After less than twelve hours on the ground, London already feels like home again. The streets, the trees, the double-ring on the other line when you make a call. Narrow staircases and sidewalks, the circus-esque patterned and colored velour lining the tube’s seats. Walking through M&S carrying a wire basket — knowing you can only buy what you can actually carry home. How quickly it’s all coming back. Liz and I had a safe — and what felt relatively quick — flight over, more comfortable and able to sleep thanks to a last-minute seat upgrade (from middle-middle to...

Originally published on BitchBuzz.com No. Shorts do not crack the code. They break them. The dress code, that is. The New York Times Style section – a place I usually consider a trustworthy Style Bible of sorts – recently revealed a shocking menswear solution to uncomfortable heat, a climate that San Francisco is experiencing now – the Indian Summer, our brief relief from the fog. This latest trend? Wearing shorts, and short suits, to work. My first inclination? If women are not allowed, not encouraged, or get scorned for wearing shorts or anything too-above-the-knee to work, why should men...

I never started noticing I did this until a close friend of mine asked if I did (asking me, I’m guessing, to rationalize her own doings). At least I know I’m not alone in liking to give my feet fresh air during the day. I mean, to avoid copious swelling & redness, noticeable odor, and blisters, I slip off my shoes while I’m seated at my desk. Granted, I have a decently private office, shared with only one colleague, and it’s carpeted. Plus, I work in fashion — it’s not like we wear comfortable shoes to the office. Think: 3-4″ heels (yes, I know this...