Time to ring out the old and ring in the new! I’m starting 2009 with a clean house, clean laundry, and feeling very refreshed and relaxed.
For 2009, my New Year’s Resolutions are:
1) Appreciate everything that I already have from the clothing hanging in my closet to my amazing friends and family; 2) Make the best of every situation and the most of every opportunity; 3) Get more sleep every night and take better care of myself in general.
I’ll also be adding new things to ThoseExtra4Inches.com, including a guide to the restaurants, bars, and lounges that I visit, as well as the Weekly Obsession, which you’ll be able to see (and shop) in the right side-bar all week long.
P.S. The photo above is of the historic New York’s Eve Ball that was first dropped in Times Square in 1907. I have to admit that while it isn’t as bright and colorful as the new one, I like it much better and somehow find it so much more inspiring. Image courtesy of The New York Times
Have a wonderful Christmas & an amazing Hanukkah everyone!
No matter how you plan on celebrating (whether wearing a typical and terrible holiday sweater, a Juicy Couture sweat suit, or a sexy little Santa suit and new Louboutins), spread the cheer to everyone around you. Here’s hoping you got everything you wished for and more! Xx
I’ve taken a new desk and received my first paycheck, so it’s official - I am back in PR, which is good for me, great for my clients, and absolutely amazing for you! Of course I’ll still be writing here (and in other places), but most of my waking hours will be dedicated to getting the news and stories out about my clients.
So why is this good for you? Because my clients are all awesome and you’ll have your little eyes opened to a whole new slew of designers. That’s right, I’ll be bringing you a whole new set of stylish little things to become absolutely obsessed with. Forget the 12 Days of Christmas - I’m delivering 364 Days of Christmas from now on.
My skinny jeans? Soaking wet.
My purse? Drenched.
My pumps? Filled with water.
My plan? Finish drinking my third coffee of the day, soak myself some more as I walk to the train to head to the ‘naughty or nice’ Christmas party not dressed as a ‘ho ho ho’ as the invitation requested due to this awful downpour. Way to dampen my Christmas spirit New York.
And now, some of my very random musings during tonight’s 2008 American Music Awards:
Jimmy Kimmel is just not a good host and he looks almost cross-eyed tonight
AHH! I missed half of it?! Damn. I should get TiVo.
Beyonce’s black and white sort of Viktor & Rolf-meets-Gareth Pugh jacket is hot. She’s awesome. I want her body. I love her new song Single Ladies - no wonder Jay-Z finally put a ring on it. And her back-up dancers? Damn.
Wait a sec…I know that dress! Is Mariah Carey actually wearing the same Dolce dress that Kim from The Real Housewives of Atlanta wore to DeShawn’s Night of a Thousand Stars gala event? Didn’t anyone tell her? Oh, and why is poor Nick Cannon helping her down from the stairs and kissing her hand? I guess it’s meant to be sweet?
Woah - Natasha Bedingfield should fire her stylist. The hair and the ill-fitting tux is awful; the red dress is just ok at best. How old is she anyway? Is the The Hills on?
The Pussy Cat Dolls should not wear patent leather - too obvious and way too shiny
Rihanna looks like a cupcake getting ready to marry Karl Lagerfeld in her founcy Giambattista Valli-like layered dress. Cute, but too short. Hate the gloves.
Now she’s wearing a crystal eye-patch for her performance for the Justin Timberlake-written song, Rehab? Really Rihanna, we know you’re cool, but the eye-patch, spikes, chains, faux-hock, big flame bursts - it’s all just a little much don’t you think? She doesn’t still need to try that hard - or does she?
The Jonas Brothers really are pretty cute boys.
Alicia Keys looks lovely and sounds great - but why does she keep bringing her purse up on stage each time she accepts an award? She’s either the new face of Judith Leiber or must be expecting a really important call.
Annie Lenox is awesome, no wonder my mom used to listen to her all the time.
Kanye West needs a haircut.
There are soo many Disney artists out now. I feel old. Miley Cyrus is really just turning 16?! I feel really old. Taylor Swift is odd looking, but still pretty. I should really put on a moisturizing mask now…
I love ZOOZOOM and wish I had been able to make it to the Fashion Wars Live Party they threw with 3rd Ward this past weekend, but I’ve been sick and was just too lazy to haul my fashionable butt out to Brooklyn.
But just because I (and maybe you too) didn’t participate in the actual battle, it doesn’t mean I/we don’t get to spend the rest of today judging those who did! Visit the war zone to vote for (and be inspired by) your favorite looks. I mean, if you’re stuck inside on such a beautiful (albeit chilly) day you might as well have something entertaining to do…
I admit that I have some seriously geeky tendencies - I adore science fiction, proudly own all of the extended versions of LOTR, find the world wide web sexy on various intellectual levels, etc. But even though I thoroughly enjoyed Neal Stephenson’s Snow Crash and find his metaverse incredibly intriguing and fascinating, I’ve never really wanted to join a virtual world such as Second Life.
And while the idea of re-inventing myself as some slutty avatar that moves jerkily across the screen has never appealed to me, it has to millions of others. A lot of people are highly addicted to Second Life and, according to a fairly amusing article I read today in the NY Post, it has brought people together ending in real marriages and then torn them apart again due to virtual affairs. Read below:
This is one couple that’s clearly divorced from reality.
Amy Taylor, 28, split up with her husband, David Pollard, 40, after catching him digitally cheating on her in the popular online game “Second Life.”
