I spent a ton of time lunching with my girls at the Vancouver Art Gallery! I looove lunching there cause I feel so posh and Sex In The City. The food is great, very girly, and the classical music is so relaxing. Sunny, pretty, and delicious! Great place to people watch too! Fashion stalked this funky lady...and yes, I lost the info! Hey, it was before I made my promise to you ;)
Black and white, easy colors, cool style!
You look great, girl who's name I forget!
What makes this look are the accessories. Girl knows how to work em!
Layer the necklaces....
Funky Gladiator High Heals
I wish I could rock these, but lets face it, you gotta have a car!
They were not made for the walking I do!
Bag Works too! Go on!
And yes, those lashes were real! I asked her!
So jealous!
You rock Blonde Girl!
(if your reading this give me the deets ok?)
You know, I actually did rock some shorts this summer. I only wore them one day mind you, it was hard for me, but I did it! I have some pictures somewhere, lets see, where are they....oh...heres.....who am I kidding you'll never see them, NEVER! Muahahahhaha!
I fortunate enough to book and then film some great projects! One of which was a commercial for "Holiday Inn"! Why did I love it so much? Cause I got to wear this:
I know it doesn't look like much, but this suit
was designer and cost $1000.00 buckeroos!
No freaking joke!
Here it is with the jacket..
My expression is a bit loony, but I was really feeling it.
Here the arms were a tad too long, but the costume lady just added
some kind of double sided tape, folded it under, ran an iron over it and easy peasy, it ended up looking like it was made for lil ol me:)
"So busy! Another business meeting at the hotel bar on this
out of town business trip. (sigh) So very busy!!"
For this shoot I had to walk into my fabulous "Holiday Inn" hotel room, flip off my shoes and flop exhausted on the firm yet comfortable mattress on my king size bed. So, they had to put makeup my legs and feet since my legs were being showcased. I had no idea or I would have done some lunges or leg lifts that morning! And I would have taken off my Anna Sui glitter gold nail polish. It took the makeup lady Lindsay about 1/2 hour to get it off! I was concerned that my black girl leg makeup would rub off on the blaring white sheets on the bed, but I worried needlessly since the make up lady showed me this miracle product that keeps your makeup from rubbing off.
Fix' Make-Up
by Clarins Paris
All you do is lightly mist this on your face or in my case "legs" and your makeup wont rub off. It lasts for hours. And its apparently for sensitive skin so it doesn't make you break out! Fabulous! I don't know how much it costs, but I bet its a pretty penny. Worth it though if your like, getting married and you don't want your make up to get all over your guests face when your kissing congratulations or hugging. Or perhaps winning an oscar and kissing the presenter. I suppose it would be fabulous for affairs too, should you be that type. No tell tale lipstick on the collar. Ha!
I've become OBSESSED with True Blood! I rented the first two seasons and then a friend of mine downloaded this season (Season 3) and we watched all episodes riveted and amused until the season finale last week. I don't get HBO so downloading is the only way I can watch. I LOOOVE this show! Which is very strange ya'll cause I won't watch excessive violence in film and we all know there is a hefty sprinkling of that in the show. I think its ok with me cause a) its about Vampires and well, they don't exist therefore zero comparison to real life and b) its a hilarious show! I laugh my head off all the time. Its so freaking clever and Jason well, he is hysterical! Hahaha! Having said that, the first time I rented it I watched like, 5 episodes in a row and went to bed feeling nauseous and shaken up. Anyway,
I had been hearing about it for a couple of years now and was not that stoked on watching yet another vampire show, I mean, what's there left to be creative about? Seen it all know everything there is to know about these creatures of the night and well, BORING! But not so with the altra clever Alan Ball (creator) who I would trample over my mother to work with. Heh, heh, um, just kidding mum :D. A couple of years ago my friends boyfriend said I looked like one of the characters in it. Terrified I began to search and suspected the character in question looked like Whoppi Goldberg, but I was pleasantly surprised (nothing against Whoppi, but I look nothing like her. And if someone was going to be compare me to a black actress than why couldn't I be compared Halle Berry or something!) when I found out he meant I looked like Rutina Wesley (Tara). Now, lets be real, I look nothing like her either, but I would suspect its all about the hair and skin color thing since there isn't many black stars as dark as me or who rocks braids or dreads, so you know, they go to default. But what really got me was a friend of mine saying not only do I look like her but I remind her of Tara. Geez! Please, you gotta be kidding. Talk about a character with massive chip on her shoulder! I mean, I don't ever swear or use profanity out of the bedroom, how insulting! When I questioned my friend further she said she meant the quality of fierceness and protectiveness over her relationship with Sookie, so I took that as a positive and bounced happily away.
