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	<title>Fab Over Fifty Blog</title>
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	<description>Celebrating Women of Style and Substance</description>
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		<title>Oh, what a tangled web we weave</title>
		<link>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/03/10/oh-what-a-tangled-web-we-weave/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/03/10/oh-what-a-tangled-web-we-weave/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 11 Mar 2010 00:28:19 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
It is entirely possible to drive yourself crazy trying to determine which vitamins and supplements to take, what medical tests to have, and then to actually swallow the pills and plow through the tests.



We could spend days on end reading about the latest research and talking to doctors and nutritionists about it all.

Hundreds of websites [...]]]></description>
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		<title>No way to be a teenager</title>
		<link>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/03/09/no-way-to-be-a-teenager/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/03/09/no-way-to-be-a-teenager/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Mar 2010 22:40:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fab Over Fifty]]></category>

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Imagine a group of 15 and 16-year-old Haitian boys who lost both their parents and brothers or sisters in the devastating earthquake. They&#8217;re left to their own resources to find food and shelter. Organizations are trying to locate family members who may be living in the countryside, but many of the boys have no one. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ah-men!</title>
		<link>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/03/08/ah-men/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/03/08/ah-men/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 08 Mar 2010 21:38:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fab Over Fifty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Anyone who follows this blog knows I had a little &#8220;work&#8221; done on my face less than two months ago. Although my looks aren&#8217;t dramatically different, I think I look fresher and somewhat younger.


I&#8217;ve noticed something slightly disturbing as a result: I&#8217;m getting more attention from men on the street. I don&#8217;t mean they&#8217;re falling [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thirteen Plus&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/03/07/thirteen-plus/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/03/07/thirteen-plus/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Mar 2010 22:51:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fab Over Fifty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
I had a beatnik-themed party when I for my 13th birthday, in 1960. I vaguely remembered playing spin-the-bottle. I had an intense crush on Neil Maltz, who was about 5 inches shorter and 20 pounds slighter than I. I don&#8217;t remember the outfit I concocted.
My sweet sixteen party was at a Manhattan restaurant called La [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Our Shining Sons</title>
		<link>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/03/06/our-shining-sons/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/03/06/our-shining-sons/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Mar 2010 23:05:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fab Over Fifty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[FOF women know that many of the men in our lives&#8211;our husbands, brothers, partners, male friends our age&#8211;just don&#8217;t get it when it comes to sharing passions and disappointments. You&#8217;ll hardly ever catch a man commiserating with a male friend about a bad haircut, exuberant about a new cologne or discussing the dynamics of their [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>There, but for the grace of God&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/03/05/there-but-for-the-grace-of-god/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/03/05/there-but-for-the-grace-of-god/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Mar 2010 23:29:45 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fab Over Fifty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
An exploding bomb killed 11-year-old Denise McNair on a Sunday morning in 1963, when she was 11.  The young girl was about to enter an assembly for the closing sermon at the Sixteenth Street (African-American) Baptist Church in Birmingham, AL, with a group of kids. Three other little girls lost their lives, too. 
It was [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Daughter, can you spare a dime?</title>
		<link>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/03/04/daughter-can-you-spare-a-dime/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/03/04/daughter-can-you-spare-a-dime/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Mar 2010 23:55:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fab Over Fifty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
Let&#8217;s say your children had lots of money and you needed or wanted some of it for one of the following: 1.) To make ends meet 2.) To take an around- the- world cruise you&#8217;ve always dreamed of taking 3.) To help you put the down payment on a new car.

Would you ask them to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>What is this thing called &#8220;social networking&#8221;?</title>
		<link>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/03/03/what-is-this-thing-called-social-networking/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/03/03/what-is-this-thing-called-social-networking/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Mar 2010 21:56:54 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fab Over Fifty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When I click through my emails and see random invitations from former colleagues to reconnect through Linked In and what seems like trillions of other social and business networking sites, I feel A.) Guity when I ignore them or B.) Ridiculous when I accept them and subsequently ignore the people who sent them.

