Meh..

A bit busy with work this week...will be back soonish!!!

Anne Hathaway At The 65th Venice Film Festival

promoting her film "Rachel Getting Married", already generating Oscar buzz. Gorgeous Atelier Versace dress! (Click pic to enlarge)


Source

What Customer Service?

Worst customer service I had in a while. From 1-800-FLOWERS. The guy's name was John. All I needed was a receipt faxed over to the office, I had used a corporate card to send flowers to two colleagues and the idiots at said flower delivery company never sent back any kind of conformation email which could, technically double as a receipt. So here I am, it's the end of the month, trying to reconcile the credit card statement. John (his real name..or not, you never know dealing with people over the phone), sounded bored, was condescending and did not take the time to listen to what I had to say. I've dealt with 1-800-FLOWERS a bunch of times before, and the people at the other end (always women) were always nice so I'll give them the benefit of the doubt. But John (whoever you are) SHOULD NOT BE IN CUSTOMER SERVICE!!! BECAUSE YOU DON'T HAVE THE SKILLS!!!

Overheard On The Tube...

Brilliant snatches of conversation which either makes you burst out laughing or go..."Eh? what's that about, then?"...via Tube Gossip

These Boots Are Made For More Than Walking

Fall is almost here!! Although not too soon, I still haven't enjoyed this summer to the fullest!! But with the fall season comes the accessory we can't live without...the boot!!! Here are some stylish ones courtesy of style.com.

Alexandra Neel has kickin' heels

Gucci - the tassel-y part detaches and converts into a cat-o'-nine-tails...kidding...but me wantee!!!

John Galliano..love the color!!

Gorgeous ankle boot from Armani

Proenza Schouler-style

Prada rarely disappoints...lovely ankle bootie!!

Fucking hell..I'd gladly trade a kidney for this Miu Miu number!!

Oh Temptation, Thy Name Is Ralph Lauren

Ralph Lauren crocodile travel bag with brass hardware. I fucking loooooove this bag.

Flights Of Fancy

From US Vogue Sept 2008
Photographer Arthur Elgort
Model Caroline Trentini

(Click photos for detailed look)

Gearing Up For Fall?

Just lusting after these. For fall. Really don't care which season they're from..they're beautifully cut and colorful and pleasing to the eye. A couple also cost about a months' (or two, or three or four) pay. But absolutely worth every penny...

Burberry

Celine

Celine

Aquascutum

Dolce & Gabbana

Soia & Kyo (this I can afford....)

This one from Victoria's Secret is very cute..and affordable

Olympic Round Up

In honor of the Olympics and in the tradition of my buddy Sleepy Jackson I thought I'd sum up the Olympics in a few short paragraphs.

I'm still mad I missed sports like dressage and fencing and no channel ever show those sports except maybe ESPN once in a blue moon and I don't have cable or satellite (shocker) but whatever, there's always next Olympics.



The 10 meter platform final was absorbing to say the least especially when Matt Mitcham pipped Zhou Luxin to become the first Australian man since 1924 to win a diving medal and kept China from sweeping all 8 gold medals. That shot of Mitcham jumping for joy in the foreground while Zhou was in tears in the background? Quintessential Olympics.





Track..man oh man...the fastest man and woman in the world came from Jamaica, both in their first major tourney and virtual unknowns. Usain Bolt? Who's that? He's the one with 9.69 secs tattooed on his forehead. The way he won that 100m sprint was brilliant, it was like he wasn't even trying. That shot of Lolo Jones after she crossed the line in the hurdles? Augh, must suck to be her.



Swimming. Michael Phelps. Duh. Although they showed a shot of the great Alexander Popov in the closing ceremonies.



Gymnastics. So this is the funny thing..I don't really follow gymnastics except during the Olympics, so I have absolutely no clue who's who in the sport. So I was thinking the whole time that Nastia Liukin is Russian, right? Which was pretty funny, because the comentators were talking about her and Shaun Johnson being roomies, and I was thinking, wow, great Olympic spirit, all the different athletes from the different countries are rooming together. Hahahha. And I caught a glimpse of Svetlana Khorkina reporting for a Russian channel. Although I wish they'd shown Svetlana Bouginskaia instead. She was a brilliant gymnast.



The closing ceremonies was great, the Chinese seem obsessed with flight. Wonder what they'll do to the bird's nest now the Games are over? Dismantle it piece by piece? Can't wait to see what London has in store, will they build a new stadium or will they just use the new Wembley Stadium (seats 72.000+)? Although it's 8 years away, here's to Chicago in 2016!!

Can't Blog...

...too busy watching the rest of the Olympics with all the drama. Will be back next week when it's all over and I'm not doing 12-hour shifts at work...grrr.