Tonight my kids are staying at my Mom’s, the cleaners have been here and Larry picked up Chin Chin for dinner so, when I walked in the front door I thought, “my house actually has a shot at staying this way for at least a little while.” It is weird because on a “normal” day–messy […]
How to recognize Winter has arrived in Orange County
You find yourself longing for June Gloom. All the little doggies cruising Fashion Island have their wool sweaters buttoned all the way to their diamond-studded collars. Rainbows are replaced by Uggs. Frappu-what? You want a peppermint Latte. Your dry cleaner greets you with, “Cold enough for ya?” To which you answer, “No, I prefer Dr. […]
Holy Spicoli!
As in Jeff Spicoli… , try to keep up please
Oh Etsy…Stop it!
Another talented maker of handmade things. I was looking for a costmetic case to use in the upcoming issue of Broughton Quarterly–for a layout I want to call B.Y.O.S. (you know Bring Your Own Spa) and I came across these from Watanwatan. Wristlet, $23 Coin Purse, $12 Cosmetic Bag, $17 Not sure which one will […]
Old Fuddy-Duddy: Laguna Beach Style
Recently, I went to the Shag show at the Laguna Art Museum. I had a particularly Lagunaish funny thing happen. Shag was showing upstairs and Wayne Thiebaud downstairs. It was like being in a big house with the angst-ridden teenager upstairs in his room blasting Jimi Hendrix on his Hi-Fi, while downstairs the Dad lounged […]
New Year’s Day at Fashion Island
On New Year’s Day My Mom, Meghan, Emily and I have a tradition. While the guys watch football, we go to Fashion Island in Newport Beach and fill the first day of the year with makeup, shopping, lunch and chocolate. First we show up at Bloomingdales, stripped of all makeup, to get professionally “dolled-up” by […]
Happy New Year!
to our traditional shopping day at Fashion Island but wanted to share some pictures of New Year’s Eve. My friend Robin and her family came to visit from Portland. I will post more on her later–many, many good stories revolve around Robin. Just a hint, they will include stories of travels to foreign lands, kissing […]
Best and Worst of 2007…According to me
New Years is all about the lists. I love a good list. Most overused phrases/words of the year: credit crunch, actually and amazing. Don’t ever use this word in 2008: Hottie (especially if you are a man over 40 years old.) Most under used phrase of the year: Excuse me. Phrase I am going to […]
Wuthering Heights
Last night I watched the 1992’s version of Wuthering Heights with Juliette Binoche and Ralph Fiennes. It just couldn’t touch the original film made in 1939 with Merle Oberon as Catherine, Laurence Olivier as Heathcliff and, David Niven as Edgar Linton. Whenever I get the notion to re-read the book, I always cast them in […]
This is my stocking from Christmas morning. I think my favorite thing is the plushie bunny Larry bought for me on Etsy from Bellasophia. I love the idea of Larry searching Etsy for a handmade bunny. He said he really had to poke around the site to find just the right one (…deep sigh of […]
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