I bet you didn't know...

That this is the one-and-only Famous Amos.



Yep! Like the Famous Amos cookies...

I always thought this was probably Famous Amos.



My... the things you learn on Unwrapped.

Happy Monday :) Now you have a little tid-bit to go home and tell your roommate or loved one.

This Week On The Internet- TWOTI

Favorite People! I've missed you. Welcome back.

I have a lot to say today, but nothing to write.

So, instead, I'm going to introduce you to TWOTI.

Yep, This Week On The Internet.

The PR chickies in my office make this every week (and have done so) for the last 35 weeks. These girls have an additional genome strand that allows them to find and detect all "soon-to-be-cool" things on the internet. They record this information in a blog, aptly named This Week On The Internet.

It's got a bunch of great, fun, useful, tools, tips, and bits of information and links that will, ultimately, make you way cooler in your knowledge of anything INTERNET.

Here's the link: http://twoti.tumblr.com/

With that, I leave you with this precious little Chanel-hipster-in-training.

Thank You, Get Up Kids

Remember back to the time where your first boyfriend made you mixed tapes that allowed him to express his feelings through someone else's words? Yes, kiddies, I said TAPES. Back before burn-able CDs or even iPhod playlists.

Well, I was reminded about this time, tonight, while scanning through the newest iTunes albums available. The Get Up Kids have a new album out, and I was suddenly flashing back to 2000-2003 and thought, how did I manage to survive those years? I can probably vouch for most of us, we don't remember what we got on all our tests (there are a few scores that we can remember) and we don't remember all our teachers names (there are, again, a few key educators that we can remember) but we do remember everyone we dated or had super-crushes on.

Listening to music from our high school eras, I think, is the most fun (and sometimes roughest) way to flash back to old memories. Not that I want to recall all of them! [[I can say, honestly, that high school lasted 1.5 years too long for me.]]

But, just seeing The Get Up Kids name flash on the homepage of iTunes made me laugh and sneak into see their old albums to listen to what got me through my years... 10 years ago.

What band do you want to thank for getting you through those nutso times?

I'll leave you with this: I'll Catch You- Get Up Kids
...and this....


Happy 8th Grade Graduation, lovies! (Little did you know how the next 4 years would unfold... ha!) xoxo

A night to remember

SIMPLY because there was so much hair.

To start off- my fabulous friend and I went to her see brother's band for a charity event at the Canal Room. Here is a photogograph of her brother singing his heart out in his band, Instant Classic:

It was so much fun! From when Instant Classic was on, singing their own music and also covering such fantastic bands like The Band, through the break between music acts (where Jackie and I had a CRAZY dance off to 80s Janet) we just all had such a blast.

THEN... the night really heated up. Rubix Kube, the BEST 80s cover band EVER, came on and let's just say, my voice is still hoarse...it's Tuesday.

We danced and sang to so many 80s songs that at one point, I looked around me and LITERALLY thought that I had gone back to pre-ME days when I wasn't even a thought in my parents minds. Yes, I'm a child of the 1980s, and am damn proud of it.

I'll just let the photographs tell the rest of the story...



AAAAAnd we're going back this weekend. YESSSS!

*This One's For The Girls*

Can we discuss....


So, after a few IMs from friends informing me of the NEW TRAILER for Sex and the City 2, I had to blog about the new discovery: AIDAN'S BACK!!! There aren't enough exclamation points or large enough capital letters for me to exclaim how utterly excited I am for this movie.
YESS!!!!

To give you background: I have a certain friend who, when we were in high school, were going to "get into Fordham, move to the City and be just like 'Sex and the City.'" Let me remind you: I was young, hadn't seen every episode yet and TV-series on DVDs were something of the future. But, I knew that I wanted this life. This, living in New York City, being "glamorous," glittery, fun, stay-up-all-night life. What I didn't realize was that Fordham was going to tell me that "we can't admit you to the NYC campus, but we can send you to the all-girls campus in Tarrytown and you can transfer junior year to the NYC campus" and that my friend had decided to head down to DC.

Years went by, I went to college in CT, to be as close to both home city and dream city as possible. I enjoyed myself, got a job in home city, but never lost my dream of being in NYC.

The opening for me came a year ago when I was laid off from my previous job in home city and that's when I knew. I have to make my dream a reality.

