Verena von Pfetten is the Living Editor at The Huffington Post and a graduate of Columbia University, where she majored in English and graduated with Honors from the Creative Writing Program. Besides her Huffington Post-hosted Spiritual Journey and unapologetic thoughts on style, she has written for Jezebel, The Daily Scanner, and Town & Country. She has also appeared on GMA Now and Good Day New York.

Her interests include reading (a lot: blogs, books, magazines, and subway grafitti), writing, and her French Bulldog, Dumbo, who's both as unintelligent and adorable as he sounds.

Oh, and also: She's Canadian.

Blog Entries by Verena von Pfetten

Michelle Obama's Dress: In Defense Of Her Decision

191 Comments | Posted November 5, 2008 | 02:34 PM (EST)


Good morning! Happy Wednesday! Happy Hangovers!, etc, et al. I know it's a good day because everyone's favorite candidate won and people were dancing in the streets like it was 1964 and you're probably nursing a hangover that for the first time in your life you're actually happy to...

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My Election Makeover

2 Comments | Posted October 31, 2008 | 09:00 AM (EST)


Hi everybody! Some of you might remember me from such illuminating and hair-related posts as Frizzy Is The New Fabulous, A Blogger's Guide To Judging People (By Their Hair), Dear Kate Hudson: Please Stop Wearing Wigs, and my infamous Adventures With The World's Worst Makeover. And...

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7 Hipster Fashions We Love To Hate (SLIDESHOW)

200 Comments | Posted September 26, 2008 | 02:37 PM (EST)


It's mid-September and it's getting harder to deny the fact that fall is just around the corner. Or maybe it's here already. (When's Daylight Savings, again?) Anyway, fall is a new season and new seasons mean new trends, and while, in general and as a rule, we hate trends,...

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Tan Is The New Tacky

Posted September 23, 2008 | 05:23 PM (EST)


I never thought I'd see the day when I'd be able to declare, "Tans are out!", mainly because I never thought I'd be the one declaring anything, but well, here goes nothing:

Tans Are Out!

Yes, you heard me. Tans have gone the way of shoulder pads, dark...

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Dear Fashion Industry, Please Stop Showing Boring Clothes At Boring Shows

Posted September 5, 2008 | 08:05 AM (EST)


Last year I praised Rebecca Taylor and BCBG for the wearability of their clothes, but this year I'm going to go ahead and throw out a big "F that!" (What can I say? Fashion is fickle and so am I.) Last night, while I lay awake suffering the...

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HuffPost Oasis: Meet The Chefs And Drool Over The Food

Posted August 27, 2008 | 05:45 PM (EST)


As you may have noticed, we're doing a lot of eating here in this Oasis of ours, and most of it is thanks to Tal Ronnen, the Executive Chef and Founder of Veg Advantae and Lex Townes, Chef.

Before I post all the drool-worthy photos, I wanted to take a...

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Fred Armisen Steals My Laptop, Interviews Himself

Posted August 26, 2008 | 07:22 PM (EST)


I didn't think it was possible, but the Oasis just got even cooler. In addition to Will.I.Am, SNL's Fred Armisen also just came by to hang out, drink smoothies (he likes the chocolate kind), and, well, take dorky Photo Booth shots with me and my little MacBook.

We set...

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Will.I.Am Drops In To Discuss Making Music, Working Hard, And Cheetahs

Posted August 26, 2008 | 06:33 PM (EST)


I know I've been going on and on about how awesome the Oasis is, and how it's the place to be, and yada-yada-yada, but seriously, I am not exaggerating. Will.I.Am. just stopped in to hang out, drink smoothies, and answer a couple of my Oasis-related questions.

But before we did...

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Katie Couric Stops By The Oasis, Shows Off Her Moves

Posted August 26, 2008 | 04:28 PM (EST)


Katie Couric stopped by the Oasis today to film a segment, but took a quick break to find her center.