Here is a little amusing bit of trivia for you! Did you know that Rutina wasn't origanally cast as Tara? Nope, they shot the entire first episode with another actress named Brooke Kerr. I tried to get more information on this poor actress but couldn't find much on why it was recast. Man, I would be choked they recast me now that True Blood is so stinking huge. Girlfriend could have become a star. But lets face it, she just doesn't have the issues Rutina has. You know, angry black stereotype thing. I even heard that Tara's character wasn't even black in the novels. But regardless I can't picture anyone else with the overacting angst that is Tara! Look for yourself. This is so cool!
Verses This:
Um, yeah. I'l take Ms. Rutina anytime. Even if she is irritating me this season with her sad sack self. Oh and here's a question for you... what is up with Sookie still being in love with boring Bill after she found out that Tara was tied up and about to be abused and then turned vampire by that psycho vampire (HILARIOUS GUY) and Bill did NOTHING. Didn't save her, didn't even bat a dead eyelash! Man if my boyfriend didn't save one of my girlfriends from a fate worse then death, well I'd....I'd....I'd....well, I wouldn't be with him thats for sure! Definitely not future husband material!
Yes, I did, and its been the most beautiful yet uniquely different experience of my life.
My beautiful readers, this experience has been a completely transformative one. I've learned so much and yet still have so much to learn. I was scared at first. Asked friends for advice, looked for information - anything - I could get on the internet to make sure I was doing it right. I mean, I've never experienced this before. Yeah, I've witnessed other families and singles in my same situation and even thought that it would be a breeze when it finally happened, you know, cause of TV and commercials and stuff. Actually, I've made so many mistakes already! Its been a difficult start! Because I've never experienced this kind of love in my life before I actually forget that it is indeed part of my life. I go back to living like I did before I had this love and that old tape of me being the only one in the world without tends to play in my head a lot more than I care to admit. Days go by with me completely forgetting cause its so new! Can you believe it!? Anyway, I never truly thought it would ever happen to me, never really envisioned this kind of love in my life. But let me tell you, my life has completely changed. How could I have gone so long without? Just thinking about whats going to happen after a delicious candlelit dinner at home makes me giggle like a school girl. Here is a picture of me and the object of my affection:
Me and my (sniff) BRAND NEW COUNTER TOP DISHWASHER!!!!
Danby DDW497 with room to wash 4 standard place settings and 5 wash cycles that gets my dishes sparkling clean!!!
I'VE NEVER FELT SO BLISSFULLY COMPLETE!!!!
I'M THE LUCKIEST SINGLETON IN THE WORLD! HAHHAHAHA!!! :)
YAHOOOO!!!
You dishes will never ever mock me again after an afternoon of Indian cooking!!!! Into the dishwasher you go!!!!
I think I'll name him Brad! "The dishes Brad!" "Oh friends, no need to tidy up after I've slaved in the kitchen for hours for you, Bradly is doing the dishes tonight!" Remember that post I wrote about before. My dream has come true Hahahha! Eat your heart out guy down the hall! Hehehehahahahahohohoho!
