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Monthly Archives: March 2014

Men rent tuxes, how about women renting dresses?

10 Monday Mar 2014

Posted by Monica Epstein in Fashion

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Have you ever needed a dress for a special occasion and you didn’t think you’d ever wear it again?

I experienced this when I was very pregnant with my second child. It was a month before my due date, and I was invited to black tie affair. I knew no one with an appropriate maternity dress I could borrow. I was saved when I learned about a woman who had a home business renting out maternity clothes, primarily fancy dresses. When I looked for her with my third pregnancy she was out of business.

Fast forward twenty-four years. With the help of the Internet, a company has taken a very similar business idea and turned it into what seems to be a successful business called Rent the Runway. Their website boils the process down into four steps: Find it, rent it, wear it, return it. That simple.

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Does healthy eating prevent menopause weight gain?

02 Sunday Mar 2014

Posted by Monica Epstein in Health

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A study led by Professor Clare Collins of the University of Newcastle in Australia followed healthy women aged 48 to 56 for six years, and found those who ate the most healthy foods gained just as much weight over that time as those who ate the least healthy foods – about 1.7 kilograms, which translates to 3.75 pounds.

How depressing. Might as well double up on ice cream and skip the salad. Kidding. Really I am. Except for maybe one day a week 😉

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