SAG Style

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Ahh award season...how much I love watching you mainly for the red carpet moments. While the actual show can be somewhat dull listening to actors, actresses, directors, etc thank people we've never heard of, all I want to do is see what they're wearing. This past Sunday were the SAG (Screen Actors Guild) Awards and it was anything but disappointing. After searching and finding all the red carpet photos of the night I found my best and worst looks of the night.

So here's my worst:
Kaley Cuoco. I love you girl, so what were you thinking stepping out in this red dress?? While I loved to color of the dress, let's talk about the elephant in the room. The length made you look like you were 3 foot nothing. Not cute. On top of it the red of the shoes just did not mix with the red of the dress. Better luck next time.

Ohh Kaley. (Photo Credit: latimes.com)

And here's my best:
Kelly Osbourne. She totally rocked this all black gown. The deep v-neck and the studs were beautiful. Her hair combined with the silhouette was a nice little nod to fashions of yester-years (which you should know by now I love). The simple red lip and even the wacky purple were stunning. Great job elite member of the fashion police!

Loved it! (Photo Credit: huffingtonpost.com)

What did you think of Sunday nights fashions??

On the Road

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So last weekend my boyfriend, Ben, and I went down to Philadelphia, PA. (Hence the lack of posting last Friday) We originally went because there was a big concert he wanted to see and decided to make a weekend of it. We definitely went to some really famous places, along with just checking out the sites. We even got to meet up with Christine for a little while on Saturday! Here are some of the highlights from the weekend:

City Hall-ain't it beautiful?

"Your Move" Street Art

Christine, Ben and Me at Love Park

You gotta see the Liberty Bell!

He's really thinking stop taking pictures and let me eat my first Pat's CheeseSteak

Are you going to do anything fun this weekend??

Quote of the Week: "It is good to have an end to journey towards; but it is the journey that matters, in the end."
Two Weeks Ago's Answer: Henry Ford

Inauguration Outfits

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Let’s be serious, while watching President Obama be sworn in for the second time is really monumental, how many of us really watched to see what the first family (in particular Mrs. O) was wearing? I purposely looked up and watched the inaugural address on ABC to see it all. And let me say in true first family fashion, they all looked stunning.

Pres Obama being sworn in (Photo Credit: Huffingtonpost.com)

 

Michelle went with a Thom Brown dress and jacket with J. Crew shoes. Something about the structure and design of the jacket made it that much more fabulous. And can we take a moment to talk about her new hair cut? I don’t want to make such a big claim, but I’ve been there since the beginning with the bang trend. And all I’ve got to tell Mrs. O about it is: welcome to the club!

The girls looking fab (Photo Credit: Huffingtonpost.com)

Malia, 14, wore J. Crew and Sasha, 11, wore Kate Spade. Both girls wore a few shades of purple, which just so happens to be my favorite color, so naturally from that fact alone I loved it.

Looking good as always! (Photo Credit: Huffingtonpost.com)

Now all the fashion sites of the world are def focusing on Michelle’s outfit, but it was the President’s day! So we can’t skip him, especially since he looked so dashing (yea, I just used “dashing”…enjoy that). According to WWD Mr. President was “wearing the same Brooks Bros. cashmere coat he wore four years” ago. So glad to know that even the President re-wears things. Way to go Mr. Pres, way to go. And congrats on the beginning of your second term!

Hats: An Anthology by Stephen Jones

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When my boyfriend, Ben, and I went to Salem around Halloween I saw an exhibit advertised at the Peabody Essex Museum. The exhibit? Hats: An Anthology by Stephen Jones.

Stephen Jones with some of his creations (Photo Credit: Bostonglobe.com)

Before this exhibit I had never heard of him, so I went onto the wonderful world of Google and found out what I could about this mystery man. Stephen Jones not only curated the exhibit, but he also had many of his own designs on display. But before he put them on display at the PEM he created hats for celebrities such as Gwen Stefani, Kylie Minogue, and Janet Jackson. He’s been a milliner since the mid-1980s, so I think it was a great choice to choose him for this exhibit.

"Kiss of Death" hat by Jo Gordon (Photo Credit: Bostonglobe.com)

The way he broke down the exhibit was by different styles and materials. There were displays of hats made out of wool, feathers, metals and many others. There was even a display case of crowns and tiaras! And not all of the hats were his own creations! Some were by Phillip Tracey, Elsa Schiaparelli and Salvador Dali, and Jo Gordon. Others were made in the early 19^th and 20^th centuries.

