...everybody!
Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Thursday, October 30, 2008
I need some therapy!
I'm using my moderately public forum to promote the greatest charity event in the history of ever (according to me, anyway): Retail Therapy IV: Shopping For A Cause.
Some of you may be familiar with past Retail Therapy events in which we had a fleet of limousines chauffer dozens of shoppers on a one of a kind boutique crawl. As fun as that was (and believe me it was!), we found ourselves restricted to a limited number of participants. In an effort to share the wealth this year we have changed things up a bit.
Your favorite Outer Banks boutiques, designers and artists are taking over a gorgeous oceanfront home in Nags Head and turning it into the ultimate trunk show. It's the perfect opportunity to get together with friends, enjoy some food and drinks compliments of your favorite restaurants, and shop OBX's finest all under one roof. We've got plenty of surprises in store for you as well! You can knock out all your holiday shopping, pick up a little something for yourself, natch, AND you get to support a local charity in the process. Seriously, does it get much better than that?
I'll be back with more details & to keep you updated with all the info you need, including a list of participating boutiques & restaurants. In the meantime, here are the details:
Friday, November 14
6-9 pm
VIPreview Party
$40
Be the first to get your hands on all the loot!
Wine tasting, hors d'oeuvres, raffles, live music and some amazing surprises. Limited number of tickets for this event. Your VIP ticket is valid for the Saturday event as well.
Saturday, November 15
9am-9pm
$20 ($25 at the door)
The ultimate trunk show.
Shop, snack, sip and celebrate all the fabulousness the Outer Banks has to offer.
Grab your spouse/significant other/boyfriend/girlfriend(s)/parents/co-workers/neighbors and come join the fun. All the proceeds raised from ticket sales will support the ally&maddy Retail Therapy Fund* and every penny will stay on the Outer Banks.
*The ally&maddy Retail Therapy Fund was established by a group of local women business owners who wanted to give back to the Outer Banks community. Through seminars, workshops and other outreach, our goal is to promote financial independence, business ownership and entrepreneurship for girls and women on the Outer Banks. Retail Therapy: Shopping For a Cause, our signature fund-raising event, first took place in Fall 2005 and has since become the most unique charity events on the Outer Banks. All the funds raised through Retail Therapy will stay on the Outer Banks to help young girls and women learn to be empowered, independent and successful. The ally&maddy Retail Therapy Fund operates under the umbrella of the Outer Banks Community Foundation, a 501c3 organization.
Some of you may be familiar with past Retail Therapy events in which we had a fleet of limousines chauffer dozens of shoppers on a one of a kind boutique crawl. As fun as that was (and believe me it was!), we found ourselves restricted to a limited number of participants. In an effort to share the wealth this year we have changed things up a bit.
Your favorite Outer Banks boutiques, designers and artists are taking over a gorgeous oceanfront home in Nags Head and turning it into the ultimate trunk show. It's the perfect opportunity to get together with friends, enjoy some food and drinks compliments of your favorite restaurants, and shop OBX's finest all under one roof. We've got plenty of surprises in store for you as well! You can knock out all your holiday shopping, pick up a little something for yourself, natch, AND you get to support a local charity in the process. Seriously, does it get much better than that?
I'll be back with more details & to keep you updated with all the info you need, including a list of participating boutiques & restaurants. In the meantime, here are the details:
Friday, November 14
6-9 pm
VIPreview Party
$40
Be the first to get your hands on all the loot!
Wine tasting, hors d'oeuvres, raffles, live music and some amazing surprises. Limited number of tickets for this event. Your VIP ticket is valid for the Saturday event as well.
Saturday, November 15
9am-9pm
$20 ($25 at the door)
The ultimate trunk show.
Shop, snack, sip and celebrate all the fabulousness the Outer Banks has to offer.
Grab your spouse/significant other/boyfriend/girlfriend(s)/parents/co-workers/neighbors and come join the fun. All the proceeds raised from ticket sales will support the ally&maddy Retail Therapy Fund* and every penny will stay on the Outer Banks.
*The ally&maddy Retail Therapy Fund was established by a group of local women business owners who wanted to give back to the Outer Banks community. Through seminars, workshops and other outreach, our goal is to promote financial independence, business ownership and entrepreneurship for girls and women on the Outer Banks. Retail Therapy: Shopping For a Cause, our signature fund-raising event, first took place in Fall 2005 and has since become the most unique charity events on the Outer Banks. All the funds raised through Retail Therapy will stay on the Outer Banks to help young girls and women learn to be empowered, independent and successful. The ally&maddy Retail Therapy Fund operates under the umbrella of the Outer Banks Community Foundation, a 501c3 organization.
Wednesday, October 29, 2008
Heeeeyyyyyy Donuts!!
I logged on to finish my post about Retail Therapy (something exciting to look forward to tomorrow, kids!), and I came across this tasty little tidbit:
Krispy Kreme giving out free donuts to voters on Election Day
WINSTON-SALEM, N.C., Oct. 28 /PRNewswire-FirstCall/ -- Krispy Kreme Doughnuts, Inc. wants to applaud Americans who exercise their right to vote in the 2008 Presidential campaign. On Election Day, Nov. 4, 2008, participating Krispy Kreme stores will offer one free star-shaped doughnut with red, white and blue sprinkles to each customer wearing an "I Voted" sticker. While voters may not always agree on the best candidate, voters can agree on one thing: Celebrating one of America's most coveted constitutional rights can be oh-so sweet.
I clicked through to the article fingers crossed, hoping it was a Dunkin' Donuts promotion - cause we've got a couple of those down here now - only to crumple in disappointment. And then I read this part:
"We can't guarantee that your candidate of preference will win on November 4, but we can guarantee that your right to voice your choice will be rewarded with a patriotic doughnut that will remind you just how tasty freedom really is," said Krispy Kreme's Chef Ron Rupocinski. "Krispy Kreme encourages everyone to take part in this historical election and vote."
Yes Mr. Rupocinski, freedom is indeed tasty. And nothing screams America more than trans fat and sugar loaded deep-fried dough.
"The star-shaped treats are made from Krispy Kreme's signature, yeast-raised dough and available only on Nov. 4. The promotion is good for one doughnut per customer. Select stores may be offering yeast-raised doughnuts in the standard circle shape, but decorated with red, white and blue sprinkles."
Of course, this begs the question: (and I think you know where I'm going with this) if Obama wins do we get free chocolate donuts? And if McCain emerges victorious....day old crullers?
Friday, October 17, 2008
Keep your pants on
When the following headline popped up on my computer screen, I just couldn't resist investigating further:
No Pants Is The New Skinny Jean
Wow. Apparently it was the trend for designers to send their models down the runway in what basically amounts to bejeweled panties. Though this is one trend I'm not TOO terribly concerned about catching on, I can actually see where one could make an argument in its favor.
I'd like to take you on a trip through what I like to call the evolution of an outfit. Here's how it works: you've got one article of clothing you KNOW you want to wear. So you put it on. Let's say, for this argument, that it's a killer pair of shoes. So you strap on the shoes, and start rummaging through your wardrobe in search of a coordinating piece (but not matchy-matchy cause that would be just wrong), and your eyes fall on a pretty blouse. So you put it on. Cute! Now to the bottom half. Hmm...these pants go with the top, let's try 'em. Very cute pants, but they cover the shoes, so no go. These pants over here are the perfect length and go GREAT with the shoes. Put those on. But they don't look so hot with the blouse. But you know what does?? That sweater. Put it on. Ack! No. Take it off. What about that super cute new dressy tee. It's good, but it needs a little somethin. The cardigan? Nope, that looks like crap. OOH I know - that coat! Perfect. The top part of my outfit is fantastic, but doesn't really go with these pants. Let's try these pants over here. Not good for the butt. Maybe a skirt? That would show off the shoes a little better. So, off with the pants, you try on several skirts, and after 4 or 5 tries you just can't get the proportion right.
Now, at this point, you're probably about 20 minutes late for wherever you're supposed to be heading, and possibly starting to break into a bit of a sweat as well. Your husband/boyfriend is starting to get annoyed (you're not dressed YET? What the hell was wrong with the first 3 outfits you tried on?), you explain you'll be ready in TWO MINUTES I SWEAR (which is code for put a sock in it, cause I'm bloated and you have NO IDEA how hard this is all you had to do was throw on some pants & a button down so just step off). At this point, pretty much the entire contents of your closet are on the floor and/or the bed and you're ready to give up, throw on some sweats and call it a night, when in fact what you really want to do is this:
Of course I would recommend a bra, and a little more effort on the hair, but you get my point.
No Pants Is The New Skinny Jean
Wow. Apparently it was the trend for designers to send their models down the runway in what basically amounts to bejeweled panties. Though this is one trend I'm not TOO terribly concerned about catching on, I can actually see where one could make an argument in its favor.
I'd like to take you on a trip through what I like to call the evolution of an outfit. Here's how it works: you've got one article of clothing you KNOW you want to wear. So you put it on. Let's say, for this argument, that it's a killer pair of shoes. So you strap on the shoes, and start rummaging through your wardrobe in search of a coordinating piece (but not matchy-matchy cause that would be just wrong), and your eyes fall on a pretty blouse. So you put it on. Cute! Now to the bottom half. Hmm...these pants go with the top, let's try 'em. Very cute pants, but they cover the shoes, so no go. These pants over here are the perfect length and go GREAT with the shoes. Put those on. But they don't look so hot with the blouse. But you know what does?? That sweater. Put it on. Ack! No. Take it off. What about that super cute new dressy tee. It's good, but it needs a little somethin. The cardigan? Nope, that looks like crap. OOH I know - that coat! Perfect. The top part of my outfit is fantastic, but doesn't really go with these pants. Let's try these pants over here. Not good for the butt. Maybe a skirt? That would show off the shoes a little better. So, off with the pants, you try on several skirts, and after 4 or 5 tries you just can't get the proportion right.
Now, at this point, you're probably about 20 minutes late for wherever you're supposed to be heading, and possibly starting to break into a bit of a sweat as well. Your husband/boyfriend is starting to get annoyed (you're not dressed YET? What the hell was wrong with the first 3 outfits you tried on?), you explain you'll be ready in TWO MINUTES I SWEAR (which is code for put a sock in it, cause I'm bloated and you have NO IDEA how hard this is all you had to do was throw on some pants & a button down so just step off). At this point, pretty much the entire contents of your closet are on the floor and/or the bed and you're ready to give up, throw on some sweats and call it a night, when in fact what you really want to do is this:
Of course I would recommend a bra, and a little more effort on the hair, but you get my point.
T.F.G.I.F
Which means it's one day closer to....
