Lost

The final season of Lost premieres on February 2nd.

To prepare ourselves, Christian and I are re-watching ALL of the previous seasons from the beginning. It's a big task. But I think we're up to it. We've got 6 weeks to go and we're on disc 4 of the 1st season.

Already I'm seeing parts of everyone's background stories that I had totally forgotten about in the couple of years it's been since I saw the first season. And I'm being reminded of how intriguing the first couple seasons were. Watching all the back stories unfold was what really originally got me hooked on this show.

Oh, and the hot guys without shirts on for much of the episode.

Establishing new Thanksgiving traditions

Yesterday was my first Thanksgiving as a married woman. Christian and I actually get to spend Thanksgiving AND Christmas together this year (we've never spent Christmas day together) and we want to start establishing holiday traditions for our new family of 2.

So far, for Thanksgiving we've got:

1. Re-watch the Lord of the Rings trilogy each year on Thanksgiving day/weekend. The extended versions. I may have agreed to this tradition after a lot of holiday imbibing.

Right now, we're on The Return of the King. Obviously, I'm paying a lot of attention. Helm's Deep was successfully defended yesterday afternoon and I totally missed the whole thing.

I've started doing the holiday cards tonight. I think that will also be one of the traditions -- me addressing cards while LOTR plays.

2. Candied sweet potatoes, brussel sprouts, cornbread and turkey all make the cut for dishes we want to make every year. I never had candied sweet potatoes until a friend brought them over for T-day dinner last year (shocking, I know). Boy are they good! Very excited they are going to be a staple from now on.

3. Lots of booze with Thanksgiving dinner. Which leads us to #4...

4. For the time being, #4 is sleeping in late the next day and avoiding Black Friday shopping as much as possible. This tradition will probably be revised at a later point. But this morning, it was fabulous.

Things I'm currently coveting

The Brigitta Dresser from Anthropologie


One of these plates from Etsy seller Ninainvorm

A house so I'd actually have some place to put the dresser. Said house would also have lots of cabinets in the kitchen in which to store the adorable plate without constantly worrying about Christian or I knocking it down and breaking it. That kind of thing is a constant worry in our apartment and not without cause.

And, of course, plenty of clothes, shoes and accessories from J Crew. Like these lovelies:

O'Keefe at the Whitney

Today, Christian and I were good New Yorkers (for the most part).  We got up, got some brunch and went to the Whitney to see the Georgia O'Keefe exhibit currently on display there.  

I really like O'Keefe.  Growing up in New Mexico, I would mostly see her skull paintings and I wasn't crazy about those.  But, as I got older and I got to see more of her work, it started drawing me in.  In law school, my seminar class was actually held in a room at the library that was all O'Keefe prints.  They soothed me.  

Really, I know very little about art and I have no idea how to look at art critically but I just find her work simply beautiful.  Also, even though I know everything she did wasn't meant to be sexual, there's almost always a sexuality to me in every one of her pieces.  

This exhibit had several of her series and it was intriguing  to see her do the same subject in different ways.  Each time the subject became softer and more abstract.  

Of course, one of the highlights for me was seeing my favorite piece Blue Flower.  The Whitney borrowed it from the O'Keefe museum in Santa Fe.  This is my third time seeing it in person.  It stops me in my tracks every time.  Now, I just wish I could find a print of it.  

Reality TV

I watch way too much of it.  I blame my husband.  For years, I lived without TV.  Now, two years with Christian and I watch reality TV all the time.  Currently, I'm watching some Top Chef show that isn't even regular Top Chef, it's some silly reunion dinner that I couldn't care less about.

I should be reading the Times or some Tolstoy or even  just looking at one of my W magazines that are piling up.  Instead, I'm a lump on the couch watching something I'm not interested in that does nothing to enrich me.

Oh, and it makes me hungry at 10:30 at night.  Never a good thing. 

Oh, I've got to run.  They're plating! 

Who's an old married lady now?

That'd be me.  

It's been 15 days since the most amazing day of my life.  We got home from our honeymoon in Greece late last night and I'm still adjusting to being back in our apartment (which, while we were gone, developed a weird smell).  

I'll post more about our fantastic day soon but, for now, just a gorgeous photo courtesy of Jimmy Ryan.

Fashion Week

Last night, I attended my first two Fashion Week shows (insert squee! here). My boss had two invitations but couldn't go at the last minute so I got to use one of his invites. It was totally cool and very different than I thought it would be.

The first show was the Chado Ralph Rucci show in the big tent. Please don't judge, but I had never heard of Rucci before arranging for my boss to go to the show. I assume that's because I'm too young and poor to be in his usual target audience.

Celebrity sightings included Martha Stewart, Miss J from ANTM and Andre Leon Talley. Sadly, I didn't get to tell Mr. Talley how much I enjoyed his tennis scene in The September Issue.

The show was absolutely gorgeous. If I was insanely (or even sanely) rich, I would have been marking down things to buy. Instead I was just sitting there in awe. Some of my favorite pieces (sadly, the style.com pics don't do them full justice) are below. The detailing on the back of the red dress and the burnt yellow (is that a color?) dress was fabulous.

Next, we went to the Vivienne Tam show. Pretty show and I loved how she styled the models but most of the clothes weren't really my personal style.

Some things I learned at the shows:

1) The music they play is sometimes extremely loud. Like you're in a club. This was the case at the Rucci show. It was a little jarring for me to be looking at such exquisite dresses while surrounded by booming music.

2) I thought I'd get some real swag. I didn't. I got this cool notebook from the Vivienne Tam show but that was it. I think if I would have had the opportunity to walk around more maybe I could've scored something else but I was really hoping for some goody bags on our seats.

3) The flooring in the lobby area is straight Bryant Park. They don't deck over it in that area so you get your heel caught and it makes for a little awkward walking when you're trying to rock high heels.