Happy B-Day to one of my fave celebuspawns! Susan Sarandon’s adorable daughter Eva Amurri’s 25th birthday was this weekend and boy-oh-boy, did she get DOWN! She looks like such a total babe! Which, I guess, was bound to happen considering her mom’s a hottie, right? The Sarandon clan has been ordering from us for a while and WE LOVE THEM ALL! I totally wish we coulda partied with them at 1 Oak! And I must say, the strapless dress with a peek-a-boo camisole is totally amazing! HAPPY BDAY EVA!
Personally I always adored what my grandma wore. Blogger Ari Seth Cohen seems to think the same thing about seniors’ style. Cohen, in a Sartorialist style of blogging, takes pictures of elderly people with an impeccable sense of classic style. The biggest challenge Cohen faces when taking pictures of senior citizens? “Trying to explain what a blog is.” Check out more senior citizens’ fashion on his blog Advanced Style.
This week in Santa Monica, California all the celebs were out to help the Make a Wish Foundation. By far the cutest couple of them all to make an appreance was Anna Paquin and Stephen Moyer. This on screen and off screen couple have been all over town showing nothing but love. We can’t wait for Season 3 of True Blood, which starts 6/13! P.S.- Doesn’t Anna look the cutest in her red risky biz sunglasses!?!
You know we love dresses here at the FF, right? I think maybe we have more styles right now than ever have before and we still want more, more, more! Take a spin through our dress dept and see if there’s something for you. Speaking of spinning, I love this photo that Chaunté took of Monica. We did this shoot across the way at Danit’s apartment. I think it turned out so great!
We here at Fred Flare totally love our home ‘hood of Greenpoint, Brooklyn, and so we were super stoked when we got in the I Lego N.Y. book and saw Greenpoint represented!
The book is totally amazing…it has all of the coolest parts of New York (which is obviously why Greenpoint was included) and is a great read for people of all ages and locations!
Happy March 14th, y’all! It’s the most glorious day of the year (in my humble opinion) for a few reasons! For starters, this year is Daylight Savings so not only did the day start an hour earlier, but 2-for-1 sunglasses as well? SCORE! Sweet deals and earlier than usual mornings aside, today is also the birthday of one of my personal heroes (and imaginary BFFs)…Albert Einstein!
OK, so he hasn’t been alive for a good 55 years, but that doesn’t mean we can’t still celebrate! And, uh, I’m not saying that I’ve totally baked him birthday cakes before, but…if you ever need to draw Albert Einstein in frosting, I have some experience in that arena.
That’s right, the fun still doesn’t end! As if savings (on daylight AND sunglasses!) and famous birthdays weren’t enough, today, March 14th, also known as 3-14, is Pi Day! Oh, pi, that crazy irrational number that comes in so handy when dealing with circles and the like.
There are many ways of celebrating Pi Day, including one of my favorite pastimes (on any day of the year), eating pie! Another (admittedly more dweeby) way to commemorate the occasion is to see how many digits of pi you can memorize… I think my personal record was about 150, but after about 5 minutes I had forgotten most of them. Though memorizing the digits is just a fun thing to do in general.
What does today mean for you? Are you stoked about the extra hour of sunlight (or less-so about waking up an hour earlier)? Gonna stock up on sunnies for the coming spring & summer? How about celebrating 131 years of Albie E.? Plans for pie-consumption? Something else entirely? Or is today just another Sunday? Let me know in the comments, or come by Store Cute and tell me in person! And if you hear me muttering to myself, don’t worry, I’m not crazy, just memorizing…
Okay, not to make ya mad or anything but I’m totally blobbing on the beach in Costa Rica as you read this… Pre-scheduling this particular post so I don’t have to worry about it while I’m away:) Just know that I’ll be thinking of you and in my own way I am sharing some sun and fun with this NEVER-BEFORE special DAYLIGHT SAVINGS PROMOTION! Enter discount code “daylight” at checkout with a purchase of any two or more pairs of sunglasses and you’ll get them for 50% OFF! This is an incredible deal so stock up. Hurry cuz it’s TODAY ONLY!!! (Be sure to read the fine print below if you’re new.) Love u guys. More soon.
