london...here i come!!!!

so tomorrow i leave for a great adventure!!! i'm heading to the london olympics!!!!!

1936 Olympics in Berlin - Team USA style

oooh, i hope i see some amazing olympic style like these retro photos i found!!! enjoy these and wish me luck on seeing some olympic champions and some amazing style while i'm gone!

1908 Olympics in London - GB Archery Team

1928 Olympics in Amsterdam - UK team via

1920 Olympics in Antwerp - Team USA uniforms via 

1936 Olympics in Berlin - Team Hungary uniforms via

1960 Olympics in Rome - Team Australia uniforms via

(all my images came from a slide show on sports illustrated...check out other olympic looks through the years here!)

bramasole...or 2 oxen 2 days...

"i have bought a house in a foreign country. a house it takes two oxen two days to plow.
since i don't have any oxen, i'll have to take their word for that..."

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i am missing italy today. missing adventure. missing the journey. because of all that nostalgia, i'm watching under the tuscan sun...to soothe my italian itch.

so won't you join me in enjoying some photos from bramasole (which means 'to yearn for the sun'), the villa frances buys just outside of cortona?? (and if you're really nice, maybe i'll post some pictures from when i was last there!)

(all these photos of the property came from the bramasole for rent page on italian villas...check it out! you could stay there!!!)

these are a couple of pics i took last time i was in cortona -- 2007.

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brigitte bardot...i wish!

if i could be compared to any celebrity (in any time frame), i would like to think i would pick the most beautiful woman in the world. what girl wouldn't?! but i think that might be a bit boring. instead i think i might pick someone who is yes beautiful, and yes captivating, but that also is full of style. someone who influenced fashion, hair styles, and the very definition of sexy. no, i'm not talking about jennifer aniston. i'm talking more old skool than that...i'm talking about brigitte bardot.

see what i mean? effortlessly sexy!

goats!!! LOVE it!

love this pic of her with a weenie dog!!! bias much for me?!!! :)

both a french sex symbol and a cult film star, bardot was looked to for inspiration and direction from thousands of young women in the 1960s, and even now! i would love to be seen having the same effortless style and sexiness that bardot portrayed. off the shoulder sweaters, crazy beehives, and french pouts, here i come! 

(all photos were part of a vanity fair slideshow of some of bardots sex kitten years...check it out here)

read her interview -- vanity fair

happy bastille day!

hey happy bastille day everyone!!!

hope your day has been particularly french!!!

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well, maybe not this french. but i don't know your life! (however, it is also nude day, so maybe if you reenact this painting....two birds, one stone?)

if not, don't worry. i can still make you giggle. check out this interpretation of the french revolution created out of peeps....haha. well, at least it made me giggle.

viva la peeps!

happy fourth!!!!

happy fourth of july friends!!! america is awesome!! and i am LOVING some patriotic swimwear today! so enjoy the fun! and get outside!! it's a beautiful day!!!

old school jessica simpson

love this suit on rachel bilson

i love being inspired...

beautiful photographs and stunning backdrops. what a great way to be inspired...

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sexy sean connery in the alps - 1964.

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love this pic of marilyn...she looks so happy.

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coco chanel in her apartment at the paris ritz - 1937. she carried herself so beautifully.

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a view of the palais vendome from inside the walkway at the ritz paris - 1948. love that lady with the puppy.

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catherine deneuve in paris - 1968. why doesn't my ponytail ever look like that?

- i have been totally inspired by retro images over the last view days. most of these images came from vanity fair's slide shows (each image has a link to the slide show it came from)...so enjoy! and be inspired too!

hattie sparks!!!

get excited people!!!!

my dear friend hattie (see photo below) is opening a shop in new orleans....and had a grand opening party to celebrate!!! since i couldn't be there (sad face), i wanted to make sure i could tell you all about it and MAKE SURE any time you're in nola you stop by to shop!!!

at hattie's engagement party

if you can't make it to nola any time soon, don't fret my pets! hattie's website will be active soon, and you can ecommerce anything you desire from her shop!

hattie sparks - the shop!
hattie sparks online shop!

doors open to the boutique on monday february 27th at 10am!!
be sure you're there if you're in the area!

714 adams street
nola 70118

**since i didn't get to make it to the grand opening, here are some fun blogs that got to go --AND posted pictures!!! YAY!!!

a little happy!
the elizabeth chronicles
slow southern style
sarah tucker - fairytales are true

***update -- as if you needed more inspiration, check out some cute pics of her shop and the amazing stylish pieces you can get there, check her out on facebook -- hattie sparks

sytycd season 8 music...

so i LOVE so you think you can dance.

it's an awesome show that just keeps putting out amazing dancers!!! it's also a great source for some wildly fun playlists. so hold on to your hats people.....i've made a list* of the songs from this past season (eight!).

so enjoy some awesome music...and get out there and maybe DANCE a little!!!

