Meet Tavi

Tavi Gevinson is just about the cutest thing ever. I was first introduced to Tavi though Spencer Tweedy's blog. They are friends and go to school together. Tavi has her own blog though and she's quite the style maven. She's covered fashion week for Harper's Bazaar, collaborated with Rodarte, and landed herself on the cover of Pop magazine. But it's her own personal style that really stands out. She is not afraid to go crazy and try out different looks and is very daring for such a young girl. She's only 13!!!! I think Tavi is a great role model for young girls. I hope that when Stevie gets a bit older she will look up to someone like Tavi rather than all of those pre-fab Disney tarts.

Enjoy Tavi

Smells like memories

I was thinking the other day how funny it is that smells can remind us of certain memories. Like how mint always make me think of the mint patch we had on the farm when I was growing up. Or rosemary will always make me think of Christmas. The smell of the fall air brings back memories of high school football games. Old Spice makes me think of Volleyball practice. It's pretty cool that the smell of something can instantly take us back to a memory of an experience we've had.

I was on the bus the other day and a man got on and sat in front of me. He was wearing Calvin Klein's Obsession for Men and I was instantly 15 again and in Marty Brown's parent's family room watching movies.

Let's recap:

Mint = the farm
Rosemary = Christmas
Fall air = high school football games
Old Spice = Randy Rennie - high school volleyball coach
Obsession for Men = losing my virginity

I know there are so many more but it's the kind of thing that needs to be smelled in order to bring it back. What are some of your scent triggers?

Sleep is overrated, right?

Wrong. Sleep is a beautiful thing. I remember as a teenager I used to sleep until 1:00 pm sometimes. It was fabulous. Even in my 20s, after a night of partying, knowing I could sleep in was great. Now I'm a mom and sleeping in is not really an option at this point. Stevie is 2 so as you can imagine she's not up for sleeping in that late. Actually one thing we have learned about our little girl is she doesn't like sleeping at all. Well, that's not true. She sleeps. It's just always a struggle. Does she sleep through the night? Sometimes. Not as much as we would like though. It's brutal. I'm sure we have messed this up somewhere along the way. Probably by doing what we felt was working rather than what the books say to do. Now I can't help feel like we are caught in this trap and it's so hard to get out of it. "Let her cry" people say. Easier said than done though when the crying results in us all being awake until 3:00 am because she has worked herself up so much that now she won't go to sleep at all.

I guess some people are blessed with babies that love sleeping. I wish we were those people. Would I trade her in for a kid that goes to bed super easy and sleeps all night. Never. For now I will just need to seek solace in the fact that once she is a teenager I can get her back by waking her up at 7:30 on the mornings I know she wishes she can sleep until 1:00 pm.

Kittens inspired by Kittens

Best Video Ever!!

Sexiest Man Living

Okay, I know it might seem like I can't stop talking about him but James Franco is really throwing me for a loop with this whole General Hospital thing. I mean WTF? It seems crazy to me that an actor with his current resumé would sign on to star in a soap. It weird but I also find something kind of cool about it. A true actor likes to challenge themselves, right? And that seems like it would mean trying all kinds of different work. I'm sure being on a soap opera is hard work, they certainly film enough episodes so I imagine the schedule is exhausting. Kudos to him for realising that acting is acting and if a part comes along that interests you, who cares if it's day time TV and you have to play opposite characters like Sonny Corinthos. It's all just another reason to love this guy.




Thanks Salon, I'm in total agreement with you!

Stevie - the early months

With Stevie's 2nd birthday this week it got me thinking about how quickly she is growing. It doesn't seem like it was that long ago that we were bringing her home from the hospital. Now she's running around and talking up a storm (or at least trying to!). I found these photos of her first couple of months the other day and just had to share.

Hollywood Crush

Like so many other women, I too have a serious crush on James Franco. I think Milk was what solidified it for me. Not sure why it took him playing a gay man to do that but there you have it. Anyway, I work during the day so I am not much of a soap watcher but man, I wish I had a tivo/PVR to record this.