I'm Baaaaaack

I have been quite MIA. I haven't posted in over a week. The reason for my disappearance is because I was back home in Cherry Hill, NJ for the holidays, and I didn't get on the computer once. It was great.

In the weeks leading up to my departure from Hawaii to NJ, I couldn't blog that I was heading home for the holidays because my parents did not know about my trip. It was a surprise and if I blogged about it, well, it would ruin the surprise.

Needless to say, being home for the holidays was wonderful.....and cold!!

Angelina Preggers?

The rumors are flying high and low that Angelina is almost most definitely prego. Supposedly while she was on the set of The Good Shephard, the costumes no longer fit her after a period of time and she almost fainted a few times while filming.

Yup, that sounds like pregnant to me. If these "warnings" were happening to me, I would be running as fast as I could to the drugstore to buy my ass First Response! She is def preggers.

Not exactly the Snow Angel I think of...

Someone please tell me what this woman is wearing? Did she actually put this ensemble on and say, "Damn! I look good!"?



She wore this to Elton John's bachelor party. The woman should know better than looking like an asshole when going out with all gay men -- they are the hardest critics of them all!

It's a Small World After All...

As most of you know, I have been writing a column for Sugarzine.com, a New York based website, for about 3 years now. Although this is public knowledge in my social circle, I try to only tell a select few people at work -- just because I never know what I may write about someday.

Well I just got home from seeing Cirque Hawaii with a bunch of people from the office. Right before the show started, a guy I work with turned to me and said, "Did you write a letter to a website called Sugarzine?" I was like WHAT??

As it turns out, my coworker has a friend in Manhattan who came across Sugarzine and one of my articles. That certain article talked about me living in Hawaii and comparing it to my former life in NYC. The friend in NYC forwarded my article to the guy I work with, asking him if he knew me....

Yup, he does!! Crazy huh?

Here is a link to the article that was forwarded to my coworker:

http://www.sugarzine.com/site_07.04/firstperson.html

Good thing the friend forwarded my coworker something PG-13 and not one of my dating columns from back in the day. Hopefully he won't be smart enough to dig through the Sugarzine archives...

French Digs

Wow -- look at this castle that Brad and Angelina bought together in France.



There is definitely enough room for Maddox, Zahara, all their playmates, all the orphans Brangelina plans to adopt, Jennifer and Vince, and even enough room for all the paparazzi!

Celebs in Paradise

According to my VERY inside source, Jessica Simpson will be staying at the Four Seasons Resort Maui in Wailea over the holidays. Sources ALSO tell me that Paris will be in the neighborhood as well. I can just picture it now -- Jessica, Ashlee, Paris and Nicky dancing on tables together on Christmas night. Maui won't know what hit them!

I love my inside sources this week! LOVE!!

Nicole and DJ AM -- Back On!!

According to a very inside source (I'm sorry, I cannot reveal who he is or he will beat my ass), Nicole Richie and DJ AM are most definitely together. In fact, the "official" statement about their breakup really just said that they "called off their engagement" -- it never really said anything about them not being together.

Anyhow, in a week from now when this is massive public knowledge, just remember that you heard it here first!

Special thanks to my inside source -- you know who you are and you know I love you to pieces! I am still bitter that I couldn't make it to their engagement party at Lionel's house with you, but maybe they will have another one after they get re-engaged and we can meet in L.A.....hehe

Jessica Does Hawaii

I just read on People.com that Jessica Simpson and family (minus Nick of course) plan to spend Xmas in Hawaii!! Now I just need to find out which island she will be on and which hotel she will be staying at, and then I can stalk her!

The Happy Couple

I am super happy to announce that my 2 very good friends here in Hawaii, Ismael and Kelsey, got engaged over the weekend. Ish was super romantic. He took Kelsey up to the sea cliffs at the North Shore and proposed over a lovely picnic. He then drove the two of them to the Turtle Bay Resort where they spent the night in their oceanfront room -- with a full moon to boot. So beautiful and so exciting!!

Lots of love and luck to the happy couple!!

Radiant Rachel

To make up for the nipple slip picture I posted of Rachel McAdams the other day, look at how GORGEOUS she looked on Conan the other night:

Jessica Files for Divorce :(

People Magazine reports that Jessica Simpson has filed for divorce in L.A. Superior Court.

The funniest part of the article is when People mag writes, "The singer cited 'irreconcilable differences' and requested that her last name be officially changed back to Simpson." Ummm, like anyone ever referred to her as Jessica Lachey anyway.

Damn, I actually had a small piece of hope left for her and Nick. Ahhh, another Hollywood couple bites the dust.