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And it turns out that Katie is no amateur yogi, as she gamely kicked off her shoes, flipped upside down, and showed...

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Live From Denver: LiveBlogging The HuffPost Oasis - Day 2

Posted August 25, 2008 | 12:39 PM (EST)


Hello all and greetings from Denver! The Living page has temporarily relocated to the Huffington Post's Oasis - it's the place to be (and unplug and recharge), after all - and your friendly HuffPost Living editor (which would be me) is here to keep you apprised of all the...

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Talking Super Food Sustenance With Essential Living Foods (VIDEO)

Posted August 24, 2008 | 04:37 PM (EST)


I took a quick break from my liveblogging to interview Kip Stroden and Amrit Khalsa of Essential Living Foods (which oh-so-adorably acronyms into ELF. And yes, I just used "acronym" as a verb.) ELF (as I will continue to call it for the remainder of this post) is...

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Live From Denver: LiveBlogging The HuffPost Oasis

Posted August 24, 2008 | 12:51 PM (EST)


Hello all and greetings from Denver! The Living page has temporarily relocated to the Huffington Post's Oasis - it's the place to be (and unplug and recharge), after all - and your friendly HuffPost Living editor (which would be me) is here to keep you apprised of all the...

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Glasses Are The New Gorgeous!

Posted August 16, 2008 | 08:32 AM (EST)


I've got a thing for glasses.

Ask anyone who knows me - my friends, in particular - they'll tell you. I just absolutely, 100%, love and adore glasses. They're my Achilles heel, if you will.

Take a perfectly average-looking guy -- hey, make it below average -- and if I...

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A Blogger's Guide to Judging People (By Their Hair)

Posted August 10, 2008 | 07:51 AM (EST)


They say the eyes are the window to a person's soul, but I disagree. I'm pretty sure it's the hair. Seriously.

For the sake of this article, I'm going to go ahead and admit that I judge people, and I judge them by their hair. I'm not saying everyone...

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A Guide To Judging Men (By Their Manners)

Posted August 3, 2008 | 07:00 AM (EST)


Welcome! In today's post we are (once again) going to be judging people. (I'm a blogger, what did you expect?)

A while back, I gave the ladies a little bit of a hard time, so it's only fair to give the menfolk their due. I had every intention...

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Dear Kate Hudson: Please Stop Wearing Wigs

22 Comments | Posted July 30, 2008 | 11:55 AM (EST)


Dear Kate Hudson,

Now that you won't be spending all your time playing tennis with Lance Armstrong, I thought you might have time to consider something that's been bothering me for quite a while. I'll get straight to the point: can you please stop wearing really ugly wigs...

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My Adventures With The World's Worst Makeover

Posted July 29, 2008 | 05:00 AM (EST)


Listen up, everybody!

Stop what you're doing and look over here, because I have found the ultimate Internet time-waster. And by ultimate time-waster, I mean something that you'll think is funny for at least 30-40 minutes. In the latest of a long line of technological makeover innovations, Clairol -...

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Frizzy Is The New Fabulous

Posted July 28, 2008 | 08:05 AM (EST)


Anna Wintour may have single-handedly brought back the bob, but I'm pretty sure it's time to declare that natural is the new style - when it comes to hair, that is.

[Side note: Did you know that '"x" is the new "y" was one of the most used phrases...

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My Spiritual Journey: In Which I Go To A Yoga Retreat

Posted July 9, 2008 | 10:10 AM (EST)


You will never guess where I am right now. I'm not even sure I believe it.

I am on the 6:51 train heading back to NYC, having just left a yoga retreat at the Omega Institute in Rhinebeck, NY.

That's right - you're not seeing things - I was...

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A Canine Congregation: Has Your Church Gone To The Dogs?

Posted July 2, 2008 | 09:25 AM (EST)


I love my dog. Some might even say I worship my dog. I've already dedicated a post or two to him and have been known to throw the gratuitous mention around in others. Anyway, the point is that most people know how much I love my dog (clearly, it's...

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