth a cool million viewers to How I Met Your Mother, is paying another visit to the CBS sitcom.

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Lemon Crostata

Another yummy recipe from Epicurious (better save up your Weight Watchers points a few days in advance, though)...

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Pale Denim: Brit Style on a Budget

Add a cropped bleachy blonde do and I'm feeling some Cyndi Lauper (I knew I should have kept my bleached denim dammit). Brit street fashion from the Budget Fashionista...

No, it’s not an extra from an 80s Bros video, that’s Gemma Ward walking the Chanel runway in head-to-toe stonewash denim. Pale denim is big this season, from ripped-up....

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Mom's Diet May Influence Her Baby's Sex

"You wanna conceive a boy? Do it facing north!" or some such bunk. Here's a new idea; eat breakfast. Check out this interesting article from WebMD...

In a newly reported study, women who ate breakfast cereal gave birth to more boys, while those who skipped breakfast had more girls.

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Seared Scallops with Citrus Risotto

Delicious and (appears to be) extremely easy recipe from The Amateur Gourmet...

Visions of food sometimes arrive and you wave them away like an annoying fly. 'Why am I craving lobster bisque right now?' you ask yourself while castrating a horse. 'Get that craving out of my head!' But what you...

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Fashion Crimes on the Subway

Colour mismatchingI saw a woman with a really beautiful yellow jacket, but then I realized that she had paired it with an ENTIRELY BLACK outfit.It made the jacket look cheap instead of chic. Why? Because bright, wonderful colours should not be paired with black. The contrast is just too sharp for something like that to work. It just looks 80s, and not in a good way.That yellow jacket should’ve been paired with a dark brown neutral, or a navy blue for a bit of flair, or even white, to...
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Hollywood hopes theme parks, superheroes fly in Middle East

Another interesting tidbit from USA Today...

Wonder Woman, King Kong and Shrek are heading for the Persian Gulf as part of the rush to build what could become the world's ...

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He's Got That Lovin' Feeling

When somebody loves you... and the feeling is not mutual.

It's that awkward situation where someone repeatedly makes unwanted advances. You play dumb for as long as possible before the inevitable confrontation/declaration that you had hoped would never come. But then one day there it is. As unwelcome as a zit on your wedding day:

'There's something I need to tell you.'...

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He's Got That Lovin' Feeling

When somebody loves you... and the feeling is not mutual.

It's that awkward situation where someone repeatedly makes unwanted advances. You play dumb for as long as possible before the inevitable confrontation/declaration that you had hoped would never come. But then one day there it is. As unwelcome as a zit on your wedding day:

'There's something I need to tell you.'...

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Eat My Words at Sherway Gardens

On Saturday May 10, 2008, treat Mom to one of these adorable charitable cupcakes for Mother’s Day.

Eat My Words will be at Sherway Gardens on Saturday, May 10, selling their thoroughly original selection of delightfully decorative cupcakes and cookies in the Comfort Zone across from European Jewellery at Sherway Square. Normally these are only available online.

Each Eat My Words cupcake is topped with a buttercream icing, and then crowned with an elaborate...
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'Potter' lexicon trial comes to an end

A three-day trial over an unauthorized Harry Potter encyclopedia ended Wednesday with a flash of anger from J.K. Rowling. The ...

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A Matzoh Moment

Another goodie from the Amateur Gourmet...

Certain experiences belong in that well-worn jar on the mantle: 'Only In New York.'

Take the experience I had the other night before joining Craig for our second anniversary dinner at wd-50. I was in the Lower East Side, walking on Clinton Street (or was it Rivington?) and I noticed a humming noise and a light from a window on my left. I leaned in and saw what you see in the picture above: Asian men in hats making matzoh...
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Bill Cosby to release rap album in May

Bill Cosby's path has taken him from pudding pops to hip hop.

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Mean Jelly Beans

How fun! This one's from The Amateur Gourmet...

You may have already seen this, but there's a new product called Bean Boozled with two sets of identically colored-jelly beans: one that's a traditional jelly bean and one that's truly nasty...


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Weekend Movie Recommendation: Atonement

If you're planning on renting a movie this weekend, we highly recommend Atonement. The cinematography, performances and music are both beautiful and haunting. Love it!

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