I may not be living the "glamorous," glittery, fun, stay-up-all-night life, but I'm doing my best. I mean, I did recently go to a club at 11pm on a Tuesday night. In my "work-until-the-work-is-done" life, that's unheard of. So, I had to take advantage.

Aside from the movie and series being about New York City (and life inside it) it's about friendships. I can tell you, every time I hear Miranda say "Go Get Our Girl" to Big on the last episode- I CRY! There are SO many times I cry during the show (just even when they have their lunches) because their relationships are so strong. It makes me thank God that I have the lovely ladies in my life- both in home city and dream city.

xoxo I love you girls. Ya'll know who you are.

Let me tell you a little something...

About a great photographer friend of mine.

This is a little bit of her work:


Her name is Brooke and she has recently made her dream of becoming a photographer a reality. On her site, you can see the amazing snapshots-in-time that she's taken. The adult portraits totally illuminate the subject's personality. She also takes baby portraits that are both, adorable and stunning, and wedding photos that capture the beautiful moments magically.

Beautiful inside and out, Brooke's most recent blog post inspired me to write about her today. Her post was about springtime and how she bought her first French Vanilla Iced Coffee, which I thought was great because that's also my favorite, but then reading through I read an amazing line. "I smile this morning because I am soooo living the life I’ve always imagined."

How awesome is that? How many of us, in our 20s, are lucky enough to be able to say that? She's an amazing girl, friend, and photographer. Her photography says so much about her as a person that I won't get into it aside from saying this:

If you happen to be in the Boston or CT area, book her for your next occasion: you won't regret it.

Brooke Allison Photography site: http://www.brookeallisonphoto.com/
Brooke Allison Photography blog: http://www.brookeallisonphoto.com/blog/

Romeo, Juliet, and Facebook.

One of my favorites. Actually, it's the one Shakespeare play I've read more than once. Everyone knows the story of Romeo & Juliet, so I'm not going to get into that.

But, the picture above, as clever as it is, shows the hybrid of Facebook/technology of today with classic relationships.

As such, Facebook adds on a totally different component of relationships. Some might agree, some of you might disagree with me.

Long gone are the days of smiling at your crush in the cafeteria during lunch. For now, there are text messages that 12 year olds are sending across the lunchroom. Sending love letters have been replaced with sending emails. Blind dates are still the same, but rather, the two are meeting not because friends have set them up, but through an internet site.

It seems as though Facebook and the internet have removed all romance from relationships and pending-relationships.

Problem is: Romeo and Juliet's relationship is still complicated. The real-life outside world doesn't change (quickly or as drastically) and adapt to the Facebook world.

Some girls still like to get phone calls instead of texts. But, I think that ALL girls like to see that the guy is trying OUTSIDE of just sitting at his computer GChatting a girl or BBMing her on the subway.

He thinks, "Do I IM her, GChat her, BBM, text, Facebook message, Facebook chat, poke, wink her?"

In high school, I thought that Romeo was the guy I was looking for.

But, now that I know he's on Facebook, I've lost all hope.

Spring time= Revamping

This chick has some updates on her way, just for you, my favorite people!

A few weeks ago, I had this article up to inform everyone about the Giveaways that Bloggy Blog Designz were giving away. WELL...

I won one!

So, that means that in just a few short weeks, you, my awesome readers, will be reading my blog articles on a way cooler-designed page than the current, default one that Blogger provided me.

I'm really excited about this update, because, well, being at a digital agency and being the, self-proclaimed, "most uncool person at the agency" I decided that I needed to up the ante and get myself a respectful blog page.

I mean, look at my co-workers' pages:
A-Town
Flaych
JKG
Krista
Brittnee

Yes, I know- some of them aren't actually blogs, but rather awesome music or sports sites, but still- They're filled with great material, lain out in cool formats, and so I think my ticket to becoming cooler at work is to have a blog that has a great design.

If any of you read this, now you know how I feel :)

I Heart It

I want to share with everyone my new favorite website. It's called:

We Heart It

It's a website filled with beautiful and inspiring pictures. Everyone around the world "tags" and "hearts" various images on the internet by using a little application in their toolbar (you download the application from the We Heart It website.) The pictures then get sent to the We Heart It site for everyone elses' eye candy.

Here are some examples of the pictures you can find on the site:









There are thousands of other pictures to browse and become inspired by. Everyone (well, maybe girls would like this site more than guys) should go to the site to just view what type of amazing photography there is out there. And what beautiful images are snapped in time.

xoxo

one more for the road...