Can we take a minute to discuss the fabulousness that is this video? We'll skip over the fact that it's completely out of sync, which really only adds to its charm. Check out that amazing lighting, that tricky choreographed dance move (up two three four, back two three four), those incredible pants -- are they man-pri's or gauchos (man-chos?) -- the striped socks on the drummer, which if I'm not mistaken he has paired with a plaid shirt and suspenders, the hair, the tight satin shirt on the lead singer. It's a cornucopia of cheesy 70's goodness. No need to thank me, just enjoy.
Can we take a minute to discuss the fabulousness that is this video? We'll skip over the fact that it's completely out of sync, which really only adds to its charm. Check out that amazing lighting, that tricky choreographed dance move (up two three four, back two three four), those incredible pants -- are they man-pri's or gauchos (man-chos?) -- the striped socks on the drummer, which if I'm not mistaken he has paired with a plaid shirt and suspenders, the hair, the tight satin shirt on the lead singer. It's a cornucopia of cheesy 70's goodness. No need to thank me, just enjoy.
Thursday, October 16, 2008
Wednesday, October 15, 2008
...and we're auf...
PR finale just began. if there's anybody out there, feel free to join me in the comments. first question: can we virtually bitch slap kenley?
Phew!!!
Did you ever play the tunnel game when you were little? Or play it now with your kids? You know the one-you're traveling- usually on an actual trip- and a tunnel looms in the distance. Everybody starts taking deep cleansing breaths. In and Out. DEEP CLEANSING BREATHS. Then, suddenly, the car/truck/SUV take-yer-pick is actually in the tunnel. And the car is absolutely quiet. No talking, no whispering, no whistling... in fact... NO BREATHING is going on in the entire car.
Everyone is holding their breath, trying to make it the whole way through the tunnel and out the other end without another gasp of oxygen. (I assume the whole concept has something to do with the fact the most tunnels are underwater where human beings can't naturally breathe.) Eyes bulging, fingers scrabbling frantically, unspoken voices pleading with the driver through sign language to go faster! Go faster! (I finally learned not to play this game if actually driving the car since the risk of an oxygen deprived blackout is probably not in your passenger's best interests). And finally! There! The light at the end of the tunnel! Getting closer, closer until..... PHRSCHEW!!! All the breaths are released and life returns to normal.
That's kind of how I feel being almost at the end of my self-imposed blog blackout. You know, the one that started about the same time that Project Runway got really, really boring. I didn't want to talk about it yet knew if I was blogging I would have to and then the entire show would start to REALLY annoy me and PISS me off... but it ends tonight. Big wup. woo-hoo and all that. Now here are some things I'm going to get to ASAP...
the Presidential Race. Barack Obama. Michelle Obama's clothes. This year's mall fashions. The search for a great OBX manicure. Ignorant people. Properly handling hair crises. HSM 3. My Awesome Halloween Costume.... the list goes on and on... c u soon.
**And big thanks to Bravo for making the whole blog vacation possible. But next time can I borrow a few things from the Blue Fly wall?
Everyone is holding their breath, trying to make it the whole way through the tunnel and out the other end without another gasp of oxygen. (I assume the whole concept has something to do with the fact the most tunnels are underwater where human beings can't naturally breathe.) Eyes bulging, fingers scrabbling frantically, unspoken voices pleading with the driver through sign language to go faster! Go faster! (I finally learned not to play this game if actually driving the car since the risk of an oxygen deprived blackout is probably not in your passenger's best interests). And finally! There! The light at the end of the tunnel! Getting closer, closer until..... PHRSCHEW!!! All the breaths are released and life returns to normal.
That's kind of how I feel being almost at the end of my self-imposed blog blackout. You know, the one that started about the same time that Project Runway got really, really boring. I didn't want to talk about it yet knew if I was blogging I would have to and then the entire show would start to REALLY annoy me and PISS me off... but it ends tonight. Big wup. woo-hoo and all that. Now here are some things I'm going to get to ASAP...
the Presidential Race. Barack Obama. Michelle Obama's clothes. This year's mall fashions. The search for a great OBX manicure. Ignorant people. Properly handling hair crises. HSM 3. My Awesome Halloween Costume.... the list goes on and on... c u soon.
**And big thanks to Bravo for making the whole blog vacation possible. But next time can I borrow a few things from the Blue Fly wall?
Tuesday, October 14, 2008
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
If you ask me, they're all losers
I know it's waaaay past the big event, but I made a promise and damn if I'm not going to keep it. I can't let my loyal readers down! So Claiborne, Monika...this one's for you!
Due to my usual Sunday night chaos, I wasn't able to sit down and watch the live broadcast until it was more than half over, and for that I will be eternally grateful. I did sit back down in my cozy chair a couple nights later and try to watch the entire thing again to provide my insight and sjlfdua oia ioauioujioujioureizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Whoa. Sorry about that. Nodded off for a bit. The sad fact is, these people bore me. Life was so much better before all the stars had stylists and they just showed up as their own crazy selves. You know, when Joan Rivers was bitingly funny and before she had her face pulled so tight you could bounce a quarter on it and got her vapid daughter involved. Ahhh, the good ol days. But now the celebs are all carbon copies of each other, and even the ones who get it wrong aren't doing it to express their quirky sense of style, they're just tacky. Sigh. Snore. Maybe part of my problem is that my reaction to at least half of the people strutting and posing across my screen is, "who the hell is that?" and "who the hell actually STANDS like that?" (see Zellweger, Renee)
I have however, finally sorted through all the pics I could handle, and I'll start posting some thoughts. Like this one:
Hey lookie there! Christina Hendricks brought her Golden Globes to the Emmy's! Looking good Joanie, looking good. Though I don't recall her head looking so tiny on the show...
Next up: bring on the crazy....
Due to my usual Sunday night chaos, I wasn't able to sit down and watch the live broadcast until it was more than half over, and for that I will be eternally grateful. I did sit back down in my cozy chair a couple nights later and try to watch the entire thing again to provide my insight and sjlfdua oia ioauioujioujioureizzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzzz. Whoa. Sorry about that. Nodded off for a bit. The sad fact is, these people bore me. Life was so much better before all the stars had stylists and they just showed up as their own crazy selves. You know, when Joan Rivers was bitingly funny and before she had her face pulled so tight you could bounce a quarter on it and got her vapid daughter involved. Ahhh, the good ol days. But now the celebs are all carbon copies of each other, and even the ones who get it wrong aren't doing it to express their quirky sense of style, they're just tacky. Sigh. Snore. Maybe part of my problem is that my reaction to at least half of the people strutting and posing across my screen is, "who the hell is that?" and "who the hell actually STANDS like that?" (see Zellweger, Renee) I have however, finally sorted through all the pics I could handle, and I'll start posting some thoughts. Like this one:
Hey lookie there! Christina Hendricks brought her Golden Globes to the Emmy's! Looking good Joanie, looking good. Though I don't recall her head looking so tiny on the show...
Next up: bring on the crazy....
Friday, September 19, 2008
I know. I know.
We've been baaaaaad bloggers. Our intentions were good, our hearts in the right place, but as Sister Hazel puts it, "Life got in the way." But we're back dear readers, if there are any of you left out there. And we're coming back strong! (not this post per se, but soon...very soon.)
Sunday night brings the spectacle known as the 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards. Now, I've only been aware of this for about 12 hours, so I have absolutely nothing to offer in the way of predictions, insight or pre-game commentary. Not that you care, because let's be honest, we only watch these shows in the hope that someone will show up dressed batshit crazy. (Dear God I hope Bjork is nominated for SOMETHING.) All I know is this: there are 5 hosts and they are all the nominees for Outstanding Reality/Competition Host. Seriously Emmy people? Tom Bergeron? Howie Mendel? Jeff Probst? Ryan f'ing Seacrest for crying out loud?! That's the best they could do? Don't we have to tolerate enough of these tools already? (Not you Heidi, you're fabulous. Just don't forget to look at the teleprompter and you'll be fine, liebchen.) **by the way...thought you'd like to know I just confirmed my German spelling at what is possibly the greatest of all double entendre websites...quickdic.com.
Jamie and I will be tuning in at 8pm/7 central, with our laptops and bitchy, snarky comments at the ready. That, and our deep, deep love for all things Mad Men.
Do be sure to join us in the comments section as we live blog the good, the bad, the ugly, and the sure to be irritatingly long acceptance speeches.
Sunday night brings the spectacle known as the 60th Annual Primetime Emmy Awards. Now, I've only been aware of this for about 12 hours, so I have absolutely nothing to offer in the way of predictions, insight or pre-game commentary. Not that you care, because let's be honest, we only watch these shows in the hope that someone will show up dressed batshit crazy. (Dear God I hope Bjork is nominated for SOMETHING.) All I know is this: there are 5 hosts and they are all the nominees for Outstanding Reality/Competition Host. Seriously Emmy people? Tom Bergeron? Howie Mendel? Jeff Probst? Ryan f'ing Seacrest for crying out loud?! That's the best they could do? Don't we have to tolerate enough of these tools already? (Not you Heidi, you're fabulous. Just don't forget to look at the teleprompter and you'll be fine, liebchen.) **by the way...thought you'd like to know I just confirmed my German spelling at what is possibly the greatest of all double entendre websites...quickdic.com. Jamie and I will be tuning in at 8pm/7 central, with our laptops and bitchy, snarky comments at the ready. That, and our deep, deep love for all things Mad Men.
Do be sure to join us in the comments section as we live blog the good, the bad, the ugly, and the sure to be irritatingly long acceptance speeches.
Friday, August 22, 2008
What a Drag!
It's official (because my sister agrees with me)...Wednesday nights cross dressing Project Runway was the greatest runway show in the history of ever. It was auf the hook! (Ha! See what I did there? Suck on that Heidi!) That episode was so freakin' entertaining that I'm actually going to watch it TWICE. Drag Queens! Sequins! RuPaul! Gay pterydactyls! The mere thought of Michael Kors in drag! It's all just too too good. So humor me for one more night whilst I watch it again with unabashed glee, and I'll post some thoughts tomorrow. Or Sunday. Whatever.
In the meantime, Jamie has made the astute observation that we are in serious need of our own drag queen names. So far, I've come up with....nothing. I'm asking for your help people. Best submission wins a free bowl of 'candy'. (and if you watched the episode, you'll get that joke. hee.)
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
An Olympic Comeback
Sorry I've been out of touch dear readers. I've been suffering from a case of Olympic fever, which I seem to come down with every 2 years (unlike Bullets fever, which happens to me every year). I'm also in the midst of the mid-to-late-August Outer Banks Business Owners blues, aka when all the summer help returns to college and I actually have to WORK again. So it's about all I can do to keep myself awake at night long enough to marvel at the Olympic porn, much less get on my painfully slow computer and post a blog. And by Olympic porn, of course I mean the awe inspiring abdominals and biceps of the swimmers, divers, water polo players and gymnasts.
