Last week I treated myself to a facial. Boy was I in need. Alexandra went to work, buffing, polishing, micro derm, oxygen, mini-peels and when I walked out my skin was hydrated and glowing!
Her salon is quiet, clean and cozy right on Abbot Kinney. For more info visit her website
http://alexandrawagnerskincare.com/home.html
No question, I will be going back again!
Monday, September 29, 2008
Alexandra Wagner
Thursday, September 25, 2008
Well...happy birthday to you Diesel
Seems like a lot of people are celebrating in your honor. Funny and creative use of porn!
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
Monday, September 22, 2008
The New York Bad Times
Don't know about you but after seeing this chart/image in the NYTimes
http://www.nytimes.com/imagepages/2008/09/21/business/21ceoCA01ready.html?scp=2&sq=shareholders%20at%20the%20top&st=cse
my first thought, was most definitely not empathy. More like anger, thousands of people are losing their savings and investments, jobs and let's not forget the ripple effect this causes, further damaging our already shaky economy. Yet, they still hold options to the tune of hundreds of thousands, even billions of dollars, in some cases. Why, for destroying and bankrupting the companies. they ran? I guess if they can sleep at night in good conscience, than more power to 'em......said with much sarcasm!!!!
Thursday, September 18, 2008
PABLOVE - You listen, you give = YOU HELP
FILTER MAGAZINE AND URBAN OUTFITTERS TO RELEASE PABLOVE FOUNDATION BENEFIT ALBUM, ON BEHALF OF PABLO CASTELAZ, SON OF DANGERBIRD CO-FOUNDER
LOS ANGELES, September 17, 2008 - Some of the most recognizable names in indie and alternative music have donated new, unreleased, live and remixed songs for Filter Magazine and Urban Outfitters' benefit compilation, Give. Listen. Help. Volume 5, a double CD created in support of the Pablove Foundation. This charity has been established in honor of Pablo Castelaz, the 5-year-old son of Dangerbird Records' co-founder Jeff Castelaz and his wife Jo Ann Thrailkill, who is currently undergoing cancer treatment. The album will be sold at all Urban Outfitters locations beginning Wednesday, October 15 until January 31, 2009, and is comprised of more than 25 tracks, featuring Radiohead, Oasis, Jack Johnson, Garbage, Bloc Party, Rilo Kiley, CSS and many others on disc one, while Dangerbird's tight-knit family, including Silversun Pickups, The Dears, Sea Wolf and Darker My Love, have rallied for the cause on disc two.On May 17, 2008, Pablo, the effervescent, boisterous preschooler, was diagnosed with bilateral Wilms' Tumor, a rare form of children's cancer that strikes less than 500 American kids a year. The cancer appeared out of nowhere. In the past month, Pablo has endured four surgeries in merely sixteen days, resulting with the removal of his right kidney and a third of his left kidney. He is currently on a nine-month chemotherapy regimen and an 11-day radiation treatment, equating to months in and out of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), and countless hours in the oncology clinic. Over these past few grueling months Castelaz, Jo Ann and Pablo's older brother Grady have experienced the love and dedication from doctors, researchers, administrators and legions of volunteers they've encountered and so in turn, they want to give back. Every penny raised through the Pablove Foundation will go to CHLA, specifically directed toward play rooms, cancer research at the CHLA Saban Research Institute and to the new hospital set to open in 2009. Each year, CHLA treats over 93,000 children who need care that is so complex, it can only be provided by medical experts at the highest level. Every artist on these two discs has made a choice to participate, and to donate the usual fees and royalties to the Pablove Foundation. Kicking off with a previously unreleased track by Garbage (they completed this song especially for Pablo), the album is crammed with rarities from a who's who of alternative music all-stars. Disc two proudly displays Castelaz's other passion, his label Dangerbird Records which he co-founded with Peter Walker, with rare and unreleased tracks from his beloved musical family - most of whom have watched Pablo grow up.Although Pablo's form of Wilms' Tumor is the toughest, most rare kind, his treatment is advancing well. His progress has been chronicled on PABLOg, a blog fueled by Castelaz's daily newfound trials and tribulations, eloquently written with an equal dose of humility and humor.