How I Became... Pavement Chaser

Adele (above) is the original Pavement Chaser. Her song, "Chasing Pavements," is one of my favorites and inspired me to explore my world. When I first heard her amazing voice (sung in a true British accent, not like Rod Stewart who hides his British accent,) I declared her as my new favorite singer.

Maybe it's because I studied in London and love most things British (Chuck Bass, anyone?,) but I just fell in love. One morning I was getting ready for work while listening to VH1's Jump Start, and I just spun around from the mirror with eyeliner in still in hand, prepared to hit my bottom lid. That voice! Amazing!

I had listened to the whole thing but didn't catch the name of the singer at the end of the video. The next day, because Jump Start barely changes it's video schedule, the same video came on, but this time there was a mini-special about Adele and the inspiration behind the song just before the video.

Basically, she was searching to figure out where she wanted to call home, London or a few other cities. She decided that even though she didn't care if it was the right for the rest of her life, London was her home and didn't want to chase any more pavements to see if other cities were right for her.

Now that I knew the meaning behind the song, I realized, I wanted to chase pavements, myself. I had been where I was for some time and wanted a change. I knew that I'd be leaving my loved ones and best friends, but I knew for me, I needed a new life.

Thus: I chased down and found New York City.


So, there you have it ladies and gents. If you had ever wondered "why did she name the blog Pavement Chaser?" or "I know that song, but what does it have to do with her?" now you have your answers.

I also do think about chasing more pavements, but not in the way of moving where I live. I'm quite happy in the Concrete Jungle. But, chasing pavements more in the aspect of vacations and visiting other places in the world that I've never been. Whether it be California, Hawaii, or Greece.

In that way, I'm still a pavement chaser and my plan is to always be a pavement chaser.

Cherub Birthdays!

My cousin Gennaro just turned 1 this weekend! Happy Birthday to the sweet boy! Here are a few pictures of him... isn't he so delicious!?

Gennaro

My best friend, Brooke's, little nephew, Christian, is also turning 1! I've still yet to meet the little man, but here's a link to take a peek to see his birthday invites! Plus, I think that this invitation designer needs some love, as her designs are adorable and cheeky and it's always nice to recognize awesome work. Beaucoup de Papier

Here's a handsome picture of the cutie pie birthday boy!
Christian

Rainy Monday

The two best words in the English language might be "Warm Saturday" or "Hot Sunday" or "Sunny Saturday."

However, I think the two worst words in the English language (unless maybe you live in a desert or live for your weekdays...) are RAINY and MONDAY. When you put them together to describe how the weather is on a particular day of the week "Rainy Monday"... well, it's just so sad. If you're not in NYC today, don't rush to get here. It's just... so sad outside.

With that, I give you the two best songs from great artists to get through a Rainy Monday. They are my particular favorites of the day and just make me want to crawl back into my bed of freshly washed linens and relax.
Stevie Nicks
Lady Antebellum

"Old School" song of the week/Life Lessons

Okay, maybe it's not old school, but I'm listening to it (as it's Friday therefore it's necessary) and I'm getting all amped up for the evening and subsequent weekend.

Bartender: Akon

Doesn't that song just remind you of spring time in college? It does for me, and for that reason, I'm sharing this song with you.

Spring time in college is, essentially, the best time of anyone's life. Skirts, sandals, Frisbee on the Quad, class on the Quad, ice cream runs with roommates. You have so many options at your feet, and until you're out of college- you never fully appreciate the freedom that you have at that age.

For those college kids reading this: TAKE ADVANTAGE!

Obviously, go to certain classes, but also appreciate the fact that, while your parents and professors tell you that you're an adult... you aren't REALLY a full one yet.
(This is REAL life for most of us!)

Go out and party and enjoy your time. Do it safely, you DO want to graduate and go onto real-life work or furthering school, but let loose a little bit. (Just don't allow people to see your "tagged" pictures on FBook... you DO want to keep a job...)

I wasn't planning on getting this deep. SO, I'll leave you with this.... ENJOY!

What Guys Shouldn't Be Wearing This Spring...

Or rather... what girls would rather you NOT wear.

Before I get started, this isn't just MY opinion. I've spoken to many girls over the last few months, up to today, to determine this very list of items I'm going to list for you below. Please feel free to agree or disagree in the "comments" section below.

