Heading out the door on the way to the Glamour Women of the Year Awards.
The camera flash wasn’t working too well, resulting in this series of odd - but, I think, kinda…atmospheric - photos. What, they’re just blurry? Ah, well.
Vintage Calvin Klein one-shoulder dress, Barney’s clutch.
A slightly blurry photo (thanks to a faulty flash and a restless me) of me in my parents’ apartment (I’m still housesitting) with my new hair courtesy of Karmela, all ready to go to the Glamour Women of the Year Awards. I think I struck this exact pose in this exact spot just before heading to my senior prom. Memories.
Vintage Calvin Klein one-shoulder dress, Forever 21 cuff, diamond-and-aquamarine necklace borrowed from Mom.
Reader Molly wrote to tell me about Shannon Lambert, who was recently named a 2009 L’Oreal Woman of Worth for her volunteer work with Pandora’s Project, an organization that provides support, information, and resources to sexual violence survivors and their supporters. She was chosen for this honor from more than 2,500 applicants, and Pandora’s will receive a $5,000 donation from L’Oreal. The organization is now part of an online vote to win $25,000, so if you would like to show your support for Pandora’s Project please go here, enter your email address in the box on the right, and click on the “submit vote” button (you don’t need to register). Each email address is allowed one vote, and voting ends November 24.
Shannon is one brave and driven young woman, and I, for one, would like to show my support for her remarkable achievement in creating the largest international online sexual abuse survivor community.
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Jordan has self-control around her food. I, on the other hand, am of the “can’t-have-just-one-slice” school. :(
OK, but in my defense…as desserts go, pumpkin pie is relatively healthy, no? Fun fact: pumpkin is both a fruit AND a vegetable (it is a fruit botanically speaking because it has seeds, but in the culinary world it’s referred to as a vegetable). For an enlightening explanation of all those “fruit-or-vegetable?” wonders, check out this article from Suite101.
(And P.S.: I only have self-control around pumpkin pie because I’m not all that crazy about it. I make it for Kendrick because it’s his fave. Stick some Chubby Hubby in front of me and it’s a whole other ball game.)
I’ve had the same old long-ish hair for about four years now, and this afternoon I suddenly decided I wanted something with a little more style. I headed over to my friend Karmela Lozina’s apartment, and she took off 3 1/2 or so inches and gave me long, sideswept bangs.
I’ve been visiting Karmela at the John Sahag Workshop for years now, but this is the first time I’ve seen her apartment. It is an absolute explosion of pink girliness, stocked with gorgeous Italian glass pieces and vintage Barbie dolls (you can see part of her collection behind me). I also got a chance to peek in her closet and…oh, my. You remember that scene in 27 Dresses (or maybe you don’t…was I the only person who saw that?) in which Katherine Heigl’s closet pretty much explodes on her? It’s like that, only full of awesome, beautiful, unusual finds instead of weird bridesmaids’ dresses. I wanted to pick through it for hours…but I’m headed to the Glamour Women of the Year bash at Carnegie Hall tonight, so, newly coiffed, I had to give her a big kiss and run.
