Art walks provide an affordable, excellent opportunity to view art, meet artists, and often enjoy free canapés and beverages with your girls, or date. Galleries feel totally fun and unpretentious during Art Walk as the atmosphere is more reminiscent of a cocktail party. Below find links to a few of the West Coast Art Walks [...]

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How to shape eyebrows
Shaping eyebrows on your own can be a daunting task. This excellent vid from 5Min Life Viapedia helps demystify the process.
Still not convinced? Go visit these CRAVE city pros:
Austin: Angie at Blush Skincare
Chicago: Ignacia at Rogue Salon
San Fran: Kimberly at Evebrows to Die For
Seattle: Kim at Browlick Wax Studio
Vancouver: Natalie [...]

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Save money, protect the environment, and express your individuality by purchasing trendy vintage items. Check out this list of spring style information via about.com and where to find vintage versions in Crave cities.
TREND: Lightweight and sheer fabrics. Billowy chiffons, silks, and satins fashioned in to exquisite draping or dramatic ruffles. Lots of undergarment-esque clothing.
SHOP: [...]

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Maria Ross, the brand builder and marketing diva behind Red Slice LLC, recently gave us some hot tips on how to spend a fab day in San Francisco.
Guide to Chestnut Street via www.chestnutshop.com Chestnut Street is composed of an eclectic mix of shops, restaurants, coffee houses and services. While sophisticated in nature, the street has [...]

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Spring is here and it’s baby time! In this video, Sarah Humphreys, editor-in-chief of “Blueprint,” explains how to plan and decorate a fun and festive, non-topical party for mothers-to-be. Click here to watch the video.

Here are some chic boutiques in some of our favorite cities offering fabulous baby gifts:
Austin: Fabby Darling
Chicago: Treehouse Boutique
Portland: Black Wagon
San [...]

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Share your bed with your pooch? Splurge on pet extravagances like massages and manicures? Not afraid to wear a sweater that matches your K-9’s? It is ok to be pet obsessed! We go to great lengths to ensure our pets’ happiness, and love to spoil them rotten. Here is a sampling of some [...]

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Celebrate Valentine’s Day with a treat that is sure to wow your loved ones. Red velvet cake (a type of chocolate cake popular for its deep red color) is the quintessential dessert for this day of love. Avoid a catastrophe in the kitchen with this recipe inspired by the “Down Home Diva” herself, [...]

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Boyfriend-less on Valentine’s Day? Don’t sweat it–seize the opportunity to round up the troops and participate in a sassy, satisfying activity… sans men!
We’ve compiled a list of V-Day alternatives across the US.
Chicago
Grab your girls and attend a rare screening of the most romantic film of all time, Casablanca, at the The Music Box Theater.
San Francisco
Enjoy [...]

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In addition to the recently released CRAVE Seattle and CRAVE Vancouver books, we are hard at work on our Urban Girl’s Manifesto for Austin, Portland OR, and San Francisco–all three due in the spring. We’re bringing you a select group of over 100 women in business you need to know in each [...]

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