Saturday, February 23, 2008

Now's she really done it

As if we all need more reasons to hate Rachel Ray. Today, I stumbled onto her website b/c of a pic of Ray with Sarah Michelle Gellar that freaked me out. My girl crush on SMG has been documented before, but as of now she's skating on very thin ice. And this is a direct result of glancing at the Ray's page. Here is why. Check it out. Witness the tabs at the top: "Rach home," "the Rach blog (!!!)," "Rach's charity," as well as a tab for "Yum-O." I do not have the energy to actually click on the "Yum-O" tab, and perhaps that is for the best. I am a bit surprised that underneath all the "Rach" tabs it does not say "Rach is short for Rachel Ray." After all, she has to explain that "EVOO" stands for "extra virgin olive oil" every effing time she uses the acronym. There may be some of us who need to know what "Rach" stands for. Right?

Photo courtesy of Gellarfan.org
(I'm wary of getting sued by "Rach" in case I'm not allowed to be negative)

Monday, February 18, 2008

Food Porn

I stumbled on the Sunday Nite Dinner blog this morning. Holy guacamole! Browse around, the pics and the recipes are insane. Yum yum yum. Plus, they have step-by-step instructions and photos of each step!

Saturday, February 16, 2008

How many lawyers does it take to get off an island?

You know those nights where just about everything is funny? Last night was one of those. A bunch of us went to a house party thrown by our friend Joel. Joel's house is in Newport Beach/Costa Mesa area, right past Triangle Square. So we caravan over there, a bunch of ppl piled into 2 cars. We pull over to park, and there is the largest sobriety check point known to man across the street from Joel's. No worries, as we are a pretty responsible bunch, but we do think it's pretty funny. And the check point was HUGE. The street was blocked off, there was about 50+ cops out there, those ginormous stadium lights, and a drunk tank. Not only that, but the Newport Beach Police Department sent out a press release regarding this very checkpoint earlier in the week! So this is literally the MOTHER of all checkpoints. Anyways. We go to Joel's, fun is had by all. I have my 2.5 beers, we laugh, we make fun of ppl, the usual. When it is time to leave, we are very much aware that the checkpoint is still there. Now our driver, Nicole, is totally sober. The rest of us are very close to sober. Responsible law students! The car is parked literally on the other side of the street from the checkpoint. We get in the car, aware that we are being watched by the entire Newport Beach police force, and drive forward. We need to turn around to get back home, but none of us want to deal with the checkpoint. So we decide to take side streets. And this is where it gets good. The Newport-Costa Mesa border is literally a bunch of twisty-turney little streets, a maze of beach apartment complexes. And we get lost. We drive around narrow alleys for a good 20 minutes. There are dead ends. All the alleys look alike. We have no idea how to get out. It's like Bourne Identity, minus Matt Damon, but with a car full of shrieking idiots. I don't think I've laughed that hard in a very long time. And then one of us brilliantly remembers that we went over a tiny bridge at one point! Apparently we were stuck on some sort of island, driving around in circles, trying to avoid a checkpoint. Yes. An island. Somehow, we got back over the bridge, and eventually found our way out of the maze. Good times were had by all. And hats off to Nicole! Thanks for driving!

Saturday, February 9, 2008

Oh my God...Becky look at her butt!

This is awesomeness. They just don't make music like that anymore. And it's such a shame! Thanks to Jen from the Jennsylvania blog for alerting the world to this wonder. And kids, hurry, because this "Platinum Badonkadonk Edition" is not available in stores. (is that how you spell "badonkadonk"?)

Friday, February 8, 2008

I saw it on Oprah

Run out right now and buy this stuff. Yum. Tastes like real ice cream - and it's 14o calories! I'm hooked.

YES

For all you Project Runway fans out there - Victoria Beckham is going to be the guest judge for the finals!!! Love her. She's proof incarnate that sometimes, even if very seldom, money CAN buy style. And I have to respect that she is literally a caricature of herself. If that's not brilliant, I don't know what is.

Photos courtesy of Star Tracks

I miss her!


Yes. I am well aware that it is trendy to hate Gwyneth Paltrow. There are numerous things about her that annoy me too. But she has that "something" that very few actresses possess. Love her or hate her, the girl can dress! And it is refreshing to see someone so "Hollywood" refuse to feed into the starlet machine. And seeing photos of her at the Gucci event this past week only reminded why she was, at one point, my absolute favorite.

Photos courtesy of www.justjared.com

Details, details

The only thing I've figured out about my wedding is what "look" I'm going for. The dress has been ordered, and now it is time for the "little things." Which we all know are never really "little" - as the saying goes, "the devil is in the details." Here is some stuff that I really like. I guess I have a vintage-y theme emerging. And oh how I love those blue shoes!!! The Fantana hairpin is stunning, but it is $250! I do have a budget...

Wednesday, February 6, 2008

7 weeks to go!!!!

I got the best news ever. He's coming back and very soon! Can't post the exact date, but think mid-March. I hope they don't change it now!!!

Friday, February 1, 2008

Netflix is taking over my brain

I have a confession to make. I have a HUGE girl crush on Sarah Michelle Gellar. There, I said it. I also hate horror movies, so I have not seen her on the big screen in ages, since she's been doing those stupid scary Grudge movies. So I was really excited to order Suburban Girl on Netflix. Granted, it went straight to DVD, and granted Alec Baldwin is in it, I thought I'd take a chance. I don't really know whether I liked or hated it. I waver. I'm very disappointed in the fact that it could've been really good - the screen play was decent, I can see what they were trying to do, but it just did not work on screen. I have never seen 2 people have less chemistry than Sarah Michelle and the Baldwin. She was probably completely disgusted at having to make out with a bloated oaf. Hence the lack of screen chemistry. But isn't this something the movie people should've screen-tested before production? Lame. And oh, Hollywood? Just for future reference, Alec Baldwin is great in 30 Rock - precisely b/c he plays a bloated oaf, and he's got great comedic chops. But the time of casting him as a leading man is OVER (if there ever was such a time at all). So just stop.