Somehow, I&#8217;ve managed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>An earthquake (too) close to home</title>
		<link>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/03/02/an-earthquake-too-close-to-home/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/03/02/an-earthquake-too-close-to-home/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Mar 2010 23:54:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fab Over Fifty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[




Chileans comforting one another 





I was awoken at around 3 a.m. last Saturday by a call from my nephew, Adam. “There was an earthquake in Chile,” he said frantically. His parents (my sister and brother in law) were in Santiago for the start of a month-long cruise around South America. They had arrived in Chile [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Geri&#8217;s top 10 list of UNFABS</title>
		<link>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/03/01/geris-top-10-list-of-unfabs/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/03/01/geris-top-10-list-of-unfabs/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Mar 2010 23:28:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Isn&#8217;t it a shame there’s usually someone in the crowd who’s guilty of at least one of the following:

She’s never pleased, no matter how much you do for her or how hard you work to make her happy?

She demands your attention, even if you are obviously preoccupied with 200 other things?
She steers the conversation to [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Love at first sight</title>
		<link>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/28/love-at-first-sight/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/28/love-at-first-sight/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 28 Feb 2010 22:29:16 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fab Over Fifty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[

I met two FOF women this weekend whom I absolutely adored. Evelyn is 87, looks and thinks twenty years younger, and exudes charm. Twice widowed, she gave up her interior design career when her second husband tired of her business phone calls and incessant worrying about clients. He wanted to travel with her. She&#8217;s sorry [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Max is awesome</title>
		<link>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/27/max-is-awesome/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/27/max-is-awesome/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 23:14:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fab Over Fifty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[How cool is this: A FOF woman going to a jazz club at 11 pm in New York City with her really cool about-to-be-20- year old nephew.
That&#8217;s me. I&#8217;ve been learning about jazz from Max, who plays the sax and guitar and occasionally comes into the city from his university to hear groups he loves. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Conflicting emotions before a weekend</title>
		<link>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/26/conflicting-emotions-before-a-weekend/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/26/conflicting-emotions-before-a-weekend/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 27 Feb 2010 00:15:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fab Over Fifty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[

I am incredibly sad because a dear friend e-mailed me to say her darling husband has an aggressive cancer. He is in his fifties. 
I am sad because young adults can&#8217;t find jobs. There&#8217;s even competition for unpaid internships.
I am sad because we don&#8217;t have enough time to get together with our families as often [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>I stopped playing the waiting game</title>
		<link>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/25/i-stopped-playing-the-waiting-game/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/25/i-stopped-playing-the-waiting-game/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 25 Feb 2010 23:07:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fab Over Fifty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
I cringe when I think of all the hours I used to spend (desperately) waiting for the phone to ring, thinking….
Am I getting the job?
Is he asking me out again?
Was the medical test negative?
Did she get my message?
Are they coming to the party?
Did they like my presentation?
Why didn’t he call me yet?
No more. When I [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Move over, facebook</title>
		<link>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/24/move-over-facebook/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/24/move-over-facebook/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 23:42:29 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fab Over Fifty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[“I think the difference is striking. Primarily around your mouth. Thank you SO MUCH for doing this.” &#8211;LPC
“You look absolutely wonderful! I agree with LPC; thanks for sharing with us! That&#8217;s such a FOF thing to do, no?”&#8211;Maureen
Yes, Maureen, yes!!!!!  I had such fun blogging about my “natural lift” experience during the last six days, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>The Big Reveal</title>
		<link>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/23/the-big-reveal/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/23/the-big-reveal/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 24 Feb 2010 01:08:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fab Over Fifty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Monday, February 8 
Three FOF friends and I meet in Times Square, where CBS will be taping a segment on FOF. Between takes, I remove my scarf and show my pals my jowl-less face. Susan looks at me closely and says, &#8220;I&#8217;ve got to get the name of your doctor.&#8221; Ditto Cathy. They want the [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>20</slash:comments>
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		<title>Flaboverfifty, Part V</title>
		<link>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/22/flaboverfifty-part-v/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/22/flaboverfifty-part-v/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 22 Feb 2010 22:14:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fab Over Fifty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Scroll down to read parts I-IV
Thursday, January 28
The swelling is noticeably less.
Friday, January 29
 