Another website for ya

A co-worker just gave me this website and I think it looks great!

www.uncommongoods.com

Special thanks to Jenny for helping me keep my promise of supplying one website a day until Xmas!

Back Seat of my Jeep (sing with me...)

One of the best things about NYC is not having to drive and not having to worry about a car. No car payments, no insurance, no wasting money on gas, and most importantly, no drinking and driving. So when I moved to Hawaii, I wasn't sure if I was even going to buy a car. Then I realized this ain't NYC and without a car, I am literally stuck on an island.

I figured if I HAD to buy a car, I wanted a Jeep -- I have always wanted one and if I was ever going to own a Jeep, Hawaii would be the best place to do so. A few months after moving here, I went and bought myself a '94 Wrangler.

Now that we are almost in the year 2006, my Jeep is 12 years old and becoming a royal pain in my ass. I have replaced the clutch and the master cylinder, and have fixed over 10 things in the last 2 years. And then last night, something else went wrong -- it wouldn't start. On a hope and a prayer this morning, I got my baby to start and drove it straight to my mechanic. The battery is shot.......lovely.

Don't you just love how these things always seem to happen at the perfect time? It's like the car gods (or should I say car devils?) know that it is the holiday season and that you have no extra money to spare. My mechanic even told me that his busiest week is the week before Xmas -- that everyone seems to break down that week more than any other week of the year. Yup, definitely car devils.

I must say, I look forward to the days when I can have a brand new car....whenever that may be. Until then, I will continue to repair the Jeep that I just HAD to have.

8.5 Shopping Days Left....

As promised, a website a day to help your shopping woes:

Check out www.wishingfish.com -- really cute, different and silly gift ideas. I bought my sister something from here and I cannot wait for her to open it! I can't say what it is because then she will read this and then know what her gift is. But anyhow, some really cute stuff on this site and I think it is all very reasonably priced.

FYI -- If you want to take advantage of FREE shipping from Amazon and if you want your items by Xmas , you have to order by Friday December 16. However, you can still order from Amazon up until December 22nd and still receive the items by Xmas (isn't that amazing??) but the shipping won't be free.

So, starting from tomorrow, December 16th, you fools have 8.5 days left to buy gifts. Hurry up and shop!!

A Little Sumptin' Sumptin'

I just love Rachel McAdams. She is so damn cute and how can you NOT love her after The Notebook?

I feel awful even putting this up here, but I just have to. Look what happened to the poor girl at the premiere for The Family Stone:



And since we love Rachel WAY MORE than Tara Reid, we will not hold this against her.

Black Sheep

On the streets of NYC, no matter the season and no matter what is in style at that particular time, you will always find women dressed head-to-toe in all black. Black is the New York wardrobe staple. You can wear it any time of the day and any time of the year -- and it just looks so damn good. In all black, you look sleek, you look powerful, you look put together. You just look fabulous.

Well this morning, I had one of "those" mornings. The kind of morning where you hate everything you own. The kind of morning where you swear you have nothing to wear and that you must go shopping immediately. The kind of morning where all black is the answer. In New York, this answer is a no-brainer.

But as I stepped out the door this morning in my black pants, black shirt, black bag, and red shoes, I realized I stuck out like a sore thumb. In a land of Aloha shirts, khaki's, muu muu's and gorgeous flowers, I have become a Black Sheep. Oh well, at least I know I look fabulous....by New York standards of course.

9.5 Shopping Days Left...

Since I am way, way behind on shopping (and every time I attempt to shop I get jack shit done), I am starting my own "Shopping Days Left Until Christmas" countdown to help guide me. Starting from tomorrow, December 15th, I personally think there are only 9.5 days left. You can't count Xmas Day as a shopping day and you can only count Xmas Eve as a half day.

So, if you are as stressed as I am, and as behind as I am, here are some websites to help you with your shopping woes:

www.surprise.com -- I don't think many people know about this site, but I think it is a gem. You start your search by answering "Who is the gift for?" And this site has anything and everything you can think of: movie buff, sense of humor, loves to travel, teenager, workaholic, manly man, hates to clean. They even have a category for someone who is always cold -- I am telling you, everything!! Then once you click on the main category, it has all these sub-catergories that you can go to. It's awesome. This site doesn't actually sell stuff though, it just shows you each item that fits the person you are shopping for. If you want the item, you click on it, and then it funnels you to the particular website where that item is actually for sale. OK -- it's really hard to explain, just check it out, it's really great!!

www.westelm.com -- great for asian themed gifts, sushi sets, wine glasses, plates, lamps, candles, etc.

www.redenvelope.com -- Great gift ideas, although I think they are way over-priced.

www.amazon.com -- electronics, books, CD's, DVD's, actually anything under the sun. They usually ship within 24 hours and the item will get to you in 1-2 business days.

