READ | Efficient living
How much should you tip a hotel maid these days? How do you find a good shrink? What’s the best way to get through airline security or console a grieving friend? “Keep It Together (Random House, $16.95),” a 410-page guide to living efficiently, has a lot of the answers.
WORDS TO LIVE BY | Are you a peacocking smirt who’s sadfab and tanorexic?
The British press has been all over the recently published “I Smirt, You Stooze, They Krump.” The HarperCollins paperback, which details new words that have made their way into the English language, has not landed in stores here yet, so we thought we’d steal a few phrases and pass them on.
Want to sound edgy at your upcoming holiday parties?
Try saying:
Celebutard: Someone who is both famous and famously shallow, a blend of celebrity, debutante and developmentally retarded.
Tanorexic: A compulsive tanning-machine addict.
Smirt: A person who flirts while smoking outside office buildings and bars.
Peacocking: To dress outrageously as a way of getting attention.
Beigisms: Boring ideas.
Moobs: A combo of man and boobs, describes a guy who is top heavy.
Sadfab: An acronym for “single and desperate for a baby,” this is about women nearing menopause who are in a hurry to procreate.
Muffin top: That roll of skin that hangs over tight, low-waist jeans.
LISTEN | Shout it out
Downloading music is easy, but it’s about as fun as taking an algebra test. It’s not shopping. For that you need a store like Denver’s beloved
Twist & Shout. The music haven makes its long-anticipated move to the Fax this week, joining Tattered Cover in the old Lowenstein Center. Doors open at 10 a.m. Friday, which means you could spend your whole weekend browsing. 2508 E. Colfax Ave., 303-722-1943.
SHOP | Holiday Rush
Sure Fido has been good this year, no messy moments on the hall carpet. But does he really deserve a $7,000 glass shack as
chic as anything Daniel Libeskind might design? You decide as you flip through the just-released Neiman Marcus Christmas
book. Beyond its flashy offerings, this 80th anniversary catalog also has many reasonable gift suggestions. See it online
neimanmarcus.com
