Two kids. Two Labs. Suburbia. A better (very Southern and preppy) half. A prep with a bohemian streak in the heart of southeastern Connecticut with a love of the Cape, wine, Audrey Hepburn, needlepoint belts, Lllly, design & much more. My ideas, observations, musings & adventures.
I didn't realize that I've been MIA for so long...whoops. It's been a busy week - kids, Jersey Shore premier last night (which was awesome), I just started a small side business (resume creation/revision for HS and college students) and I decided to start a cleanse with my friend (ugggg). Oh, and I'm slightly obsessed with Oprah's new network (like I need anymore TV on the roster).
So first off, Jersey Shore. I am a born and bred Jersey Girl who happened to end up in CT 10 yrs ago when I got married. Therefore, I have a particular affinity for all things Jeerz...even the cheesy aspects. It's one of those shows that some insist they would never watch but then they are busted when you walk in the room and it's on TV in all its glory. Like a train wreck - you just can't look away. My favorite line last night was when Deena was referred to as the 'rookie' and how DARE she confront a 'veteran'. Lol.
I've also been keeping on top of my ever growing 'love' list. If I surfed, I would own a board from London L Surf (http://www.londonlsurf.com/). Cute, preppy, functional.
And I am looooving this...the DODOcase for your iPad. 'The DODOcase is a handmade iPad case inspired by the journals of your favorite artists. Made in San Francisco, California using traditional book binding techniques, the DODOcase brings a classic look to protecting your iPad.' As an avid reader, I think this is simply fabulous! Check out the link.
I finally went to see The Social Network yesterday. I really liked it and thought Justin Timberlake did an awesome job (by the way, he became a triple threat out of the blue, right?). Mark Zuckerberg is an interesting personality - at least as portrayed in the media - and obviously brilliant. So I'm sitting hear watching Squawk Box and it looks like Goldman and and Digital Sky Technologies, a Russian firm, are investing approx $500 million in my one of my favorite pastimes. As a result, FB is now valued at $50 BILLION. I would have been happy with the crazy 6 month phenomena Silly Bandz idea but FB would have been pretty fabulous.
Speaking of FB, I honestly think I was probably one of the 1st people over the age of 25 with an account - I opened up my page, with much doubt, during the summer of 2007. I am a career college recruiter (so I recruit college juniors for summer internships and college seniors for full-time jobs at my firm) and one summer, my interns convinced me that I just had to join so we could all 'keep in touch' (aka see the crazy antics that happen outside the work place - at least most of the time). Back then, every one of my 20 friends were college kids. I didn't do much except exist via a weak profile page. Pictures of kids under 2 with sippy cups didn't quite compare to pictures of kids over 20 with solo cups. Then FB started to catch on - people realized that you no longer needed a college email address to join. Poof. The rest is history. To date I can rattle off 2 or 3 people who don't have a FB account - the holdouts - (and my parents are not included in this number).
