• Bluefly.com- Extra 15% off for women. Discount taken at cart.
• Andrew Marc- Men’s and Women’s outwear available on thetopsecret.com site beginning October 1, 2008.
• Bebe- Take an additional 65% off already reduced sales items. This weekend only.
• Saks Fifth Avenue- Free shipping on orders over $200. Use code SAKSFS at check out (expires 9/28/08).
• Victoria’s Secret- 25% off any single clothing item. Use code: TAKE25. Today only. Free shipping on orders of $125 use code: SHIP125.

• Hawt dang! David Beckham’s calendar photos. T & M.
• Perez Hilton knows how Koreans do… Hey! Isn’t this the Korean guy that sang the Butterfly song?!? PH rocks!
• Lindsay Lohan was always a lesbian? Or just confused? ICYDK.
• Drew Barrymore and Ed Westwick (Gossip Girl). ICYDK.
• Fall just started and Gucci is already Spring~ing into Summer of 2009… Three words: Pucci gone safari.
• Spencer Pratt is a real gentleman… NOT! INO.
• OMG. Clay Aiken is a gay dad. ICYDK.
• Wall Street bet the farm and totally lost. Now taxpayers have to pay. NYT.

• Bloomingdales.com- 20% off purchases of $250- $499.99 and 30% off $500 or more (expires today!)
• Yoox.com- Up to 85% off sale. Free standard shipping.
• Shoprobertson.com- 25% off use code TOPBUTTON25 (expires 10/2/08).
• BareNecessities.com- Free shipping on spanx.
• Shopbop.com- 20% off regular prices jackets and sweaters. Use code SHOPBOBSECRET (expires 9/29/08).
• Shoes.com- $20 dollars off orders of $100 or more, $50 dollars off purchases of $200 or more. Use code: FALLSALE08 (expires 10/6/08).
• Shoes.com- 10% off all items. Use code: SEPT08 (expires 9/30/08).
• Tiffany.com- Free shipping on orders of $175 or more (expires 9/29/08).

• 35th Los Angeles Korean Festival. They serve yummy and cheap Korean food! 9/25/08- 9/28/08. Yelp.
• Fred Segal Sale at Santa Monica and Melrose locations. 9/26 – 9/28 sale starts at 10am.
• American Wine and Food Festival. 9/27-9/28, Saturday ($300) is sold out. (Sunday ($750) tickets are still available.
• Red Hot @ Red Seven. 9/26/08. ($150 foodie event).
• If American Wine and Red Hot are too pricey. There is always the Farmers Market and West 3rd Street Food Tasting Tour. 9/27/08. Goldstar

A good guy friend of mine recently pointed out to me that rich guys get all the girls… After much speculating and guestimating his theory it suddenly dawned on me that I have already heard this story, in the form of a lecture in college. Quid pro quo, “a more-or-less equal exchange or substitution of goods or services, aka tit for tat”… No pun intended.

In the workplace sexual harassment in the form of quid pro quo is highly unethical, a form of bribery and or blackmail. “Unwarranted advancements in the workplace are offered in return for sexual favors. Or deserved advancement, or simple continuation in service, contingent on sexual receptivity”.

“The term quid pro quo denotes such an exchange”.

However in the dating arena “it remains common and lawful to use gifts, expensive meals and so on, as a means of attracting a sexual partner”. (Wikipedia).

Could this be?!?

When did quid pro quo leak into our dating lives in the form of “status quid pro quo”? Dating the rich guy in hopes of elevated status? Is quid pro quo and status quid pro quo, two parallels on polar sides of the spectrum? Is it ever appropriate for these kinds of exchanges?

Money, he stated is a form of security that females gravitate towards.

Maybe Samantha on SATC got it on the head, “It is simply an exchange of power.”

Ahh, superficial natural selection in all of its glory.

If you are getting sexually harassed in the workplace and you want it to stop. Please contact the EEOC (Equal Employment Opportunity Commission) for more information… For those that are just dating, no such agency exists to help.

Happy dating!