The blowout is one thing, but I understand that there are many girls out there who adore this look on guys. (Don't even get me started on the blow dryer.) What we're concentrating on Pauly D is his TANK TOP. This is not your run-of-the-mill undershirt, rather, this shirt has been crafted to have smaller straps than that all-too-famous "beater." Girls love nice biceps, shoulders, and chests, but you know how guys like if girls "leave some for the imagination?" Guys should do the same thing.



Okay, so we can concentrate on two things in this picture. But, for the sake of this blog, let's discuss his JORTS. 1. They're soaking wet, so they look even hideous on Taylor Lautner. 2. They're cut slightly above the knee. Meaning, when he sits down, he will inevitably be showing MAN THIGH. (Guy-thigh, some others call it.) Men, there is such a thing as showing too much leg.


Pointy, white, Euro, dressy shoes. I never had thought about this until a friend of mine brought it up. And, seeing it on this model- I get it. We can also talk about his white, skinny jeans. I mean- let's just go for the whole white outfit. Unless you're going on a runway or to PDiddy's White Party in the Hamptons, just leave the white skinny jeans behind or lend them to your girlfriend. She'll look better in them than you.


Teva sandals. Unless your a middle-aged DAD walking around in Disney World all day with a fanny pack hoisting kids on your shoulders, Teva sandals pose no purpose. Someone else brought up "Tevas with socks." Please, don't do that either. Leave that for the cute, old men around the nursing home.


Just because you're married to Demi Moore doesn't mean you can wear ManPris, Ashton. Yes, Man Pris. The guy-version of Capris. I understand this is a huge trend (or has been in the recent past, anyways) in Europe. Maybe it's hotter there and guy ankles sweat? I'm not sure the reason why these manpris exist, we just don't think guys should be wearing them.



I can only hope this guy dressed up as a joke, but we have a couple pieces here that girls have mentioned to me that guys should NOT wear.
1. The shorts! SO much man thigh going on I can't control myself. I can still only imagine this guy is playing around wearing them, or he's planning on biking around the city. Either way- just don't try it.
2. The clogs. I think these are also interchangable for crocs. For example, see below. Jack Nicholson and Ex President Bush. I get it, they're a little bit older, so they could fall under the "dads on vacation/Disney World" category, but we'd rather not see that.



That's all that we've thought of for right now. Plus, it's springtime and I'm sure the girls and I will chat about what we don't want to see on guys for SUMMER (Speedos for one...) If you have any more ideas, tell me below. I'll add them on a summer version of this post.

Epic Day

Point 1- Rachel is blogging again. (Round of applause, please.) Here she is.

Point 2- Epic Day rundown and photos.
















Now, I would try to caption each of these photos, but that'd be too tedious. I can however, take you through the EPIC DAY with my words.

1. Arise at 730. Out the door by 830. I understand that Axe is my guest and he arises early, but I'm not sure what people do on the weekends this early, so I try my best to accommodate him.

2. Axel tries his first egg and cheese sandwich on a New York bagel. He's so happy.

3. We walk from the East side to the West side. Through Columbus Circle (my first time) and up to Boat Basin, my favorite place. On the way, we pass a fun dog park, and lots of bikers. Axel also makes me stop and rest a lot since he is an 80 yr old man in a 25 year olds body.

4. Get to Boat Basin. Attempt to have a drink, but realize it's still only 1030 and that'd be pretty terrible. Begin to walk downtown, along the water and then realize "let's just take a cab."

5. Jump in a cab with a West Afrian cabbie who proceeds to chat with Axel about the Middle East and that he knows Arabic and English. I stay silent and just want to get to where we have to go.

6. Arrive at USS Intrepid. Axel begins to have a heart attack since this is where I Am Legend was filmed (he informs me this is where Will Smith shoots golf balls into Manhattan) and there is a black jet that apparently is invisible in the sky. (That's pictured above.)

7. Henrie talks to us about the ship and how big it is and how it's made different than Japanese ships. Something having to do with Steel on the top deck versus Wood. I'm still not sure. Axel eats it all up and I'm nervous they're never going to stop chatting US Naval History.

8. We pass a room called "Marine Berthing Area" and I naturally think this is where the female Marines have babies. Axel tells me that there were no female Marines in WWII. I believe him.