I am sitting at the beauty salon waiting for Tara to mix the color for my hair. When she starts to apply it, I can tell she&#8217;s looking at me differently. I say, “I’ve had some work done on my [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flaboverfifty, Part IV</title>
		<link>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/21/flaboverfifty-part-iv/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/21/flaboverfifty-part-iv/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 21 Feb 2010 21:46:07 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fab Over Fifty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ 
 
Note: Scroll down to see installments I,II &#38; III
Wednesday, January 20
Back to Dr. Giese. She removes the stitches and examines my face. She says she&#8217;s pleased with my progress, although I have a slight nerve paralysis on the left side of my lip. Full feeling should return within two weeks. I trust her when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flaboverfifty, Part III</title>
		<link>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/20/flaboverfifty-part-iii/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/20/flaboverfifty-part-iii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 20 Feb 2010 22:59:51 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fab Over Fifty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[ 
Thursday, January 14, 2010
As instructed, I arrive at Dr. Giese&#8217;s office at 9:15 a.m. The operating room suite is located here, too. This is no hospital. It&#8217;s more inviting than most luxury spas I&#8217;ve visited.
Dr. Giese comes in to mark the spots on my face where she&#8217;d be operating. The surgery will take about [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>6</slash:comments>
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		<title>Flaboverfifty, Part II</title>
		<link>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/19/flaboverfifty-part-ii/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/19/flaboverfifty-part-ii/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 19 Feb 2010 18:44:18 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fab Over Fifty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Face Lift v. the natural lift

After taking frontal and profile photos of my FOF face and downloading them to the computer, Dr. Giese reemphasizes my flaws (what fun!).  “A facelift would take care of everything,” she says, “and most surgeons wouldn’t touch your face otherwise.”

But facelifts are expensive (think $20,000) and intimidating (none of us [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Flaboverfifty</title>
		<link>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/18/flaboverfifty/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/18/flaboverfifty/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 18 Feb 2010 19:45:11 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fab Over Fifty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I did something I swore I&#8217;d never do. I had &#8220;surgery light&#8221; on my face. I call it “light” because I did not have a facelift. I swear. Read on to see what I did, why I did it and whether it was worth it.
 
When my friend, Meryl, told guests about FOF at a [...]]]></description>
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		<slash:comments>8</slash:comments>
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		<title>I have. Have you?</title>
		<link>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/17/i-have-have-you/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/17/i-have-have-you/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 17 Feb 2010 23:17:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[

Have you ever gotten so mad at someone that you said or wrote something really nasty to them?
I have.
Have you ever had someone get so mad at you that they&#8217;ve wrote or said something really nasty to you?
I have.
Have you ever acted compulsively?
I have.
Have you ever procrastinated?
I have.
Have you ever resented someone for being happier [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Home alone</title>
		<link>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/16/home-alone/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/16/home-alone/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 23:20:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[

Laura, an extremely attractive FOF woman, was the only unattached guest at a lovely dinner party I attended last night. 


While we dined on poached salmon, yummy brussel sprouts and gorgeous grilled vegetables, Laura told me her husband died of cancer eight years ago. She&#8217;s had one long-term relationship since then, which ended recently.
An independent [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Gracious me!</title>
		<link>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/15/3561/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/15/3561/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 16 Feb 2010 00:24:55 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[–adjective
pleasantly kind, benevolent, and courteous
characterized by good taste, comfort, ease, or luxury
merciful or compassionate







What has happened&#8230;to graciousness?


sending thank you notes&#8230;
&#8230;and writing them in long hand, as in pen
RSVPing
Holding elegant dinner parties at home
Asking how someone is doing and actually waiting for the answer
Saying thank you
Saying please
Offering to help someone, even if there&#8217;s nothing in it for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Happy Valentine&#8217;s Day to my FOF sisters</title>
		<link>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/14/happy-valentines-day-to-my-fof-sisters/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/14/happy-valentines-day-to-my-fof-sisters/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 14 Feb 2010 20:57:02 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I wanted to share two messages I received today, the first from Paula, who signed up for FOF, and the second from my dear friend, Denise.