Before there was Buffy and Twilight, there was a show called She-wolf of London and my bestie Kate Hodge played a character named Randi Wallace who, every once in a “blue moon” turned into a terrifying werewolf. I was so excited to FINALLY see that the complete series is out on DVD! I think everyone should check it out cuz there are some very classic, great moments in the show, plus the wolf costume was pretty awesome! Here is one of my fav moments from the show!
Here’s Kate behind all that fur and when she’s not about to “become so violently ill.”
Ok, so it’s rainin’ outside, but I actually like rain. It’s the best time to put on that raincoat that you’ve been waiting to try out, grab your fav umbrella (you know you have one), call a few friends, and paint the town red or any color you want. It’s your day! When I was younger (which really was not that long ago and honestly I am still a big kid), I loved to check out stores in NYC and chat up the people who worked there. Let me tell you, I am still friends with a lot of those peeps. That’s why I love chatting with people who come to STORE CUTE. I can’t get enough of em! Today, I met these lovely ladies from England, Jenny & Jessie. Thanks for visiting!!
So YES, it is raining, but if it’s your day off, come out and play. The store is like candyland! Check out more pics for yourself. If you decide to just stay in bed and catch up on some sleep, that’s ok too (reminder daylight savings tomorrow). I’ll just bug you later!
Our boat tour through Amazon territory was coming to a close. But before we called it a day, there was one very important thing left to do. Swim in the Amazon. That was my great idea. You can’t go to the Amazon and NOT jump in, can you?! What a great story!!
As we got closer to the Amazon river, you can see the color difference in the water. Where the Nanay river is a black color, the Amazon is brown. You should be able to see the difference in color in this picture:
You can immediately tell the difference when you get into the Amazon, the current is much stronger, it is also super wide. Raquel told me this would be my big moment. I was getting ready; I had brought my bathing suit along and everything. Then the tour guide told us that we could jump in if we wanted, but to be prepared for the anacondas to brush up against us in the water. Knowing about killer piranhas didn’t bother me so much, but anacondas??! I remembered how the one had almost killed my roommate a half hour earlier and how muscular and fast they are.
I don’t know exactly how truthful the guide was being, or if he just didn’t want me to jump in. But that really freaked me out. So I put my shoes back on and my dream of jumping in the Amazon was over. I didn’t have a death wish. So I stuck my hands in the water, and that was good enough.
Another thing I was really excited about was the possibility of seeing pink dolphins. Pink dolphins are only found in the Amazon. They are smaller than a normal dolphin, and really are a pinky color. Our guide said that there is no guarantee to see them though in the wild. So we got to a spot where it was most likely they would be swimming, stopped the boat and listened to the river. We whistled, since apparently that attracts them, and kept our eyes peeled. Nothing, nothing, and then I saw one! It was beautiful!! It was super pink and only jumped out of the water for a second. It was too quick for me to take a picture, but it was special just the same. (The next day we went to a zoo and saw a pink dolphin there, this is what they look like):
Even though I didn’t end up swimming in the Amazon, I had an amazing time, quite possibly the highlight of my trip. It was the part I had been most looking forward to, and I would definitely go back and spend a bit more time in Amazon territory. If you ever get the chance, don’t think twice about it. Go!!!!!!!!
Wow it was so amazing to hear all your stories about discovering Madonna. It is crazy to imagine the first time you hear a song, kinda epic. We chose at random four peeps to win a $25 FF gift certificate and it is my great pleasure to announce that the four lucky winners are… Lucy, Sand, Fredrick and Amber. Congratulations all of you! And thank you everyone who participated. If you haven’t already, pls check out my Madonna mashup playlist on the boombox. I hope you like it!
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