Holy hell. I don't know if the USOC has cut back on the amount of fabric used in their uniforms as a result of budget cuts, or maybe they're going green & trying to 'conserve', but I think I speak on behalf of most viewers when I say, thank you thank you thank you! And though they have been relatively equitable with the eye candy for both male and female viewers, I must ask why the female volleyball players are practically naked while the men romp around in baggy tanks and shorts. Compared to the see-through dental floss the women are prancing around in, the men are practically wearing burkas! Something's amiss. Shouldn't men's Olympic volleyball be more reminiscent of, oh i don't know.... THIS??(Do you think they have the net at about 4'9" so Tom Cruise can actually reach it?)
Some other Olympic observations:
Bob Costas is a tool.
Exactly how many boxing matches ARE there? Every time I turn on CSNBCUSAXYZPDQ it's all boxing all the time. Although I do love me some Teddy Atlas and have found him to be the only interesting thing worth watching on that channel.
Tim Daggett wears more make up than Elfie Shlagel or whatever her name is.
Tiki Barber should not, I repeat NOT be allowed to commentate, pontificate, facilitate or do anything else involving a microphone and broadcasting. Tiki. Honey. You were tolerable (mildly) on the Today show, grating on Project Runway, and downright painful to watch during the 30 seconds of your Olympic coverage I was able to stomach.
Greatest Olympic name: Dong Dong, the Chinese trampoline 'athlete'. Go ahead, try to say it without giggling.
Hey, you think the Jamaican runners are using some kind of "performance enhacing substance"? Just wondering....
Finally, and on a completely different topic -
I have not watched the last 3 episodes of PR (I hear ya, Clai - they bore me too) so I really can't comment on what's going on with the show this season. But I thought you all might enjoy seeing how I'm doing in the fantasy league...
team_hotpants' Project Runway
-8 Points, this week.
-7 Points, total this season.
4366th On this week's leaderboard
4089th On the overall leaderboard
Jamie, that should make you feel a little better.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Another gogo with Jojo...
Okay, add Lipstick Jungle to the list of 'Shows I Should Be Watching As If I Had The Time' which also includes KQ's favorite MadMen and Californication which was recommended by somebody at the coffee shop, probably Shane.
This week's recap features another guest appearance by none other than Jojoagogo, now dancing at the Stewartstown VFW. Just kiddin'. Down to business, we already know from last week that this week's guest is Brooke Shields. Ya gotta love Brooke. I think grace is her middle name. It's been awhile since the episode and I'm a little foggy but here are my highlights (speaking of which I really need to make an appt. w/Angie, the only colorist in Duck)...
Blayne... Bratty Blayne... Crazy Blayne... I am so over with the hoodies already, and the 'licious, ... dude, you are so not crazy but you do almost take Leann out which needs to be done if only for that really weird ruched burgundy add-a-cowl thing she was sporting. Leanne complains she has 'lost her confidence' which is hard to do if you didn't have any to begin with. Tim's comment about the whole shorts debacle was 'its not a bad idea' but I interpreted that to be the equivalent of the infamous mom comment 'he might have a nice personality'. Even Brooke was initially a little scared of Blayne's design... aren't we all a little scared of Blaynanoma? Jojo points out that yet another design manages to make a model's size -2 hips look big. Bad, bad, bad. Heidi points out his model looks like she got dressed without a mirror... umm, have y'all really looked, I mean LOOKED at Leann?
Jojoagogo totally calls the fact that all the models will be sporting Brooke-like tresses courtesy of the Tresemme hair salon. Everybody drink.
Suede, 37, amazingly claims to remember Brooke's Calvin Klein ads.. barely, I'm sure. Suede gets all Mr. High Maintenance on Terri resulting in Terri's rather crass 'I'm not -bleep- feeding any babies'. For the record, she's still on my team and I'm sure she said breast because she would never use any of the euphemism I hate for this part of a woman's body and I hate ALL of them...
Korto's got a veggie thing going on... first the gourd dress, now the sweet potato jacket but I love the way she handles Joe, refusing to push him under that old, tired, broken down bus that Bravo keeps using.
Jerrell, Jerrell, Jerrell... If I'd remembered to change my team you wouldn't be on it but Flyboy claims 'he's due'. Yeah, due to go home after last week's Peter Pan hat. But all my eggs end up in his basket and I am so crossin' fingers when he pulls out the 'Ms. Shields' card. What home-training. Brooke worries a bit about the belt but Michael and Heidi love it reminding her with their snarky comments that 'Brooke don't know fashion'. Jarrell, I am so worried about the man dress look you are sporting. The runway is about your MODEL not YOU.... nevertheless you are THE man tonight, my MAIN man, because no way are they gonna let Keith and Kenley's mermaid skirt top you... WWWHHHHAAATTT??? OMG, call BravoTV... the PR judges have gone straight from smokin' crack to crystal meth. Unbelievable.
Kelli's parting comment 'I have no regrets'... you're gonna regret those full arm tatts one day, honey. Daniel & Kenley's crush is OVER... Stella gets to work with Leatha.. plus she's totally channeling Cher for awhile there with the pigtails and everything which actually kind of works for her.
Jojagogo's Coors Light Comment of the Night: Michael Kors, 'Slutty, slutty, slutty'. So under the breath in the girl's bathroom, so catlike, so Michael.
Are designers getting money now for using Mood totes all the time? Why do we never see fights over shoes at the Bluefly Accessories wall? Could Heidi just STOP looking younger every week? Could I get a hug from Tim? Oooo, up next- DRAG QUEENS!!! Whoo-hoo! Perfect for a season that doesn't really have a Priscilla-like contestant. (Can't wait to have Chris back.) But pause for thought a minute over this astute parting observation from Jojoagogo- why are they asking them to make a 'costume' when the judges are always complaining about things being 'costumey'? It's a question for the ages.. or at least until next week's recap... I'll miss you Jojo! But I'll be taking notes for future costume ideas for your 'routines'....
This week's recap features another guest appearance by none other than Jojoagogo, now dancing at the Stewartstown VFW. Just kiddin'. Down to business, we already know from last week that this week's guest is Brooke Shields. Ya gotta love Brooke. I think grace is her middle name. It's been awhile since the episode and I'm a little foggy but here are my highlights (speaking of which I really need to make an appt. w/Angie, the only colorist in Duck)...
Blayne... Bratty Blayne... Crazy Blayne... I am so over with the hoodies already, and the 'licious, ... dude, you are so not crazy but you do almost take Leann out which needs to be done if only for that really weird ruched burgundy add-a-cowl thing she was sporting. Leanne complains she has 'lost her confidence' which is hard to do if you didn't have any to begin with. Tim's comment about the whole shorts debacle was 'its not a bad idea' but I interpreted that to be the equivalent of the infamous mom comment 'he might have a nice personality'. Even Brooke was initially a little scared of Blayne's design... aren't we all a little scared of Blaynanoma? Jojo points out that yet another design manages to make a model's size -2 hips look big. Bad, bad, bad. Heidi points out his model looks like she got dressed without a mirror... umm, have y'all really looked, I mean LOOKED at Leann?
Jojoagogo totally calls the fact that all the models will be sporting Brooke-like tresses courtesy of the Tresemme hair salon. Everybody drink.
Suede, 37, amazingly claims to remember Brooke's Calvin Klein ads.. barely, I'm sure. Suede gets all Mr. High Maintenance on Terri resulting in Terri's rather crass 'I'm not -bleep- feeding any babies'. For the record, she's still on my team and I'm sure she said breast because she would never use any of the euphemism I hate for this part of a woman's body and I hate ALL of them...
Korto's got a veggie thing going on... first the gourd dress, now the sweet potato jacket but I love the way she handles Joe, refusing to push him under that old, tired, broken down bus that Bravo keeps using.
Jerrell, Jerrell, Jerrell... If I'd remembered to change my team you wouldn't be on it but Flyboy claims 'he's due'. Yeah, due to go home after last week's Peter Pan hat. But all my eggs end up in his basket and I am so crossin' fingers when he pulls out the 'Ms. Shields' card. What home-training. Brooke worries a bit about the belt but Michael and Heidi love it reminding her with their snarky comments that 'Brooke don't know fashion'. Jarrell, I am so worried about the man dress look you are sporting. The runway is about your MODEL not YOU.... nevertheless you are THE man tonight, my MAIN man, because no way are they gonna let Keith and Kenley's mermaid skirt top you... WWWHHHHAAATTT??? OMG, call BravoTV... the PR judges have gone straight from smokin' crack to crystal meth. Unbelievable.
Kelli's parting comment 'I have no regrets'... you're gonna regret those full arm tatts one day, honey. Daniel & Kenley's crush is OVER... Stella gets to work with Leatha.. plus she's totally channeling Cher for awhile there with the pigtails and everything which actually kind of works for her.
Jojagogo's Coors Light Comment of the Night: Michael Kors, 'Slutty, slutty, slutty'. So under the breath in the girl's bathroom, so catlike, so Michael.
Are designers getting money now for using Mood totes all the time? Why do we never see fights over shoes at the Bluefly Accessories wall? Could Heidi just STOP looking younger every week? Could I get a hug from Tim? Oooo, up next- DRAG QUEENS!!! Whoo-hoo! Perfect for a season that doesn't really have a Priscilla-like contestant. (Can't wait to have Chris back.) But pause for thought a minute over this astute parting observation from Jojoagogo- why are they asking them to make a 'costume' when the judges are always complaining about things being 'costumey'? It's a question for the ages.. or at least until next week's recap... I'll miss you Jojo! But I'll be taking notes for future costume ideas for your 'routines'....
Thursday, August 14, 2008
I'm cabbage patching right now...
13.. count 'em, THIRTEEN points last night... I almost blew by Claiborne but NO, she had to go and get ten points... and then there's flyboy still out there with 30 but I'm telling you Mr. Fancypants- I'm coming to GIT CHA!! Thank god for little points, cause that's all I got last night but they sure do add up! Stay tuned for a recap of last night's episode... and would somebody issue an APB for Katherine?
Wednesday, August 13, 2008
A Little PR with Jojoagogo
Got to enjoy a little Project Runway last week with faithful QB reader Jojoagogo. Over a few glasses of wine, couple bottles of beer, amidst the drama of sewing machine sabotage and patriotic fervor I forgot to ask her about that name. Is she a huge Wham! fan? Does she wish instead of lawyer, mother and wife she was Bubbles down at Girls! Girls! Girls!? Jojoagogo- inquiring minds WANT to know- what’s with the name? Back to PR, Episode 4 and random thoughts from Rings of Glory...
