Best Dressed: Emma Stone in Lanvin; Angelina Jolie in Atelier Versace. Both just a little bit odd; both close to perfect (although I don't love the sleeves on Emma's dress or the hem on Angelina's, the amazing slashes of color on both gowns make them unforgettable).
Honorable Mention: Dianna Agron in Giles, who gets an A for Effort. I don't really like the dress, but I do really like that she's a relative newcomer and nevertheless refuses to play it safe.
Senator Al Franken, who also happens to be my good friend Thomasin's father and a man for whom I have enormous admiration and respect, is fighting to pass a bill that would require schools to protect LGBT students who face threats and bullying (while students are presently protected from harassment based on race and gender, there are no protections in place for children who are bullied based on their gender identity or sexual orientation).
Check out Senator Franken's message above, and then please take a moment to call the Senate switchboard at 202-224-3121 and urge your Senator to sponsor the Student Non-Discrimination Act.
My friend Stephen (whom you might remember as the guy who taught me this awesome lampshade refurbish trick using graphic wallpaper fragments) just gave me the heads-up that craftsman-with-a-cult-following John Derian is launching an exclusive sale of framed prints inspired by 18th-century French wallpaper patterns on One Kings Lane today. Gorgeous stuff starting at just $99.
The sale launches at 11AM EST, and goes for 72 hours. Check it out here.
When I was fifteen years old, my four best friends and I spent a week at my friend's parents' place in Vermont. They had a porch enclosed with screens, and on it was a hanging bed - really just a piece of wood suspended from the ceiling by four chains and piled up with sleeping bags and comforters. We took turns sleeping on that bed, and on the night that it was my turn, I asked my friend what was so special about it, why everyone fought over who got to stay there. "You'll see," she said.
And in the very early morning, while everyone else was still asleep, I woke to pale sunlight streaming across the lake through a thick cloud of mist. I burrowed down into the blankets, and watched as the lake grew brighter and the birds began to stir. It was one of the most peaceful moments of my life.
The place we’re looking at has no lake, but it does have an enclosed porch, and a distant view of the Hudson River. I'm not counting any chickens, but I'm just saying...
it'd be nice to get back there.
Yeah, yeah...more about money. What can I say: it's on my mind lately. And there's nothing like starting a family to make you start thinking very seriously about the future.
Some more tips that I picked up at the Go Girl Finance event Monday night and wanted to share:
Love & Money
- The number one predictor of divorce is fighting about money. That I knew already, but Personal Finance Expert Manisha Thakor has a simple test to determine whether a couple is starting from the same basic headspace. When you look at a menu, which side do you order from first: the left side, or the right side? And which side does your partner order from first? (This test doesn't exactly work for me, since I like to order two appetizers rather than an entree because I usually think appetizers are more interesting...but I get where she's going: do you approach eating out as an opportunity for indulgence, or are you frugal even when enjoying yourself?)