Hope these help -- I will post more websites each day until Xmas (or until I run out...)!

My 1st (and possibly only) Brit and K-Fed posting

I am sure some of you are wondering why I never comment on Britney and K-Fed. How can I make all these celebrity posts but never have anything about the 2 people that occupy the majority of the celebrity tabloid pages?

Well, the truth is, I just don't give 2 shits about them. They are just so white trash that I almost can't stomach it. How can you be that rich, yet act and look so trashy? I just don't get it. Poor Britney, what happened to her? She used to be such a cute little pop tart. And now, well, I don't need to explain to you what she has become.

Here are just a few pictures that summarize their trashiness (with my comments of course):


Ok honestly, I do not want to see her dirty thong. I can't zoom into the picture but I really hope she had her Brazilian recently.



Wow, trucker hat with tons of zits. Lovely.



Ahhh, K-Fed doing what he does best -- getting high!!



Does he think he lives in the Bahamas with those corn rows? PUHHLEASE.



Good ol' K-Fed wasted in his wife beater and beanie. Classic.



Yup, your eyes are not playing tricks on you - that is CLEARASIL on her face!! Do people actually still use that stuff? Do they even still sell it? Britney darling, that cream didn't work in the 6th grade and it obviously isn't working now. So please, go see the dermatalogist already....



What? She can't afford a bra? Oh right, Kevin spent all her money on weed and cars.

There are so many more pictures I could have put up here, but I had to cut it off somewhere. Maybe I will do a Part II when I accummulate more nasty photos of these two.

Loose Lips

Is it just me or does Jessica Simpson have bigger, plumper lips all of a sudden?? She had to have a collagen boost because they did not look like this before! And trust me, it ain't that Lip Venom shit, because I bought it at Kitson when I was in L.A. and my lips do NOT look like this!!

Da Dog

When I tell people that I live in Hawaii, I get the usual questions: "Do you love it?" "Do you go to the beach all the time?" "Is it so beautiful?" "Do you surf?"

And then I get this next question: "Do you ever see Dog? Ya know, Dog the Bounty Hunter??"

Well apparently his show is pretty popular, and not just here in Hawaii. I personally have never watched the show....that is up until the other day when there was absolutely nothing else on the tube, and I must say, it was actually entertaining.

Duane, aka "Dog", is the main character. Just looking at the guy is entertaining. He has a mullet!! Seriously!! And then there is his wife, I think her name is Beth. The woman has bleach blonde hair, wears spandex, and does her eye shadow in blue-- need I say more? Anyhow, Dog is a bounty hunter, and the show is basically him and his crew running all around the ghetto of Honolulu finding fugitives and criminals. I know that bounty hunters are making our streets a safer place, but this crew thinks they are the FBI and it is just hysterical to watch them in action.

If you have an extra half hour on your hands, and want to watch something that is brainless, watch this show just one time. Oh and before you go and watch the show, can I please just say that what you see on the show is not really what it is like to live in Hawaii.

Lack Thereof

Sorry for my lack of new posts. Ryan is knee-deep into his final project for school, which means I have zero access to our home computer until his finals are over. Plus, I was out sick from work yesterday so ya know how that goes. I promise to over-post as soon as I can!!

Lucky Biatch

I had my company's Christmas party last night, and contrary to most employee Christmas parties, ours is actually a lot of fun. I mean, I do work for an event planning company, so maybe that has a little something to do with it...

When we first enter the party, we are given an envelope with our drink tickets, photo coupons for the Photo Op area, and the main piece in the envelope -- the ticket for the door prize. I took my little lucky ticket, walked over to the table and matched the number on my ticket to the one on the table. Score! I won 2 nights at the Kahala Mandarin Oriental Hotel here on Oahu, which is the nicest hotel on this island as far as I am concerned-- everyone was pissed. Ha.

My luck doesn't end there though. Later in the night, there is a raffle drawing. All the employee's names are in a bowl and the owner of the company reads what the prize is, then pulls out a name. Yup, my name was pulled out of the bowl for one of the grand prizes. I won 2 nights at Sheraton Maui with a free rental car. Woo hoo, go me.

The grand prize was 2 roundtrip tickets to the mainland, but someone was a luckier biatch than me!!

Giving Back

Yesterday, my company had our annual year-end meeting. The tradition for this annual meeting has been to have a 5-hour long meeting, do presentations, do annoying skits and then listen to some boring-ass motivational speaker.

