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Latest Satellite Sisters Show Covers Fantasia, Chilean Miners, Blueberry Pie and Our Turn-Around Plan for CNN.

by Liz August 24, 2010

Lian and I fired up the Snowball microphone today to record a new Satellite Sisters show.  Listen here.  We cover a lot of ground today.  First, Lian and I discuss the ritual of the college drop-off.  The New York Times chronicles the difficulty parents today have in saying good-bye to their college-bound freshmen.  We SO [...]

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Dear Spanx, Thank You for Your Compression, er, Compassion!

by Lian June 1, 2010

Dear Spanx:
Equality rules, doesn’t it?  According to an article in the Style Section of the  New York Times,

Men have embraced you, Spanx.  And the world will be a more equal place because of the important work you do!  Nothing binds women ( pun intended) like our shared love of shapewear. And now men can join [...]

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Liz: Don’t Let Your Dog See This!!

by Liz April 19, 2010

Am I the only one who thinks this is a crime against canines everywhere? In today’s New York Times, there’s a story about Intergroom, a three-day show for dog groomers. Click here to read the whole thing, but I warn you: Some of the photos are even more heinous than the two I [...]

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Julie: Cakes Gone Wrong

by satellitesisters October 14, 2009

I had to laugh when I saw the NYTimes article in the Dining section today about a new book and popular blog Cake Wrecks by Jen Yates which celebrates years of professional cakes that have gone horribly wrong. Many moons ago at a pre-wedding disco party, ( yes, SisterSpotters, all the sisters and friends were [...]

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Liz: My formerly semi-secret, totally public getaway

by satellitesisters August 29, 2009

Leave it to the New York Times to blow the lid off my favorite Santa Monica spot in this Sunday’s paper. I was hoping to keep this place our own family secret.
Almost every weekend this summer, my mother Edna, my father Jim and I have spent a day here. My mother had been [...]

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