I don’t know what annoys me most about Blayne- the tanning addiction or the hoodies obsession; right now it’s a close tie. I wish he would just go the F away. Can’t decide if Kenley’s switch to a huge flower in her hair instead of feathers is an improvement. Her friggin’ headpieces are like a birds vs. bees fight. Field Trip!! As soon as they enter Armory Track & Field place I know there’s some kind of Olympic challenge coming up. Call me psychic if you will, but it isn’t that hard to stay one step ahead of the PR producers sometimes. The gym is empty save for an in-line skater who happens to be none other than… huh? Who is that guy? Next to me Jojoagogo is practically peeing her pants (thank god it’s a leather couch)- “Apolo ! It’s Apolo Ohno!” Damn. I thought it was Marc Andre Fleury from the Penguins but apparently its his look-a-like Olympic gold medalist Apolo with this week’s challenge! Design an outfit that a Team USA athlete would be proud to wear at opening ceremonies which of course, just happen to be on Friday. (With Jojoagogo as my witness, I totally called this challenge as soon as Tim introduced Apolo). HUGE budget on this one- $130. And off we go to Mood.
Back to the work room… looks like Kenley and Daniel have one of those work-room crushes going on- all sibling giggles and teasing (and then POW: sibling rivalry as later Kenley convinces Daniel to lose the bolero that may have saved him here.) Stella not only has these huge vicious spikes coming out of her clothes today but she, naturally, has bought black for her outfit. I believe one of her comments was she wanted Team USA to look ‘bad ass’. On Chinese soil, I’m not sure that’s a good thing. Blayne goes with the whole literal one-shouldered toga imagery but his outfit looks like a prototype for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Barbie! Includes triple layer pollution mask! And button that says “Mr. President- I’m waiting for my butt smack!”… I digress.. But apparently Blayne is so tanning desperate he’s seeing everything in cold, stark white these days hence the domination of the color in his outfit.
Terri- come on girl, I picked you again for my team but I’m worried about the bustier thing- there aren’t too many female Olympic athletes out there with the bosoms to hold one of those things up- and muscle doesn’t sag so they definitely don’t need any push-up help. (But she does pull it off- not enough to rack up any points for me, though.)
Joe with the zippers- very witty; I like Joe, he’s a dark horse AND he finally gets me some points by fighting with another designer and accusing one of messing with his machine. Woo-hoo! Jerrell- I am dropping you from my team next week. Your Olympic outfit scared me man; and between your weird little Peter Pan hat and the Little Bo Peep look of your model the two of you looked like you got lost looking for the cafeteria on the Warner Brothers lot.
I have renamed Jennifer “Dorothy” because she needs to go back to Kansas. She says how in high school she was a ‘dancer and a gymnast and a cheerleader’ and that’s exactly what happens when there are only 80 people in your high school. I’m sorry, but this girl is just so out of her league here that Tim used both these words to describe her outfit ‘matronly’ and ‘junior’- can’t we please do her a favor and send her home? Huge sigh of relief… they do. And as she is taking her last walk off the runway, Jojo notices she is wearing red pumps. Goodbye Dorothy.
Some of my favorite comments (I’ll attribute them if I can remember which inane person uttered them): ‘Uniforms make everyone look generic’ … duh, I think that’s the point. Jarrell calls Blaine ‘Tanorexic’ Here’s another one from me ‘blayneanoma’, Tim just can’t get his mouth around ‘cha’ in ‘holla at cha boy’ and persists in saying ‘cher’; Heidi actually says ‘idears’, I think its when she’s wearing the chain mail… When Michael Kors during judging uses finger quotations around the word ‘athletic’ and Kelli says her outfit is ‘not 100% relevant to the Olympics’ I want to remind them both that this was an OLYMPICS challenge. Jeezus.
So Korto wins, of course I took her off my team this week. I think she’s going to be strong. Love Terri’s jeans and black top, wish I could see Daniel after the show kicking Kelly’s ass for making him lose the bolero and…. See you after Episode 5!
I don’t know what annoys me most about Blayne- the tanning addiction or the hoodies obsession; right now it’s a close tie. I wish he would just go the F away. Can’t decide if Kenley’s switch to a huge flower in her hair instead of feathers is an improvement. Her friggin’ headpieces are like a birds vs. bees fight. Field Trip!! As soon as they enter Armory Track & Field place I know there’s some kind of Olympic challenge coming up. Call me psychic if you will, but it isn’t that hard to stay one step ahead of the PR producers sometimes. The gym is empty save for an in-line skater who happens to be none other than… huh? Who is that guy? Next to me Jojoagogo is practically peeing her pants (thank god it’s a leather couch)- “Apolo ! It’s Apolo Ohno!” Damn. I thought it was Marc Andre Fleury from the Penguins but apparently its his look-a-like Olympic gold medalist Apolo with this week’s challenge! Design an outfit that a Team USA athlete would be proud to wear at opening ceremonies which of course, just happen to be on Friday. (With Jojoagogo as my witness, I totally called this challenge as soon as Tim introduced Apolo). HUGE budget on this one- $130. And off we go to Mood.
Back to the work room… looks like Kenley and Daniel have one of those work-room crushes going on- all sibling giggles and teasing (and then POW: sibling rivalry as later Kenley convinces Daniel to lose the bolero that may have saved him here.) Stella not only has these huge vicious spikes coming out of her clothes today but she, naturally, has bought black for her outfit. I believe one of her comments was she wanted Team USA to look ‘bad ass’. On Chinese soil, I’m not sure that’s a good thing. Blayne goes with the whole literal one-shouldered toga imagery but his outfit looks like a prototype for the 2008 Beijing Olympic Barbie! Includes triple layer pollution mask! And button that says “Mr. President- I’m waiting for my butt smack!”… I digress.. But apparently Blayne is so tanning desperate he’s seeing everything in cold, stark white these days hence the domination of the color in his outfit.
Terri- come on girl, I picked you again for my team but I’m worried about the bustier thing- there aren’t too many female Olympic athletes out there with the bosoms to hold one of those things up- and muscle doesn’t sag so they definitely don’t need any push-up help. (But she does pull it off- not enough to rack up any points for me, though.)
Joe with the zippers- very witty; I like Joe, he’s a dark horse AND he finally gets me some points by fighting with another designer and accusing one of messing with his machine. Woo-hoo! Jerrell- I am dropping you from my team next week. Your Olympic outfit scared me man; and between your weird little Peter Pan hat and the Little Bo Peep look of your model the two of you looked like you got lost looking for the cafeteria on the Warner Brothers lot.
I have renamed Jennifer “Dorothy” because she needs to go back to Kansas. She says how in high school she was a ‘dancer and a gymnast and a cheerleader’ and that’s exactly what happens when there are only 80 people in your high school. I’m sorry, but this girl is just so out of her league here that Tim used both these words to describe her outfit ‘matronly’ and ‘junior’- can’t we please do her a favor and send her home? Huge sigh of relief… they do. And as she is taking her last walk off the runway, Jojo notices she is wearing red pumps. Goodbye Dorothy.
Some of my favorite comments (I’ll attribute them if I can remember which inane person uttered them): ‘Uniforms make everyone look generic’ … duh, I think that’s the point. Jarrell calls Blaine ‘Tanorexic’ Here’s another one from me ‘blayneanoma’, Tim just can’t get his mouth around ‘cha’ in ‘holla at cha boy’ and persists in saying ‘cher’; Heidi actually says ‘idears’, I think its when she’s wearing the chain mail… When Michael Kors during judging uses finger quotations around the word ‘athletic’ and Kelli says her outfit is ‘not 100% relevant to the Olympics’ I want to remind them both that this was an OLYMPICS challenge. Jeezus.
So Korto wins, of course I took her off my team this week. I think she’s going to be strong. Love Terri’s jeans and black top, wish I could see Daniel after the show kicking Kelly’s ass for making him lose the bolero and…. See you after Episode 5!
Thursday, August 7, 2008
I'm a debutante!
Just in case anyone missed it, I have finally scored some points. In fact, my whopping nine points from last night not only sees me debuting at the #4 spot on the Queen Beaches group page, but also ranks me overall on fafarazzi as 138th for this week's episode and 1,367 overall.
Look out Flyboy, HepmehepmeTim is comin' to get cha!
Look out Flyboy, HepmehepmeTim is comin' to get cha!
Tuesday, August 5, 2008
Could I get a friggin' point over here please?!
Just a little, bitter, reminder that it is Tuesday which means Project Runway is on tomorrow which means you better run over to Fafarazzi.com and evaluate your team roster. I've been considering my utter lack of points so far this season which leads to my status on the leader board- N/A. How humiliating. I'm thinking about auctioning off the rights to choose my weekly team roster on E-bay. Don't knock it, some guy just paid $8k for a dorito that looks like Dale Earnhardt. Wish me luck....
Monday, August 4, 2008
TONIGHT ON BRAVO...
Welcome to Judy's World-O-Beauty in Anywhere-Small-Town, USA. Judy's has been struggling for some time and the owners, Mark-n-Anthony, aren't sure how much longer they'll be able to stay afloat. Half their customers have disappeared this year and while Mark thinks it is a sign of the forthcoming rapture, Anthony is pretty sure it is Mark's failing eyesight and stubborn refusal to wear glasses. They've had to let most of their other stylists go and are now down to manicurist Tranh, a 70 year old shampoo 'girl' named Bess and receptionist/hair sweeper/girl Friday- Dawyn. What they don't know this Friday morning is that Sabrina Bryan, the Queen of Mean from Bravo TV's Shear Genius, is on her way right now to their salon....
SABRINA'S SALON TAKEOVER
Sabrina (striding purposefully through the door as Mark-n-Anthony stand gaping at the sight): Right then, what the (bleep) is going on here?
Anthony: ohmyGOD!!! It's Sabrina!! Mark, our prayers to Jennifer Lopez have been answered! Sabrina is here to save us!
Mark: What? Where? Is that Mr. Magoo?
Sabrina: Did you just (bleeping) compare me to a dingbat old man? I'm here to (bleepin) save you (bleepin) (bleeps) and you insult me the second I walk through the door?
Anthony: Mark, you douchebag, I told you you needed glasses!! Its S-A-B-R-I-N-A from Shear Genius! She's going to help us!
Mark: Oh sweetie, she scares the livin' daylights outta me.
