frillseek with ctowngal in LA!

fellow frillseekers...

i challenge you to find the frillseeking hotspots in LA, via my yelp! reviews at

http://ctowngal.yelp.com

and come visit me in los skandelous to do a frillseeking tour! (aging cowgirl just might....)

i miss you all. :-/

Oscar fashion?

I thought Helen Mirren Kate Winslet and Cate Blanchett looked amazing. Not so much for Kirsten Dunst or Nicole Kidman. Generally, I am not sure how I feel about the one-shoulder dress trend or the bejewelled dresses. Any favorite dresses?

Irish Fiddling! Part III

THE BLACK DONNELLYS. NBC, Mondays, 10pm.

This time the Irish mob is in New York, so it's kind of like Sleepers crossed with The Departed or something. And it turns out one of the actors was actually in Sleepers! I have no idea if this is supposed to be good or not, but NBC may be killing off Studio 60 (good riddance! sorry, Nate Corddry!) a week earlier for it. So at least they think it'll be good - though saying it's better than Studio 60 isn't saying much, I'm afraid.

I think this guy staring off into space is supposed to be the cute one:

... because, well, he's staring off into space. Like an artist might do. And guys? He is an artist. But poor cute boy probably gets drafted into organized crime by his grimy-lookin' good-for-nuffink brothers behind him. Hoodlums!

When to get jiggy: February 26th, 10pm!

Calling All Bakers....

Recent conversations and this NYT article have me in the mood for some Red Velvet Cake. I've never had this concoction and frankly, at this point, I've built it up in my head (and palette) as some heavenly cloud of sweetness. Although I doubt anything will really live up to these built-up expectations, I would still like to try and make some. So I'm asking for some help from my fellow frill-seekers: Any one ever make this kind of cake before? Anyone have some tips/suggestions/recipes? The common destinations, epicurious, etc, leave something to be desired... And the NYT recipe just kinda scares me with the 2c of oil it calls for...

Peace out.

The Google Corpocrazy

So I switched our blog over to "The New Blogger" which is powered by Google (which powers my life nowadays). I appreciate the ease of it all (including all those Google Account deals), but it makes me a little nervous.

One nice thing that "The New Blogger" allows us to do is "label" or "tag" our posts, so that if you wanted to find some baking tip that was mentioned here, you can click on the "food" label. I'm slowly but surely back-tagging (does that sound dirty?) our posts so that one day if you really wanted to do that, you will be able to.

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While the mistress evolves it.

That's right. I did use that intransitive verb transitively. Mwahahaha.

Outing a couple more of my obsessions....

So I've confessed this recent one to numerous people:

This is another nice photo from that New York Times Magazine layout, for Aging Cowgirl:

But I'm betting it's already framed in the bathroom, or the bedroom.

But there are more where that came from upon which I promised to elaborate....
For lilbunny:
Now I don't know if they'll really be that funny for everyone who doesn't really like Saturday Night Live, but here goes....
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Lazy Sunday
The Best Gift Ever
Natalie Portman Raps
Andy's Excuse

And from a while back, randomly found on the internets somewhere:
Y'all, the dream is over! Let us remember them at their finest:
Britney Eats For Two (Radar Online)

And for Aging Cowgirl:
Yes, this is how I spend my time and use my valuable grapheeecs skeeelz....

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When Bravo says jump . . .

I didn't think I would be one to say "How high?" but apparently so. Although the cinematography feels old because of Project Runway and Top Chef, there is something going on with Top Design that is new. I was afraid that it would be another version of Trading Spaces, with designers emphasizing bright wall colors and clusters of black and white photographs, but it is trying to be more artsy, I think. Also the fact that they are using real furniture (borrowed from showrooms) means that they can use really nice pieces rather than fall into the trap of pieces that look nice for the reveal but you get the sense that they may fall apart. I also got the sense that Top Design will take more risks with the range of designs that they will show. Whereas the other home shows want designs that are livable for middle-america Top Design has no problem with the fact that the vast majority of people cannot afford what they are doing nor can they really appreciate it.