Who is this Eileen Fisher and why is she putting her name on my clothes?

I don't know who this Eileen Fisher person is or why she keeps putting her name on my clothes. But she sure has an eye for wonderfully soft fabrics and clean, simple, and elegant shapes.


(Why she'd put her name on clothes in a secondhand store is another question.)

A nun losing her home.

A nun friend of mine, Ani Arene, is losing her home. She doesn't have any financial support. (What can I say? When Tibet lost its country, the monks and nuns also lost any help.)

Arene's an American, raising a son from a previous marriage. She works as an admin but was unemployed for a long time, which put her behind.

Her ex-husband (typically) has never paid a nickel in child support, and lives off of his current wife. Now Arene has to come up with $1,000 for day care. She rents space in a house and her landlord's been generous, but she's months behind on rent and is on the verge of losing her place. Her landlord told her that she has to have $2,400 by July 21st, and then another $2,400 by August 15th. On an admin's salary.

She's really up against the wall. She's overwhelmed and doesn't know what to do.

Frankly, even without being unemployed for so long, she can't make enough money. She only has a little college which she's done catch-as-catch-can. She's a good writer, one of those people that can do that chirpy marketing voice, so I'm trying to give her some editing work to upgrade her skills.

I don't know. I'm open for suggestions.

Anyone been through this? Know of any free daycare programs in Maryland? Home assistance? Rent assistance? The work/money I can give her can't put a dent in it. For the long term she flat-out doesn't make enough.

Free to a good home: dance lessons

Hello, DC area residents.

Hi. *waves*

I come bearing gifts. *spills the basket of goodies before you*

Dance Lessons at DuShor Studio in Bethesda, MD.

I bought a Living Social deal a while back, long before I knew that I'd be going out of town for a month.

Of course, once I signed up for the retreat I convinced myself that there was still time, yadda, yadda. Of course, I still didn't go.

You want 'em? They're yours, free. I'll email the voucher to you.