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Shopping Guide: 10 Terrific Tartan Pieces In Celebration Of Tartan Day!

Winona Dimeo-EdigerApril 6, 2012 //
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It’s April 6th, which means … it’s Tartan Day! Yep, today is the official day to celebrate the delightful plaid pattern known as tartan. In order to avoid a lengthy etymological discussion of “tartan,” for now we’ll define it as a colorful plaid with lines and squares of varied thickness. It’s a classic pattern that’s a little preppy and a little punk rock. Want to celebrate this random holiday by bringing some tartan into your wardrobe? Here are 10 stylish ways to do it…

It’s National Corndog Day!

Winona Dimeo-EdigerMarch 17, 2012 //
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Yeah, yeah, St. Patrick’s Day, whatever. More importantly, Happy National Corndog Day! For the past 20 years, one Saturday in March has been set aside to celebrate college basketball, beer, and batter-dipped meat on a stick. Even though I don’t give a crap about March Madness, I feel very strongly about any holiday that encourages copious corndog consumption. My brothers and I used to celebrate with a corndog eating contest, which I would always lose, but within a few hours it would become clear that the digestive system of the man who had eaten 13 corndogs was the real loser. Good times. Check out the official Corndog Day website for more details and celebration ideas!

Ladies And Gentlemen, Grab Your Tracksuits!

Winona Dimeo-EdigerNovember 18, 2010 //

Adidas Originals and Snoop Dogg have teamed up to create perhaps the comfiest holiday ever, National Tracksuit Day, and it’s happening tomorrow, November 19th. Here’s a montage of Snoop’s slightly dizzying pleas for you to take part. What’s that? You’re not allowed to wear a tracksuit to work? Dude, it’s a national holiday. Your boss will understand. Keep reading »

An(other) Excuse To Take Your Clothes Off!

Lily QJuly 6, 2009 //

Welcome to day one of National Nude Recreation Week! From skinny dipping to a nice nude bicycle ride, consider this the one week of the year when going full frontal is fully acceptable. But because good old Johnny Law might still consider your exposed breasts and dangling members a bit on the illegal side, you may have to be sneaky about your celebrating.

We’ve got a few ideas about how to let it all hang out without ending up behind bars… Keep reading »