Nora Zelevansky http://norazelevansky.com Nora Zelevansky is a novelist, freelance journalist, essayist and editor, whose work has appeared in publications including ELLE, Vanity Fair online, Salon.com, Travel + Leisure, The Los Angeles Times, Martha Stewart Weddings, Town & Country, Style.com and The Daily Beast to name a few. Sun, 31 Mar 2013 04:31:04 +0000 en hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.3.1 The BEST 6 New Obsessions: From Lip Tar to Hoes http://norazelevansky.com/2013/02/the-best-4-new-obsessions/ http://norazelevansky.com/2013/02/the-best-4-new-obsessions/#comments Thu, 14 Feb 2013 00:30:51 +0000 Nora Zelevansky http://norazelevansky.com/?p=3755 It’s been ages — ages I tell you! — since I last posted simply about my latest obsessions.  It’s about time, I say!  (Why am I talking weird and old timey?) I know I actually neglected to post about The Bachelor this week too, but — you know — what was there to say besides [...]

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]]> http://norazelevansky.com/2013/02/the-best-4-new-obsessions/feed/ 0 BEST BACHELOR QUOTE: “YOU ARE THE SIX FOR ME!” http://norazelevansky.com/2013/02/polar-bear-plunges/ http://norazelevansky.com/2013/02/polar-bear-plunges/#comments Wed, 06 Feb 2013 05:39:24 +0000 Nora Zelevansky http://norazelevansky.com/?p=3743 [Is this not such a good picture of Sean that you almost think it's not him?] Hello!  And welcome to another episode of Tierra Gets Injured.  Tonight’s chapter is entitled, “Ms. Munchausen Takes The Plunge.” I mean, I know the editors are making Tierra look even more insane than she is, but she is creepsville, [...]

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]]> http://norazelevansky.com/2013/02/polar-bear-plunges/feed/ 0 THE BEST BACH QUOTE: My Wife Might Be On The Blue Team http://norazelevansky.com/2013/02/the-best-bach-quote-my-wife-might-be-on-the-blue-team/ http://norazelevansky.com/2013/02/the-best-bach-quote-my-wife-might-be-on-the-blue-team/#comments Tue, 05 Feb 2013 05:08:18 +0000 Nora Zelevansky http://norazelevansky.com/?p=3736 This week on TheMostSincereBachelorEver, we learned some very important lessons: 1. When Tierra was a baby, an evil wizard (who must not be named) tried to destroy her after hearing a premonition that she would one day destroy him.  She was saved by her mother’s love.  The result was a scar in the shape of [...]

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]]> http://norazelevansky.com/2013/02/the-best-bach-quote-my-wife-might-be-on-the-blue-team/feed/ 0 Shameless Self-Promotion: My Latest Articles http://norazelevansky.com/2013/01/shameless-self-promotion-my-latest-articles/ http://norazelevansky.com/2013/01/shameless-self-promotion-my-latest-articles/#comments Thu, 17 Jan 2013 05:40:59 +0000 Nora Zelevansky http://norazelevansky.com/?p=3730 Well, folks, it’s been a while since I shared a slew of articles, so I guess I’ll just get down to it.  New Year.  Same me (and you!).  Yay! But, seriously, it’s either this or ramble on for hours about The Bachelor and, honestly, it’s too early in the season for that.  Sean is the [...]

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]]> http://norazelevansky.com/2013/01/shameless-self-promotion-my-latest-articles/feed/ 0 The Most “Sincere” Bachelor EVER! http://norazelevansky.com/2013/01/the-most-sincere-bachelor-ever/ http://norazelevansky.com/2013/01/the-most-sincere-bachelor-ever/#comments Tue, 08 Jan 2013 04:11:47 +0000 Nora Zelevansky http://norazelevansky.com/?p=3725 Hi Folks! That’s right.  It’s our favorite time of year again: It’s BACHELOR TIME!  Time to greet Chris Harrison!  Scoff at tacky pageant gowns!  Marvel at multiple helicopter rides and picnics!  Watch someone who is afraid of heights bungee jump!  See one girl emerge as “the bitch”! (Is my excitement a testament to how sad [...]

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]]> http://norazelevansky.com/2013/01/the-most-sincere-bachelor-ever/feed/ 0 THE BEST BIRTHDAY TRADITION http://norazelevansky.com/2012/11/the-best-birthday-tradition/ http://norazelevansky.com/2012/11/the-best-birthday-tradition/#comments Fri, 09 Nov 2012 21:48:00 +0000 Nora Zelevansky http://norazelevansky.com/?p=3702 My friend S.D. and I have a tradition: On our birthdays, we send each other packages of either strange (but enticing) or indulgent foods from companies across the country. The whole thing started during my sophomore year in college, when SD—with whom I’ve been friends since we were four—first sent me a candy bouquet.  Let’s [...]

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]]> http://norazelevansky.com/2012/08/the-best-review-that-i-missed/feed/ 2 What’s The (Fashion) Story? “Sisterhoods of Style” in The LA Times http://norazelevansky.com/2012/08/the-best-sunday-news-sisterhood-style-the-la-times/ http://norazelevansky.com/2012/08/the-best-sunday-news-sisterhood-style-the-la-times/#comments Sun, 12 Aug 2012 22:38:33 +0000 Nora Zelevansky http://norazelevansky.com/?p=3681 Meet the Smith sisters, the impossibly cool kats behind the clothing line you’re about to start hearing about constantly and seeing everywhere nonstop, Elkin.  Don’t they look like dolls here or some inexplicably updated Renaissance painting?  You might recognize their stuff from the recent cover of New York Magazine, featuring the cast of GIRLS largely [...]

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]]> http://norazelevansky.com/2012/08/the-best-sunday-news-sisterhood-style-the-la-times/feed/ 0 The Best Part of a Book Tour (& 2 Upcoming Readings!) http://norazelevansky.com/2012/08/the-best-part-book-tour/ http://norazelevansky.com/2012/08/the-best-part-book-tour/#comments Thu, 09 Aug 2012 20:37:19 +0000 Nora Zelevansky http://norazelevansky.com/?p=3676 My Signing at Powell’s in Portland; Photo Compliments of Anna Lobell Unless you’re a serious bigwig, publishers don’t organize and send you on lavish book tours these days.  They do help you organize, but ultimately you take yourself.  That’s why I chose to visit places—to read from Semi-Charmed Life—where I had friends and/or family who [...]

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