suburbanite in the 860. clothes addict, pr junkie. meghan.m.burns@gmail.com @MegBurnsTumblr (3.0; @megburns)http://www.megburns.com/“He just wants to get you a loan!”<br/><br/> - <em><p>Local car dealership’s radio ad.</p> <p>Read it out loud.</p> <p>Yeah. That’d be “HE JUST WANTS TO GET YOU ALONE!”</p> <p>Awesome tagline, car salesman! For future reference: radio = AUDIO ONLY. Think about it?</p></em>http://www.megburns.com/post/439737052http://www.megburns.com/post/439737052Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:25:51 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/rRxccy-zcJ8&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/rRxccy-zcJ8&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>James Morrison- <i>You Make It Real</i></p> <p>What he said.</p>http://www.megburns.com/post/439727179http://www.megburns.com/post/439727179Wed, 10 Mar 2010 17:20:25 -0500<img src="http://28.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz2m1w0hkw1qzxd3io1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>My new office artwork.</p> <p>He signed the backs.</p>http://www.megburns.com/post/439063263http://www.megburns.com/post/439063263Wed, 10 Mar 2010 09:39:32 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz15bt4fGB1qzv9zyo1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><a href="http://seashelby.tumblr.com/post/437300362/these-look-so-good-and-i-will-be-making-them-soon">seashelby</a>:</p> <blockquote> <p>These look SO GOOD and I will be making them soon I believe</p> <p><span> </span></p> <p><i><b>Chocolate Caramel Cookie Bites</b></i></p> <p><i>3 cups all-purpose flour<br/>1 tsp salt<br/>1/2 tsp baking powder<br/>1 cup unsalted butter, softened<br/>1 1/2 cups granulated sugar<br/>2 large eggs<br/>1 tsp vanilla extract<br/>2/3 cup unsweetened cocoa<br/>1 bag of caramels, unwrapped<br/>1/2 cup raw or turbinado sugar (for rolling)</i></p> <p><i>Directions:</i></p> <p><i>- Preheat oven to 350 degrees.<br/>- Whisk dry flour, salt and baking powder in bowl and set aside.<br/>- Mix butter, sugar, eggs, vanilla and cocoa in mixer. Gradually add flour mixture, and mix until smooth.<br/>- Wrap dough ball in plastic and chill for at least one hour.<br/>- Roll out cookie dough on floured counter. Cut into roughly 1 1/2 – 2 inch diameter circles or squares (the shape and precision of the cut section doesn’t really matter since you will be wrapping it around the caramel anyway), brushing extra deposits of flour off the top.<br/>- Roll the dough around an unwrapped caramel.  Roll the dough back and forth in your hands until it forms a smooth ball.<br/>- Roll the ball in a bowl of raw or turbinado sugar, pressing slightly to coat with sugar.<br/>- Bake on a parchment-lined baking sheet for 10-12 minutes until the cookies are firm.<br/>- Transfer to a wire rack to cool.</i></p> <p>Click <a href="http://adashofsass.com/2009/03/29/chocolate-caramel-cookie-bites/">here</a> for more pictures/tips!</p> </blockquote>http://www.megburns.com/post/437387431http://www.megburns.com/post/437387431Tue, 09 Mar 2010 15:40:40 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz10gjas2d1qzxd3io1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>Chris has been substitute teaching while he looks for full time work and/or considers going back to school.</p> <p>Today, he’s subbing for an art teacher at elementary school. This is what he drew. He said after he finished half the class started drawing identical pictures. Awwwww.</p> <p>Remember pastels?!! How great were they?!!</p>http://www.megburns.com/post/437157977http://www.megburns.com/post/437157977Tue, 09 Mar 2010 12:55:31 -0500<img src="http://27.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kz0tk3cgqk1qzxd3io1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>I NEED this watch that <a href="http://www.tatianamikhailovna.tumblr.com">Tanya</a> just posted. I have been looking for the perfect watch for so long, but I look terrible in silver and while I like the large gold watch trend, I’m not sure I’ll like it for awhile. I LOVE tortoiseshell.</p> <p>Dear shopping gods, please? For my birthday?</p>http://www.megburns.com/post/436964726http://www.megburns.com/post/436964726Tue, 09 Mar 2010 10:26:00 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/u6Vze7ZlLH8&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/u6Vze7ZlLH8&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p><b>Why dads are awesome:</b></p> <p>“Hey Meg,</p> <p>I think this will cheer you up! We actually have the CD (surprised?)</p> <p>Love, Dad”</p> <p><b>The Dollyrots - “Because I’m Awesome”</b></p> <p>Trust me: just watch it.</p> <p>Dad- you’re right, it worked!