&#8220;I am the first of my close girlfriends to turn fifty.  I&#8217;ve found that with women, it is so much easier to love each other unconditionally at this age.  After all life [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Just plain sad</title>
		<link>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/13/just-plain-sad/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/13/just-plain-sad/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 13 Feb 2010 21:25:21 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
When his mother asked him to admit his greatest fear, forty-year-old British fashion designer, Alexander McQueen, said &#8220;dying before you.&#8221;


An odd and unnatural reaction for a grown man to worry more about his mother&#8217;s feelings than about himself.
Joyce McQueen died almost two weeks ago. Her talented and devoted son hanged himself the other day. He [...]]]></description>
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		<title>She&#8217;s no &#8220;angel&#8221;</title>
		<link>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/12/shes-no-angel/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/12/shes-no-angel/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 21:59:03 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Just when you think you’ve seen and heard everything, something else astounding happens.

Here’s the story.  Someone offered to do something really nice for me; let’s say she was paying for a trip I wanted to take but couldn’t afford. I didn’t ask her to pay. She volunteered and told me she was “my angel.”
I thanked [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Thank you, Shirley Wexner</title>
		<link>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/11/thank-you-shirley-wexner/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/11/thank-you-shirley-wexner/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 12 Feb 2010 03:13:32 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[If you’re in the vicinity of Memphis, TN, head to Joseph and find Shirley Wexner, who owns and oversees the magnificent store. Shirley is one of the quickest, sharpest, coolest, most charming FOF women I&#8217;ve met as we’ve been building the site. You&#8217;ll meet her on February 18th, our official launch date.
I was thrilled when [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Let it snow, let it snow, let it snow</title>
		<link>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/10/let-it-snow-let-it-snow-let-it-snow/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/10/let-it-snow-let-it-snow-let-it-snow/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 23:31:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Some may think New York FOF women are a little more hard-nosed and competitive than FOFs throughout the land, but we’re really softies at heart.


When it snows hard like it did today, we don’t rush out to brave the storm, anxious to get to work.  We love staying in our homes—and, in my case, in [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;m not making any promises</title>
		<link>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/09/im-not-making-any-promises/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/09/im-not-making-any-promises/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 10 Feb 2010 00:37:36 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[&#8220;I want you to make one promise to me,&#8221; said Brian, my business partner, who also happens to be my brother-in-law. &#8220;What&#8217;s that?&#8221; I asked tentatively.
&#8220;When we have thousands and thousands of FOF women coming to the website, you won&#8217;t try to become personal friends with every single one.&#8221;
Here&#8217;s the thing: I love women: Women [...]]]></description>
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		<title>You gotta have (FOF) friends</title>
		<link>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/08/you-gotta-have-fof-friends/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/08/you-gotta-have-fof-friends/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 09 Feb 2010 03:34:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[3 p.m. today
My cell phone rings.  It’s Lois, the head of the agency that’s handling public relations for FOF.
Lois:  “CBS News just called.  They want to feature you and a few other FOF women on tonight’s 11 p.m. news. Call this woman quickly [and she rattled off the name and cell phone of the CBS [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A lovely love story</title>
		<link>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/07/a-lovely-love-story/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/07/a-lovely-love-story/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 07 Feb 2010 20:37:28 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Jackie&#8217;s older daughter called to tell her about a man she wanted her to meet. A FOF widow, Jackie was skeptical because the man was her age. &#8220;Forget it,&#8221; she told her daughter, &#8220;he wants a 35-year-old. They all do.&#8221; 
&#8220;No, he&#8217;s a quality guy,&#8221; said her daughter, who was working as an intern for [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Orange you the best</title>
		<link>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/06/orange-you-the-best/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/06/orange-you-the-best/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 06 Feb 2010 21:39:56 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[

I was strolling alone on Madison Avenue today, feeling a bit tired and melancholy. I also was thinking about the orange shearling coat I was wearing. “Why was she thinking of the coat she was wearing?” you&#8217;re probably asking yourself. Answer: I was feeling like an orange blob.


