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Tuesday, September 18, 2007
Sunday, September 09, 2007
Top Chef sightings
Went to the Mushroom Festival at Kennett, PA, today. http://www.mushroomfestival.org/
I feel like I had heard about this festival when I was at Swarthmore, but when I mentioned to a few Philly people about it, they'd never heard about it! Sadly, the festival felt more like any other street festival (with some of the fried food being made out of mushroom rather than something else) than something that really featured mushrooms.
It did have really good ice cream by a local place--Woodside Farm Creamery. http://www.woodsidefarmcreamery.com/index.htm
I also got to see part of a cooking demo by Ilan Hall and Miguel Morales---of course, I was one of like four people who raised their hands in the filled tent when Miguel asked who in the room had never watched Top Chef. They were both trying very hard to be funny and charming--and sometimes they succeeded. I had to leave to return to Philly before they actually made anything, but Miguel did discuss how to make the dish he was preparing (Monte Cristo sandwich with portabello mushroom caps as bread) vegan, so he got big points for that.
I feel like I had heard about this festival when I was at Swarthmore, but when I mentioned to a few Philly people about it, they'd never heard about it! Sadly, the festival felt more like any other street festival (with some of the fried food being made out of mushroom rather than something else) than something that really featured mushrooms.
It did have really good ice cream by a local place--Woodside Farm Creamery. http://www.woodsidefarmcreamery.com/index.htm
I also got to see part of a cooking demo by Ilan Hall and Miguel Morales---of course, I was one of like four people who raised their hands in the filled tent when Miguel asked who in the room had never watched Top Chef. They were both trying very hard to be funny and charming--and sometimes they succeeded. I had to leave to return to Philly before they actually made anything, but Miguel did discuss how to make the dish he was preparing (Monte Cristo sandwich with portabello mushroom caps as bread) vegan, so he got big points for that.
Saturday, September 08, 2007
The appeal of fashion
I'm sure many of you saw this article in last weekend's NYT. Reading it made me think of all of you. Plus the writer uses what I think must be one of the most fun words in the English language: flibbertigibbets!
Tuesday, September 04, 2007
The Hills are Alive....
Sorry, it was a punnecessary evil.
Some of you know that I'm wont to be addicted to certain television shows for the clothes alone. I don't mind a dash of contrived drama, either. Case in point: Sex and the City.
I've come to be addicted to The Hills. Not only is it a "reality" show, it's a spin-off of a reality show. More so, it's a reality spin-off of a reality show that was inspired by a teen drama. I'll give you a moment to sadly shake your heads there. [e l e v a t o r m u s i c]. 'Kay?
So anyhoo, The Hills stars Laguna Beach "grad" Lauren Conrad. Lauren goes to the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (Hi, Nick-from-Project-Runway-2! Hi! I miss you!), and she interns at Teen Vogue. We see Lauren manage work, school, friendships, and relationships. All the while, she and her friends wear some damn cute clothes. Basically, it's like all the mini-soap-operas I made my Barbies perform, only it's "real" life. You know, I kind of always hoped they'd come alive. The Hills is much less creepy than that would be, though. The show is in its third season (wow! OK, well, they're short), and there's much more buzz around it than ever because of the DRAH. MAH. that happened last season (Machiavellian boyfriends, major friendship upsets, backstabbing gossip - all of which is continuing this season.) Lauren also now has her own clothing line, plus a deal with mark. cosmetics (offshoot of Avon aimed at a younger crowd). It's become MTV's huge new(ish) thing because we all know music doesn't matter anymore...well, unless it's the most au courant single by some up-and-coming warbler that just happens to express the agony and ecstasy of a morning-after-drama brunch at [insert trendy cafe here].
Where is the fascination for me (aside from cute outfits) you say? Well... you'd think that seeing your life on TV would clue you in to some patterns, some leitmotifs perhaps -- but it just doesn't seem to happen. There is a twisted, yet very well-dressed, voyeur in me that enjoys watching this.
Some of you know that I'm wont to be addicted to certain television shows for the clothes alone. I don't mind a dash of contrived drama, either. Case in point: Sex and the City.
I've come to be addicted to The Hills. Not only is it a "reality" show, it's a spin-off of a reality show. More so, it's a reality spin-off of a reality show that was inspired by a teen drama. I'll give you a moment to sadly shake your heads there. [e l e v a t o r m u s i c]. 'Kay?
So anyhoo, The Hills stars Laguna Beach "grad" Lauren Conrad. Lauren goes to the Fashion Institute of Design and Merchandising (Hi, Nick-from-Project-Runway-2! Hi! I miss you!), and she interns at Teen Vogue. We see Lauren manage work, school, friendships, and relationships. All the while, she and her friends wear some damn cute clothes. Basically, it's like all the mini-soap-operas I made my Barbies perform, only it's "real" life. You know, I kind of always hoped they'd come alive. The Hills is much less creepy than that would be, though. The show is in its third season (wow! OK, well, they're short), and there's much more buzz around it than ever because of the DRAH. MAH. that happened last season (Machiavellian boyfriends, major friendship upsets, backstabbing gossip - all of which is continuing this season.) Lauren also now has her own clothing line, plus a deal with mark. cosmetics (offshoot of Avon aimed at a younger crowd). It's become MTV's huge new(ish) thing because we all know music doesn't matter anymore...well, unless it's the most au courant single by some up-and-coming warbler that just happens to express the agony and ecstasy of a morning-after-drama brunch at [insert trendy cafe here].
Where is the fascination for me (aside from cute outfits) you say? Well... you'd think that seeing your life on TV would clue you in to some patterns, some leitmotifs perhaps -- but it just doesn't seem to happen. There is a twisted, yet very well-dressed, voyeur in me that enjoys watching this.
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