Marie Claire

The Smart Girl’s Guide to Ordering Wine with Dinner
Navigating the wine list at any restaurant can be a daunting, confidence-deflating chore, thanks to the mind-bending varieties of labels and regions. But there’s no need to choose Chardonnay, that old standby, just because you’re unsure what to order. With a few simple rules, even amateur glass-clinkers can negotiate just about any wine list, whether at a hoity-toity bistro or a greasy-spoon pitstop.

The 7 Most Coveted Summer Internships
School’s out, which means tens of thousands of students across the country are angling for summer jobs and internships. But given the woeful state of the economy, only a third of them will likely find work, according to a recent report by the Center of Labor Market Studies at Northeastern University, which predicts that employment will reach historical lows this summer.

Six Ways To Slack Off at Work and Get Away with It
No matter how hard you concentrate, there will always be days when you can’t get down to work. The good news: You’re not alone. The average employee is productive just four hours a day. But just because most workers slack off, doesn’t mean it’s employer-sanctioned behavior. If you spend more time Googling ex-boyfriends than filling out TPS reports, we’ve compiled our favorite ways to spice up a boring day on the job without getting busted.

Mochi Magazine

Yin Chang: The Girl Behind the Glasses
On Gossip Girl, Nelly Yuki is perhaps the most complex character in the it-girl group. We’ve seen her buried behind her books, acting in a fat suit during the school play, using the girls against one another to climb the social ladder, and, in the finale, hitting on our dream boy Dan Humphrey after one too many drinks. Mochi meets Yin Chang, the actress behind Nelly Yuki, for the scoop on what goes on behind the scenes, from the casting office to the infamous fashion closet.

The Sweet Life of Brenda Song
As a young girl, Brenda’s mother wanted her and her brother to participate in extracurriculars. Brenda begged to take ballet, while her younger brother Timmy was set on taekwondo. However, “my mom only wanted to take us to one place,” she says. And since it was unlikely that Timmy would join ballet class, Brenda had to tag along to taekwondo. “I cried all the way through my first class,” she says. But eventually, she fell in love with it—while Timmy quit halfway through, Brenda went on to get a black belt.

NYU Livewire

Sizing It Up
Like many perplexed shoppers, Meghan Galewski is a victim of a practice known as “vanity sizing,” where companies cut clothes larger than usual, but keep label sizes the same. The result is a lack of standard sizes, which makes shopping a challenge.

Washington Square News

Tips for Moving Off-Campus
Learn to speak the Craigslist language. If you’re constantly browsing the listings, you’ll be able to figure out which ones aren’t realistic — such as listings with pictures of what may “not be of the actual apartment,” but are “typical of apartments in [the] building.”

20 Tips for Surviving NYU
Child stars who live across the hall, eat at the same dining halls or share your classes will lose all appeal. If you are a child star, make like an Olsen twin and be elusive; it will be much more exciting for the rest of us when we spot you.

Esquire

Editorial Assistant for Esquire’s Big Black Book Spring 2009