The British couple had a passion for “Second Life,” in which people lead alternative existences over the Web, with personas - or avatars - that are typically far more svelte and suave than their real selves.
Pollard and Taylor spent countless hours living in the game as their attractive alter egos, Dave Barmy and Laura Skye, after getting married both in real life and in the game in 2005.
In real life, Taylor and Pollard are both overweight, and he is balding.
I certainly love being showered with love and attention (and yes, fabulous gifts) as much as the next girl. But what I don’t like is when someone looks at me and thinks that I’m the sort of girl who’s love is up for sale - that dangling a pair of heels in front of my nose will get me into the bedroom or that the promise of a sexy shopping spree will lead to happily ever after.
The truth is that as a woman who works in fashion in New York City,I have certainly had my fair share of men who flaunt the fact that they can buy you the world. That the more they whip out that black Am Ex, the the more you’ll love them. Now I’m not going to deny that every girl (or person actually) wants to be with someone who can support them, but what I really wantis to be with someone that I am able to equally support and give endless to. Of course I ultimately want to end up with an extremely kind and generous person who is just dying to give me the world so I guess I should get used to the whole gift thing, but it’s just an idea I’m not quite comfortable with at this point. Hmm - maybe you all should just send me a fabulous pair from Barneys so that I get used to this whole thing sooner rather than later.
Anyway, I’m really curious to know how you guys feel about being gifted so please answer take my poll below - and for this one you’re able to choose more than one answer because I think this is sort of a sticky question (or at least it is for me)…
Last Wednesday (or two Wednesday’s ago, I guess) I ended up at a Halloween party thrown by my friend’s brother’s company (or something like that) and was pleasantly surprised to find DJ Samantha Ronson spinning. And of course, Lindsey Lohan was there. And yes, her hair is super vibrant and pretty and she is really thin. And a million people took pictures of her - and she took ones of the crowd. And just for future reference, I’ll go to any party where Samantha Ronson is spinning - she was awesome. No wonder Lindsey’s gay. For a really bad picture, click below…
Because so many of us are too lazy to vote, retailers, coffee shops, and even sex stores are giving us more of an incentive to get out there and let our voices be heard (other than, you know, determining the state of our nation for the next four years) - so even if your favorite official doesn’t end up in office, at least you’ll end up with a happy ending!
Here’s the deal - I mean, here are the deals:
Enjoy a free tall coffee at Starbucks tomorrow when you walk in and tell them that you’ve voted
Babeland (NY, LA, Seattle) is offering free sex toys. Fellas get the Maverick, a sleeve for self-pleasuring. Women get the Silver Bullet mini-vibrator. The promotion lasts through Nov. 11 and all you need to do is bring in your registration card, ballot stub or simply give your word that you voted
Krispy Kreme will be handing out star-shaped doughnuts with red, white, and blue sprinkles to those wearing their ‘I Voted” sticker
Love ice cream? Well Ben & Jerry’s is serving up free scoops of ice cream to everyone between 5 and 8 p.m.
Want more patriotic love? I suggest watching a little Drop Dead Gorgeous - I just die every time Kirstie Alley is asked (while standing in the middle of a mall parking lot (and illegally parked in a handicapped stall)) what her favorite Mount Rose American Teen Princess pageant theme was and she exclaims, “Do I ever? Amer - I CAN!!” It’s just too good!
There are lines for everything. Lines for the iPhone, lines of kids dying to catch a peek at Mary-Kate and Ashley Olsen at their Union Square book signing, steady lineups at Magnolia Bakery for cupcakes, and of course, plenty of lines all over Disneyland. There are also really depressing lines too - like the mile-long one I saw today at Grand Central for a job fair.
With so many people being laid off lately, you can’t help but wonder what things are going to be like in a week, a month, 6 months, a year. I might be “blogging” in chalk on the new york city streets instead of in my comfortable apartment, typing away on my mac and leisurely eating a bowl of pasta, all while enjoying the ambiance provided by a newly acquired Belle Fleur candle. Let’s just cross our fingers that that doesn’t end up happening.
In case you aren’t familiar with how dire the situation is really becoming, here are just a very few cuts being made in the world of magazines:
Men’s VOGUE has been cut to just two issues a year and is being absorbed into VOGUE
ELLE Accessories (which I’ve always bought but never found that ground-breaking) has been temporarily suspended for a year
Conde Nast Portfolio is down to 10 issues a year
RADAR and CosmoGIRL! have folded
Time Inc (big poppa to InStyle) is laying off 600 employees
This may very well prove to be the scariest Halloween ever.
And speaking of The Hills, on tonight’s episode ‘who to choose’ we actually got a little action. Audrina might have finally found herself a good guy, an cute Aussie. He’ll probably last for a week or so and then she’ll be back to bad-for-her Justin Bobby. At least it was better than last week.
And unfortunately, I also watched the damn after-show show thing that MTV insists on airing periodically. First of all, why can’t someone help out the female host? I know MTV has a bunch of stylists so why can’t one of them convince the girl to cut her tranny-looking tresses and slim down her look a little bit? Anyway, the show is just so unnecessary and ridiculous - Stephanie Pratt was on the show to tell the world how great of a human being Spencer really is and how she wants to have her own handbag collection (can you say ‘ew’?). Oh well, there goes yet another 30 minutes of my life I’ll never get back…
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