</p> <p><b><br/></b></p>http://www.megburns.com/post/435373594http://www.megburns.com/post/435373594Mon, 08 Mar 2010 17:21:32 -0500<p>Life just <i>really</i> isn’t going well for me currently. And it really sucks.</p> <p>It’s one of those self-pitying weeks where for once I wished I lived in the town (singular, because I would have lived in the same one my whole life- it’s a wish, I can have whatever I want) I grew up in and I had this comfy little bubble of friendships and pretend problems.</p> <p>I have never understood girls and friendship very well, and I’m learning it doesn’t change much when you get older (damn you Dad, you were right).</p> <p>Tonight, I’d like the world’s smallest violin to play me Pachelbel Canon, while a stud wearing white linen pants pours me red wine (Chris, you’ll do).</p> <p>End whine, and start of the red wine consumption.</p>http://www.megburns.com/post/429120088http://www.megburns.com/post/429120088Fri, 05 Mar 2010 19:16:03 -0500<p>YES. <a href="http://www.pinkseersucker.tumblr.com">Suzanne</a> can definitely be credited to reviving my love for bloody mary’s, but I can’t be trekking to Westhampton everytime I get a craving.</p> <p>I would say, surprisingly, that <a href="http://www.planbburgerbar.com">Plan B</a> has the best bloody mary’s. I like them chunky and spicy (sounds like ew, but really, the spices and the horseradish make it!) and Plan B’s are all the above. There is nothing worse then a place that uses straight up Bloody Mary mix (drink ketchup much?).</p> <p>I would say that <a href="http://www.woodntap.com">Wood ‘n Tap</a> is my runner up. They’re good, but they vary depending on the bartender. Definitely not as “hand-crafted” as Plan B’s, and I had to ask for olives (!!).</p> <p>Another trick I learned from Suzanne & The Initials- ask for Absolut Pepar.</p> <p>Both of these restaurants have multiple 860 locations- and Wood ‘n Tap in Hartford serves brunch! Enjoy!</p>http://www.megburns.com/post/428584146http://www.megburns.com/post/428584146Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:51:00 -0500<p>Have you ever taken a second to flip back to the start of your blog? After I got my “Happy Blog Birthday” email from Tumblr, I went back through my archives and skimmed a ton of my earlier posts. Immediate feedback from myself:</p> <p>MY GOD I am SUCH A <b>CORNBALL</b>. Seriously HOW CHEESY AM I?!</p> <p>It’s a bit like watching yourself on TV, I think. Scary.</p> <p>On that note, I’ll make a concentrated effort to tone down the cheese.</p>http://www.megburns.com/post/428534647http://www.megburns.com/post/428534647Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:11:00 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kytj9wvI0M1qzxd3io1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p><b>Smile Friday</b></p> <p>The Chris doesn’t have snow pants, so he wore reflective yellow rain pants with suspenders on the mountain, edition.</p> <p>Starting new trends for ‘tubers, one day at a time.</p>http://www.megburns.com/post/428521220http://www.megburns.com/post/428521220Fri, 05 Mar 2010 12:01:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyjrl1ITWs1qzyrwvo1_400.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>(via <a href="http://burninglikesunset.tumblr.com/post/426723924/via-papertissue">burninglikesunset</a>: <a href="http://papertissue.tumblr.com/">papertissue</a>)</p>http://www.megburns.com/post/426726168http://www.megburns.com/post/426726168Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:20:12 -0500<object width="400" height="336"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/HXVDNPsZmYM&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1"></param><param name="wmode" value="transparent"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/HXVDNPsZmYM&rel=0&egm=0&showinfo=0&fs=1" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" width="400" height="336" allowFullScreen="true" wmode="transparent"></embed></object><br/><br/><p>When I am feeling <i>meh</i>, Chris will make mini playlists of songs for me and sends me the YouTube videos via gchat.</p> <p>He takes his selections very seriously.</p> <p>This is today’s favorite.</p>http://www.megburns.com/post/426718908http://www.megburns.com/post/426718908Thu, 04 Mar 2010 15:15:00 -0500<img src="http://26.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyrp6pN0q01qzxd3io1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>A dollface in media just sprinkled these free lift tickets to Mt. Snow on my desk.</p> <p>YAYYYY bunnies!</p> <p>Girls weekend, mid-March, <a href="http://www.megburns.com/post/109715486/in-approx-t-4-days-i-will-be-heading-to-the">attendees</a> confirmed. Yipee!