and speaking of rafa...

have any of you noticed how much ben f. from the bachelorette looks like rafael nadal? what a sweetheart, too. which definitely means she won't pick him. i always love the cute sweet guys but then they make it to the end and the girl always picks the egomaniac. what is it with that? oh well, ashley kind of annoys me anyway! i mean bentley, get over it already. there are so many other guys there who put him to shame.

and to my rafa who did not take wimbledon, you are still wonderful and have many, many titles under your belt. we haven't seen the best of you yet!

wine!

i might not have ever mentioned to you that i have had a HUGE crush on jason schwartzman ever since rushmore. there is just something so funny about him,
just watching him is funny, even if he's not doing anything. the faces he makes and his comedic timing is just too much.

have you been watching the new season of "bored to death"? oh i just love little ray!

also, any man that can consume as much white wine as i do and justify it the way his character can is truly a kindred spirit of mine.

what is your favorite jason schwartzman film? have you seen the short film he did with natalie portman as a trailer to the darjeeling limited. i think it's called "hotel cavalier". you should check it out if you've never seen it.

hot in the city

things are heating up between erin and olivia on the city. what do you think should happen? has olivia's insubordination finally gone too far? i'm dying to know if they will really replace olivia with the british journalist josie.

personally, i can't deal with olivia. she is a horrible role model for young people wanting to break in to the fashion industry. i don't care who you are, you can be replaced with someone smarter, better and more beautiful in a heartbeat. however, hard work most always pays off.

stay tuned!

new addiction

have you seen the new reality series nine by design on bravo? OMG i am so addicted to it now. i really want to run home and catch up on all of the past episodes.

their designs are amazing and those kids rock. i love that they include their kids in important business decisions. i have often thought as an adult that i wish my parents included me and my siblings in some of the more important decisions they made when we were younger. kids are very insightful, you know. of course these kids are uprooted on a regular basis due to their parents "flipping homes" habit but it is cool that they have a vacation home that they never want to sell because it has been the one stable residence in the kids lives.

hey, if my parents were this cool, i could sacrifice a move now and then for them!

the "nine" family




the glass facade of the manhattan highway home


their new book (you know i'm ordering this one)