At precisely the same moment, I hear a [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Ready&#8230;aim&#8230;fired!</title>
		<link>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/05/ready-aim-fired/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/05/ready-aim-fired/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 05 Feb 2010 23:00:39 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[Darla, a former colleague, excitedly called me when she heard about faboverfifty. We had much in common when we worked together, including children the same ages, similar backgrounds, passion and talent for selling. I left the company 12 years ago to start my own business.  I had been there 23 years and it had changed [...]]]></description>
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		<title>A &#8216;new mom&#8217; at FOF</title>
		<link>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/04/a-new-mom-at-fof/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/04/a-new-mom-at-fof/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Thu, 04 Feb 2010 23:31:23 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[“My mom mentioned how happy she is that my sister and I ‘need her again,’ said my 30-year-old colleague, Lina. “She was thrilled when we graduated college and found jobs. But our independence was bittersweet because we didn’t ask for her help anymore. She thought her time as a mom was over,” Lina explained.

Now Lina [...]]]></description>
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		<title>TV folks say the darndest things</title>
		<link>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/03/tv-folks-say-the-darndest-things/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/03/tv-folks-say-the-darndest-things/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 03 Feb 2010 23:10:30 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[This morning on the third hour of The Today Show, Kathy Lee Gifford held up a photo showing her and co-host, Hoda Kotb, hugging Beyonce. Pointing to the photo, Kathy Lee quipped: &#8220;This is why women over fifty should retire.&#8220;
Kathy may think she was making a cute, self-effacing comment, but I think it was dumb. [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We&#8217;ll never stop mothering them</title>
		<link>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/02/well-never-stop-mothering-them/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/02/well-never-stop-mothering-them/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 02 Feb 2010 21:15:57 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[It’s no fun getting an email like this from a FOF friend:
“Thrown a curve. Yesterday in ER and ICU with life long (to this point) amazingly healthy &#38; lean 28-year old son diagnosed with Type I diabetes. Near coma. Thought he had the flu. My husband commented how calm I was (not really), but you [...]]]></description>
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		<title>We find opportunities, we don&#8217;t lose them</title>
		<link>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/01/we-find-opportunities-we-dont-lose-them/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/02/01/we-find-opportunities-we-dont-lose-them/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Mon, 01 Feb 2010 22:50:50 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[When I was in my thirties, a “headhunter” called me to ask whether I knew anyone for the editor’s job at Better Homes &#38; Gardens. “What about me?” I chirped up, knowing full well that they were using the question as a ploy to discover if I was interested.  That’s the way it worked back [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Sisterly love</title>
		<link>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/01/31/sisterly-love/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/01/31/sisterly-love/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 31 Jan 2010 20:26:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fab Over Fifty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[Happy birthday to Shelley, my FOF middle sister, who turned the big six-o yesterday. Like all FOF women, Shell is her own woman. 
She&#8217;s been  ecstatically married to brother in-law Russ for almost 40 years, had a decades-long career as a dietician in the New York City school system, and has two loving sons, Brian, 35, [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Pick yourself up, dust yourself off, and start all over again</title>
		<link>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/01/30/pick-yourself-up-dust-yourself-off-and-start-all-over-again/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/01/30/pick-yourself-up-dust-yourself-off-and-start-all-over-again/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 21:54:47 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
When Karly&#8217;s three children were all under five, she decided to give up her successful career in the financial world to stay home with them. &#8220;Everyone was raising my kids but me,&#8221; says Karly, now FOF. Once she turned into a full-time mom, she and her husband had less to say to each other when he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Around the world in FOF years</title>
		<link>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/01/29/around-the-world-in-fof-years/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/01/29/around-the-world-in-fof-years/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 30 Jan 2010 02:57:40 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[I adored learning Spanish in tenth grade from Miss Pardal. I also loved to write.  So I concocted an idea to publish a newspaper in Spanish for my high school.  The head of the Spanish department gave Miss Pardal approval for the project (she was having an affair with him, I believe), and I went [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s not &#8220;only money,&#8221; honey</title>
		<link>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/01/28/its-not-only-money-honey/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/01/28/its-not-only-money-honey/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 29 Jan 2010 00:44:22 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[

We FOF women can really screw ourselves up when it comes to our money and our relationships. I heard the story today of a FOF physician who earned lots more than her husband. She didn’t want him to feel less worthy, so she put property in his name and shared bank accounts, among other generous [...]]]></description>
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		<title>AARGH!!!!!!</title>
		<link>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/01/27/aargh/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/01/27/aargh/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 27 Jan 2010 23:01:13 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fab Over Fifty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[When a long overdue and fairly large payment I was expecting from an account still hadn&#8217;t arrived late last week, I called its customer service center, which is not in the United States. Following is my conversation with a representative in accounts payable.
 