the irrepressibles - in this shirt
swizz beats (feat. eve) - chillin or coolin
jlo - on the floor
steed lord - vanguardian
passion pit - moth's wings
welcome to hell
nathan lanier - velocity
chronique - pop drop and roll
mia - xr2
keri hilson - shake (out of control)
john mayer - say
nadia oh - hot like wow
nina simone - sinnerman
adele - turning tables
coming home - hip hop
sing sing sing
please mr jailer
robert palmer - addicted to love
major lazer (feat. vybz kartel) - pon de floor
DSS - move
sleigh bells - riot rhythm
usher - moving mountains
LMFAO - party rock anthem
ray charles - hit the road jack
cary brothers - belong
the incredibles soundtrack - the incredits
frank sinatra - come fly with me
say you love me (gotta work it out)
david ryan harris - for you
kj-52 (feat. blanca reyes) - you're gonna make it
maria zouroudis - unthinkable
jamie foxx - i don't need it
katie thompson - it doesn't hurt (live)
adele - rolling in the deep
damien rice - prague
lady gaga - americano
miguel - to the moon
secret garden - nocturne
celeste lear - light through the branches
david bowie - fashion
celine dion - don't remember the name of the song, but it goes... - waiting for you right there in the dark...i'm the one who wants to love you....
mikeal karlsson - ends
john west (feat. pusha t-lovely)
basement jaxx - scars
kelly rowland (feat. david guetta) - commander
gloria estefan - 1,2,3,4
mario spinetti - when you say my name
florence and the machine - cosmic love
olafur arnalds - brotsjor
frank sinatra - all i need is the girl
lupe fiasco (feat. eric turner & the sway) - break the chain
boyce avenue - just the way you are
aretha franklin - that's life
rent - out tonight
janis joplin - piece of my heart
david j. roch - skin and bones
ain't nothing wrong with that
sean peter (feat. oscar jimenez) - el fuego
lady gaga - edge of glory
crystal castles - not in love
queen - body language
bobby mcferrin - thinking about your body
kate hudson - cinema italiano
duffy - syrup and honey
jessie j - who you are (acoustic live)
harry connick jr - come by me
chris brown (feat. lil wayne & busta) - look at me now
angus & julia stone - you're the one that i want
cassidy haley - daylight breaks
crookers (feat. roison murphy) - royal t
orquesta color tango - malajunta
john legend - this time
dorothy moore - misty blue
lykke li - tonight
christina perri - the lonely
tina arena - everybody hurts
tori amos - precious things
gavin degraw - more than anyone (stripped)
smokey joe's - on broadway
jacques brel - les bourgeois
ida correct vs fedde le grand - let me think about it
the cinematic orchestra - time and space
district 78 - battle for the beat
terry snyder - puttin on the ritz
mario - let me love you
tina turner - nutbush city limits
bonnie tyler - total eclipse of the heart
celine dion - river deep mountain high
rihanna - take a bow
queen - another one bites the dust
jeff buckley - i know its over
ella fitzgerald - top hat white tie and tails
p diddy - bad boy for life
adele - set fire to the rain
district 78 - game on
nicki minaj (feat. lil wayne) - romans revenge
me'shell ndegeocello - fool of me
justin nozuka - after tonight
beirut - the gulag orkestar
trent dabbs - inside these lines
yolanda b cool & dcup - we speak no americano
lady gaga - teeth
kat deluna - drop it low (district 78 remix)
james morrison - wonderful world (acoustic)
freestylers (feat. belle humble) - cracks (flux pavillion remix)
beyonce - schoolin' life
shirley bassey - (where do i begin) love story (away t remix)
florence and the machine - heavy in your arms
lia ices - grown unknown
miri ben-ari (feat. styles p) - we gonna win
natasha bedingfield - touch
sia - my love
midnight red - one club at a time
tower of power - there is only so much oil in the ground
james morrison - you give me something (acoustic)
requiem for a tower
howie day - collide (acoustic)
torn soundtrack - deressed

from the final episode:
district 78 - wanna get hype
ms'shell ndegeocello - fool of me
leona lewis - i got you
queen - another one bites the dust
busta rhymes - break ya neck
water for elephants soundtrack - circus sets up
michael buble - can't buy me love
bonnie tyler - total eclipse of the heart
jeff buckley - i konw it's over
chonique sneed (feat. lisette bustamante) - pop drop and roll
rachel sweet - please mr jailer
dorothy moore - misty blue
nathan lanier - velocity
orquesta color tango - malajunta
ingrid michaelson - turn to stone
district 78 - game on

*this is not an official list, but just one i made by watching the show...so please don't sue me or yell about things i missed. but do feel free to comment with any tracks i may have missed! thanks!!! :)
(OH, and i made this list on my iphone, so sorry about any autocorrect typos...hee hee)

that pesky broken arm.

 ok, so here are some very belated photos of breaking my arm last december...yeah, 2010. sorry it took me so long to resurface. no excuses. but now i'm back. :)

(and warning: some of the pics are kinda gross...so you've been warned.)

being loaded onto the ski patrol sled...this can't be good.

being shown my broken bones. ouchy.

my doctors prepping for my block.

getting a block put in my arm so they could set it.
it was NOT fun, but genie caught this pic
when the doc told me a joke.

sitting in traction the first time. (there were 3 turns.)

my arm got REAL puffy. that was weird.

my knuckles got all black and blue. weird.

after i got home. driving myself was a little tricky.

my first hard cast. and yes it's purple. TCU won the Rose Bowl
the day after i broke my arm...i commemorated!

gene drew that heart. love it.

this was hilarious. (and you can kinda see the skull jq drew...)

this was cast #3...and it was raining. haha