so I’ve been seeing pictures of the dreaded Lilo wearing these shoes and despite her reputation, I sort of fell in love with them and had to go and try them on.
of course, I remember when they had a slightlier chunky heel and Liz and Mari and I all had them and they were from Target.
is me and woe betide me! I saw a girl wearing these fabulous eggplant patent leather shoes, went home and tracked them down through Zappos. They had a name - Max Studio Dolly - and they were fairly expensive. I decided to wait until they went on sale.
(you can see how this turned out)
stopped by Macy’s tonight - they have the black and the bone, no eggplant. Checked Zappos - same story. Piperlime, Endless, the online Max Studio store, all the same story. and while the bone is nice for spring and the black patent (which I have a well-documented love for anyway) looks like shiny jellybeans, I really had my heart set on the other.
This is Sybarite, which sounds similiar, to and in fact,collaborates with, Psapp, and if neither of those mean anything to you, let me add that Psapp did the Grey’s Anatomy theme song, Cozy in the Rocket, so if you’ve ever wanted to listen to it over and over or to hear variations on the theme, you’ll probably like either one of these bands.
I have these in red and wear them all the time. They’re a nice, comfortable, stylish platform pump. They are also on sale for $20 at Amazon in bone and brown and even in black, but those only if you wear a size 10.
I picked this up at random when Tower was going out of business - CD’s were .99, I picked up a lot of stuff. This was a really great random pick. I was already a Bebel Gilberto fan, but the whole CD was tailor made for a lazy Sunday afternoon.
Downtown Orange is a fun little neighborhood, all walkable streets and overpriced antique stores. Of late, however, it’s been getting some pretty good restaurants. The Filling Station is an old gas station, reworked as a diner. They serve a good solid breakfast and lunch, nothing especially creative, but always tasty and they have a great outdoor patio.
I’ve been on a food-book kick lately - Anthony Bourdain and Bill Buford and the fabulous Birthday Cake book. The other day, I was at a thrift store and grabbed a bunch of books at random. This one is good:
Partly, I like it because I’m familiar with a lot of the places and foods that she describes, partly because I liike the gossipy style and vivid descriptions.
I’m a long-time fan of peanut butter with chocolate, but tend to go through phases with it. A couple of weeks ago, I noticed Newman’s Own Peanut Butter Cups in milk chocolate and dark chocolate. I bought one of each on a whim and had finished both by the end of the day. Went back for (one) more the next day … and the next … and had to force myself to cut down to once a week after that. I hope that this wave of the addiction wears off soon; in the meantime, at least it’s organic!
so I’ve extolled on the wonders of ABC’s on-line shows for those of us who pretend that we don’t watch TV (you know who you are). I finally admitted that I’d been fighting off a cold for weeks, so spent the weekend lounging/sleeping. My original plan was to catch up on podcasts, finish my very good book and call a few friends. Instead, I watched Brothers and Sisters.
One of my popculture friends mentioned in passing that she was watching it. I was mildly intrigued, wondering how any show with a cast that large and relatively well-known managed to get on the air - isn’t everyone over dramas? - and I was sick. Sick calls for TV and for whatever reason (I’m guessing maybe it’s not doing as well as hoped?). ABC has the entire season to date available for viewing.
And so I did. And I’m not saying that you should rush out and watch it, but if you’ve got a little time on your hands and you want a show where you can yell at the characters when they are dumb and occasionally disparage the writing and wonder anew if Calista Flockhart is the mutant gene from which spawned the Olsen Twins but not be totally embarrassed to be watching, well, then I’ve got a show for you.
