Katie in Paris!

This summer would of been amazing to fly to Europe to get away from life and work for a few weeks...

..Fortunately, I know someone who did, so I can vicariously live through her! Hehe.

Her name is Katie Harlow. She for the first time ventured out to Europe for a two week course at Parson's school of Design in Paris, France. She left on the Fourth of July, which is ironic since it's her first independent abroad experience. Her first experience abroad a matter of fact! Today she visited Champs de Lycees, where they went around taking photos. She wrote saying that
"The Champs de Lycees is huge!! So many stores, beautiful gardens and GORGEOUS monuments. You would LOVE it!".

So far she has visited Luxembourg Gardens, Latin Quarter where the Panthenon is, Montmartre in Northern Paris (where the Moulin Rouge is), Fashion district, and a neighborhood in Paris called Hotel de Ville.

She writes about the fashion, "The fashion is so great here! Everyone dresses up which is awesome. I have yet to see someone walking around in sweats and tennis shoes."

It's true! When I ventured off by myself to the great unknown (England and Wales) last summer, I was amazed at how nicely everyone dresses. Very impressive! When I got back to L.A, all I saw were girls wearing their Victoria Secret PINK sweatpants. There is a definite difference between LA and London fashion wise. They take risks and we don't.

This weekend she ventures off to Versailles and Charter.

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A party at Mary's a few weeks ago.
Time to make some cookies for tonight!
Photo: Me & Jill

HAPPY 4TH OF JULY!

Happy 4th of July everyone!
The town I live in celebrates the 4th of July on the 3rd (such a small town, we need to draw a crowd somehow, so opting for the day before attracts more poeple to our town), so last night I got to see some great fireworks!
I actually fell asleep while waiting for the sun to go down, so I could drive over to Mary's and watch them. I woke up to to big bangs from the fireworks, and quickly rushed over to her house. I got there and caught a good 10 minutes of them and the finale, which is always the best!
Tonight is the 4th of July party. I will be dressed in all red, Shirley in all blue and Mary in all white. :)

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On Haight Street in the Haight Ashbury district of San Francisco, CA.

Copy cat

While at work today, I was browsing on Forever 21 when i stumbled upon this Navy Blue dress. If you ask me, it looks exactly like the Miss Selfridge dress from last season. Check it out yourself. The blue is the copy and the Pink is the original.





Exactly alike minus the material and the layered effect on the Miss Selfridge dress.

RIP Farrah Fawcett

RIP Farrah, you will be missed.

Weeds Season 4

Rented WEEDS season 4 today. Check out these amazing promo shots for season 4. It's the new age pin up girl!!! I love Mary Louise Parker, and I love this show. It's great! Check it out! if you don't have showtime (like myself) just rent it from Blockbuster or Net Flicks.

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San Fernando/LA

Getting out of Ventura County and heading into Los Angeles County is always a nice change. From the suburbs to the city, we made our way Sherman Oaks, which is about a 25 minute drive. We stopped at Buffalo Exchange and searched through the store, like kids in a candy store! I sold a pair of BCD jeans and a UO top, which I took the 50% store credit, rather then the 35% cash. I found a cute white loose top with a b&w photo of hippies at woodstock 69. I am almost positive this is TOP SHOP. I then found a lovely leopard button up blouse from Forever and a purple leopard sweater from HM, which I have in red. I only paid $17 for everything.
After spending about a hour there, we left and got on the 101fwy and exited Tujuanga Blvd. Made a left and another left at Dilling, where we arrived to the famous Brady Bunch House. The Brady Bunch was one of my favorite shows as a kid, and when I found out that the real house was located in North Hollywood, we decided to check it out!


We got lunch @ Panera Bread on the corner of Laurel Canyon and Ventura. It was very yummy. We walked down a few blocks to Crossroads and browsed around. Crossroads is a fabulous store with used name brand clothing for cheap. You can also sell back as well.
Took Beverly Glen, to Mullholland , to Benedict Canyon to Sunset. This is at the top of Mullholland looking down at the San Fernando Valley.
Off Benedict Canyon is Cielo Drive. This is the old Tate property where the Manson Murders took place. The original house is now demolished and was actually located a lil bit below this now new mansion called the Bella Villa, owned by a hot shot Hollywood producer. This hot shot, Jeff Franklin (producer of Full House) was having a party yesterday. If only we had an invitation! Imagine the views!
My friend's dad actually grew up in the house below the old Tate property. He was just 15 at the time, but his dad (my friends grandpa) called the cops the morning (I'm guessing midnight-1am-ish) of August 9th, 1969, notifying them of a party getting out of control at the Tate residence. Well, the cops showed up at my friend's dad's house, who then told the police that it is theTate house he needs to check out. They never did. The next morning, the hosuekeeper found the 5 victims dead inside and outside the house on Cielo Drive.

Happy Father's Day

Happy Father's Day to all you daddy's!

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My last night in London. Looking down from the top floor of the Hilton London Metropole, which is down the street from Paddington Station.

Beautiful Sharon Tate

Marilyn Day Part 2

After driving from the valley out to Brentwood to visit MM's house, and a stop at the Pierce Brother's Memorial Center, we were a bit exhausted and needed to re-energize ourselves. We decided on Jerry's Deli after cruising around Westwood. Westwood is where the UCLA campus is located, about 15-20 minutes west of LA and 5 minutes west of Hollywood. It's a great college campus and a superb party town!

After Jerry's, we headed over to Sunset and made our next destination...and the last stop of the Marilyn Day. The Beverly Hills Hotel. *MM bungalow 21A*

The top balcony is where she lived for a year of her life.

