The Editors Closet: Come on In!

Hello Classy Ladies!

Even though this winter has been mild, I am itching for the cool wind to shift to warm breezes.  I am ready for the sun to shine and longer days!  Let’s face it, I am ready for a change!

While most folks despise change, I happen to embrace change.  I believe change helps us grow personally and professionally.

College Lifestyles is undergoing huge changes in the next 3 months, and we want you, our incredible readers to be on board.

We are going to give you a ‘peak’ inside our offices, closets, kitchens, sororities, and spaces!  As you would tell a friend at the door, we want you to ‘Come On In!’

 We are excited to bring you:

•  The Interns Closet:  Learn what the College Lifestyles fashionistas wear to class, dates, sorority functions, and while out on the town.
• The Interns Kitchen:  We show you our favorite recipes, food products, and work out routines.
• Inside Our Sorority/Our Letters:  We take you on a tour of not only our own sororities, but interview various sororities across the nation on their events, recruitment, and sisterhood projects.  In addition, we give you our own stories of big/lil and bid day.
•  Intern Space:  We take you on a tour of our dorms, apartments, and homes.
•  The Editors Closet:  I will take you on a tour of my life.  My cooking, fashion sense, shopping style, favorite reads, and even a few pictures of my daughter will be included!

Mainly, as a friend, we want you to comment and let us know if you will try our outfit, cook our dish, and organize your dorm as we do.

Friends, Come on in!

xo..Shelly

Shelly Marie Redmond, MS, RD, LDN is the Editor in Chief of College Lifestyles.  She is excited to share her LOVE of shopping at thrift stores, her book collection, and her favorite meals!!!  Mainly, she is excited to share the love and pics of her ‘Meemsdabooboo!’

 

Day 11: Valentine’s Dates with Best Friends and Boy Friends.

Do you have plans for Valentine’s Day?  Whether a dinner date with someone special or a movie night with girlfriends, we want to know suggestions for a great Valentine’s Day date.

Do tell….

What are great date ideas with your boyfriend?

What are great date ideas with your best friends?

Day 10: Your Best Date Ever!

Do tell….

What was the one date where you returned home floating?  

 

Day 9: Your Embarrassing or Awkward Date Moments.

When I am interviewed by a writer and when speaking to groups, I am often asked to describe myself.  Simply put, I am a the child of Little Miss Sunshine meets Awkward Turtle.  To simplify, positive and accident prone.  Newton’s law applies to Shelly Marie Redmond leading to extremely awkward date moments.  While I am poised, if someone will fall, it will be me.  If something falls on someone, it will be on me.  I have been known to walk into walls, potholes, and tables; as well as spill ketchup, drinks, and food in my lap.  Dating has been an adventure; and my husband now knows not to fill my glass completely full, keep the tablecloth away from me, and drop me off at the door of a restaurant.  (Yes, while I LOVE heels, I have fallen in the one crack on the sidewalk while on a date).

Long story for such a question….

Do tell…..

Your embarrassing and/or awkward date moments.

Day 8: What was the ‘Slow Song’ of the school dance AND post a picture!

Remember the moment during a school dance when everyone ‘Oooooed’ and ‘Ahhed’ for the SPECIAL song?  The song where you longed to be asked, ‘Would you like to dance?‘

The ‘ooo’ and ‘ahh’ songs of my dances were:

• The Dance by Garth Brooks.  How could you not love this country classic?
• Love of a Lifetime by Firehouse .  Yes, I was raised in the final days of the hair bands.  The cheesier the ballad, the better.
• End of the Road by Boys to Men.  The more emotional, the better!

Along with our favorite slow songs, join us on twitter as the College Lifestyles team tweets pics of their past school dance photos.  #CLlove

Tell us….

What was the ‘slow song’ of your school dances?

Day 6: What is Your Dream Date?

I can remember sitting in my junior high school class dreaming the best date in the world would be if Jared (the popular boy) would ask me to 8th grade dance.  He never did .  (NOTE – Although I now consider myself pretty hip and fashionable, I was not at all growing up.  I sported glasses and a perm).

Fast forward to 2012.  My thoughts of the 8th grade dance long gone (as well as the perm) and replaced with the fabulous position of Editor in Chief, now married, and mom to an incredible 10 month old.  A dream date now?

My dream date is a 9 course meal!  I LOVE food, but most of all, I LOVE company.  Bring on the hors d’oeuvres, soup, salad, fish, chicken with veggies, beef and duck with veggies and potatoes, wine and cheese, granita/sorbet, AND dessert!

Do tell…

What is your dream date?

Day 5: What is Your Favorite Romantic Movie?

Your personal movie preference may be a dramatic love story, a funny love story, or a ‘cryfest’ love story.  Do tell…..

What is your favorite romantic movie?

Day 4: What Would Your Candy Hearts Say?

Be Mine?  Sweet heart?  BFF?

What if you could personalize your ‘Candy Hearts?’  What ‘love’ saying would you personalize?

 

Day 2: What is Your Favorite Flower?

Red Roses are the staple for a Valentine’s Day Bouquet, but it this your flower of choice?  Tell us….

What is your favorite flower?

Day 1: What is Your Favorite Valentine’s Candy And/Or Recipe?

Love chocolate or a candy gram heart?  Do you have a great Valentine’s Day recipe you want to share with us?

Send us your recipes ideas (or comment below on your favorite recipes) and let us know your favorite Valentine’s Candy!

What is your favorite Valentine’s Candy?

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