Go Ask Alice

Miss Mia Wasikowska in this month's Teen Vogue. She's absolutely stunning! With this haircut, she reminds me enormously of Mia Farrow (circa Rosemary's Baby) and she has the most incredible doe eyes.

Beautiful.

I need a copy of this magazine in my life.









This is a short one today- I haven't posted since Saturday! Crazy how school can take over everything in your life.

Love to you all,
Heather

January 30th- Jon Hamm Day

I've officially dubbed this Saturday to be Jon Hamm Day. Jon plays the ultra suave Don Draper on the AMC original series Mad Men and is hosting SNL for the second time tonight. As you may already know, I just adore this man. Today has just been a day for ignoring homework and watching repeats of Mad Men's season 2 and just soaking in his handsome self.



Doesn't he look like a doll here? Ken would be so jealous.



He is also reprising his role as Liz Lemon's love interest in February on 30 Rock. Mark your calendars!



What I wouldn't give to be on the East Coast right now...

Love to you all,
Heather

City Girl

When I was in grade school, I was afraid of the dark. I slept with a neon phone glowing light pink in my room to avoid being swallowed into the pitch blackness and built a fort of stuffed snowmen and other assorted plushies to 'guard' me from any potential monsters under the bed or in the closet. My imagination was ridiculous. Combining Child's Play movies plus Pepsi after Pepsi right before I went to bed left me terrified that someone was going to bust out into my room welding a knife or chainsaw and hack me up to bits. I was more scared of a possible killer doll than an actual person. A rational child, I was not.

How did I stay sane and manage to eventually fall asleep?

Living in the city, my friends. Living in the city.

I took comfort in hearing the buses wheeze down the street. The sound of Ludacris rapping in a sonic boom pitch from a pimped-out ride.

In a way, by knowing that somewhere, someone and lots of someones actually, were awake and busy, I was able to not feel afraid about going to sleep and actually do it.



I LOVE SKYSCRAPERS! They are so tall and majestic and the construction work on them is usually very detailed and strong. When I'm surrounded by all that height, I feel very much at home, particularly when I'm in a building that has a spectacular window view.



So with that in mind, I found some photos of girls in the city. I would have put up many more photos but I'm not in my room right now where the bulk of the pictures are so I quickly Googled some other good shots.













This one is by the fabulous Peter Lindbergh, a post on him later...

Love to you all,
Heather

Elementary, Watson

Sometimes during the course of life I forget and must be reminded about two things I have always loved:

1) Robert Downey Jr. (a perfect choice to play Sherlock Holmes)

and

2) Esquire magazine (a classic, I would kill to work there)




Check out the many faces of the Downey! He's so versatile and very gifted at his craft.







Sharp dressed man, I can't emphasize just how much I love that in a man.







Love to you all,
Heather

I Heart Emma Pillsbury

"I'm a girl who knows her solvents, and your breath smells like rubbing alcohol."

How do I love her? Let me count the ways...

1) Emma is a character on Glee, that little musical phenomenon on FOX. She's a guidance counselor at a high school in Ohio and lends a listening ear to the students there. She's also a bit of a germaphobe and has a big crush on Will Schuster, the glee club leader/Spanish teacher. She's very nice and well-meaning and listens.

2) Her wardrobe. Good God, the woman can dress. In the case of Emma, she wears a whole lot of pastels, pencil skirts, and little cardigans over cute tops. She also has excellent taste in shoes and her hair is perfectly done. I give her an A+ in clothing, it is hard to get me to want to wear Easter egg colors but Emma wins me over each week.

3) Her crush on Will, the married man with the horrible wife (not an exaggeration, the woman is pretending to be pregnant right now) is something we can all relate to. Everyone's always liked someone who wasn't available.

4) Her last name. What? I'm a brand loyalist and Pillsbury is my very favorite brand of them all.

Extra Credit: She also has a wonderful singing voice. Watch the episode where she sings "I Could Have Danced All Night" from My Fair Lady.

Love to you all,
Heather

Polar Coordinates

The Veil Movement, as seen by photographer Billy Coleman...


...and Audrey Hepburn.

Love to you all,
Heather

What a Tee-ase

If you must wear a graphic tee, then here's some of the more slightly better ones to get.
This is Hot Dog High 5 by Heavy Rotation. I'm a little biased when writing this because I already have this shirt but it is pretty sweet.
There is a rule it seems in the hipster tee handbook that one must always have a shirt that includes food or a beverage product on it. The food must be saying something ironic (i.e. an ice cream cone dripping saying "Fo Drippzle" or something like that).
In this case, hot dog and mustard are in unison together with a high 5. Gotta love food that's happy to be eaten.


The Beautiful Ones designed a series of superstar raglans for Urban Outfitters last year. They made David Bowie (Ziggy Stardust era), Michael Jackson (Thriller style), and the featured Karl Lagerfeld tee. Love these shirts so much, I'm thinking they could do another series featuring three ladies. Madonna, Mariah, and Donatella anyone?


The Marc by Marc Jacobs Jeepers Peepers tee. Simple and minimalistic but still an eye-grabber (literally).

Close up of the peepers.

See by Chloe's toy soldier tee. Special detailing on his badge and the speech bubble says "Nice t-shirt." Definitely reminds me of the holidays like "The Nutcracker" when all the toy soldiers come alive.

Love to you all,

Heather