The Biore Style Swap is founded on the idea that one person’s trash is another’s treasure. If you think about it, it is true that your favorite tee came from a thrift store… and those hoop earrings you came to hate are now your little sister’s faves. Fortunately, Cosmopolitan and Biore recently teamed up to bring you the first national Biore Style Swap tour. It’s the largest clothing swap to date, which will travel to 10 major cities in the U.S. I just so happened to be on hand for the tour’s NYC kick-off at an indescript loft in the Garment District.

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I hate to be the one to break it to you, ladies, but this life we lead is not entirely one of glitz and glamour. Many women around the world have never heard the names Manolo Blahnik or Miuccia Prada as their daily lives are more affected on a day-to-day basis by Hezbollah or Mao Tse Tsung.

Tuesday, I attended the International Women’s Media Foundation’s Courage in Journalism Awards, honoring some among us who literally put their lives and limbs on the line in pursuit of truth. The lunch reception was held in the majestic Waldorf=Astoria ballroom; 638 power-suited attendees sipped Sauvignon Blanc, savored salmon and sat enrapt as they honored four fearless women.
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As I walk down Law and Order Way (named for the television show filmed there) to the Lighthouse at Chelsea Piers, I think to myself exactly how many glasses of wine I will allow myself to imbibe at this event – an important event entitled “A Second Helping of Life” benefiting SHARE – an organization dedicated to self-help for women with Breast and Ovarian Cancer. I’m pretty sure my grandmother is a survivor of both breast and ovarian cancer, but she is very quiet about the ovarian cancer so I’m not 100% sure. I know she did survive breast cancer, however, and I know how serious an issue it is. Which is why, even though the event consisted of the Top Chefs and Top Wine Companies in New York City dedicating their time to tantalize our tastebuds, I knew I needed to keep it as simple and sober as possible – while still having fun.

For a roller derby virgin, a double-header all the way out in Long Island is quite a commitment. And let me tell you, it was worth it. From the knuckle sandwiches served pipin’ hot to a ragtag group of skatin’ ladies to the jeerleaders and their ragamuffin mascots - a life-sized banana, an 11-year-old, skateboard-wielding derby son called “Jail Bait” and, of course, a wily leatherdaddy with signs reading “I been bad” and “Submit” - the bout-on-wheels was always entertaining, if not always a thrill ride.

For all of us struggling young chickadees who have ever gotten down on ourselves, it may come as some surprise that Meredith Vieira was once told that she didn’t “have what it takes.” I found out this tidbit from Today’s newest “It” Lady at Newsweek’s second annual Women & Leadership Conference this past Tuesday. Vieira patted my shoulder as she told me, in the way that only a super-successful person can, to be true to myself day after day and not to give up on “the things that make you you.” Noted, Ms. Vieira. Noted indeed.