By SARA CONRADThe Times-Union
Week in and week out, Sean Price picks up his son from the bus stop, helps him with his homework, watches a neighbor’s kid and takes care of his 2-year-old... Read More >
By SARA CONRADThe Times-Union
Duffy McCoy is a local equine massage therapist and owns Happy Horse Therapy in Mandarin. She is part of skirt!’s current “Odd Jobs” profile series. We... Read More >
By JOCELYN NOVECKAssociated Press
NEW YORK — A secretary of state. A top presidential adviser. An iconic film star. Fashion designers, TV anchors and a queen.
Those prominent women and many... Read More >
By KARIN BRULLIARDThe Washington Post
LAGHMAN, Afghanistan — The head-to-toe burqas that made women a faceless symbol of the Taliban’s violently repressive rule are no longer required... Read More >
We finally made it back to Peru a few days ago. We left almost two months ago, going the long way around - south through Chile, visiting Patagonia (both Chilean and Argentinian), hit a... Read More >
I'm so Happy it's spring (officially Saturday) aren't you?
I just guest spoke at the International Beauty Show and the International Esthetics Cosmetics and Spa CONFERENCE. This year it was... Read More >
One of the most difficult roles I've learned to play as a mother is the tooth fairy. The tooth fairy goes against everything I've learned is right. I'm forced to sneak into my daughter's bedroom in... Read More >
When I picked up Lori Gottlieb’s book, Marry Him: The Case for Settling for Mr. Good Enough, which came out in February, it was with skepticism. I have spent the last three years interviewing... Read More >
Imagine wanting what you already have.”
Her words stop me cold, freeze my deep and purposeful breathing.
“What,” I think, “did that crazy hippie lady just say?”
I... Read More >
I got my first clue things were shifting when they changed the name of the Personnel Department to Human Resources. That title brought to mind bodies wearing pressed suits and hanging from huge... Read More >
When we were engaged to be married, back in the halcyon days of early 2001, my husband and I participated in an elaborate mating ritual that has taken hold deep within American culture. We... Read More >
The Jewish Sabbath is a festival of liberation, but for the uninitiated, it can also be quite a workout. No work is done on Shabbat, no commerce transacted. In the first winter of my observance, I... Read More >
“My sister and I used to play dress up in our grandmother’s whimsies, so I love that these gloves from Estella Vitae are vintage but updated in color.”
~ Cat, Sales Director Read More >
"Out of Hand's vintage-style lamps are a breath of fresh air. The embroidered linen shades bring the outdoors in."
~ Caitlin, skirt! Art Director Read More >
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