Betsy Johnson... Fashions Finest Funk

I have always loved Betsy Johnson's dresses and ensembles. From my first and still favorite teal, embroidered and beaded slip dress, to my black lace set over violet slip I can not get enough. They make have been hanging in my closet since early high school but they still fit and look fabulous. I can not even walk in her stores without wanting to try on 100 things and buy them all! Her sense of haute fun meets punk sophistication is the perfect combination in this petit fashionista's eyes. Not only are her clothes great, the models walked to a band playing Blondie covers! The sad part: this might be Betsy's last collection before she passes the touch of her line to her assistant. I shall shed a tear when that day comes.

Here are some of my favorite looks.

What a Lush!

I feel in love with Lush cosmetics in Dubrovnik Croatia. Their little bath boutiques can be found around the world, but are not in most malls by any means. The fresh scent of their stores is enriching for the soul, but you can get the same great products online. Lush is a very special type of store that offers handmade, Vegan and organic bath and body products. My last trip to Lush ended successfully. They had a special where you could try nine products in travel size

bottles for $15. Score! I tried the solid shampoo and conditioners, also a hair treatment, and a number of the soaps, which are all handmade by Lush employees! Their ingredients are listed right on the website for each product so you know exactly what you're getting. Ranging in price from around $7-$30 you definitely get what you pay for. The bars last, shampoos come in large tubs and the fact that they are all natural is worth every penny.

Besides helping yourself smell a little better, you can help the environment. They use the most minimal packaging around, and all the bags or wrapping they do is us biodegradable and recycled. Also Lush cosmetics is removing all Palm Oil, found only in the rainforest and its use contributes not only to the destruction of trees but hurts animals and other inhabitants, from all of its products. And although it is sold out right now they are offering their Limited Edition Jungle Soap with which when purchased:

"100% of proceeds from sales of Jungle soap will be donated to the Rainforest Foundation This limited edition Jungle soap is a bright green tree-shaped soap made with our palm-free soap base and has a sweet grassy scent, the same as our ever popular solid conditioner of the same name, Jungle. When you purchase this soap you will support our friends at the Rainforest Foundation, who help local forest communities all over the world."

Disney does New Orleans

Disney's newest fairy tale is set to come out this december. For anyone who doesn't know this will be Disney's first African American princess. Which is like what 50 years late, I mean come on, really Disney... I grew up a short little white girl with a bob haircut, in the suburbs, and even after loving every disney movie I never felt I could related to the long legged, beautiful locked, dainty princesses. There was Snow White, Sleeping Beauty, Belle, Cinderella, finally Jasmine the Arab one, but other than that they are racially lacking. I finally found my own Disney soul mate Arial, she was finned, and always causing trouble, even when there wasn't a man involved.(Which is probably an underlying reason I dye my hair red now)

Anyways, The Princess and the Frog is set in my beloved New Orleans, during the jazz era. Just watching the trailer gave me butterflies; riverboats, brass bands on the sidewalk in front of Jackson Square, riding down St Charles in an open air street car! I love it! Set in the 'jazz era' it is only appropriate that the villain is a "witch doctor" who practices voo-doo. As much as this could be seen as somewhat inappropriate, considering this kind of practice is alive today, I think it adds to the charm that is NOLA. There is something magical about it that is kind of dark. Either way I most likely will see this movie in theaters, if only to look at an illustrated version of my favorite city.

Sit through the mini recap of disney films of the past, its worth it

Works in Progress

“Progress is impossible without change, and those who cannot change their minds cannot change anything.”-George Bernard Shaw

Cityscape

Urban Hearts

Possibly a Bowie Shirt...comming soon.

Say Cheese...

Remember the days of matching sweaters? Can using the comb at the photo studio to get that alfalfa out of your hair? Well this is so much worse! Awkward Family Photos

is one of the most hilarious collections of bad family pictures ever! From badly posed to bad hair, you can look at these and be relived that this is not your family. Not only that but if you have any ability at photoshop, this is a great site to get pictures from. Find the most akward ones and stick your friends head on their half naked cat covered bodies.

