All posts tagged: COLLEGE

The Best Ways To Upgrade Your Dorm Room Decor This Year

Published by Jillian Tangen

The new school year is underway: you’ve picked your classes, been to a tailgate and a football game or two, and maybe you’re even sporting some new fall wardrobe items.  But how are you feeling about your dorm room decor? If you’re like us, you bought or borrowed a bunch of used stuff from other students, friends, or family members. Which is totally fine. But if you’re feeling the need for an upgrade, fear not. It’s fine to live in a space for a couple of weeks, see what’s working for you (and your roommate), and then adjust. If you’re a few weeks into the semester and already ready to redecorate, we got you.

what you need to know about NCAA college football

Published by Vincent Thomas

Other than prepping our sons and daughters for their first day, nothing says back to school/back to campus for us grown-ups like the start of the NCAA college football season. Here are five talking points you can use to participate in any Labor Day weekend social function (or at work this coming week) if college football becomes the topic of conversation:

How to Celebrate March Madness Luxury Style

Published by Pamela Thomas-Graham

Today is Selection Sunday, and its time to get your brackets on as college basketball’s biggest tournament beings this Tuesday, March 13th.  For 77 years, the NCAA Tournament has been considered one of the premier sporting events in America – and for good reason. Year after year it has proven to be the proving ground for basketball greatness, a place where professional basketball careers are launched and where Cinderella stories are made.  With a total of 67 match-ups over the next three weeks, there will be some great games. If you can’t make it courtside but want to get in on the action, we’ve rounded up 8 of the best places across the US to watch and enjoy in luxury style.  

How to Talk Sports: Time to Get Smart on College Football

Published by Pamela Thomas-Graham

The American College Football Playoffs are almost here, and you know what that means. People talking to you (or around you) about a sport that you don’t know (and don’t care) anything much about. Some of those people might even be important to you: like maybe your boss, your secret crush, your next-door-neighbor, your spouse, your in-laws, or the person sitting next to you on a really long plane ride.  Should you find yourself in that situation, fear not. You just need to learn a new language: you need to learn how to talk sports. And we got you.

How to Celebrate March Madness Luxury Style

Published by Pamela Thomas-Graham

Who gets invited to The Big Dance? Who will be a Cinderella? What about the Sweet Sixteen? We find it endearing and amusing that the language sportscasters and fans employ to talk about the annual NCAA Division 1 men’s basketball tournament is strangely similar to the vocabulary of teenage girls in the ’50s discussing their social lives.