Humphrey Slocombe

...the breakfast of champions....

Flaming Lips

Midnight in Paris and The Purple Rose of Cairo

Midnight in Paris was charming, entertaining, and worth seeing.  Every street shot is  unsurprisingly gorgeous and if you romanticize Paris the way I do, you'll get swept up in momentary Francophilia and briefly consider an apartment swap on AirBandB.com.    But to me, it didn't reach the caliber of  The Purple Rose of Cairo, one of Woody Allen's earlier films with somewhat similar escapist and fantastical elements (...and one of my all time favorite movies!).  Set in the Depression Era, the tonality of The Purple Rose of Cairo is tinged with more melancholy and the characters are more desperate, and to me the story is  more complex and emotionally engaging. Whereas in Midnight in Paris, the feeling is more light-hearted. The characters live in a world of the "worried well", so watching Owen Wilson fret over  his literary ambitions and chosen Hollywood vocation seems trivial, yet funny and compelling.  Some of the casting and one-liners are completely inspired (i.e. Adrian Brody, as Dali and the guy who played Hemmingway), but I wasn't totally immersed in the world or consequences bourgeois characters faced while experiencing "la vie en rose". Still....check it out, it's gotta be better than all the sequels that are hitting the screens...

Room 28 - Mista Cookie Jar

The video for "Room 28"  by Mista Cookie Jar (my brother) drops at midnight!  

Teaser for "Room 28 (That's How We Roll)" - Mista Cookie Jar & the Chocolate Chips from Mista Cookie Jar on Vimeo.

If you have kids or like music, check it out.

Here's another video for your viewing pleasure....

Beachy Keen

On vacation...xoxo

Lauren Moffatt Fall 2011

Lauren Moffatt came out with her Fall 2011 line.  Head-to-toe Lauren Moffatt is a bit precious and I have to say I cant really see anything too game-changing in this collection, but I'm always drawn to the construction and color contrast of her pieces, particularly her coats and capes.  This look below-- with the leather panel detailing --is pretty adorable too...

Via: Refinery 29

Paris, anyone?

Seems very much like The Purple Rose of Cairo...one of my all time faves...

A new cooking site!

A nifty new cooking site! Written in the same snarky spirit as whatthefuckshouldieatfordinner.com... but I must say the soft-shell crabs recipe with the gherkin-ramp aioli  looks like it could result in a pretty tasty dish...

www.cookingforassholes.com

Peony season!

Get them at your local deli!

Mother's Day

I just read a  feature that the New York Times published about fashion designers and what their mothers wore.  It's alway fascinating to get the inside scoop on how stylists and designers get inspired, especially what strikes their fashion fancy at an early age.   To this day,  I still find new items rummaging through my mother's jewelry boxes and storage bins  in the attic.  Check out the the slideshow!