We decided on a stop @ the famous Polo Lounge in the BHH for a cocktail. What a beautiful place it is, and the amazing staff is a bonus!
At the pool side cabana looking at the back of the hotel.
Katie and the Ian Zeiring look-a-like from NYC.
Livin' it up in the bathroom. Really, I could live in this bathroom. Absolutely amazing and clean. A+
Staff members = A+

We left the hotel around 10PM, and headed for the valley. My friend was DJing that night at Smile's Night Club in Sherman Oaks, and we decided to check it out. Good times.

Music is therapy

I did some music shopping this weekend and bought the Of Montreal album, The Sunlandic Twins. They have such creative and unique lyrics in their songs. The album is great, probably one of their well-known albums.
Also, got the new Empire of the Sun album, Walking on a dream. I love "We are the people" and "Country".

A day of Marilyn Monroe

Out of nowhere a few weeks ago, Marilyn Monroe popped into my head. Katie and I met for coffee and would discuss how we didn't think her death was caused by suicide, rather murder. With the research I have been doing and trusting my intuition, I feel she was murdered by a Kennedy brother or the mob. We may never know…unless they re-open the case and do a thorough autopsy. This has not been done yet.
Since June 1st was her 83rd birthday, Katie and I decided to make it a Marilyn day on Saturday (6/6).
First stop, The house Marilyn died in

Next stop, The Pierce Brothers Memorial Center in Westwood, CA

Hugh Hefner bought the empty crypt to the left of Marilyn.

Katie and I in Marilyn inspired outfits.

Says "in" underneath his name, haha.

Bettie Page's grave. Love her!!!
I really thought going to a cemetery would be a little unnerving, but the Pierce Brothers cemetery is so little and peaceful, you almost forget your in one! There were other people there, taking their photos infront of Marilyn's crypt, checking out other actors, or visiting their loved ones.

James and Marilyn

Overcast weekend which caused M and I to cancel plans to go out to Venice on Saturday. This worked in my favor, since I was completely out of make up and decided to go out to Burbank (Cinema Secrets) and buy some. I hopped out of bed and quickly showered, drove down to Starbucks, where the lady working behind the counter must have been on the rag.
I go through certain phases of researching a certain person or place or topic. This last week I have been on a James Dean and Marilyn Monroe kick.

Anyway...
Happy Birthday, Marilyn.

Oil Change

I found a coupon for an oil change at the 76 on princeton. I go in yesterday at 1pm and there were no cars in the shop. I figured it wouldn't take long. I tell the guy I need an oil chg and he says to come back tomorrow, he only has one guy working today. I say I can't. He tells me to pick my car up at 10pm (on a saturday). I tell him 9 hrs to do an oil change? Are you insane? Tells me to come back at 5pm. 4 hrs for an oil change? I ended up going to Jiffy Lube and paid a lil bit more and waited 15 minutes lol. You'd think people would want customers to come in, esp in a recession. :)

Friday night fun

Spring Break is over (officially on Monday) which doesn't really make a difference in my life. The semester will be over at the end of next month, which means the quicker Spring Break is over, the quicker the whole semester will be over!

Last night, I met M @ West Coast. Met up with friends and shared pitchers of Hef. MMM.



The night was enjoyable, filled with good drinks and good music. I ran into a few old friends/acquaintances which is always cool. I have been meaning to drive out to the valley and visit my friend Skip, but have not been able to. Turns out I didn't have to because he was out and about last night! We caught up on life, cheers each other and watched M sing up on stage.

the 80's!!!

Back to the 80's
Feb 26 2009 by Joanne Welford, Evening Gazette

IF you still have a wardrobe full of leggings and batwing tops - don’t despair. Eighties style is back with a vengeance. Joanne Welford reports.
HAVE you still got a ra ra skirt lurking somewhere at the back of your wardrobe? What about a pair of leggings or, dare we say it, a jumpsuit and a pair of ankle boots?
Well, don’t get rid of your gear. The Eighties boulder shoulder pads and Sue-Ellen suits are long gone, but there’s a definite retro influence on shape and colour that owes a lot to the early days of Madonna, pictured.
Mel Morrison, deputy manager at Miss Selfridge in Middlesbrough, says there are lots of leggings, frills and vest style tops giving an exciting new spin to this season’s looks.
“Eighties looks are definitely in,” says Mel.
“It is easy to wear and is about being a little bit different rather than going for the average jeans-and-a-top look.”
Tops with full sleeves matched with a waist hugging belt, leggings and vests and plenty of accessories are key.
And, says Mel, so is colour.
“It is what you make of it and what you feel comfortable in,” she says. “There is lots of colour around, too.”

The lady at Its A Grind

After work yesterday, I went over to It's A Grind, down the street from my house. I started walking over and noticed a lady in front of me. From behind she looked like she was in her 20's due to her fake long blonde extentions or wig, her hooker heels, and petite body. In actuality she was in her 50's.
She notices a stern looking man in his 50's with a thick mustashe. She walks up to him and asks "Brian? You must be Brian." It sure was Brian. I guess I had witnessed the beginning of the blind date.
All is normal until the lady turns around and I almost fainted in horror! I feel bad for saying that, but god damn lady, who the fuck is your surgean and how is he lisenced!?! Her face was frightening! She looked like the cat lady or Michael Jackson with clown lips (not a joke)!
I stood there in shock as I waited for my iced vanilla latte. I contemplated informing her that she was no longer 21 and to start acting her age. I bit my tounge and stayed put.
A part of me felt kind of bad for her. Life is hard and aging sucks. There's only so much you can do to pause the process until you end up looking like a cartoon character. :shrugs: