Sights, Sounds & Tastes
My life as of yesterday and a series of days before that...
My upcoming literary treat, Everything Was Fine Until Whateverby Chelsea Martin. As suggested by my brilliant friend, Rafa Vega.
(Will let you all know what I think).
Hard work & late-night photo shootsfor what's consumed my whole world, SVL.
Here, we were shooting gowns from Ella Blu for our February issue.
I am totally late to Netflix. I just became a memberand my first film is a documentary called Born Into Brothels.
Steak & Wine
Timepieces by Toy Watch. This one's in my shopping cart.
We've been blasting Karen O and the Kids at the office recently.
In preparation for V-day…
The LA-based designer will unveil her Fine Custom Lingerie line, Love Dragons
Wine & Hors d' oueuvres
4-7-pm
5857 N. Mesa
Bazaar Models Presents: Forget Me Not Fashion Show
Bazaar Models Presents: Forget Me Not Fashion ShowSaturday, January 23, 2010
7:30PM
Union Depot
Yes. Yes. Yes.
Strong is Beautiful
On Saturday, January 17th, Crossfit Human Laboratory hosted a huge fundraiser called the Southwest Fitness Throwdown. The event not only raised money for the March of Dimes, but also promoted athleticism and well-being in our city. The participants had to complete three Crossfit workouts in one day. The event hosted participants from Crossfit El Paso, Crossfit El Paso East, Crossfit Human Laboratory and Crossfit Get Lifted. The SWFT was an overall success and the athletes were so inspiring! I felt the need to share this with our blog readers because you can't be beautiful without being healthy! Also, I plan on competing in next year's event!
Our friends Jaclyn & Veronica (Veronica won 1st place in the women's division!)
Me and my friend Gabe, one of the contestants and 8th place qualifier in the men's division.
DJ Miguel Gamino was there to pump up the contestants!
Let’s help Haiti!
AGUA 5857 N. Mesa, Suite 20. For more information, call 915/585.6300.
An open letter from Fashion Delivers:
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Dear Fashion Industry Leaders,
We are all now aware that disaster has struck in Haiti!
FASHION DELIVERS is coordinating efforts to send new product to our neighbors in Haiti who have been devastated by what very well be the worse natural disaster to have ever hit the western hemisphere. It has been reported that hundreds of thousands of people may have lost their lives and hundreds of thousands more have been left homeless and without life's most basic necessities. Fashion Delivers is mobilizing to provide immediate assistance! We need a broad assortment of lightweight apparel for men and women, such as t-shirts, tops, shirts, jeans, shorts, slacks, sportswear, active wear, etc. Basic items such as underwear, socks, sheets (all sizes) and throws or lightweight blankets as well as baseball caps, sneakers, sandals and sleepwear are also needed. Rest assured, your product donations of these essentials WILL reach the victims for which they are intended and will help them cope with this tragedy. This is a massive humanitarian crisis. Your donation of product will make the difference in so many peoples lives who have lost everything. We anticipate starting to send product donations to Haiti by early next week. Please contact Fashion Delivers at 212-629-6700 or email carla@fashiondelivers.<wbr></wbr>org for shipping information or any other questions you may have. |
-J&C.
The answer to faulty commitment?
I may have run into the answer to many of our questions. Perhaps it's not the answer, but to me, it's something close enough to it. I've been meaning to share this with everyone for some t</span><span style="font-weight: normal;">ime.
An excerpt taken from an article in Elle UK November 2009 called "Commitment & Men: The Truth."
MIT behavioral scientist performed this test.
"...The participants [men] all sat at computer screens then with each one showing three doors that they could click on. Each door delivered a different cash reward, paid out in real money, when you clicked on it, and each player had a total of 100 clicks. So the best course of action was obvious: quickly find the door that paid the biggest reward, then use up the rest of your clicks on it."
"...Ariely added a twist: if a player didnt click on a particular door...it began to shrink, before eventually vanishing. And thats when something strange started happening. People rushed to click on the shrinking doors to stop them [from] disappearing, even though they would make less money. It was a perfect demonstration of human irrationality in action. The only point of the game was to make as much cash as possible-and yet people were so panicked by the idea of losing one of the doors that they close to make less money, simply to maintain the feeling of keeping their options open."
-J.
For your eyes and ears
Passion Pit's Manners Album. I love the song titled Sleepyhead.
Carrie Fisher's hilarious, dark-humored memoir, Wishful Drinking.
Beauty Talk: Cosmedicine on Gilt today!
As per my one of my recent posts, I'll have you all know that Cosmedicine</span>'s on sale on Gilt today! MegaDose ,my absolute FAVORITE product, is on sale for $40 (usually retails for $80). If you want amazing skin, get it! Also, you can get the Medi-morphosis Self-adjusting exfoliator for $19!
-J.