looking for corporate sponsors..

Do you remember back in July when they were filming a movie in my backyard? Well the movie is finished and the big premier is coming up. My friend, the producer Tom Tangen, is looking for corporate sponsors for the premier and he asked me to post the note below:

"On February 22, 2010, we are premiering our independent film, a new gay-themed romantic comedy called Pooltime. The premiere is being held at the Pacific Design Center’s Silver Screen Theater with an after party at Rage Nightclub. We’re expecting a large, hip, gay-friendly crowd of 500 for the event. Because this is an ultra-low budget independent film, we’re looking for corporate sponsors to provide promotional items for gift bags, liquor donations, and other support in exchange for event advertising. We’re also looking for a sponsor who can provide a deal on printing programs or invitations, posters, music CD's for the gift bags, and logo-wear like T-shirts or hats. In exchange for your support we are happy to give you ad space in our event program, invitations to the event and after party, and banner space for large scale advertising. We also have two other features slated for production with product placement available. If you have any contacts or know of anyone who can provide these items, please respond to Press@pooltimethemovie.com Thank you for your consideration. "

It's halftime and I'm loving this Guinness.

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Hangin' in Hollywood

I worked yesterday so I'm trying to make the most out of today, Superbowl Sunday.

I started the day with a hike up Fryman Canyon, then GloZell joined me at the hair salon. We sat and gossiped and GloZell entertained all the stylists and the other customers. I never had so much fun getting my hair done.

Now GloZell, Kevin, Q and myself are all down in Hollywood getting ready to watch the big game. We're at a bar called Dillon's and the game is about to start. I don't really care much for football and GloZell feels the same way - so we decided that if we're bored we'll go walk around Hollywood and pretend we're tourists. LOL.

Hope you are having a wonderful day too!
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What's up...

Hey y'all,
I haven't forgotten you dear Internet friends. I've been working like a dog on Tool Academy 3 which premiers on Valentine's Day! I'm so excited for y'all to see it. The press release is out so I can finally tell y'all that for the first time we have a co-ed class at the Tool Academy. You can meet the cast by clicking here.

I'm also working at night on a documentary about a silent film star. so my blogging time has been taking up by this extra project.

I've done a few fun things in the last couple of weeks - hopefully GloZell will finally email me the photos from the Television Academy Hall of Fame induction ceremony - we had a blast and got to meet some amazing television stars, more on that soon I hope.


I was thrilled to spend some time with fellow blogger MonkeyPosh who was visiting LA for a bit just to get away from the harsh Chicago weather. We had a wonderful day together that included a hike up Fryman where we ran into Lisa Rhinna and her hunky husband.

We met back up and headed over to an afternoon concert where GloZell sang Etta James' "At Last" - that girl has some pipes on her! Check it out here -


then the three of us went shopping all over the SFV. We hit up Naimie's, It's a Wrap, and Belle Gray - While at Belle Grey we ran into the very beautiful Marla Maples, she was sooooo nice! Marla took a photo with GloZell and she introduced to her daughter (who looks just like her daddy) Since we ran into Lisa Rhinna earlier, we mentioned that we were going to be shopping at her store and she made arrangements for us to get those fabulous tote bags in the photo above! Thank you Lisa!!

We all had sushi at Katsu-Ya in Studio City and after that we had coffee and dessert at the very lovely Aroma Cafe. It was a great day, I need more Sundays like that!


I'd rather give you quality blog posts rather then quantity - so sorry for the blogging slow down on my part here but I hope you understand. Don't forget that you can subscribe via email (somewhere in the right hand column over there) or subscribe via the RSS feed, that way you don't have to come to me, I'll be coming to you!

How's the weather?

The girl in line at the Starbucks should give you a good idea of what our weather is like right now.
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U R UR Car

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some great knock-offs from around the web

Not gonna lie - I love to window shop online. One of my favorite online shops is DWR.com aka Design Within Reach - the name is a bit decieving because the prices are not really within my reach. If you can afford them, they are a great resource for fully licensed classics - but I'm all about great knock-offs.

Here's a few I found:


Philippe Starck's Victoria Ghost Chair (2006) $330.00 per chair
or you can have
Clear Acrylic Side Chairs $268.99 for two!