Well this year, they finally decided to nix the bullshit and do something worthwhile with our time -- a community project! After a brief meeting, the whole company boarded buses and went to a low-income neighborhood, where we spent the day painting and landscaping the local recreational center. It was a lot of fun and everyone got to spend time together outside of the office -- a teambuilding exercise for the company combined with a great cause for the community.

It was really lovely and very rewarding to do something that you know people will really appreciate. I highly suggest that everyone "give back" this year in their own way -- it will make you feel much better about yourself. And then you won't feel so guilty when you go and buy another useless pair of shoes!!

Party's Over!

I honestly can't believe it -- Nicole Richie and her fiancee, Adam "DJ AM" Goldstein, have called off their engagement. I don't know why I thought this, but I actually thought that these 2 had a chance and that they were actually in love. Well once again, Hollywood has proved me wrong.

Only last week, they were seen displaying major acts of PDA all over town.



I guess this show was just to keep the paparazzi off their asses for one more week until they made their break-up announcement....

LV Love

I love me some Louis Vuitton. I have 2 bags, a makeup case, wallet, business card holder and a carry-on travel bag. Jessica Simpson is the only person I know who loves Louis Vuitton more than me. And to prove it, she went out and bought this huge-ass steamer trunk. Please tell me -- what the fuck is she going to do with this thing if she can't even lift it herself?

I heart Marc Jacobs

Even though I live in Hawaii, and have lived here for over 2 years now, I haven't lost the New Yorker in me. I get dressed up everyday for work and I always have on my 4" heels. This is me, and I am not going to change no matter where I live.

Well today, I am wearing these fucking fabulous Marc Jacobs shoes and I have no one here to appreciate them. Don't get me wrong, I love the people I work with and the friends I have made here, but they just don't appreciate name brands and fabulous fashion like my New York girls do.

So today, I dedicate this blog to my girls that understand me and my obsession with shoes....

Tara, Mel and Tai -- love you and miss you!!

This is BIG

I wasted 2 hours of my precious life last night watching VH1's "Big in '05 Awards". For those of you that actually have a life and did something more valuable with your time, here is a summary for you:

-- Jessica Simpson won the first award, the "Stylin" Awards. She looked beautiful as always, but she was a rambling idiot. I guess we have to give her a break since she just split from Nick, which is why she was probably so "emotionable". Yup, that's right; she said "emotionable" instead of "emotional".

-- The Laguna Girls, LC and Kristin, presented together. I definitely felt the tension between the two, but they both looked hot in their own Lolita way. Oh, and they both looked extremely nervous.

-- La Lohan beat out Kristin Cavalleri for the Big "It" girl. My boyfriend thinks Kristin should have won, but Lindsay was freakin' everywhere the entire first half of '05. Being the drama-creators that they are, VH1 flashed to Kristin when she lost to Lindsay, and she definitely looked crushed. She should just be happy that her 15 minutes of fame is still going strong.

-- Bobby Brown sang a little snippet from "My Prerogative" before he presented an award. I have to admit, the man can sing. He may be an absolute train wreck, but the man can definitely carry a tune.

-- Gotti Brothers presented along with Bobby Brown. There must have been an entire bottle of gel used on their hair for this one night. I couldn't understand one word they were saying, which explains why they have to have subtitles for them on their reality show.

-- The show closed with Def Leppard singing "Pour Some Sugar On Me". I must say, it was pretty cool.

Although I wasted a few hours watching this crap, I was just happy that I finally secured the remote from my boyfriend and got to turn off football -- which had been playing on the TV since 9am.

Pissy Pink

I love a good celeb sighting, but even more so, I love when a celeb is acting like a complete asshole and then gets caught. A great example of this is the following sighting that was sent into Gawker.com by a reader:

About 4pm Pink crossed Prince alone on Mercer st. heading into The Mercer, complaining and cursing loudly about being photographed by 2 paparazzi until Naomi Watts pulled up in a big black SUV. The 2 photographers who had been photographing Pink turned their attention to Naomi Watts. That’s when Pink started screaming “There’s someone more famous! Good! You can take pictures of someone more famous now!” And then shoved a female photographer who had been shooting her until Naomi pulled up. The photographer fell back stepping on Pink who pushed her again and then told her that if she touched her again she would kick her ass.

Not that we all thought Pink was super classy in the first place, but this just confirms her trashiness to us all.

Cheap Thrill

We have this $1 movie theatre here in Honolulu. Isn't that grand? Because let's face it, sometimes you just want to go to the movies, even though there is nothing that you REALLY want to see, and you just don't want to spend $10. This $1 theatre plays movies that are just a wee bit old, which is fine for me, because I have never been the type to run out and see a movie during opening-weekend-madness. But my boyfriend and I think: how can you NOT go for one measly dollar? The movie has to be pretty awful not to go see it for $1.