Enjoy.

Lego my boombox

In case you haven't heard Lego will be working on and releasing a new line of tech gadgets. Although not actually built out of legos, they are however made to look like they are. First up the Digital Camera, priced to move at $49.99 heres the stats:

Resolution: VGA 640 x 480
Display: LCD photo counter (not an image display)
Memory & Storage: Holds up to 40 photos on internal [volatile] memory
Output: USB
Focus: Fixed
Power Source: 1 AAA battery (not included)

Not in the market for a new camera, check out the lego Boombox clock radio. For the indie god who has everything this is sure to make them smile. It can play Cds or the radio...for those of us

who remember life before our Ipods. For only $39.99 it comes in red, green or blue.

Finally coming in at number three, for a mere $39.99 you too can own a 2gb Lego facade MP3 player!

Click Here to learn more about Digi legos

What on Earth?

What On Earth is a catalog that has many treasures and many What the Fucks?

However this is a great place to find a silly little gift for that person in your life who love the booze. So here is some gift ideas for the Wino in your life.

Sock Monkey Wine Bottle Holder. While 100% cotton and 100% adorable this is a great gift

for the hostess with the mostest. Just be sure to actually put a bottle of wine in it. But you can bet this cute little face that was once a

tube sock, will cover up the fact that you're a cheap-o who bought the $6 Barringer since it goes for around 15 bucks. For that friend

whos more of a Waspy Boater type check out the Life Vest Wine Bottle Cover. And at a prince like $9.95, its sure to make a spalsh! Finally for the token goth in your life we have the Dragon Wine Goblets, with the breath of fire, they can cool down with a little Pinot Grigio, or perhaps a dry chardonnay, but at 51 bucks for a set I hope you love that devil worshiping Cure obsessed gothite.

The Girlfriend Experience is a film that combines a thought provoking story line with an interesting telling of the story itself. Sasha Gray's performance, as a high class, independently owned and operated, escort is not exactly ground breaking. Her character is not only vacant but un-relatable. A fan of her previous, and less mentally taxing work, I found her to be nothing more than what she appears to be in real life. Her character is not only guarded, but apathetic to everything but fashion. Now whether or not she is really like that would be the deciding factor in reviewing her acting skills.

Her character and her lifestyle present ideas such as how to keep your private and professional life separate when your body and soul are so tangled in the two. Questions of female nature, and the ability to be totally unaffected by sex, and be with a man in a way which seems like love but is not. Questioning how two people who sell themselves (even not relating to being an escort) have anything left to give to someone who actually love them. There are more but those are just some that are brought up through the film.

As far as the film as a whole goes, putting all the pieces together to make the story is the best part. By splicing together all different days in a timeline that gives little insight into each situation before finally showing the conclusion of that specific situation makes this film great. Previous to viewing the film, the director of the theater reminded us to watch Sasha's clothing in order to better follow the timeline of the story.

All in all, I give this film 5.5 stars out of 10. See it if you like Sasha Gray, see it if you just like movies. Don't see it if you are bored easily or get confused a lot.

Self Promotion is the sincerest form of flattery

From the portfolio that lies dormant under my bed comes forth a great work of life...art.

"Have a very Smurfy day!" Series

Hey I Want That....

Putting everything on display isnt always a great thing. But when it comes with the label of Chanel it can't be that bad.

This little dilly debuted earlier this year, but I just came across a picture of it, and remembered "Hey I want that...." Not sure how often I would use this, but the concept is awesome. It is a modern take on a working classic, that has never really been given a feminine take. Usually when you see a girl carrying a briefcase you say to yourself "that bitch looks boring" but if I saw someone walking down the street coffee in hand I would be like "whoa! what was that?" However I question if there is easy access to the purse and your phone because you know I can't miss a call....