Six Types of Guys I Hope You Meet in 2016

January 04, 2016 by astoldoverbrunch in Guest Post, Dating, Life In Your 20's, Humor, life lessons

Let me first preface this whole essay by saying that I am married. That's precisely why I'm writing this guest post. Single girlfriends, please get out there and meet these boys and quickly report back to me with all of the deets!

I love myself a good "let me tell you about the guy I just met" story shared amongst girlfriends. This experience is even more enhanced when you happen to be surrounded by mountains of brunch food – or any type of food if we're being honest. It's a safe and sacred time and place. Who doesn't love girl talk when you can simultaneously chow down on some eggs benedict and fries?

Say No to Resolutions, Say Yes to Experiences

January 01, 2016 by Cazey Williams in life lessons, Humor, Cazey's Column, Life In Your 20's

Welcome to 2016! Did we make it? Is this really 2016? Trump might win the presidency, I went to the beach on Christmas Day, and Justin Bieber is popular again (sorry??).

Anyway, I guess if you're reading this we made it. And you may or may not be hung over. Hopefully you made it to brunch? No? Well, you have 365 days to complete your other resolutions (yes, it's a leap year!).

Typically today is set aside for resolution making and reflections, the sort of cliched stuff I hate. I've said this before, but why do we need to wait until January 1 to start pursuing goals to better ourselves?

Why I Don't Have a New Year's Resolution, But I Support Them

December 31, 2015 by Sara Woznicki in Tweets and Mascara, Sara's Column, life lessons, Life In Your 20's

Among the never-ending list of things Cazey doesn't like, New Years Eve and New Years Resolutions both make the list. I definitely agree with him on his thoughts about New Years Eve, as it's a ton of hype for just one night. I don't really have it in me to dress up in a dress that all this holiday bulking is probably going to make really tight on me, just to overpay to get into a club that is usually free, and then get jostled the whole night in an overcrowded space.

But I digress. What I'm really here for is to support New Year's Resolutions.

Gym Offenders, Part III

December 30, 2015 by Cazey Williams in Cazey's Column, Humor, Life In Your 20's

This is hopefully the end of my list on gym offenders, but knowing gym goers, it probably isn't.

Offender 8: The Pack Hounds

Similar to the romantic couples that work out, these are the groups that work out together. Except "work out" is a generous term. There will be three or more dudes to one piece of equipment. One will be using the equipment and the others will stand off to the side or, worse, sit on another piece of equipment and not use it (that's an offense in and of itself!). I'm not even sure your cells are respirating.

Road Reflections: My Road Trip Tips

December 29, 2015 by Sara Woznicki in Tweets and Mascara, Leisure, Sara's Column, life lessons, Life In Your 20's, Humor

Sigh. Driving back to Richmond was as bad as expected, considering the Sunday after Christmas ranks as one of the most trafficked day of the year. My sister -- bless her -- drove me back to Richmond and it took an additional 2-3 hours because of gridlock.

With all that time on the road, I had quite a lot of time to think. Today's mixings bore nothing emotionally complex or thoughtfully deep, but noted all the same. In no particular order, here are some of the thoughts that bubbled in my brain.

Brunch Review: The Camel

The Camel

December 27, 2015 by Sara Woznicki in life lessons, Life In Your 20's, Leisure, Richmond Brunch Review, Sara's Column, Tweets and Mascara

Considering The Camel is located in a distant backyard of the first house I lived in in Richmond, I find it rather insane that this was my first time eating here. My ex-roommate and I were in search of a brunch place with cheap mimosa pitcher in Richmond, and found out that The Camel fit our criteria. Since neither of us had been, it seemed like the perfect idea.

We wandered in around 11 AM and were happy to find plenty of open seats. We picked two seats at the bar, and ordered our pitcher of mimosa. It was a good mimosa, but favored more orange juice than I usually pour myself (although it is probably illegal to make mimosas like I make myself).

The Christmas Spirit Proves Good Overcomes Evil

December 24, 2015 by Sara Woznicki in Life In Your 20's, life lessons, Sara's Column, Tweets and Mascara

This year I helped run a charity drive. We were raising money and collecting toys for Toys for Tots for about three weeks. Every day we would take the money and lock it up, even though there's really no reason to be nervous about it, it's money for charity. No one would take it. I thought it was more just a safety precaution, you know, a CYA (cover your ass) moment.

That was, until we forgot to put it away one day and someone stole the donations.

Yes, that's right, someone stole money that was supposed to buy toys for underprivileged children for Christmas.

Painting with Ketchup

December 23, 2015 by Cazey Williams in Cazey's Column, Humor, Life In Your 20's, life lessons

Paint Nites, if you don’t know, are events held at local restaurants and bars where a painter walks you through replicating some painting to the best of your ability while you sip on a cocktail. You sign up based on which painting you want to replicate. I recommend enrolling via Groupon vs. the actual Paint Nite site ($25 vs. $45, respectively).

I went to art school for a whole year in fifth grade. I don’t paint on any regular basis, but I do have creative bones in my body. There’s this one 3-D painting I created three years ago that I used to hang over my fireplace in my apartment until my mom visited and asked why I had it on display.

My Three Thoughts on Serial Season One

December 22, 2015 by Sara Woznicki in Life In Your 20's, Sara's Column, Tweets and Mascara, Leisure

I recently made the long journey from Richmond to Connecticut, a trek that has historically never went well for me. But this time, it was different. Instead of fighting with shitty flights, or overnight train rides or sitting in traffic alone, my roommate and I worked our schedules so that we could drive home together. The pro of this is multifaceted: it's always great to have a road companion, her car is new and she had a podcast planned out for us.

I could have gone either way originally on the podcast. On the pro side, I've never listened to one before so it would be interesting, but on the con side I've never listened to one and thought it could make me sleepy. However, we got it started. She popped on the first season of Serial.

When the King Robs You

December 21, 2015 by Cazey Williams in Cazey's Column, Humor, Life In Your 20's, life lessons

A few weeks ago, I found myself clubbing in DC with two friends, Emily and Justin. Near the night’s end, we decide to hit up the local McDonald’s before Ubering home. This became the first time I tasted McDonald’s 24/7 breakfast menu in all its egg McMuffin glory.

The three of us find a booth and have only unwrapped our bacon McDoubles (okay, Justin got that; I certainly got the egg McMuffin) when we’re accosted by a gangly, older man. He points at Emily and starts screaming and clapping.