I Think I'm Really Smart

Reading W Mag today I found out that Gaga is a silent partner in a restaurant on the Upper West Side. Me and Matt didn't have a set Thanksgiving plan beyond going to the parade, so I called them up and made a reservation. It's going to be a fixed-price menu with some hearty, Italian choices. Some of the reviews said the food is major and you'll feel like you need to "walk it off" so we'll ride our bicycles. I'm so smart.


Matt hasn't been to the (Macy's Thanksgiving) Parade. I've been once. He's gonna go and he's gonna like it! (Unless it's raining. Then none of us are going.)

It's so cool to see it from below after watching it on TV your whole life.

Get Out of the City!

Sometimes it's really nice to get out of the city. I'm always appreciative of a little escape. This was also my first escape to Westchester County where some of my heros and role models live - Hillary & Bill and Martha. The little village of shops near the train station indeed looked like when Martha shows you her little village. I really love shopping in quaint little small-town grocery stores. The homes were big and beautiful and the leaves were stunning.



I was surprised how quickly the Metro North train got us there. I wish all of America had better train service. Trains are great because you can text, talk and do your make-up without fear of wreckless driving or crashing. Oh! It's nice for the environment too!

The face is fresh, but the hair is dirty-


My husband is a doctor, though still in residency, and we went to another doctor's home, to a social event full of doctors. When I find myself in this situation, I secretly choose in my head who I would want to help me should I need emergency medical attention. I chose the nurse and the outgoing Latin mother who has several children. Both not-doctors.

Matt wouldn't do duck or goose calls for us but he was happy to climb this tree.


Gossips- I can tell by the look on his face that Matt just said something really bitchy and Emily is responding.

Rally Cats!

I grabbed Gumby because his Pro-Choice sticker caught my eye. Handsome Gumby!

My good friend Emily and I rode the Huffington Post Bus (1 bus of the 200!) down to the rally to restore sanity in DC last Saturday. We saw Arianna who is very blonde right now. It was her birthday. People were singing to her.

It was dark and cold in Queens waiting to get on those buses:


The atmosphere was again, very happy and positive. There were so many people everywhere. I'm so happy their turn-out was huge! While we were on our (late!) bus, we listened to the rally on the radio but once we got there, we had no idea what was going on. We just mingled and checked out the amazing sign-show!


There were people as far as the eye could see.


Here's my sweatshirt iron-on design. It said "RALLY CATS" down our arms.




You can check out all of my not that fantastic, but decent for atmosphere photos from this event on Flickr.

Gone to the Rally!

I'm off to our pre-rally slumber party in Queens. WE check in for the Huffington POst bus at CitiField where the Mets play at 5:30am. I'll be back Sunday afternoon but am hoping to whip a halloween costume into shape and drag my ass to a party!

Then it's market week at work and that means I'll probably work hard. I have to vote on Tues. which is nothing and I have a MAC make-up seminar - I don't even know when. Next weekend I'm putting myself on house arrest to REST!

If you want to monitor my rally festivities you can follow me or just look at my Twitter feed: http://twitter.com/juleskills

Only wear bright yellow clearance KMart tags in your hair.

True/False - I shopped so hard at KMart that FOUR STORES LATER a nice stranger informed me that I had a tag in my hair and it was a 99 cent clearance tag from KMart. TRUE!

True/False - Tonight is the first time I bartered with a gypsy cab and got him down to the normal taxi rate to take me home after this shopping. TRUE!

True/False - The words "I need a corn dog and a diet coke" crossed my lips. TRUE!

Wow, it was a good, fun, nice day. True, True, True!

Before it was even 7am when I was walking Bonnie, we, Bonnie and I, found this little table in the garbage. We, no, I stared at it and just felt like I couldn't/shouldn't leave it, so we brought it home. I carried it. Bonnie is no help!

I don't want to be the one to paint this natural wood - If I can even find a place for it - but I could upgrade the knobs.




























I was reading a lot of magazines at work today and in the new Allure Magazine, Julianne Moore says she's used Oil of Olay with SPF 15 for 25 years. Another influential fact: Julianne Moore is gorgeous and about to turn 50. I'm listening to her.

I'm almost out of moisturizer, so I got this. I think this is what she was talking about. I hope it's awesome b/c it's not even $10. I'll report on whether it works or not.