9. We continue to look around the ship and look at all the planes. They're pretty cool, I have to admit. The coolest video I took I have posted on here.

10. We had lunch and somehow, lunch was more epic (for me) than the USS Intrepid.

11. Took a cab down to World Trade Center to look around, explore, and visit the Memorial Museum of the day that changed Axel's (and the rest of the world's) lives.

12. We continued to walk around after having enough sullen moments. Axel needed a new pair of shoes, so we went to Century 21 and I bought Marc Jacobs shorts. He didn't buy shoes.

13. We walked over to South Street Seaport for some sun and more shopping. J Crew was able to give Axel a run for his money and he purchased his first pair of Sperry Top Siders. Now, he just needed a ship.

14. Which we then FOUND and boarded a real-life civilian-not-allowed Coast Guard ship. It was cool for Axel and I just thought it was cool to be on the water in the sun next to the Brooklyn Bridge. Okay, fine. It was really cool to be on the deck of a Coast Guard ship too. ESPECIALLY since it was named "Pride of Boston" and was the Massachusetts Coast Guard's ship.

15. Ventured out to Brooklyn for Woodsy Pride's show. Enjoyed myself with some co workers and my lovely friend Jen. Oh yeah- Axel too. It was alot of fun, but then we walked into a bar that was basically a drug den and I peaced fast. But the rest of the night was nice.

16. Got home. Ate cold gluten-free, milk-free pizza and fell asleep.

17. Sunday morning came. I shook the air mattress that Axel was sleeping on. We made coffee. Got breakfast in Central Park and then he headed home.

18. I relaxed in front of the computer for a little bit. Talking with my friend. We discussed that we needed to see each other face to face so we got margaritas in Murray Hill. Beautiful day it was, so, naturally, we drank outside.

19. I headed over to Pookie and Sebastian and bought a pair of jeans (half off!) that I'm wearing now.

And so here we are. Tuesday. And that was my whole weekend. Kinda. There was more. But would you even read the rest of it?





*Epic Day is a term coined by 2 infamous people. One, Axel Thomas, and one, Brittney Lee. Reason the term was coined was that one recent Saturday, those two aforementioned people arose in the morning in New York City to begin exploring at 830AM to not come back until nearly 2AM that evening. These photos are just a small amount of proof that the exploration of the day was EPIC. Please know that a compilation video, aptly titled "Epic Day," will be completed in the coming days and will also be shared with you, my awesome readers.

Case of the Mondays...

Especially when it's a rainy Monday, I just want to hang in and eat Fritos. But, life doesn't just work on sunny days, we gotta get out on rainy days too.

Fortunately for you, I have 2 bits of weekend deliciousness comin' your way.

1. YAY for me. Another award. Mercurial Wife (aka: the best blogger you'll ever read) gave me this awesomely cool award:

I mean REALLY, does it get much better than that picture? If I was either of those guys, I'd want to have the makeup of the guy in the black, but the strength and height of the guy wearing the sumo thong. I, however, would take off the black jazz shoes as I know you can't really get a good grip of the floor in them. But, still. SO COOL.

These are the lucky lovies that I've chosen to give this awesome MASTER award to:
1. Hannah Katy at As Simple As That for being a master of words.
2. Jenna Elizabeth for being a master of photography!
3. Rachel Lear at It's Always Sunny in San Diego for being a master at picking up a blog, writing a couple of times, and then leaving it to die alone. RACH, can you please start blogging again? I do love so much to read what you have to say. For folks who don't know this chick in 1. real life or 2. fake life, you should know her in either one. Funny, smart, witty, fabulous. Get back to writing, GEEZ.


2. Woodsy Pride played in Brooklyn on Saturday night. I know the drummer, Mr. John Studer, who sits next to me at work. Super brilliant and a great dude, I never knew he could play real-life Rock Band with such vivacity. I took some video, and that will be coming to the blog in the next day or so.

They had great music, and their lead singer sounds just like Bob Dylan. The bar was called The Trash Bar and the atmosphere was perfect for these guys. Chill, Brooklyn, laid-back-fun, with free PBR for a whole hour- it was a great time.

Overall, the weekend was great. I actually have more to talk about regarding the weekend, but that will have to wait until Tuesday. I have to keep you on your toes!

I'll leave you with this: it was one Epic Day. LOTS of video footage and pictures to keep you entertained as well.

Have a good rest of the rainy Monday!