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RUDE ATTITUDE: How Twenty One Pilots & Panic at the Disco Inspired a "Too Cool For School" Sneaker Fashion Trend
Posted by Lisa Johnson on
When I was thirteen, a boyfriend of mine was so annoyingly into computers that I vowed never to use one. And then I ended up marrying a software engineer, who set up my first email account. Flash forward a couple of decades, and Psychotic Leopard would not exist without the freedom and reach provided by the internet. I used to scoff at the idea of meeting people online, but it does open up a world of possibilities for a former backpacker whose single motherhood forces her to stay local. Luckily, the computer provides me with chance encounters every so often,...
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To Splurge or Not to Splurge: Drooling At the New York Renaissance Faire
Posted by Lisa Johnson on
At sixteen, the first guy I truly fell in love with took me on one of the most romantic dates ever: to the New York Renaissance Faire in Tuxedo, NY, and it has remained one of my favorite festivals of all time. He bought me a crown of flowers which I wore in my hair, on occasion, for the next ten years plus, and it always reminded me of that perfect day, long after he had disappeared. I loved everything about the early Renaissance Festivals, from the mud shows where the comedians dove into and actually consumed the wet...