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Sublime Skin (Part 2)
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July 26, 2010 by Kat Richter

Are you sitting down? I hope so, because this is going to come as a complete shock: the L’Oreal Paris …
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Category: Health and Beauty | Tags: Body Expertise, caffeine, cellulite, cheese, chocolate, cocoa butter, Cocoa Butter Body Scrub, coffee, Europe, Everyday Summer Lotion, fake tan, Farmer's market, H & M, Headhouse, Headhouse Farmer's Market, Health and beauty, L'Oreal, L'Oreal Paris, Oxford Street, skincare, stretch marks, Sublime skin, Sublime Skin Patch, The Body Shop, thighs
My Quest for “Sublime Skin” (Part 1)
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July 25, 2010 by Kat Richter

It’s 3:00pm in Philadelphia. I’m seven hours into my new self-preservation beauty regime, which is just an hour shy of …
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Category: Health and Beauty | Tags: Body Smoothing Complex, cellulite, cottage cheese, L'Oreal, skincare, Sublime skin, Sublime Skin Patch, thighs
Betrayal
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July 23, 2010 by Kat Richter

I have cellulite. I’m not quite sure when this happened because I’ve always liked my legs. At least I’ve liked …
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Category: Health and Beauty | Tags: Baywatch, cellulite, chocolate, cottage cheese, Planet Fitness, skincare, Sunchips, thighs
The Truth about Writing
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July 20, 2010 by Kat Richter

This is what I thought the average writer did with her day: Wake up at 7:30 (enveloped in Egyptian cotton …
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Category: On Writing | Tags: Barnes and Noble, Big Bang Theory, Camden Market, iced chai, iced coffee, Jeopardy, Marian Keyes, query letters, rejection letters, Seinfeld, self employment, Sophie Kinsella, Stephen Starr, writing
One Flight (and one week) Later
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July 18, 2010 by Kat Richter

It’s Sunday morning and I find myself, quite inexplicably, halfway through July. Common wisdom would suggest it’s not just me: …
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Category: On Writing | Tags: anthropology, dance anthropology, Dance Teacher Magazine, London, MacFadden Publishing, Philadelphia, rejection letters, rite of passage, self employment, University of East London, Urban dance, writing
Eccentrics and Academics
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July 12, 2010 by Kat Richter

I’ve always wondered why people—very smart people, with PhDs and professorships—wait until the night before they’re slotted to present their …
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Category: Adventures Abroad, Dancin' | Tags: British Airways, Fieldwork, London, London Tap Jam, Oxford Street, Percussive dance, Powerpoint, Primark, Society of Dance History Scholars, Tap dance, University of Surrey
Bemused upon the Bus
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July 7, 2010 by Kat Richter

Whilst schlepping from one time zone to another, there comes a time when you need to stop, take stock of …
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Category: Adventures Abroad | Tags: Backpacking, Belgium, Brussels, Dr. Bronner's, London, London Underground, Lyon, Munich, Oxford, Oxford Express, Primark, Sainsbury's, The Tent, V & A, Villo'V, Zipcar
Of Beer and Chocolate
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July 5, 2010 by Kat Richter

Since when did urinating in public—in broad daylight—become okay? If it seems that I’m a bit obsessed with the art …
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Category: Adventures Abroad | Tags: Beer, Belgium, Bershka, Brussels, chocolate, Cote d'Or, European Partliament, European Union, Galeries Royales, Godiva, La maison du chocolat, Neahaus, Oxford Street, Philadelphia, Primark, Sablon, Stella, Walmart

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