Pinot noir + Benjamin Biolay = un soir très relaxant
04/19/2010
04/18/2010
Going Medieval
After a day of sleeping, reading, eating, and watching TV movies on the couch, I thought I would post some photographs of the catalyst for today's laziness. A friend turned 30 over the weekend and to celebrate, 30 of us surprised him by dressing up in costume and taking a hot pink party bus to Medieval Times in New Jersey. It was HILARIOUS. We ended the night at a ridiculous bar in the Lower East Side where an electronic bull mixed with 80s music and 30 people in medieval costumes.
04/17/2010
Eclectic Effect
I came across a couple of these photographs on Apartment Therapy and went over to Elle Decor to check out the rest of them at the source. These are photographs of a Sisley cosmetics exec's (Christine d'Ornano) London home. I especially love the first picture below.
04/16/2010
PSA
I just want to put out a little public service announcement to all of the guys out there who think it's acceptable behavior
to text a girl at 1:30am to see how she's been...not a great way to start something back up. And while I'm on the subject, also on the list of things that are not OK to do: showing up to a first date completely stoned; showing up to a first date 50 pounds heavier than you were in the picture our mutual friend used to bring us together; lying about your age; telling me you're a political columnist and then dropping the curious bombshell that you're really an aspiring rap star (while speaking in a cultivated "street" dialect); after weeks of appearing completely normal, signing your email Jesus Christ. Please know that this is not a comprehensive list, but that all things here are generally considered off-putting behavior. While I may have progressed past ignoring flaming red flags like a boyfriend drinking at a hotel after midnight alone with a female coworker, I know that I still have a lot to learn and these are just small steps in that direction. Also, while these offenses aren't as monumental as some I've foolishly overlooked in the past (all in the name of love, of course), they are kind of glaring and are generally not great ways to keep something going with a girl. I'm just trying to do my part to help bring people together!
04/15/2010
Perfect Places to Watch a Movie
Apartment Therapy came out with a list of the Best Small Apartments from the Silver Screen. Click on the link to see more photos.
10. Une femme est une femme: We could choose almost any Godard movie to add to this list, but this one (translated as A Woman is a Woman) has a very humble studio, and a great scene where Jean-Claude Brialy rides his bike around the apartment.
9. Breakfast at Tiffany's: Bathtub furniture, crowded cocktail parties, and romantic fire escapes. What more could you want?
8. Roman Holiday: In the film, Gregory Peck's tiny studio was only big enough for a twin bed, which made for some 50s style (i.e. repressed) sexual tension with Audrey Hepburn.
7. Rear Window: The small size of Jimmy Stewart's apartment didn't stop Grace Kelly from wanting to shack up with him in this Hitchcock thriller.
6. Rear Window (again): We had to include this film twice, thanks to the "composer's studio" across the courtyard from Jimmy Stewart's apartment. The grand piano and the greenhouse windows are amazing.
5. Miracle on 34th Street: Maureen O'Hara's apartment is so small that her daughter (played by a young Natalie Wood) asks Santa for a real house.
4. Annie Hall: Many of Woody Allen's films feature one-bedroom Manhattan apartments, but our favorite has always been Annie Hall's small space, with her black and white family photographs and tiny balcony.
3. Lolita: Okay, so the apartments in this movie are creepier than they are covetable, but we included the film for the reason that the scale and orderliness of the interiors reflect the characters' internal states. At the beginning of the film, Humbert Humbert is a neat freak living in a rented room, but by the end of the movie, he's losing his mind in Clare Quilty's messy mansion.
2. The Apartment: When we watched this Billy Wilder film, we were struck by the weird mixture of depression and quirky humor. This strange mood is reflected in the apartment's furnishings, which don't completely go together, but are interesting all the same.
1. Jules et Jim: This classic film by François Truffaut includes a mountain cabin that's not an apartment, but a small space nonetheless. The interior is a hodge-podge of styles that seems like it could as easily exist today as 100 years ago.
04/14/2010
"Some of these buildings are over 20 years old."
While I'm on the subject of quotes (see below), I will refer you to a movie that you may have already seen long ago, but one that I just discovered a few days ago: L.A. Story. Written by and starring Steve Martin, this early 90's movie is hilariously entertaining and packed full of memorable quotes and hysterical observations about Los Angeles. The story is very loosely based on Shakespeare's A Midsummer Night's Dream, and follows a bizarre love story between...several people in L.A. Bonus: it stars a young Sarah Jessica Parker as a very funny, very peppy, free spirited love interest.
04/13/2010
New Revas
Uh-oh...two shoe posts in a row! But look at all of the new spring colors from Tory Burch. How fun are the white Revas?! And I know that these shoes are comfortable.
04/09/2010
But Aren't They Cool?
Well, I won the office pool at my work. You know, the basketball thing? It might appear miraculous, but I just did a little research and then picked all of the teams the author of one of the articles I browsed said he'd be picking. Anyway, I'm glad I won because I've had my heart on a new pair of shoes for a while now, and I couldn't really justify it after dropping money on some new Ray Ban aviators the other day. So anyway, I found these adorable shoes and couldn't resist the unique design and pebbled leather. Cut to me one day after wearing them (that would be today), and my feet look like slabs of raw meat. This is why I rarely wear heels in this city! I'll spare you the gory details, but I will say that I went to work today with my feet bandaged inside a pair of flats like a nineteenth century geisha.
But aren't they cool?
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