Sabrina: Scary? I'll show you (bleepin) scary- 'ave you seen the cuts you've been sending out of this (bleep) hole lately? We've had a hidden camera on this (bleepin) shop all week and look what kind of (bleep) you've been sending out of here.
(fade to videos of very bad haircuts)
Mark (now crying and clinging to Anthony): Oh honey, don't leave me, you're the wind beneath my wings, I'm so sorry, I'll do anything. I'll listen to the witch, just DON'T LEAVE...
Sabrina: I'm sorry did you just call me a (bleepin) witch?
(door in back of shop opens, in strides Gordon Ramsey)
Gordon: I'm sorry, are we disturbing you in here? We're trying to (bleepin) transform the (bleepin) restaurant next door but with all the racket over here we can't get anything (bleeping) done!Sabrina: Oh, put a sock in it Ramsey.
Gordon: You stupid, stupid cow. Do you have any idea how (bleepin) important I am? Do you? What's this then- (bleeping) Hair Nightmares? How very (bleeping) original.
Sabrina: Look, why don't you put your little apron back on and go back to your (bleeping) cookies and let me get some real work done.
Gordon: You idiot! Are you really that dense? (Bleep) (bleeping) (bleepity) (bleepoty) (bleep)!
(Pan to Anthony lying on the floor in a pile of hair clippings clutching his chest)
Tranh: Escuse me somebody, but I think Mister Anthony sick.
Dawyn (on cell phone): ... so then this guy said 'whatever' and I said 'whatever' and then, get this, Rachel says 'whatever Major Loser'!
Gordon: I'm sick of this! I'm sick of the whole lot of you! Do you really think you can do a (bleepin) business makeover show better than me? Oh, piss off!!
(storms out front door and into a taxi)
Sabrina: Toff.
Mark (on the floor beside his lover, holding his hand): Anthony, honey, say something, say anything!
Anthony: Darling, I'm so cold.. I see a long tunnel.. wait, there's something glowing ... its getting closer... its... its... Jennifer Lopez... in de la Renta!
Mark: Run, Anthony, run to the light!
Sabrina (on cell phone): Look, I don't give a (bleep) who he's in a meeting with. You tell him Sabrina is on the phone and this whole deal just (bleeping) (bleeps).
Camera moves to Bess who is shuffling around, shaking her head, collecting her purse and coat. muttering.. 'I knew cable TV was the work of the devil.'
Hey- it could happen!
Thursday, July 31, 2008
DON'T hold your comments till the end
Just a quick editorial note- I talk to so many people who say that while they love reading the blog they just haven't summoned up the courage to start 'commenting'. We here at Queen Beaches would like to tell YOU, our readers, that it is your comments that keep us going! So PLEASE sign up today and get in the fray! Tell us what you think about what we think! Your opinions on our opinions! Get snarky with us but please, don't out-clever us... you'll make us look bad. But really, what's everybody waiting for? Do you not see how much fun everybody else is having? INQUIRING MINDS WANT TO KNOW- WHAT DO YOU THINK?!?!?
PROJECT RUNWAY RECAP
OMG... somebody call the brass at Bravo because the Project Runway judges are SMOKIN' CRACK!!!! I am pretty disgusted at the moment so if I tend to veer all over the place, please bear with me. So here are my thoughts of Episode 3...
Kenley aka Veronica (like from Archie) enough with the feathered hairpieces already!!! Did you not see Carrie's reaction in the SATC movie when she finally realized she had a bird in her hair???
Leanne with the plaid... again... Emily with the theme dressing... again.. last week it was a grecian princess this time its Sailor Moon but unfortunately for Emily, her boat sailed off the show this week although I honestly cannot believe that Jennifer, the home ec student so out of her league with no style or taste (I mean, her personal outfits keep getting worse and worse!), won out over her. I loved what she said about her awful outfit 'I wanted it to be fun and young' well it can't be because you're NOT.
Blayne- you are so not long for this world and I just don't think you'll have enough air time to coin the next PR phrase.. last week it was Liciousness.. this week 'tough and dirty' or was it 'holla at cha boy' (which was amusing when Tim tried it on for size). And how did he make the cut when his dress was almost identical to Emily's- black with a 'great big corsage'?
Why, why, why is nobody listening to Tim 'the Guru' Gunn??? He gives them his complete and honest opinions and as soon as he walks away they're like 'I don't care. I know my style. I like it.' Oh, and which fashion conglomerate are you the CCO of?
Stella with the lacing is like Rami with the draping.. and I'm starting to decipher that she might be into leather... and what's with the striped leggings and leather nappie? And the past two weeks I've put both Joe and Jarrell up in my top picks and they've gotten no notice from the judges.
So its down to the wire and the workroom is chaos with ten minutes left to Runway and I'm looking at all these outfits, lots of which do NOTHING for the models and actually manage to make these stick thin girls look chunky, and three words come to mind. Hot. Tranny. Mess. Please God send more than one of these fools home this week.
Rooting for Terri, she's on my team- go Terri, go Terri, go Terri..... WHAAAATTTT???? Kenley? Kenley whose outfit garnered these descriptions 'Joan Crawford-esque', 'outdated', 'if you're not tall, you can't wear it'... I believe Tim Gunn described it as 'costumey'... yet Nina declares it adorable and she WINS???? I am so p.o 'ed. I got no points this week... again... nada... zilch... zero. I don't even want to look at our group standings.....
Kenley aka Veronica (like from Archie) enough with the feathered hairpieces already!!! Did you not see Carrie's reaction in the SATC movie when she finally realized she had a bird in her hair???
Leanne with the plaid... again... Emily with the theme dressing... again.. last week it was a grecian princess this time its Sailor Moon but unfortunately for Emily, her boat sailed off the show this week although I honestly cannot believe that Jennifer, the home ec student so out of her league with no style or taste (I mean, her personal outfits keep getting worse and worse!), won out over her. I loved what she said about her awful outfit 'I wanted it to be fun and young' well it can't be because you're NOT.
Blayne- you are so not long for this world and I just don't think you'll have enough air time to coin the next PR phrase.. last week it was Liciousness.. this week 'tough and dirty' or was it 'holla at cha boy' (which was amusing when Tim tried it on for size). And how did he make the cut when his dress was almost identical to Emily's- black with a 'great big corsage'?
Why, why, why is nobody listening to Tim 'the Guru' Gunn??? He gives them his complete and honest opinions and as soon as he walks away they're like 'I don't care. I know my style. I like it.' Oh, and which fashion conglomerate are you the CCO of?
Stella with the lacing is like Rami with the draping.. and I'm starting to decipher that she might be into leather... and what's with the striped leggings and leather nappie? And the past two weeks I've put both Joe and Jarrell up in my top picks and they've gotten no notice from the judges.
So its down to the wire and the workroom is chaos with ten minutes left to Runway and I'm looking at all these outfits, lots of which do NOTHING for the models and actually manage to make these stick thin girls look chunky, and three words come to mind. Hot. Tranny. Mess. Please God send more than one of these fools home this week.
Rooting for Terri, she's on my team- go Terri, go Terri, go Terri..... WHAAAATTTT???? Kenley? Kenley whose outfit garnered these descriptions 'Joan Crawford-esque', 'outdated', 'if you're not tall, you can't wear it'... I believe Tim Gunn described it as 'costumey'... yet Nina declares it adorable and she WINS???? I am so p.o 'ed. I got no points this week... again... nada... zilch... zero. I don't even want to look at our group standings.....
Wednesday, July 30, 2008
Today's Lucky Winner...
The winning song today under the heading 'New Songs I Absolutely Despise' is (surprise, surprise) Kid Rock's All Summer Long. There's so much wrong with this little ditty that it would take too much time I don't have right now and too much space on this blog IF I could even figure out where to begin. So I'll just throw out the one word and one word only that comes to mind every time I hear this song....
S-E-L-L-O-U-T.
Tuesday, July 29, 2008
Okay, boys and girls, its time to get your teams ready for tomorrow night's Project Runway episode! In case you STILL haven't gotten on board, we're all playing Fantasy Project Runway at fafarazzi.com and you can still sign up to play! Once you get all set up with the site, use this link to take part in the exclusive Queen Beaches group page - this is like your personal invitation so don't lose it again!
I wish Stella would go back to The Brooklyn House O' Leather. We get the fact that you're urban already! And did you really steam that dress WHILE it was on the model? Huge rookie mistake. I really couldn't be more annoyed with any of the designers. Oh wait a tick, Jamie could be more annoyed. In fact, Jamie was very irritated while Jamie was watching last week's episode. Jamie thought that if Jamie heard Suede refer to himself in the third person OR heard one more designer talk about Suede referring to himself in the third person, Jamie would puke. But he did win. But he must lose the jean jeacket with SUEDE in rhinestones on the back. I did love his dress, even if, as Tim commented, it did have some homosexual dinosaur leanings.
Interesting note on the contest to date: All participating women are currently getting their heinies spanked by two men- Flyboy and Uncle Rico. Nice.
A few thoughts from last week's episode I'd like to share as we all contemplate our team rosters for tomorrow...
First of all, the 'green fabric' challenge... I'm sorry, but aren't a lot of fabrics made from natural fibers? All they had to avoid was synthetics and poisonous dyes and (Tim's words here)- if appropriate, organically grown. So he takes the models to Mood because this challenge apparently is all about them and they get to choose the fabric for the dress they'll wear and we encounter the first riddle of the evening- If you take 15 model-wannabes to a fabric store that sells 1,000's of textiles, how many models will pick the same fabric? My head is in my hands... no to mention I think they told the designers they'd get a free Starbucks latte every time they said the words 'green fabric' during the episode. Enough already!
Back at the ranch, let's talk about this season's designers which instantly brings me to today's separated at birth... Ron Wood and his baby sister Steeeelllllaaaaa!
I wish Stella would go back to The Brooklyn House O' Leather. We get the fact that you're urban already! And did you really steam that dress WHILE it was on the model? Huge rookie mistake. I really couldn't be more annoyed with any of the designers. Oh wait a tick, Jamie could be more annoyed. In fact, Jamie was very irritated while Jamie was watching last week's episode. Jamie thought that if Jamie heard Suede refer to himself in the third person OR heard one more designer talk about Suede referring to himself in the third person, Jamie would puke. But he did win. But he must lose the jean jeacket with SUEDE in rhinestones on the back. I did love his dress, even if, as Tim commented, it did have some homosexual dinosaur leanings.
Looking for easy points? (Who's not!) This week we found out who the criers are- Korto and Leanne. Korto's dress looked like one of those gourds you pile on the porch for some 'fall color' and I love Leanne's teary comment to Wesley 'I can't imagine you not being there'.. oh for crying out loud, they've been there like five days at this point, right?
