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Not to sound biased or anything, but my list of what makes New York City so special seems to be growing exponentially everyday. We already know New York has some of the best restaurants, shopping and museums in the country, but my latest obsession du jour has to be the amazing flea markets the city has to offer.

I'm currently in the midst of re-decorating my apartment, so I've been spending many a Saturday scavenging through old antique and vintage items. Not only are flea markets the perfect place to score great one-of-a-kind finds, but you get to do it while nibbling on some gourmet treats. Shopping and food in one - what more could you ask for?

Click through for five of my favorite NYC flea markets to hit up this weekend, or whenever you happen to make your way over to the east coast.

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Who can't appreciate a website singularly focused on all of the girls we're kind of obsessed with? Modelinia's coverage of all things model is fun, informative and has many pretty pictures, of course. Bianca Posterli is the girl behind the site's captivating Twitter Feed, a land of models, covers and breaking news on everything from model prom pics to the latest on any given Victoria's Secret Angel and backstage candids. Bianca Posterli is the girl behind the tweets, get to know her below!

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My love for writing began because of a brilliant teacher at my all girls school in Baltimore, which lead to studying journalism at NYU. I broke into the fashion industry thanks to experience at Jane magazine, Condé Nast Traveller and Fashion Week Daily, and then joined Modelinia before the site launched to start the blog. Shortly after, we launched our

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Well, at least according to Twitter. Since I have an ongoing and extensive list of my own, I'm sure you can imagine my excitement when I saw that one of this week's trending Twitter topics was #thingsgirlswantboystodo.

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It's about time we got an outlet to voice our grievances. And lest you think it was mostly girls tweeting, the fellas had some interesting opinions of their own too. Click through to see some of my favorites of the day.

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A while back, I was giving a friend of mine (who, for obvious reasons, shall remain nameless) the usual interrogation that every close girlfriend gets when she starts a new relationship. "I want to know every detail about him," I demanded. To which she responded, "I mean, there's not much to say. He's nice." I knew right there and then that I was dealing with a classic case of settling.

It only got worse a couple months later when I heard that he'd already dropped the "L bomb." Her response when I asked her if she loved him was, "Well, I could." - and you'd think that would've been enough to stop her from saying it back... it wasn't. I don't know how it happens, but it seems like we constantly find ourselves stuck - for lack of better words - in these relationships with people who are just "good enough."

What happened to passion, excitement and soul mates? Call me crazy, but I don't think it's too much to ask

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Last night there was a block party celebration to mark the official launch of Derek Lam's collection for eBay (Derek Lam + eBay), which is a novel type of collab and the first of its kind for the online auction site. After 120,000 crowd-sourced votes, the five anointed dresses designed by Derek are now available for purchase on eBay, ranging in price from $175-$295.

There's a black gown, some minis, and our favorite, which was worn by the pretty, petite Rachel Bilson - a flowing floral maxi dress. We chatted with the girl who had just hopped a plane from France where she was hanging out with Karl Lagerfeld and watching the Chanel Resort collection walk. Find out what it's like to work with Karl and her two go-to beauty essentials.

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What do you look for in a summer dress and why did you pick this particular pretty one from Derek Lam for Ebay?

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Not only could it be making you less attractive to men, but it could also be changing your preference in men. I'm not advocating going off birth control, but I do want you to be well-informed before you pop that pill.

And so do researchers, like Dr. Alexandra Alvergne of University College London, who explains, "We just want to know what we're doing by taking the pill... If there is a risk it affects our romantic life and the health status of our children, we want to know." That's why Dr. Alvergne published a review on birth control in the journal Trends in Ecology and Evolution last year. And she's not the only one - many recent studies over the past few years have all found the same results: When a women is ovulating, both men and women see a shift in mate preference.

When women are ovulating, they're drawn to anything that signals masculinity, like "muscle tone, a more masculine voice and dominant

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Call me gullible, but when it comes to weight-loss, I'm willing to do just about anything to get "the ideal body" - and that susceptibility increases the closer and closer I get to bathing suit season. So you can imagine my disappointment when the number on the scale doesn't change, even after months of subscribing to the latest "it" diet. I know I'm not alone here.

It's one thing to get duped by fad diets and eccentric weigh-loss plans, but what about those commonly held tips and tricks for losing weight? It may be hard to hear, but there are a number of myths out there that aren't actually doing anything for your body - in fact, they may actually be doing more harm than good. Save yourself the trouble, and read on to see if you're wasting your time on any of these weight-loss urban legends.

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With the countless number of diet programs popping up everyday, it becomes nearly impossible to know which ones actually work and which ones are going to scam you out of your hard-earned cash. Luckily, Consumer Reports took the guess work out of it for you with their latest study on diet ratings. It looks like Valerie Bertinelli got it right, because Jenny Craig was rated the number one way to lose weight.

In a two-year study, 92 percent of the 332 participants stuck with the Jenny Craig program for the full two years. The diet plan combines personal counseling with pre-made, portion-controlled foods. Jenny Craig also includes the Volumetrics plan - which was rated number one in Consumer Reports' last diet rating study four years ago - based on eating high-bulk, low-calorie food.

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But Jenny isn't for everyone... just ask Kirstie Alley. According to Dr. Kathleen Melanson,