Cellula Chandelier $2,600.00
or you can have
Linear Strand Crystal Chandelier $349.00

Eileen Gray Side Table $550.00
or you can have
Eileen Gray Stainless Steel Accent Table $125.99

The American Modern Daybed (2008) is inpired by George Nelson $1,785.00 (on sale!)
or you can have
The Mid-Century Sofa $480 (plus a $75.00 shipping charge)

Do you have any great knock-offs? Do share with a comment.

Disclosure: No conflict, unpaid, my own opinions

New Rug from Overstock.com

I've bought rugs from Ikea, Pottery Barn, Target and Overstock.com. By far my favorite resource of the three is Overstock. They have an overwhelming selection online, you can get lost looking for a rug on there - but that also means that no matter what your decorating style they will have something that meets your needs. Each rug also has reviews right there on the same page, if a rug in particular tends to shed - other customers will warn you about it. Or perhaps the color is a little off in the photos - other customers will give you a heads up on that too.

The best part of buying a rug from Overstock.com? They ship the rug for only $2.95 right to your door via fedex. Have you ever bought an 8x10 rug at Ikea and tried to get that big ol' thing through the check out and then all the way to your car - I promise you I'll never do that again!

Now I'm looking for some new pillows to match that rug :)


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U R UR CAR reader submission!

This is so fun and hot out of my inbox! I just got a reader submission for U R UR CAR

So here it is all the way from the great state of Illinois sent to me by Gnightgirl -

and here's a closer look -
Now, I've got to tell y'all that this one had me stumped for a bit but I think I know what it says. Can you figure it out? Leave a comment if you think what it is.

80 calories and 13!!!! grams of fiber

edited to add:

These little muffins are one of the best options for breakfast I've found. They are only 80 calories and with a whopping 13 grams of fiber it's a great way to start your day. The muffins are small but with all that fiber they are very filling. If I have a bagel in the morning I'm hungry again by 11am, when I have one of these I'm not hungry again until 1pm or 2pm.



Now, how do they taste? I've tried a few of the flavors they offer and for me the blueberry is the best. They are super moist and full of fruit - but they definitely taste like a "health" food. They are vegan and lack a fat to add flavor, they need butter or something - so I like to slice them in half and spread them with cream cheese. Hey if that's what it takes to get down all the fiber than that's what I'm going to do -it's about balance right?

I've bought these muffins at Trader Joe's and at Whole Foods, look for them there. Here's the full list of locations click here

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Rain, and how I'm dealing with it.

Rain is a big deal in Los Angeles since we barely get 10 inches of it a year. Right now we are getting pounded by 3 rain storms that will continue for the next 5 days.

Day-Z is not the kind of dog that will just go outside and take care of business if we open the back door, so we have to walk her rain or shine.

Knowing these storms were on the way I ordered my very first pair of adult rain boots from Zappos. With their super fast shipping the boots are actually being delivered as I blog.

My hair also gets super frizzy from all the humidity so I have perfected wearing a scarf to keep the frizzys to a minimum. It's cuter than a baseball cap and more fun than a ponytail. I scored this Vera scarf from TJ Maxx before the holiday and I've been getting a lot of mileage out of it between draping around my neck and now wearing on my head.

Now I just need to find one of our umbrellas because they are all stored somewhere in the garage...
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Meeting the cast of Jersey Shore

I went to the company party last night and it just happened to take place right after the taping of the Jersey Shore reunion (that will air soon) so the cast of the Jersey Shore made an appearance at the party!

Since I work in post production it's very rare that I cross paths with our "talent" so I always get such a thrill when I do.

The cast were the most popular people at the party and I was lucky to have a moment with them for a photo. So here they are -


Here I am with "The Situation" -

Can you see the "bump-it" in my hair?

I had to sort on kneel down for this photo with Snookie -

That girl really knows how to rock that hair bump. While I may be wearing a bump-it, hers is all natural. She teases that hair and then kind of props it up and pins it. Trust me I watched the raw footage of her doing her hair, it's quite a process.


I told her that I was the editor that cut her now famous "pickle" scene -
It turns out that she wasn't so happy about that scene. She just about decked me right there! Ok, just kidding but her reaction in the photo above is pretty funny!


and lastly I got a quick photo with Vinnie -
I think he's still wearing all that stage/tv makeup and how is it that he has prettier eyebrows than me?

Thank you 495/SA for a lovely party!!