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Braniac. Athlete. Fashionista. Chef. We fell in love with her and warning – you probably will too!

Name: Katy Atlas
Blog: Sugarlaws

1. I have two dogs named Calvin and Coco. They’re half maltese, half poodle, and I’m pretty sure they’re the cutest creatures on earth.

2. My favorite television show is Buffy the Vampire Slayer. People used to say that I look like Sarah Michelle Gellar, which made me the happiest girl ever.

3. I was an English major, but I’m really good at math. I went all the way through multivariable calculus and linear algebra in college.

I’ve been chomping at the bit, impatiently waiting for the release of Mockingjay, the third of the Suzanne Collinis fantasy sci-fi Hunger Games series.

And it’s out! I just ordered it, mandatory office reading, today!

If you haven’t read the series, you’re missing what may just be the best books ever written. It’s like Lost meets Gladiator – gripping, dangerous, violent, sweet at times, romantic at others, and completely addicting.

I poured through the first two books of the series in two days and I am not a fast reader. I just couldn’t put it down. And I need to share the love.

This Fashion Week, keep your eyes and ears open for the clicking of pink suede Dior heels, worn by this Human Resources Executive turned fashion, style, beauty expert. And, if you are nice to her, she may just show you Jennifer Garner’s high school yearbook picture.

Name: Kristin Booker
Blog: Fashion.Style.Beauty

1). The first time I walked into the tents at Mercedes-Benz Fashion Week was the first time that I can honestly say that I’ve been in love. You know that feeling where your heart beats really quickly, you can’t breathe and you feel like you’re falling? Yep, that was experience walking into the tents. It still happens every time I go back.

Don’t let her glossie brunette locks and saucy style fool you. This art history and Renaissance connoisseur will challenge you to a jump rope match and tell you Blake Lively’s secret to getting those long, glistening legs…

Name: Lindsey Calla
Blog: Saucy Glossie

1. I was captain of my High School lacrosse and field hockey teams.

2. I have a killer scar on my left knee from when I tore my ACL playing lacrosse in college. I didn’t completely finish my rehab so now my gait is slightly off…you can’t tell by looking at me but I can tell when the shoe heels on my right foot end up collapsing in.

What I’ll wear on HSN is always the most stressful part of going on air for me. I can deal with the pressure of being on TV in front of what could be 10 million people. But the outfit, that’s another story. TV clothes are tricky. I can’t be as over the top as I am in real life (i.e. no million layers of accessories… no major hats… no feathers). I have to think colors, what will pop. And remember, the camera really does add 10 lbs.

Today marks a new weekly column on Purple Blab that will introduce you to the most stylish and chic bloggeratti of the moment. Each week, you will meet a new blogger and learn “25 Things You Didn’t Know,” until now!

Blog: Feels Like White Lightning
Name: Elizabeth Spiridakis

1. I have a lifelong intense fear of the lifesize blue whale hanging from the ceiling at the Museum of Natural History. Even now I can’t stand beneath it (my heart rate is quickening even as I type this, no joke!)

Told to you by Purple Lab’s one and only male intern, Vinnie…

When I first heard that I would be able to attend the second speed dating event taking place at the W Hoboken, I was immediately filled with anticipation. This was due the fact that I’ve been interning with Purple Lab since mid-June and I’ve heard countless stories about the FAMOUS Purple Lab Speed Dating event. I was also present upon the arrival of the Guinness World Record certificate in the mail, which managed to evoke a serious amount of excitement in the office.

I am totally obsessed with Foursquare right now in my personal life. I can’t quite explain it but there’s an odd satisfaction I get when I check in. And an even bigger one when I become mayor (BTW, Ashley is currently mayor of Purple Lab! We keep ousting one another).

Follow Purple Lab on Foursquare here!

To make the use of the platform fun, the Purple Lab team and I added tips to all of our favorite spots so that if you check in, you can see what we recommend… what to have for brunch at Pastis, the best flavor of Pinkberry, where to get into sartorial trouble in Soho (Hi Kirna Zabete!), whose class to take at S-Factor.

It’s been a long time dream of mine to be in the business section of the New York Times, the ultimate authentication and validation for any entrepreneur. I have always visualized a big, splashy feature on how I built a business in a new, innovative way… perhaps that I sold it to a major company for unheard of amounts of money… maybe a little bit about it happening before I turn 40. And when I woke up yesterday morning, this is what I saw!

After months of patiently waiting, it finally arrived. It arrived on an ordinary Thursday, when I least expected. When I first saw it I wasn’t quite sure it was it. It wasn’t until I saw those three words GUINNESS – WORLD – RECORD that I immediately knew. That’s right folks, Purple Lab is officially in the books as the record holder for the Largest Speed Dating Event in Guinness World Record History.

Guinness World Record!