I'll wrap things up for this week with this fashion commentary- Leanne and Kenley- get off the friggin' 1950's mid-western farm. You are in New York and it is 2008. Lose those nasty plaid pieces, let's ditch those glasses, Kenley- that hairpiece looked like swan feathers got mixed up with watermelon seeds in the pig trough and for godsakes Leanne COMB your hair!! Do they not know how corn-fed ridiculous they look or is it just me?? I don't think Leanne's gonna be around much longer anyway after seeing that Lost Boys concoction. Funny that Natalie Portman points out the Peter Pan connection, she of the slight, svelte stature and fondness for asexual hair cuts. One last item... I loved Nina's comment about how nothing looks cheaper than 'short, tight and shiny'... did anyone check out Heidi's dress?S-uh-N-A-P!
Now go pick your teams...
Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Blog-tastic!!
In case you missed it in the New York Times, last week there was a great meeting of the minds. A couple of Gheorghers made their way to the Outer Banks and this lucky QB was able to catch up with them for a brief blog summit. For those of you who have been wondering about the Gheorghe boys, I was able to capture a brief video of Rob and Whitney:
Here's hoping we'll be able to do it again soon, often and with even more people involved. Hmmmm...I think someone said something like that to me once back in college....
Here's hoping we'll be able to do it again soon, often and with even more people involved. Hmmmm...I think someone said something like that to me once back in college....
There's a Bathroom on the Right, Part II
For your Wednesday morning coffee break entertainment, I present to you a video tribute to the greatest lyrical butchering of all time:
Big shout out to TJ (the brother, not the Gheorgher), for this clip.
Big shout out to TJ (the brother, not the Gheorgher), for this clip.
Tuesday, July 22, 2008
Okay, we've got six teams registered so far on the Queen Beaches Fantasy Project Runway Group page... a big, big bitchy welcome to brave QB fans jojoagogo, obxflyboy, colleenkdh, and claiborne for having the nerve to play with us. But where is Kenny?? Oh no, did they kill Kenny?? Just joking... don't forget to take a good look at your team going into tomorrow night's episode because the points are getting ready to roll (or fall).. I can't remember what time they lock you out tomorrow, but be forewarned that after a certain time you will NOT be able to mess with your team anymore. And Clai, you have a really funny looking team- they all have these weird gray faces... oh, apparently you need to actually pick some designers! Hop to it baby!
Saturday, July 19, 2008
PROJECT SCISSOR HAPPY
Call me a brainiac if you will but does anybody else smell an upcoming Project Runway episode where each designer gets paired with a Shear Genius stylist in creating a look for the catwalk??
Thursday, July 17, 2008
There's A Bathroom On The Right
While kickin' back at the pool the other day, Patty was telling us about something she had recently heard on NPR's This American Life, wherein people shared their stories of having received bad information early in life, yet continued to believe it well into adulthood. Like the woman who (allegedly) mortified herself in front of co-workers by asking if unicorns were endangered or extinct. I piped up that I had, until my late 20's, thought the correct lyric in the Beach Boys' classic song, Surfin' USA was "if every body had a notion..." (not 'if every body had an ocean'. duh.)
That led to a rather animated discussion of other mis-heard lyrics, such as these gems (and no, I won't reveal who was responsible for butchering the toonces - but if they want to own up to it in the comments, by all means please do!):
Song: CCR's Bad Moon Rising
Wrong lyric: There's a bathroom on the right
Correct lyric: There's a bad moon on the rise
Song: Train's Drops of Jupiter
Wrong: Van Halen is overrated.
Right: ...and that heaven is overrated.
Song: The Who's Eminence Front
Wrong: Livin in a strut
Right: Eminence Front
(that cracks me up every time. and PS don't forget to tune into VH1 tonight to watch Eddie *sigh* Vedder & Pearl Jam honor the Who at the Rock & Roll Honors or whatever the hell it is.)
Alright, phone lines are open. Let's hear your best and worst. And for those of you who find this sh*t as amusing as I do, saunter on over to kissthisguy.com, an entire website devoted to the cause. My current fave: from the J Geils Band's Angel in the Centerfold, some poor shmuck thought the lyric was "my anus is the center hole." You might want to see a doctor about that, pal.
That led to a rather animated discussion of other mis-heard lyrics, such as these gems (and no, I won't reveal who was responsible for butchering the toonces - but if they want to own up to it in the comments, by all means please do!):
Song: CCR's Bad Moon Rising
Wrong lyric: There's a bathroom on the right
Correct lyric: There's a bad moon on the rise
Song: Train's Drops of Jupiter
Wrong: Van Halen is overrated.
Right: ...and that heaven is overrated.
Song: The Who's Eminence Front
Wrong: Livin in a strut
Right: Eminence Front
(that cracks me up every time. and PS don't forget to tune into VH1 tonight to watch Eddie *sigh* Vedder & Pearl Jam honor the Who at the Rock & Roll Honors or whatever the hell it is.)
Alright, phone lines are open. Let's hear your best and worst. And for those of you who find this sh*t as amusing as I do, saunter on over to kissthisguy.com, an entire website devoted to the cause. My current fave: from the J Geils Band's Angel in the Centerfold, some poor shmuck thought the lyric was "my anus is the center hole." You might want to see a doctor about that, pal.
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
Barenaked And High As A Kite
We interrupt our regularly scheduled nonsense and PR premiere coverage to bring you this breaking news:
First of all (in a nutshell), I don't really see parents rushing out to buy an album for their kids by a band called Barenaked Ladies. "Are you ready kids?! Here's Uncle Steve & the Barenaked Ladies! Iiiiiiit's cracktime! Uh....I mean snacktime, snacktime! Dammit!"
Barenaked Ladies singer arrested on drug charges 07/16/2008 5:13 AM,
The singer and guitarist for the band Barenaked Ladies has been arrested on drug charges in upstate New York. Police say Steven Page was charged with fourth-degree criminal possession of a controlled substance on Friday in the Syracuse area.
Authorities say the arrest occurred at about 2 a.m. after police noticed a suspicious car with its driver's side door left open. They say they found Page and two women in a nearby apartment, along with cocaine and marijuana. Barenaked Ladies' manager Terry McBride confirmed the charge to the Post-Standard of Syracuse but declined to comment further. The singer, released after paying $10,000 bail, is due in court Thursday. Page helped form the band in 1988. The group, know for hits such as "One Week" and "Pinch Me" recently released their debut kids "Snacktime."
First of all (in a nutshell), I don't really see parents rushing out to buy an album for their kids by a band called Barenaked Ladies. "Are you ready kids?! Here's Uncle Steve & the Barenaked Ladies! Iiiiiiit's cracktime! Uh....I mean snacktime, snacktime! Dammit!"
QUEEN BEACHES GROUP
Okay everybody, we finally figured out how to have a Queen Beaches group for the Fafarazzi Fantasy Project Runway contest. (which, incidentally, does not really begin until next week. ie even if you have picked a team for tonight there is NO scoring this week, all that fun begins next episode.)
In the meantime, here is the link to use as your 'offishul eenvite' to the Queen Beaches Fantasy Project Runway Group. Supposedly this gives us our own page and if you join the group your weekly scores, etc will be posted to this page so we can all see who's kicking whose butt, who should really be a fashion critic, etc., etc.
In the meantime, here is the link to use as your 'offishul eenvite' to the Queen Beaches Fantasy Project Runway Group. Supposedly this gives us our own page and if you join the group your weekly scores, etc will be posted to this page so we can all see who's kicking whose butt, who should really be a fashion critic, etc., etc.
This information supercedes previous information regarding the Queen Beaches league.
Come on, sign up! We're a lot of fun to play with!!
http://www.fafarazzi.com/project-runway-5/queenbeaches
Your hostesses with the mostestes,
Jamie & Katherine
LET'S GET READY TO RUMBLE!!! (OR RHUMBA, WHICHEVER FITS!)
Three hours and counting until the new season of Project Runway!!
To make the most of the mere sixty minutes (commercials included) of showtime, I highly suggest you immediately head over to http://www.bravotv.com/ where bios and pictures of all this season's contestants are on full frontal display. Take some time to get to know the designers. Do them the courtesy of being prepared when you welcome them into your living room later this evening. We'll be living with them for weeks to come so wouldn't you feel better knowing right from the start whose fashion inspirations include Holly Golightly and Salvador Dali? In fact, just to see which Project Runway/Queen Beaches fans are willing to go the distance, here's a little quiz based on the Bravo info:
How many designer's bios include either the Fashion Institute of Technology, Parsons or the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandise?
(Seven)
What is the average age of this season's designers?
(30.125)
How many designers already have their own label? Lines? Has designed a guitar?
(Three. Three. One.)
Which designer apparently lent her favorite jeans to her pit-bull owning, house painter boyfriend?
(Kelli. With an 'i'.)
When is Tim Gunn coming to fix my closet?
(Not until one of my BFF's submits my name for the next season of Tim Gunn's Guide to Style. Hint-hint, Katherine.)
Which designer's 'Fashion Must!' is.... anything neon?
(Blayne, you know, like Pretty in Pink. )
Which designer is totally wearing 'arm warmers'? Ankle warmers?
(Stella; Emily)
Who rocks his little blue unihorn?
(Suede)
Who's going to work hard to whip Kenny's butt with their own Fafarrazi Project Runway Fantasy team?
(Flyboy)
How many designers claim Vivienne Westwood as a favorite designer?
(Three)
Which designer is sporting black fringed pants?
(Terri. Again with the 'i'.)
Who gets to be Heidi in the next life?
(Me! Me! I called it first!)
Who has 'mad skills'?
(Oops, sorry, wrong season.)
Who has 'bad skills'?
Well, as we all know, you can't judge a book by its cover so we'll have to wait until ten o'clock tonight to begin the discussions of who can go the distance and who can just go home.
Until then... make it work!!
(An extra special heartfelt shout out to Queen Beach reader, Project Runway fan and old college chum Lisa Cifuni Herbert. I'm thinking of you, Li!)
To make the most of the mere sixty minutes (commercials included) of showtime, I highly suggest you immediately head over to http://www.bravotv.com/ where bios and pictures of all this season's contestants are on full frontal display. Take some time to get to know the designers. Do them the courtesy of being prepared when you welcome them into your living room later this evening. We'll be living with them for weeks to come so wouldn't you feel better knowing right from the start whose fashion inspirations include Holly Golightly and Salvador Dali? In fact, just to see which Project Runway/Queen Beaches fans are willing to go the distance, here's a little quiz based on the Bravo info:
How many designer's bios include either the Fashion Institute of Technology, Parsons or the Fashion Institute of Design & Merchandise?
