Executive Summary | Links for your weekend | 04.01.11

A pic of the city from the guide in our hotel room. I know it's cheesy, but it's really hard to get a good pic of the skyline from inside it, and I haven't gone to any landmarks yet on this trip.

Happy April Fools? Did anyone play a prank at the office today? I've always wanted to pull an office prank, since I've only done a few small things.

• We labeled everything on my boss's side of the office in French using the label-maker (computer, chair, desk, phone, etc.). We labeled her office-mate's side of the office in Spanish.
• I gift-wrapped my boss's office door for Christmas, complete with a bow and tag from Santa.

Instead of planning any office pranks, I'm on vacation. So while I'm hitting up the shops with my cousins here in Chicago, I'll leave you with some links!

Style and fashion

• Corporette: Lace skirts and the office
• Craft Medley: No. 33 A quick sweater darning
• Rose a la Mode: One jacket five ways (feat. Tanvi)
• Headlines and Hemlines: Secondhand shopping

Career and office

• Zen Habits: The art of handling criticism gracefully
• Problogger: Ditch the job mentality and develop and entrepreneurial mindset

After hours

• Social Media Examiner: How to grow a blog community with social media
• Swissmiss: Penguin luggage tags

And of course, the 10 greatest office pranks, from Oddee.com.

Are you a prankster? Any sure-fire winners I should try?