The Final Hurrah

I sadly missed the red carpet because I was in flight and missed the end of the awards because I'm old and pseudo-narcoleptic, but I did see most of the show and all the outfit recaps. Here are some lovelies.

Halle Berry in Marchesa

Gwyneth Paltrow in Calvin Klein

Helen Mirren in Vivienne Westwood

Natalie Portman in Rodarte

Camila Alves in Kaufman Franco

Facebook Etiquette in the Eyes of R

So, we all use Facebook for various things...some to keep in touch with long distance friends, some to keep up to date with current events, and a small group of people who choose to use it to document every second of their day.  I've summed up some Facebook Dos/Don'ts in the eyes of R.

Don'ts:

• Don't post every detail about your child's sickness, including which end they are ejecting fluids out of (EWW!)
• Don't post every single caloric detail of your day (do I need to know if you've only eaten 4.5 calories today - NO)
• Don't refer to people's Facebook status in normal conversation.  Example:  When you haven't seen/talked to someone in a few weeks, don't bring up what they did last weekend from you reading their Facebook page.
• Don't post every second of your labor (including when the child has arrived) and paste pictures of the poor mom who has just delivered the child.
• Don't Facebook while intoxicated (I'm still learning this one)

Do's:

• Do take the time to post pictures so that your friends can keep up with you
• Do try to respond to people's comments on your page and answer the question

Any other rules you'd like people to abide by?

Some R&R in Palm Springs

Thie past weekend G$ adn I jetted down to Palm Springs for a long due weekend away.  We had planned this weekend back in January, and have been counting down to it like kids count down to Christmas.

G$ had to go for work, and I ended up fanagling a work meeting for Tuesday, which meant that I had an extra night to stay down there.  Our main inspiration for going there you ask....THE OUTLETS in Cabazon!  These are the best outlets in the WORLD - its a shopper's fantasyland paradise.  Gammo, Dior, Kate Spade, YSL, Gucci - you name it and it was there.  And chances are...it was also 50% off!

We stayed at the Temecula Creek Inn on Saturday night and took advantage of their date night package, which included dinner, champagne and strawberries in your room rate. I also realized that I had left my wallet at William Rast at the outlets...which meant we had to return on Sunday - OOOOOOOOPS!   Our waitress randomly was a waitress we'd had multiple times before at a restaurant in SF - small world!  Has a bottomless bloody mary/mimosa brunch and then did some wine tasting on Sunday, only to head back to the outlets.  I decided I don't like wine from this region..way too dry.

We then headed to Palm Springs, for some dinner, mellow time, hiking and recharging.  The only thing was I felt bad that I was on some meds that make me kind of moody/cranky - so poor G$ had to put up with it.

It was nice to get away and have some time to reconnect and recharge :)

R's Food Porn Inspired by the Weather

It's monsooning in the Bay Area, and a major highway is flooded.  Here is my food porn inspired by the weather:

N's Friday Food Porn

Spiced Yogurt Cheese Balls

Bow Bracelet...Bow Bracelet..Where Are You My Bow Bracelet?

I'm asking for a moment of silence for the bow bracelet I lost this weekend while sipping my mimosa and going to brunch.

R's Food Porn

My food porn was inspired by N's dinner menu tonight.  In 2010 during one of our many weddings, we spent an afternoon before the wedding with some flatbreads and sauv blanc.  Here are some of my favorite flatbreads.



Fig - Prosciotto Flatbread



Roasted Mushroom Flatbreads