February 2009
Fringe: a show you should be watching. →
Agree! Agree!
I started watching Fringe because my friend had a role on the show (he played the creepy bald guy) but after the first episode I was hooked.
I would totes participate in viewing night…only, I live in the Chi.
mascarah:
Fringe is freaking amazing. It just keeps getting better and better. If you aren’t watching it you should tune in now before you are so far behind (LOST...
January 2009
“The eye sees a thing more clearly in dreams than the imagination awake.”
– Leonardo da Vinci
My brother drives race cars...for real. →
My super bad-ass little bro, Henry, is studying engineering at University of Illinois and has hooked up with their Formula SAE team (Society of Automotive Engineers) as one of their lead drivers.
He has been racing some sort of cart/car for as long as I can remember and I am insanely impressed that he has found a group that nurtures his talent and gives these kids the resources to fully explore...
My all-time, number-one,... →
“TV has never been better. Someday, we’re gonna look back on this period as this...”
– Ira Glass on why the death of network television is awesome [A.V. Club] (via peterwknox) (via heylaney)
Fasting: Day 2.5
Great news… I downed my coconut water and a big glass of vegetable juice and I feel so much better. I think I didn’t drink enough juice last night and just woke up a little dehydrated. It is kind of amazing how filling juiced veggies can be.
PS. I am writing this for my mom who did in fact read a previous post and called me at work to say she was “pissed!” (her words,...
Day 2: Fasting
Ok, so I am on my second day of this god foresaken juice fast and to be honest (my mom is going to kill me if she reads this)…I don’t feel great.
Detox Coach Karyn warned us that the second day would be the hardest, and she was right- I don’t have much strength. Why don’t I just “eat a sandwich” (as my sister so delicately asked this morning)? I feel like I...
It's not what I signed up for
You are so right Georgie.
(Turns out…the “For Worse” clause is just as important as its more pleasant counterpart)
georgiegirlnyc:
Dawn Spinner Davis, 26, a beauty writer, said the downward-trending graphs began to make sense when the man she married on Nov. 1, a 28-year-old private wealth manager, stopped playing golf, once his passion. “One of his best friends told me that...
Accenture Reunion
Last night I met a dear friend/former boss out for drinks. He is a fancy fancy partner at Accenture who I worked under for almost a year. He is one of those people who is really good at his job (read: can close multimillion dollar deals) but still invests time in developing his team.
We had a wonderful night catching up and I really enjoyed taking a conversational jaunt down memory lane. It is...
My jobs
Since being in the real world, I have had 3 distinct careers.
Arts Lackey: After graduation,my ideals and I moved to NY and worked for an off-Broadway theat-ah filling every position from Box Office Manager to development assistant to marketing associate. I lived and breathed art and being a part of something I cared so much about was indescribable. While working for the theatre, I saw (free)...
A blog to help rich guys' girfriends deal with the... →
Terrible! (By which, I really mean AMAZING in a Rock of Love or Bad Girls Club kind of way.)
Detox: Week 3
Alright ladies and gentlemen…we have arrived at the main event of the detox: Fasting.
Last night during class, Karyn unveiled the week 3 protocol sheet which basically instructed us to not eat or drink anything other than vegetable juice, wheatgrass and Coconut Water.
The goal is to fast for 3-7 days. Me being me, I am aiming for 7. Hmm.
Run Emmy!
I just received an email stating:
“Congratulations! Based on your past performance in the Chicago Marathon, and/or your recently submitted race result, you have been assigned to a Seeded Start Corral at the 2009 Bank of America Shamrock Shuffle.”
Um, I kind of hope that I am put right up front with the Kenyans! Think about it… even if I got smoked by the elite runners the...
MY BODY, MY BOTOX
If this were 1995, I would say “you go girl!” But since it is not, I just want to give Mary a shout-out for being beautiful, honest and authentically herself.
“I look to the future with confidence and a less wrinkled forehead.” I second that!
maryrambin:
**This is in no way a promotion or medical analysis. Below is my thought process and opinion on the current views...
Cerveris takes on "Hedda." →
My all-time favorite stage actor, Tony Award winner, leading Sondheim interpreter and dear friend, Michael Cerveris chats with BroadwayWorld about preparing for “Hedda Gabler.”
He is starring in the Ibsen play with Mary Louise Parker on Broadway at the American Airlines Theatre.
“One is never over-, or underdressed with a little black dress.”
– Karl Lagerfeld
Weekend Review
Great weekend! It felt very culturally well rounded, too.
Highlights included:
Performance Arts: The “Short Story Slam” was unbelievable! It was one of my very favorite Chicago experiences. It felt like a celebration of performance, literature and our city. The stories ranged from one family’s road trip stop at McDonald’s play-land to a south side girl’s...
Smallish World
Want to hear something fun?
Last night, Simon and I went to a party for one of his law school buddies whom I had never met. As I walked into this room full of what I though was going to be complete strangers, I ran right into one of my Pi Phi girls from Northwestern! I adored Lindsay back in college, but haven’t seen her in 5 years and it was such a wonderful surprise getting to catch up...
“I know that you cannot live on hope alone, but without it, life is not worth...”
– Harvey Milk
Simon Rocks!
Tonight we are going on date night to see the movie “Milk.” If you have ever been to a movie theatre while on a detox, you know how challenging it can be (damn omnipresent delicious popcorn smells!).
I just arrived home from work to find that Simon had stopped by Whole Paycheck Foods and bought a whole bunch of raw snacks for me! Included in my snack bag are tasty treats including...