LOS ANGELES, September 17, 2008 - Some of the most recognizable names in indie and alternative music have donated new, unreleased, live and remixed songs for Filter Magazine and Urban Outfitters' benefit compilation, Give. Listen. Help. Volume 5, a double CD created in support of the Pablove Foundation. This charity has been established in honor of Pablo Castelaz, the 5-year-old son of Dangerbird Records' co-founder Jeff Castelaz and his wife Jo Ann Thrailkill, who is currently undergoing cancer treatment. The album will be sold at all Urban Outfitters locations beginning Wednesday, October 15 until January 31, 2009, and is comprised of more than 25 tracks, featuring Radiohead, Oasis, Jack Johnson, Garbage, Bloc Party, Rilo Kiley, CSS and many others on disc one, while Dangerbird's tight-knit family, including Silversun Pickups, The Dears, Sea Wolf and Darker My Love, have rallied for the cause on disc two.On May 17, 2008, Pablo, the effervescent, boisterous preschooler, was diagnosed with bilateral Wilms' Tumor, a rare form of children's cancer that strikes less than 500 American kids a year. The cancer appeared out of nowhere. In the past month, Pablo has endured four surgeries in merely sixteen days, resulting with the removal of his right kidney and a third of his left kidney. He is currently on a nine-month chemotherapy regimen and an 11-day radiation treatment, equating to months in and out of Childrens Hospital Los Angeles (CHLA), and countless hours in the oncology clinic. Over these past few grueling months Castelaz, Jo Ann and Pablo's older brother Grady have experienced the love and dedication from doctors, researchers, administrators and legions of volunteers they've encountered and so in turn, they want to give back. Every penny raised through the Pablove Foundation will go to CHLA, specifically directed toward play rooms, cancer research at the CHLA Saban Research Institute and to the new hospital set to open in 2009. Each year, CHLA treats over 93,000 children who need care that is so complex, it can only be provided by medical experts at the highest level. Every artist on these two discs has made a choice to participate, and to donate the usual fees and royalties to the Pablove Foundation. Kicking off with a previously unreleased track by Garbage (they completed this song especially for Pablo), the album is crammed with rarities from a who's who of alternative music all-stars. Disc two proudly displays Castelaz's other passion, his label Dangerbird Records which he co-founded with Peter Walker, with rare and unreleased tracks from his beloved musical family - most of whom have watched Pablo grow up.Although Pablo's form of Wilms' Tumor is the toughest, most rare kind, his treatment is advancing well. His progress has been chronicled on PABLOg, a blog fueled by Castelaz's daily newfound trials and tribulations, eloquently written with an equal dose of humility and humor.
Give. Listen. Help.
DISC 1
1. Garbage - "Witness to Your Love" (previously unreleased)
2. Radiohead - "House of Cards"
3. Of Montreal - "Jimmy" (M.I.A. cover)
4. Bat for Lashes - "What's a Girl" (Plaid remix)
5. Oasis - "Falling Down" (Chemical Brothers remix)
6. Rilo Kiley - "Draggin' Around" (previously unreleased)
7. Bloc Party - "Flux" (JKL remix)
8. The Faint - "The Geeks Were Right" (DIOYY remix)
9. CSS - "Rat Is Dead" (Rage)"
10. Decemberists "Billy Liar" (live)
11. Ra Ra Riot - "Can You Tell" (Little Ones remix)
12. Ladytron - "Ghosts" (Modwheelmood mix)
13. The Little Ones "I Don't Want to Dance" (previously unreleased)
14. Other Lives - "Paper Cities" (previously unreleased)
15. Two Sheds - "You"
16. Jack Johnson "All At Once" (live at Bumbershoot 2008)
DISC 2 - DANGERBIRD RECORDS
1. Silversun Pickups - "Table Scraps"
2. Eulogies - "Is There Anyone Here?"
3. Darker My Love - "Blue Day"
4. The Dears - "Crisis 1 & 2"
5. Sea Wolf - "The Promise"
6. The Curse of Company - "All the Mines"
7. One a.m. radio - "Old Men"
8. Ed Laurie - "Albert"
9. Eric Avery - "All Remote and No Control"
10. Dappled Cities - "Vision Bell"
11. La Rocca - "Cross the River"
Wednesday, September 17, 2008
'Books are IN, everybody is reading!'Tuesday, September 16, 2008
Can't get enuff
Now I can't stop....not really much to see but
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9pYux5-d1Es
Stevie Wonderful + Tom Ford
Oh how much I love Stevie. I was heartbroken when I found out he was playing at the Hollywood Bowl and I had to go out of town.
Here's a good clip of Stevie on Sesame Street.
Even though the video is what, 25+ years old ??, his shades could easily be a part of Tom Ford's sunglasses collection this year IE
check out the whole fab line here
For those of you interested, I am definitely more of a sunglasses girl than a shoe girl. Though, I won't pass up a free pair of either...haha
Monday, September 15, 2008
Cardiac Arrest
Thats what the charts from the market (this is courtesy of nytimes.com) looked like early this am...I just about had an attack myself when I read the news. We are on our way to hell in a handbasket....or already there?