</p>http://www.megburns.com/post/426489187http://www.megburns.com/post/426489187Thu, 04 Mar 2010 12:13:37 -0500<p>Most of the time, I feel like a pretty damn lucky human. I’ve got every single <i>tangible</i> thing people strive for- a job they love, a warm home, a solid car that runs…</p> <p>But for the last few years there has continued to be an ugly, nagging little wound that reopens and festers every time I think I might actually be making peace with myself.</p> <p><i>Divorce.</i></p> <p>There really is no way to describe divorce other then <i>ugly</i>. If parents don’t make this choice without deciding beforehand that the peace of their children is their first priority, it’s inevitable that the children end up suffering- much more then the parent.</p> <p>In my situation, it’s a constant battle of “what <i>am</i> I in this relationship?”</p> <p>The parent or the child? The mentor, the counselor, or the role model? The sister or the worried friend? The glue keeping everything together, or the cloth that’s worn too thin?</p> <p>When can <i>I</i> be the child? The one that needs support, explanation, and consideration?</p> <p>Divorce doesn’t mean that you get to wipe your slate clean and start over- or at least it shouldn’t. Your children are permanent. It doesn’t matter if they are 2, 16, 23, or 45- they are your children <i>forever</i>.</p> <p>I am tired. <i>Tired</i> of the battle when new significant others tear apart what threads of a family we have left. <i>Tired</i> of trying to understand when they exclude, insult, and just <i>don’t care</i>.</p> <p>But mostly, I am <i>tired</i> of being the one to <i>deal</i>.</p> <p>I am <i>ready</i> to be the child.</p>http://www.megburns.com/post/426263929http://www.megburns.com/post/426263929Thu, 04 Mar 2010 09:13:00 -0500<img src="http://24.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyq4m6NAvW1qzxd3io1_400.png"/><br/><br/><p>Currently pining over this chambray dress from the <a href="http://www.llbeansignature.com/?qs=3020811">L.L. Bean Signature</a> line (think L.L. Bean, but updated for the new millennium. No tank suits or pleated slacks). The pre-launch items they’ve listed so far are genius- like classic pieces from JCrew, but with the added benefit of L.L. Bean’s unmatched dedication to quality.</p> <p>My parents bought my brother and I L.L. Bean backpacks when we were in kindergarten. When I was in high school, the zipper on mine broke. I sent it back, and they sent me a new one, in a bigger size, in the color of my choice (my taste had changed since kindergarten!), for free. My friend Greg wore a plaid shirt from L.L. Bean from the ’70s when we were in Vermont a few weekends ago. Unreal. Now, you buy a $90 sweater from JCrew and it looks like a dish rag if you wash it twice.</p> <p>I love buying from stores with the confidence that my purchase is <i>really</i> guaranteed. Plus, this dress is seasonless! Spring with flats and a cute undershirt, summer with flops and sunnies, and fall with tights, boots, and even a cute vest or long sweater in the winter.</p> <p>Since I can’t buy anything until July, I sent the link to my momma with the subject line “Happy Easter?” What?! She gets free shipping!</p>http://www.megburns.com/post/424700798http://www.megburns.com/post/424700798Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:51:00 -0500<a href="http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/03/02/dominos-profit-more-than-_n_483198.html">Domino's New Recipe Helps Pizza Maker More Than Double Its Profits</a>: <p>I love this story. Whether you like their pizza or not, you must admit that this is a stellar example of integrated, socially responsible marketing.</p> <p>Perfect storm of social media, traditional advertising, and public relations. Even better that it actually produced a tangible, impressive ROI.</p>http://www.megburns.com/post/424658568http://www.megburns.com/post/424658568Wed, 03 Mar 2010 15:23:23 -0500<img src="http://25.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kypnm9Awxn1qzxd3io1_500.jpg"/><br/><br/><p>GPOYW: Weekend getaways are good for the soul, edition.</p>http://www.megburns.com/post/424227822http://www.megburns.com/post/424227822Wed, 03 Mar 2010 09:44:33 -0500<img src="http://29.media.tumblr.com/tumblr_kyo4qbSzgS1qzxd3io1_500.png"/><br/><br/><p>My blog just turned 1!</p> <p>*this is the generic post that Tumblr provided me. Does the trick.</p> <p>Happy Birthday blog!</p>http://www.megburns.com/post/422422479http://www.megburns.com/post/422422479Tue, 02 Mar 2010 13:58:59 -0500Blog Birthday<p>That is all. Goodnight.</p>http://www.megburns.com/post/421403601http://www.megburns.com/post/421403601Tue, 02 Mar 2010 00:04:12 -0500