Voting started earlier this month for The Pepsi Refresh Project to benefit the gulf. They are giving away $1.3 million to fund great ideas that will benefit the Gulf communities. Each day of August every person is allotted 10 votes. And the top two winners in each category will receive funding.

Some projects I’m digging are
Arts Council of New Orleans – http://pep.si/b3cE5W
Dear New Orleans campaign – http://pep.si/ccqalX
Drop the Chalk – http://pep.si/dlU1H9

What other projects are you interested in supporting?

For more info visit: http://gulf.refresheverything.com

Women have been wearing some form of the dress for as long as history has been documented. Though the earliest civilizations may not have held the dress as a symbolic extension of oneself, the way in which one chooses to vest herself tells a story about the wearer. Women have embraced the dress, rejected the dress, and reinvented the dress decade after decade. In the sauna that is New Orleans summer, the dress is utilized by many a girl, woman, lady, to decorate her consciousness, state her independence, and embellish her status. Fear not the heat and its proclivity toward jorts and tank-tops. New Orleans women negotiate their own styles and here are a few examples how.

The Little Professional Dress

Whether she’s clip-clapping down Poydras or keeping cool in a Magazine Street office, the little professional dress has poise, respect and taste. There is something timeless about the little professional dress, and it will take its long-term home in the closet of the woman who means business. Try J. Crew in Lakeside Mall or Swap on Maple Street.