 
 
 
 
Service Center : &#8220;What ‘s your purchase order [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I&#8217;ve hated red hair dryers ever since</title>
		<link>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/01/26/ive-hated-red-hair-dryers-ever-since/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/01/26/ive-hated-red-hair-dryers-ever-since/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 23:04:33 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri</dc:creator>
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		<description><![CDATA[
I’ll never forget the evening I opened the vanity drawer in my boyfriend’s house and saw another woman’s little red hair dryer, a cosmetics case and a tube of face cream. I grabbed the dryer, ran down the stairs and held it close up to Edgar’s face. “WHOSE IS THIS?” I demanded.

“Ah don’t know.  Ah [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Where have you been, Jane?</title>
		<link>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/01/25/where-have-you-been-jane/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/01/25/where-have-you-been-jane/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Tue, 26 Jan 2010 00:12:14 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fab Over Fifty]]></category>

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I just heard that 72-year-old Jane Fonda is coming out with a new exercise DVD in 2011 aimed at FOF women who have stopped working out or have never exercised. Jane reportedly thinks we’ve been left out and she wants to inspire us to get in shape.

I’m wondering where Jane has been the last few [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Like mother, like daughter</title>
		<link>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/01/24/like-mother-like-daughter/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/01/24/like-mother-like-daughter/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sun, 24 Jan 2010 18:40:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fab Over Fifty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[My former husband was one of the first househusbands in the United States.  Douglas quit his job in 1981, when our son was two, because A.) We discovered that the nanny left Colby lying in the crib all day B.) My husband preferred to stay home with Colby than to work at a job he [...]]]></description>
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		<title>It&#8217;s NOT my party, and I&#8217;ll cry if I want to&#8230;</title>
		<link>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/01/23/its-not-my-party-and-ill-cry-if-i-want-to/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/01/23/its-not-my-party-and-ill-cry-if-i-want-to/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 23:03:06 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fab Over Fifty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[As a journalist and editor, I&#8217;ve been invited to oodles of fund-raising events, awards dinners, and various industry galas during the last forty years. I&#8217;ve even produced more than my share of  gatherings. At last, I&#8217;ve determined that I prefer intimate affairs. Intimate as in no more than 20 people.




Smushed into a room with hundreds [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Scaredy cat</title>
		<link>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/01/22/scaredy-cat/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/01/22/scaredy-cat/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Sat, 23 Jan 2010 03:35:52 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fab Over Fifty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[
I remember when I was afraid to&#8230;
Wear anything but a black dress to a black tie event
Try a raw oyster
Get on the dance floor
Use a fax machine
Deposit money in an ATM
Compose an article on a computer
Utter a single word in French
Leave the bastard I was dating
Say no to a friend
Admit I was miserable
Speak up to [...]]]></description>
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		<title>Vanity, thy name is not FOF</title>
		<link>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/01/21/vanity-thy-name-is-not-fof/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/01/21/vanity-thy-name-is-not-fof/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Fri, 22 Jan 2010 01:36:41 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fab Over Fifty]]></category>

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My former mother-in-law, Gerry, was pretty FOF, but she refused to admit she was losing her hearing. There was no earthly way she was going to wear a hearing aid.  That was definitely not fab, she thought. So she pretended she heard everything.  Sometimes, that was pretty amusing, like the time the waiter asked what [...]]]></description>
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		<title>I threw out my scorecard</title>
		<link>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/01/20/i-threw-out-my-scorecard/</link>
		<comments>http://blog.faboverfifty.com/2010/01/20/i-threw-out-my-scorecard/#comments</comments>
		<pubDate>Wed, 20 Jan 2010 22:58:44 +0000</pubDate>
		<dc:creator>Geri</dc:creator>
				<category><![CDATA[Fab Over Fifty]]></category>

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		<description><![CDATA[I always thought people would do unto me as I did unto them. If I was a generous friend, my friends would be generous back. If I was a hardworking boss, my employees would work hard, too. If I was an honest vendor, my clients would be honest.

I became horribly upset, even angry, when someone [...]]]></description>
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