(Seven)
What is the average age of this season's designers?
(30.125)
How many designers already have their own label? Lines? Has designed a guitar?
(Three. Three. One.)
Which designer apparently lent her favorite jeans to her pit-bull owning, house painter boyfriend?
(Kelli. With an 'i'.)
When is Tim Gunn coming to fix my closet?
(Not until one of my BFF's submits my name for the next season of Tim Gunn's Guide to Style. Hint-hint, Katherine.)
Which designer's 'Fashion Must!' is.... anything neon?
(Blayne, you know, like Pretty in Pink. )
Which designer is totally wearing 'arm warmers'? Ankle warmers?
(Stella; Emily)
Who rocks his little blue unihorn?
(Suede)
Who's going to work hard to whip Kenny's butt with their own Fafarrazi Project Runway Fantasy team?
(Flyboy)
How many designers claim Vivienne Westwood as a favorite designer?
(Three)
Which designer is sporting black fringed pants?
(Terri. Again with the 'i'.)
Who gets to be Heidi in the next life?
(Me! Me! I called it first!)
Who has 'mad skills'?
(Oops, sorry, wrong season.)
Who has 'bad skills'?
Well, as we all know, you can't judge a book by its cover so we'll have to wait until ten o'clock tonight to begin the discussions of who can go the distance and who can just go home.
Until then... make it work!!
(An extra special heartfelt shout out to Queen Beach reader, Project Runway fan and old college chum Lisa Cifuni Herbert. I'm thinking of you, Li!)
Monday, July 14, 2008
LADIES (& GENTLEMEN), START YOUR ENGINES!
Hooray- hooray- hip, hip hooray! Finally, the cast of Project Runway 5 has been revealed! Fafarazzi sent notice today that this season's hapless, sometimes clueless, often strapless cast is officially out of the closet- er- Parson's work room as it were.
You'll definitely find the usual suspects along with plenty of tats, facial hair (luckily just on the men), truly clever mantras like 'Get noticed or go home' and 'don't blend in', names like Suede and Blayne and Stella (who reminds me a lot of that writer chick who went and lived with Salinger for years), the token midwesterner, the Parsons grad and the self-proclaimed 'stylist'... but even with the little bios tantalizingly dangled out there, can we really get any sort of feel for each of the designers until we see how they move on screen, how they make love to the cameras, how they try to schmooze Heidi and Tim from the git-go and what the f--- starts coming out of their mouths when they realize that reality TV has become their own reality?
48 and 3/4 hours... don't forget to pick your first week's team at Fafarazzi.com which will qualify you for the Tim Gunn Bobblehead drawing.. and let me just be the first to say... I am jonesing for a Tim fixx. TTTW! Ta Ta Til Wednesday!
PS( And let me also be the first to say- I scooped KQ on this one!!)
You'll definitely find the usual suspects along with plenty of tats, facial hair (luckily just on the men), truly clever mantras like 'Get noticed or go home' and 'don't blend in', names like Suede and Blayne and Stella (who reminds me a lot of that writer chick who went and lived with Salinger for years), the token midwesterner, the Parsons grad and the self-proclaimed 'stylist'... but even with the little bios tantalizingly dangled out there, can we really get any sort of feel for each of the designers until we see how they move on screen, how they make love to the cameras, how they try to schmooze Heidi and Tim from the git-go and what the f--- starts coming out of their mouths when they realize that reality TV has become their own reality?
48 and 3/4 hours... don't forget to pick your first week's team at Fafarazzi.com which will qualify you for the Tim Gunn Bobblehead drawing.. and let me just be the first to say... I am jonesing for a Tim fixx. TTTW! Ta Ta Til Wednesday!
PS( And let me also be the first to say- I scooped KQ on this one!!)
Today's Election Coverage
We here at QBHQ do our best to keep you, our beloved readers (hi Dad!), on top of all the latest, most important headlines of the day. We scour the papers (People and US Magazine) and internet (PerezHilton.com), stay up all night watching only the most newsworthy and insighful programs, and then, when Sex and the City is over, we forward only the most critical information along to you.
Herewith, I present to you today's election coverage (courtesy of the Onion):
Bill Clinton Sadly Folds First Lady Dress Back Into Box
Herewith, I present to you today's election coverage (courtesy of the Onion):
Bill Clinton Sadly Folds First Lady Dress Back Into Box
Sunday, July 13, 2008
I Don't Get It... Does That Mean I'm Not Hip?
I saw another one yesterday. Idly flipping through the pages of a magazine, enjoying a beach day, vicariously shopping for things I 'have to have' that I won't ever purchase, I came across another double-spread ad for Marc by Marc Jacobs.
Now this is the line that featured Posh not too long ago in a bunch of weird Barbie doll poses with one arm flung up into the air that Katherine and I tried so hard to capture with some of our limo pix. But Marc's ads have gone from oddly plasticine to downright disturbing.
I'm sure you've seen one... it's got 'Cole', a male model, posing in women's ready to wear, photographed by Juergen Teller. If you haven't seen the campaign, its really quite indescribable so I suggest you run right out to the store and buy yourself about five magazines (suggestions: In Style, Vogue, Marie Claire, Domino & Vanity Fair.) Okay, you probably won't find the ad in either of the last two but since I'm giving you a super excuse to go splurge on some eye candy I figured I'd throw those in as well.
Tried to research this a little bit... hit the Marc Jacobs website which features a ten second loop of a 70's-ish home movie of some bedazzled and sequined cabaret singing drag queens (http://www.marcjacobs.com/, its kinda worth it)... ah, so there are some cross dressing issues in the house.. then I found an interview Marc did with, well, Interview magazine, where he himself is cross dressing in the same style as the ads which is not trannie per se, but more like poor little prep schoolboy trying on some of mummie's clothes while she's out. Marc even has the 'couture hunch' down (you can see those pix at the mj website too). In the meantime, do NOT be fooled by these ads! While the message may be 'Look! even a boy toy model looks great in a Marc dress!' the reality is that the boy toy still has a quasi-feminine body built for high fashion that most us girls can ever aspire to. Caveat emptor, my friends, caveat emptor.
Now this is the line that featured Posh not too long ago in a bunch of weird Barbie doll poses with one arm flung up into the air that Katherine and I tried so hard to capture with some of our limo pix. But Marc's ads have gone from oddly plasticine to downright disturbing.
I'm sure you've seen one... it's got 'Cole', a male model, posing in women's ready to wear, photographed by Juergen Teller. If you haven't seen the campaign, its really quite indescribable so I suggest you run right out to the store and buy yourself about five magazines (suggestions: In Style, Vogue, Marie Claire, Domino & Vanity Fair.) Okay, you probably won't find the ad in either of the last two but since I'm giving you a super excuse to go splurge on some eye candy I figured I'd throw those in as well.
Tried to research this a little bit... hit the Marc Jacobs website which features a ten second loop of a 70's-ish home movie of some bedazzled and sequined cabaret singing drag queens (http://www.marcjacobs.com/, its kinda worth it)... ah, so there are some cross dressing issues in the house.. then I found an interview Marc did with, well, Interview magazine, where he himself is cross dressing in the same style as the ads which is not trannie per se, but more like poor little prep schoolboy trying on some of mummie's clothes while she's out. Marc even has the 'couture hunch' down (you can see those pix at the mj website too). In the meantime, do NOT be fooled by these ads! While the message may be 'Look! even a boy toy model looks great in a Marc dress!' the reality is that the boy toy still has a quasi-feminine body built for high fashion that most us girls can ever aspire to. Caveat emptor, my friends, caveat emptor.
Saturday, July 12, 2008
IT HURTS! IT HURTS! (Wait, I Kinda Like It!)
Okay, I need some help here from QB readers. So our 17" computer monitor died, went to Best Buy, bought a new one. New one is 19" and I would describe it as more of a wide-screen.
While perusing the latest well-played list at Go Fug Yourself today I realized this new monitor must be totally hi-def! I'm seeing things I never saw before! Like how Mischa Barton seems to be fighting a little battle of the bulge! Maggie Gyllenhaal's eyes are too far apart! Alicia Keys has two mile wide hips! Pamela Sue is starting to look a bit stumpy and dumpy! "They're MORTAL !!" I cried, "HUMANOIDS ALL!! "
Then I took a closer look and realized everybody was looking a little squished like when you change your TV settings to Zoom 2 and it kind of stretches everyone out.. or like a fun house mirror. So, I'm wondering if I need to change some settings on my computer in order to adapt internet images to the new 19" wide screen. Any geeks out there who can back that up or talk me through it?
Or should I just leave it and actually feel 'Okay' about my cankles for awhile?
Friday, July 11, 2008
Goin to the Backyard Chapel
My baby sister is getting married tomorrow.
Sarah, with all my heart and soul I wish I could be there with you. I'll be thinking of you (and still drinking champagne, natch). We all wish you and Brian a lifetime of love, laughs, health & happiness. I have no idea what 'your song' is so I'm dedicating this one to you. It's worked pretty well for us these last 10+ years.
Mazel Tov!! I love you Slick. Welcome to the family, Brian! (God help you.)
Sarah, with all my heart and soul I wish I could be there with you. I'll be thinking of you (and still drinking champagne, natch). We all wish you and Brian a lifetime of love, laughs, health & happiness. I have no idea what 'your song' is so I'm dedicating this one to you. It's worked pretty well for us these last 10+ years.
Mazel Tov!! I love you Slick. Welcome to the family, Brian! (God help you.)
Uh...this is KFC
Don't know what you've got planned for the upcoming weekend, but mine is looking a whole lot brighter now that I've seen this:
New Wearable Feedbags Let Americans Eat More, Move Less
(and if anyone would like the back story to the title, I'll be more than happy to fill you in sometime.)
New Wearable Feedbags Let Americans Eat More, Move Less
(and if anyone would like the back story to the title, I'll be more than happy to fill you in sometime.)
Thursday, July 10, 2008
CALLING YOUR BLUFF
I'll see your Eddie Vedder and raise the wager with two simple words.... Rhett Miller.(Although upon viewing this post my husband, and lead singer of the mega-band Gunston Midas, just reminded me that really he should be my one and only greatest frontman of all time. But my bet is still on the table... KQ, you got anything left girl?)
You the Man
This topic has come up in conversation several times over the past month and I've decided it's now officially blog-worthy.