A bonnet made about 1835 (Photo Credit: Bostonglobe.com)

 

It was totally worth the drive back to Salem for this small but powerful exhibit. This exhibit is on view from September 8th 2012 to February 3rd 2013...so there's still time!!

Have you seen anything really cool recently?

Book in Review: How to Walk in High Heels: The Girl’s Guide to Everything

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Camilla Morton, author of How to Walk in High Heels: The Girl’s Guide to Everything, is absolutely fantastic! When I started reading this little how-to I didn’t expect she would literally touch upon everything that one could do.

The cover of this fantastic how-to

Some of the topics she talks about vary from dealing with different fashion situations, different technology items and problems, gardening and traveling. Keep in mind that while she does explain how to do many things, it is important to realize when you can’t do something yourself and when to call help.

I don't think he read her section on how to fix computers.

How to garden.

Don’t worry about this being another boring How-To book though! Even the more boring topics were laced with her humor and “dumbed” down so anyone can understand it. I think this is def a necessity in every modern woman’s personal library!

What have you read recently??

Quote of the Week: "If you think you can or you think you can't, either way you are right."

Last Weeks Answer: George Carlin 

Oldies but Goodies

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Welcome to 2013 everyone! We survived another holiday season...can you believe it? This month I figured in case you didn't get enough family drama of your own in, these movies will def give you your fill. East of Eden, Cat on a Hot Tin Roof and Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf? have many scenes filled with families screaming at each other. Sound like home? Excellent, I hope you enjoy watching other people's discontent with their own families!

East of Eden (1955)

Starring: James Dean, Raymond Massey, Julie Harris

Cal Trask is a very troubled young man. Having never met his mother and constantly battling with his brother, Aron, for his fathers love and affection, Cal feels lost. His father is a successful farmer who tries to create a refrigerator train car to ship vegetables. When this venture fails, his father looses thousands of dollars; Cal decides in order to win his father’s love he should try and get his money back for him. Knowing that if the United States were to enter the war (they were on the brink of WWI), the price of beans would skyrocket, meaning Cal could get the back money ten fold. At the same time Cal has found out that his mother is not actually dead. He manages to talk to her and even to convince him to let him borrow $5,000 for the bean investment. When Cal and Aron’s father’s birthday comes Cal has enough money to make up what he had lost, so Cal and Aron’s girlfriend Abra decide to throw him a birthday party. Will his father be happy to have the money back? Will Cal earn his father’s love?

*Runner Up!*

East of Eden movie poster (Photo Credit: Google Images)

Gentlemen’s Agreement (1947)

Starring: Gregory Peck, Dorothy McGuire, and John Garfield

Philip Green is a writer who was brought in to write an article on anti-Semitism in America. While he isn’t crazy about the topic because he thinks it’s over done and doesn’t know how to make it interesting, he agrees to write it anyways. Then he comes up with the perfect approach: to tell everyone he is Jewish, therefore having a first-hand experience to write about. It doesn’t take long for him to see the difference in people when they find out he’s Jewish. Will he have the patience to stick it out? What will people say when they find out he’s really not Jewish?

*Winner this Month*

Having dinner despite their differences (Photo Credit: Google Images)

Cat on a Hot Tin Roof (1958)

Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Paul Newman, Burl Ives

I honestly had a hard time following what was really happening in this movie because there were so fighting! Talk about family drama! What I did understand and read from IMDB, “Big Daddy” Pollitt is very upset with his favored son Brick who doesn’t have any children and even worse is an alcoholic. Brick’s wife, Maggie, tries to coax her husband off the bottle, but fails. Will things turn around for the couple? Will Brick and his father make up?

Side note: This movie has some extreme family drama! Just be prepared. 

Another family argument (Photo Credit: Google Images)

Who’s Afraid of Virginia Woolf? (1966)

Starring: Elizabeth Taylor, Richard Burton, and George Segal

Talk about even more family drama! George and Martha are married and have a very interesting relationship. 95% of the time they are arguing and verbally abusive to the other. One night after spending the evening at a party at Martha’s father’s, they invite another couple over for a few more drinks. Martha’s father just happens to be the president of New Carthage University, where George is an associate History professor. Nick and Honey are the young couple that she and George met at the party. Nick is a new Biology professor. What sort of crazy things are George and Martha going to put this poor young couple through?

Side note: This movie also has some extreme family drama. Perhaps husband and wife should visit the divorce court? 

This poor couple has to witness the worst kind of family drama (Photo Credit: Google Images)

Quote of the Week: "Marry an orphan: you'll never have to spend boring holidays with the in-laws."

Last Weeks Answer:  Oprah Winfrey

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