So last night, being the broke people that we are right now, we hit the dollar theatre to see "Into the Blue". This was, by far, the best compromise we have made in a long time. He got to stare at Jessica Alba for 1.5 hours looking extremely hot in a bikini, and I got to drool over Paul Walker for the same amount of time. Can I just say that he is possibly the hottest thing? His body was tanned and toned. His eyes are super blue. Yea, he is just super fucking hot. After watching him last night, he may secure the #2 spot (Matthew McConaughey is forever my #1).

Oh, and when the two of them were kissing, I think I was almost jealous of her for a second for getting the chance to make out with him -- and getting paid for it!!

So, you think you're pretty?

So, Teen People just came out with their "Ten Most Beautiful Stars" list. Guess who is #1? You'll never guess. Lindsay Lohan. I know, my jaw was down to the floor as well. That means Teen People thinks La Lohan is prettier than Angelina, Charlize, Gwyneth and Jennifer Aniston. Don't get me wrong, I think she is cute and all, and I LOVED Mean Girls, but to be THE MOST beautiful of them all?? I just don't know....

I guess since it is TEEN People after all, they had to give the #1 spot to a TEENager. At least they were smart enough to give Best Lips to Angelina. If they gave that category to someone less deserving, I would have had to start a revolution over here.

Another Apple of my Eye

Yup, that's right -- the lovely, beautiful Gwyneth and her cool rocker husband, Chris Martin, are having another baby! People Mag spotted her little bump earlier in the week, but it was confirmed to Entertainment Tonight by Gwyneth's mom, Blythe Danner, that the couple is indeed expecting. Since Apple has the cutest little face ever, this couple can reproduce all they want!

For once, I'm not Lost

I'm sorry, but I am going to post on everything pertaining to 'Lost'. Besides the fact that I absolutely love the show, it is also filmed right in my backyard (ok, I live in an apartment building, so not MY backyard, but you know what I mean). It is the one area of Hollywood life, in which I am actually closer to anyone else in Hollywood.....it makes me feel like I am still "in the know" just as much as when I was in NYC. OK, not even close, but it still helps.

Well, in their newfound fame, Michelle Rodriguez and Cynthia Watros (Ana Lucia and Libby, respectively, on the show) were busted for DUI's in Honolulu on Wednesday night.

What I really want to know though, is what bar they were slinging drinks at -- so I can see them in their drunken stupor next time......

Bah Humbug

I hit the local mall last night in an attempt to get some Xmas shopping completed. Yes people, I know, I shop at a mall now and not on Madison Avenue. Please forgive me.

Don't fret -- it was wildly unsuccessful. I hate when I have an unsuccessful shopping bout, since I consider myself to be a professional shopper. I entered Banana, Sephora and Macy's, just to name a few, and I walked out with ONE measly item. My shopping list is still as long as it was when I started, but I am another day closer to Xmas with nothing to show for it.

Kocaine Kate

Is anyone actually surprised that Kate Moss' ex-boyfriend, Pete Doherty, got charged with Class-A drug possession? I mean, come on. No one actually believed that Kate was with that guy simply because of their compatibility level!! OK, I am being harsh on the poor girl -- I am really happy that she was able to keep David Yurman and Roberto Cavalli under her belt after all the drama. See? I can be nice too.

Baby Bennifer!

I just got the news that Jennifer Garner and Ben Affleck just had a baby girl named Violet. Very cute -- I guess I am happy for them? I actually don't really care about this couple at all but I thought I would report it anyhow. Wait, didn't she just get pregnant like 2 months ago? I swear these celebs do EVERYTHING at lightning speed!

Sugarzine Baby!

Please check out my December column:

http://www.sugarzine.com/site_12.05/nysom.html


And of course, please check out the entire site as well!

www.sugarzine.com

Jersey Girl

My friend Heather went to the Bon Jovi concert the other night at MSG and she had the best damn seats in the house. I am really just a Jersey Girl at heart, so I have to pass this picture along....

'O' My

Anyone who knows me at all, knows that I am absolutely OBSESSED with Oprah. And the word "obsessed" is not even a strong enough word. I love her, I love her, I love her. I record her show everyday and must watch it the second I walk in the door (much to my boyfriend's dismay).

Well, tonight she will be on David Letterman, where they will supposedly hatch out their 15 year feud. Oprah had asked Letterman to be on her show, he declined. So now, being the better person that she is, she is stepping up to the plate and making her way onto his turf.

Since I can't keep my eyes open past 11pm these days, I will be recording this one as well!