In my post Pearl Jam glow last month, I made the rather astute observation that Eddie Vedder is the epitome of a rockstar. Not really going out on a limb, I know, except for the veracity with which I was willing to defend my statement that he among the greatest front men of all time. My top three (in no particular order, except that Eddie is always #1):
Eddie
Bono
Kurt Cobain
The other night we got to talking about it again, and determined the following criteria:
1. Would the band be as successful without him?
2. His and/or his band's overall contribution (a bit subjective & hard to define, I know)
3. Is he hot? (just kidding, although it doesn't hurt)
4. Longevity
I was going to add Matt Williams of SML but since I can't give them the longevity vote yet, we'll have to wait and see how that develops. Kenny was quick to nominate Jim Morrison as the greatest, an excellent contribution. I believe Sting's name was mentioned, there was some talk about Mick Jagger, Paul vs. John, and then I got up to help with the dishes so I missed the rest of their analysis. That, and I was on my 3rd glass of wine so the details might be a bit foggy.
And it's not limited to front men, it just started there. Diana Ross in her Supreme days would be an excellent addition to the list. Granted, this is not as thorough and definitive as the Best TV Theme Song list over in Gheorghe-land (and I'm not drunk like Whitney), but let's hear what you've got to say.
Party on Wayne.
Wednesday, July 9, 2008
Let's Try This Again
Only 7 days 'til Project Runway...
Damn that Heidi Klum. She even makes a hot looking peep.
Damn that Heidi Klum. She even makes a hot looking peep.
WANT TO PLAY?
So now its seven days and a wake up till Season 5 of Project Runway and we wanted to make everyone aware of a little game EVERYONE can play that makes watching even more fun and actually ups the ante for you, the viewer!
Everyone's heard about 'Fantasy Football' and 'Fantasy Baseball' where grown men select players to put together impossible dream teams that they then track for an entire sports season, earning different point values or good plays, no plays, etc. But did you know that you can play 'FANTASY PROJECT RUNWAY'???? Yes, we're here to tell you its true.... and its awesome.
First, go to http://www.fafarazzi.com/. You'll need to register but its all free so its all good. Click on the heading 'Games' then choose 'Project Runway' as your show. The upcoming screen will tell you how the whole thing works (every week you get to pick three designers), how scoring is done (for example, winning a challenge is worth 6 points, being told your garment is poorly constructed you lose a point, if your designer cries or gets 'bleeped' relax, you just earned a point!), then the Thursday after each new episode you'll get a email tell you how many points you earned, your running total, position on the leaderboard, etc. Its a blast and we'd really like to have someone other than each other and Kenny to play with. We may even start our own Queen Beaches league so stay posted for more info on that- wouldn't it be great if all the Queen Beaches started getting b*&^chy with each other? hahaha. Oh yeah, if you actually rock at this game (and Kenny did) you can win points that can be used, where else, at Bluefly.
Come on, check it out and come play with the Queen Beaches! We promise to play nice!
Everyone's heard about 'Fantasy Football' and 'Fantasy Baseball' where grown men select players to put together impossible dream teams that they then track for an entire sports season, earning different point values or good plays, no plays, etc. But did you know that you can play 'FANTASY PROJECT RUNWAY'???? Yes, we're here to tell you its true.... and its awesome.
First, go to http://www.fafarazzi.com/. You'll need to register but its all free so its all good. Click on the heading 'Games' then choose 'Project Runway' as your show. The upcoming screen will tell you how the whole thing works (every week you get to pick three designers), how scoring is done (for example, winning a challenge is worth 6 points, being told your garment is poorly constructed you lose a point, if your designer cries or gets 'bleeped' relax, you just earned a point!), then the Thursday after each new episode you'll get a email tell you how many points you earned, your running total, position on the leaderboard, etc. Its a blast and we'd really like to have someone other than each other and Kenny to play with. We may even start our own Queen Beaches league so stay posted for more info on that- wouldn't it be great if all the Queen Beaches started getting b*&^chy with each other? hahaha. Oh yeah, if you actually rock at this game (and Kenny did) you can win points that can be used, where else, at Bluefly.
Come on, check it out and come play with the Queen Beaches! We promise to play nice!
Tuesday, July 8, 2008
Sunday, July 6, 2008
Separated at Birth... Part Two
Jack from Project Runway (for more Jack, scroll down to the little video Katherine found at GFY)......
and Jeff from Flippin' Out.....
This time I SUPER promise... I swear!
I am becoming more and more convinced that Bravo uses subliminal messaging during its shows because even after I vowed to NEVER watch Salon Smarties again SOMEHOW I found myself watching a REPEAT the other day?!?!? Its like a magnetic pull or something... I must say I did NOT see it in its entiriety but after what I did view, I WANT to see the whole thing.
Now, you know how I feel about the Real Housewives of OC. If not, you need to do some backtrack reading of this blog. And my more recent opinions of Shear Genius are quite plain. However, when these two shows put their creative fists together with one producer shouting 'Shape of A Desperate Middle-Aged California Barbie' and another producer replying 'Shape of A Primadonna Hairstylist'... well, let me just say it takes on a whole 'nother dimension and one I'm not sure this world (or at least the East Coast) is ready for.
Like I said I didn't see the whole thing, but I did get to see all the Housewives (and daughters) who, let me get this straight, had agreed to be on the show, harass, bully and demand that their hair not be 1-cut, 2-colored or 3- changed. If that RHW beyach Vicki used her shrill harpie scream to tell her daughter's stylist not to 'cut one hair!' one time, she did it a dozen times. Does anybody remember when they went to Mexico on RHW and she kept screaming 'MEXICOH!!'
it was that voice.
So in the end they walked down the runway and OMG! looked exactly the same except maybe a little worse because all the poor stylists could do was try to restyle their way too long, way too processed, way too young looking hair. And I'm talking about the daughters too.
Two 'highlights' if you will- the Christian of Scissor Madness, Parker, is gone. Told you he should've read this blog. And I loved Sabrina being back to judge. She's tough as nails, man. And apparently has a show coming out called Sabrina's Salon Takeover which I'm having a lot of fun imagining as a hairdresser version of Gordon Ramsey's Kitchen Nightmares. I'll give you a little sneak peek at that later...
**Incidentally, there has been some confusion regarding the two pictures of Vicki at the top of this post. These are her 'Before' and 'After' pictures from the Shear Genius episode.
Saturday, July 5, 2008
AND THE WINNER IS....
(This is the part where I put on my Queen Beaches OBX Society Columnist hat.)
Well the long holiday weekend hadn't even begun Thursday night and already we had a winner in the Host/Hostess With the Mostest category... HUGE kudos to Patty & Matt McKenna for throwing an awesome shindig on 7/3/08. It was a GREAT way to get the weekend started... Chris and I quickly recognized this potential when we ran into the good Doctor Matt at the ABC store Wednesday night stocking up on some tequila (for the margarita machine!) in his OR scrubs. After some joking around about shots and surgery, we parted ways and immediately began eagerly anticipating the next evening's festivities.
Can't say enough about the food (chilled edamame, black bean salad, steamed hot dogs- perfect for a warm summer night), the libations (a pale ale kegger!), the huge yard that doubles as a children's paradise, the FUN mix of people and the general aura of a good relaxed party. Smart idea to have this the night before the weekend starts getting crazy with plans. Also really appreciated the invitation implied we could bring holiday company, which we did.
Patty had on a smashing skirt which I didn't get to grill her about (as in- where did you get that?), some other articles of clothing I am now coveting- Amy D's long striped dress, Chrissy B's stunning halter/handkerchief dress (one of those cool retro/modern patterns) that looked super with her 'found' sunglasses (don't lose those Chrissy!), loved Elizabeth's earrings, Jennifer G needs to do some modeling for Confetti- she was really rockin' a G1 skirt...Claiborne's shoes definitely on my hit list... I want to start going to the gym with Whitney H, she's tight.. was disappointed to see Ken back down and let me win the Beautiful Toes contest with my new OPI navy polish... earlier in this patriotic week he was sporting some hot designs on his big toes (courtesy of Thing 1 and Thing 2, AKA Kate & Maggie) but apparently wasn't man enough to have them recreated professionally and bring them out to the masses. Conversation with everyone was fun, relaxed and BIG thanks on behalf of Katherine (my co-blogger) and I to everyone who mentioned that they are still reading (and apparently liking) our blog (like Thea, MaryBeth, Amy, etc).
Here's what I love best about so many Outer Banks parties... kids are included and this one was no exception. My visiting in-laws are still amazed by the number of children (50?) running around enjoying themselves as much as their parents. Not saying there's anything wrong with getting a babysitter now and then (IF you can actually find one) and enjoying an adult evening, but so many social happenings here are suited for the whole family and that suits me just fine.
To Patty & Matt- thanks so much for the invite! I think I speak for all of your satisfied party guests when I make the recommendation this become an annual event!
Friday, July 4, 2008
Tran-tastic
Sometimes the headline is better than the story. At least that is what I was expecting when I came across this gem today:
Transsexuals angry at Victoria Beckham over her support of Christian Siriano
Not today folks, this shit just keeps getting better. In a nutshell, trannys all across america have their panties in a bunch about Project Runway winner Christian Siriano's use of the phrase "hot tranny mess." Since Posh has supported him by wearing his fashions, the trannys are mad at her too.
Not today folks, this shit just keeps getting better. In a nutshell, trannys all across america have their panties in a bunch about Project Runway winner Christian Siriano's use of the phrase "hot tranny mess." Since Posh has supported him by wearing his fashions, the trannys are mad at her too.
“She might not have to worry about physical attack but boy is she going to be
embarrassed when 50 of us turn up at her next public function and tell the world
what we think…No one’s designs are going to do anything for an emaciated stick
insect with sparrow legs like her. She might as well stick to the kind of ho-bag
outfits we usually see her in. Come to think of it, she’d probably fit in quite
nicely in a trailer park.”
God I love an angry tranny.
It Ain't Project Runway
What better way to honor our Nation's birthday than to salute America's favorite pastime. I'm speaking of course about prostitution.
Okay, so the "ladies" in question are from Spain, but they've got that good ol' US of A can-do spirit. Apparently, development is threatening their ability to work the very streets on which they peddle their wares, so in an effort to show they are "capable of doing other things" they staged a fashion show. Things, I guess, for which they DON'T charge. (Although I don't get how walking the streets half naked is any different from their night job - isn't that sort of part of the job requirement?)
Good for you, gals! Way to stand up for your right to lie down!
Okay, so the "ladies" in question are from Spain, but they've got that good ol' US of A can-do spirit. Apparently, development is threatening their ability to work the very streets on which they peddle their wares, so in an effort to show they are "capable of doing other things" they staged a fashion show. Things, I guess, for which they DON'T charge. (Although I don't get how walking the streets half naked is any different from their night job - isn't that sort of part of the job requirement?)
Good for you, gals! Way to stand up for your right to lie down!
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