Thursday, September 11, 2008
Thoughts elsewhere
today to come up with anything. Rather, I direct you to the creative thoughts, images, rantings and ramblings of Kate and Jessica respectively...
http://thesweetbird.blogspot.com/
http://asteelmagnolia.blogspot.com/
Tuesday, September 9, 2008
Propr Launch
I rarely mention my events on this blog but for whatever reason I am sharing one of my two from last night. The launch of Ben Harper and David Arquette's Eco Clothing Line Propr. As you can see from the photo montage (via popsugar.com) above, guests included Jennifer Aniston, Laura Dern, Meg Ryan (not pictured), Courtney Cox, David Arquette and Ben Harper. In honor of David's birthday Ben performed.
Keep an eye out for future Propr hits
http://www.proprclothing.com/
My favorite words
include hoodie, cashmere (others not related to this post could include chocolate, french fries, use of someone else's amex black....) Inhabit makes some of the finest cashmere IMO. Congrats on their recent article in W Mag, though I would rather keep them to myself. While, way way way out of my budgie, there are so many cashmere + hoodie fabulous pieces on the Inhabit page it must be shared. Click here to visit the site
And here are a few of my fav's
Monday, September 8, 2008
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
No, this is not an Onion headline...
Japanese wives wanting a divorce hire professional seducers....read full article here
This blog becoming dormant for the rest of the week, start of next week. Catch you then.....
Sunday, August 31, 2008
Friday, August 29, 2008
Oh so lovely Ortolan
Yesterday, my Ortolan goodies arrived!!! This mom and pop, well not really, but close enough, NYC shop creates all organic items for the kitchen, bath and your backside.
I cant seem to find photos for all my goodies so two of the napkins. If you want to see more jump over to their website by clicking here
& do so quickly because its summer sale time!!
Have a great holiday weekend!
Thursday, August 28, 2008
Woody Allen
I found his 'diary' entries in Sunday's NYTimes hilarous....enjoy for yourself. Click here
And I am digging this site http://acidtestdjs.wordpress.com/
Wednesday, August 27, 2008
Ernie & Burt
Seems only fair that after posting the FEIST vid I give Ernie and Burt some luv
click here:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OJkfDI7Ohew
Vega$
Yesterday, I flew down to Vegas to swim up to my eyeballs in apparel. I walked Project, ENK, Slate, and the list goes on. It all starts to blend together quickly but there are always a few standouts. I.e. a great casual Men's line - where is the ladies people. Called Save or Save Khaki really caught my eye; beautiful colors, fabrics, simple lines, fab stuff. They have a store in NYC and sell all over but no website for these folks. I did manage to poach a photo of thenewblog.net - which is GREEAATTTT if you dont know it.
Monday, August 25, 2008
Bringing out My Inner 13yo
Even though I dropped and broke a full glass jug of juice on my toe at the grocery last night. Which now leaves me with a bloody, bruised and swollen digit I am still writing to you today. See the dedication I have to you my loyal readers!!!
Yesterday while reading the NY Times this headline flashed across my eyes....Hugh R. Butt, 98, Doctor Whose Studies Helped With Blood Problems. I know its so immature and terrible to make fun of the dead but I felt like I was watching the segment on the Leno Show when he shows those silly headlines.
And then there was this line....where Dr. Butt was head of the division of gastroenterology. I know so immature Dr Butt the head of gas....ok I should stop....The entire article is here - RIP Dr Hugh Butt.
Off to Vegas be back Wed, maybe....
Thursday, August 21, 2008
LED Throwies
If you are interested in making LED 'throwies' click on this link
http://www.instructables.com/id/LED-Throwies/
I personally, like the idea of making a single one, placing in jar and using it for outdoor lighting.
Wednesday, August 20, 2008
China part II
My friend is safe and on her way back (aka deported). She also made her way into the NY Times and many other news outlets around the world. Click here for the NY Times piece.
Tuesday, August 19, 2008
Arrested...
My American friend was arrested in China yesterday...Since I am not exactly LOVING China at the moment....Here's a photo of the current air quality in China, great for athletes. No worries, they will never see this photo from my blog - because blogs are BANNED in China. Yeah, doesn't that go along well with Coke and the Olympic spirit....please note the sarcasm.
Monday, August 18, 2008
MonkeyLectric Comps of Kayne
If you haven't stopped on Kayne West's website http://www.kanyeuniversecity.com/ -its a must do!! I poached these cool LED bike light contraptions by MonkeyLectric from his site....click here to jump to the site for more info.
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