But let me begin with the whole reason I was out shopping. The Rally in DC this weekend. Jon Stewart's Rally to Restore Sanity. I'm going to live out of a single backpack for at least 36 hours. Ultimate Urban Girlscout time is here.

Minus the Milk Bones - Some snacks & supplies.

Mini umbrella, emergency rain ponchos, WET WIPES and typical snacks that should fare well and pacify my needs.

I did this business at KMart and I shopped that KMart (34th Street) up and down. True- I tried on hats, accessories, looked at all the Christmas Stuff. Not until at least 4 stops later did someone tell me a tag was in my hair. I think THIS HAT. This cute, new hat, gave me a case of the tags.

99 cent newsboy! THis is going to be great for when I'm rolling around in ultra-dirty hair.
Expensive haircolor preservation demands a dirty-hair lifestyle, I firmly believe.

These are my FAVORITE thing I got at KMart. I love hearts. Champagne-colored, leopard, yes, yes, yes! $8 for allll these useful earrings. Usually when I buy a little "sheet" of studs I think about who I'm going to share the ones I won't wear with. I'll prolly keep all of these.


Then I went to Old Navy to give my search for skinny cargos another go since these were in the window for $19. Comfy, pretty color, work or casual times. Wore them to the grocery store and they stretched and the waist sagged real bad but I can wear a belt or get it taken in a little. Or sag 'em and be gangster.


Can you believe I did all this stuff tonight and went to the grocery store? What's going on with me?! 

Bonnie was being not-herself and hanging out on the bed with me through all of this. She wasn't just in it for the Milk Bones, she wasn't even that impressed with them when I opened them up for her. She obviously wanted to check out earrings and stuff.



My outfit today. It's 70! So warm for NYC almost November. I love it. This outfit said "Let's go to Kmart and get clearance tags in our hair, then walk around several stores looking crazy... with BRIGHT YELLOW tags in our hair!" 


Old Navy clearance out the yang top - Not even $2
F21 Lacy Skirt - not even $20
Irregular Choice Copper Metallic booties on bruised-up white legs

I told my friend I don't feel good getting into the gray nailpolish fad because I would be too white-trashy. I feel like reds go with the traditional white-trash-look flow.

Too bad these metal studs on this tank don't look that hot because it's a really cute tank that is going to be very useful this fall/winter. Even though I HATE racer-backs! I'm ready for racer-backs to go away. Too much bra-drama.


Cute studs again! 2 for $8. Love you, Charlotte Russe.

In dressing for the rally, I'm most likely going to get this Obama print fabric and wear some accessories I hope to make out of it-
and my Roxy Rainbow Leopard backpack won't Match. It will be the clash from hell and I don't want any rally photos to not be coordinated. Sorry, I'm like that.

So I decided I needed a solid American Apparel backpack, but then I found out that shit is $42! Damn! So I was happy when I remembered The Billabong Store (34th near Macy's) has super-cute backpacks! This is actually a Boy's Nixon brand backpack and I think Matt and I can share it. I LOVE when we can share accessories. Nixon has been good for that lately. I feel a little lame for buying black, but it's probably the sensible thing to do.


And this won't clash with the Obama fabric and whatever bullshit I need to wear for the Ultimate Girlscout adventure at the DC Rally and the adventures matching bus-rides.

I'm riding down there on a Huffington Post bus! I'm excited to see how many people are there. Every time I tell someone about how the Inauguration was, I tell them how amazing it was that it was however-many million people and how completely silent it was during the ceremony and how everyone was simply very lovely and sharing random things like toilet paper and popcorn all day.

I feel like my little backpack investment will be a helpful piece of my comfort puzzle for this rally adventure this weekend!

Today was a super-full, busy-but-fun, GREAT DAY!

Oscar / Kodak Promo

I went to the little Oscar + Kodak promo kiosk at the Time Warner Center at Columbus Circle today. I think it leaves tomorrow.
That sucker really does weigh 8 pounds.

Matt's going to say "You're so gay." And I'm going to mail the hard-copy they gave me to my Grandma. She's going to love it!

This is about the stages of production the Oscar goes through. The last 2 coats are silver + gold.


This is just some UWS grafitti and huge piles of snow taking over the b-ball court. I really like the Upper West Side. So peaceful & nice.