Reader Lacey watched The Vicious Kind (the last movie I shot) last night, and sent me this screen grab. Oh, dear.
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I’m Pretty Done With Heels
For years (we're talking since age 15 or so) I wore such enormously high heels with such regularity that everyone - even close friends and family - thought I was an extremely tall girl. (I'm not; I'm about 5'6".) About a year, ago, though, I suddenly developed stabbing pains at the base of the toes in both of my feet, and discovered that my penchant for platforms had actually slaughtered some of my nerves (ew). I had surgery on the left foot, which was worse off, shortly thereafter developed a stomach ulcer as a result of the anti-inflammatories I had to take (exacerbated by the fact that I adore brussels sprouts, which, oddly enough, make you more susceptible to erosion), and...well...that's enough to put anyone off of the stilts.
Anyway, it's been a slow road towards my willingness to embrace flats, and I'm pretty resistant to buying them...it feels like such an un-fun purchase. I had only one pair that I really wore - plain black ones from Aldo - and they fell apart so completely on my trip to Canada that I actually had to toss them in the trash in the Cabo airport. Allison and I have been chatting about the best black flats, and I told her that I'm a die-hard Aldo girl (OK, except for the occasional stop in Bakers). Yesterday, I stopped into the store for a new pair, and found the adorable quilted flats with gold chain detail (sort of like the classic Chanel purse in shoe form) pictured above. I also discovered that Aldo has really, really cool purses (desperately want the one on the right - only $30!).
Sigh.
After a delicious breakfast of croissants, fresh fruit, and yes, a wee bit of champagne...I'm outta here. Can I object?
Yuca Inn
The Barcelo Los Cabos Palace Deluxe, where we're staying, is lovely, but if it's out of your budget range there are tons of more affordable options in the area. Yesterday, while wandering through town, Marianne and I stumbled across the absolutely charming Yuca Inn Hostel.
BetterTV Shoot #5: Restaurants
For our very last shoot, we headed over to Lotus Restaurant, where I discovered that I am really not very good at the cooking technique pictured above (I believe it's called teppanyaki style...the showy, flippy thing they do at Benihana's). I basically pushed some vegetables around, and then gave up and handed it over to the master. I did, however, learn a totally simple recipe for vegetable fried rice.