August 2008 Archives
Aug 29
Hmmmm
What do you think? Is she too old for this or so cool it doesn't matter?
Aug 22
Glorious Bette
At age 62 Bette Midler reigns as the embodiment of beauty, grace and pure sophistication. She's one starlet that has never made a bad turn.
Watch for cool pieces like this one from the line Whitehorse Couture - it's popping up on all your favorite stars. Shown here is the Cherokee Fringe Tank in Black, Blue and Purple, $70 at Singer 22.
Aug 19
Fair Trade Sports
My kids signed up for AYSO soccer this fall, and I need to get them some gear. I hear you can get things like a new soccer balls and other sporting equipment at Fair Trade Sports. Fair Trade Sports is a company started by Scott James that generates dollars for children's
charities through the sale of the world's first line of eco-certified
Fair Trade sports balls for soccer, football, basketball, rugby,
volleyball, and more. Seventy
percent of any sports ball by weight is the interior air bladder -- the
thing that makes the ball bounce. Those air bladders are made of latex,
a rubber product. Fair Trade Sports uses eco-certified rubber from forests in Sri
Lanka and India that have been certified by Forest Stewardship Council. Their sports balls are also certified Fair Trade by the FLO, the
Fairtrade Labeling Organization International, which ensures fair wages
and a healthy work environment for the workers who make the balls.
Aug 18
American Facts
Supporting team USA at the Olympics? How much do you really know about our founding fathers, or our Constitution? Who sewed the first flag? Well, Betsy Ross (the story goes) was asked by George Washington to sew the first flag. To see if you could pass the test to be a U.S. Citizen, click here to see how you do. (I got 60%)
Aug 17
Not Just A Cool Building
How cool is this building? It happens to be located somewhere between Toledo and Cleveland and is an educational facility setting a shining example of sustainable
building for ecological and human health. Completed in 2000, the Adam Joseph Lewis Center
for Environmental Studies is an ongoing green build experiment, as its
energy performance is studied and adjusted as green technologies
continue to evolve. It gives great hope that you can live in the midwest and still efficiently harvest solar power. inhabitat.
Aug 15
China Backing Rape in Darfur
Day 7: The Women of Darfur
In Darfur, men are often killed or captured when they leave refugee camps to collect firewood. So the women venture out instead--and regularly fall prey to a targeted campaign of rape encouraged by the Sudanese government.China blindly backs the Sudanese government and allows this brutality to continue. While the Chinese government basks in the glow of the Olympic Games, it is still selling Sudan weapons that enable these atrocities. Click here to tell China to stop!
In Darfur, men are often killed or captured when they leave refugee camps to collect firewood. So the women venture out instead--and regularly fall prey to a targeted campaign of rape encouraged by the Sudanese government.China blindly backs the Sudanese government and allows this brutality to continue. While the Chinese government basks in the glow of the Olympic Games, it is still selling Sudan weapons that enable these atrocities. Click here to tell China to stop!
Aug 14
Be The Girl
Be the girl who changes the world.
Aug 13
Scissor Warning
Katie Holmes' new haircut on anyone else might look too much like a dude. I am always tempted to cut my hair like that... actually I did cut it like that at least four times, and every time I look back at the photos I think, not so much. It is only a very few women that can pull this off with a sexy flair. The rest of us just look fugly. Aug 12
Slugging - Carpool In D.C.
What seems to be a strange sights on the streets of D.C. is actually a privately organized carbon friendly form of carpooling called slugging. The "slugs" is a term referring to the suburban commuters, looking to save time, money, and the environment by
"slugging," a unique type of freestyle carpooling. Read more about it at Planet Green.
Aug 11
A Beautiful Thing
Aug 10
The Olympics...Oh My
Okay, first of all how cool was the opening ceremony the other night? If you didn't see it, then get a hold of a recording because it was human genius! I was really not that into the Olympics until I started following some of the athletes personal stories. Pretty amazing stuff. And seriously, one of the more amazing things is that a third of the countries participating I have never even heard of! Dijibouti, Moldova,Vanuatu to mention a few! Great geography lesson for me and the kids! And how about how fun it is to root for the home team!? USA basketball beat China today (Yao Ming shown above), in a much needed redemption. Go USA!
Check out Carole King Live in Concert at Hard Rock this past July. Sixty-six years old and looking and sounding as good as ever.
Aug 8
Watch and Love
Aug 7
Jack Johnson Truly Rocks
As if we didn't already love this man enough.
Aug 6
Over The Moon
Kelly Ripa and hubby Mark Conseulos looking like true love (with a side ponytail) arriving at the "Fly Me To the Moon" movie premier in New York City.
Stevie Wonder looks as though he hasn't aged a day and his voice is still the smoothest sound on the planet. Performing here at the "Gibson Through The Lens" Exhibition Grand Opening in Hollywood.
The votes are in: Michelle Obama is best-dressed. Obama
made Vanity Fair's International Best-Dressed List for the second year
in a row, based on a poll of fashion insiders in the issue that hits
newsstands Wednesday.
"Michelle Obama connects to the modern woman. She has a real woman look to her but is even bigger and better," said Amy Fine Collins, a special correspondent for the magazine. "She has a sleek style that's not overdone. ... She's beautifully dressed without too much fuss. She puts on the dress and goes -- and it's always a good dress." msnbc.
Actress Christina Applegate reportedly is undergoing treatment for breast cancer. Ame Van Iden, publicist for the 36-year-old actress, released the following statement late Saturday:
"Christina
Applegate was diagnosed with an early form of breast cancer. Benefiting
from early detection through a doctor ordered MRI, the cancer is not
life threatening. Christina is following the recommended treatment of
her doctors and will have a full recovery." We hope so!
Us Weekly has learned that Romijn, 35, and O'Connell, 34, are expecting twins this winter. A spokesman for the couple confirmed the news Monday morning. The babies will be the first children for the pair. Forget about baggy jeans as the hot Hollywood trend.... seems it's multiples. Us Weekly.
A federal judge has restored endangered
species protections for gray wolves in the Northern Rockies, derailing
plans by three states to hold public wolf hunts this fall. U.S.
District Judge Donald Molloy granted a preliminary injunction restoring the protections for the wolves in Montana, Wyoming and
Idaho. Molloy will eventually decide whether the injunction should be
permanent. msnbc.
SULLIVAN'S ISLAND, S.C. -- Toni Morrison
has said that her acclaimed novel "Beloved," which features the ghost
of a baby killed by her enslaved black mother, came out of the need for
a literature to commemorate slaves and their history. "There is no
suitable memorial, or plaque, or wreath or wall, or park or skyscraper
lobby," Ms. Morrison said in a 1989 magazine interview. "There's no
300-foot tower, there's no small bench by the road." This weekend, on Sullivan's Island, off the South Carolina coast, Ms.
Morrison, the Nobel laureate, and some 300 people held a memorial
ceremony to dedicate her long-awaited "bench by the road." The crowd
included members of the Toni Morrison Society, National Park Service
rangers, Ms. Morrison's friends and family, and people from Charleston
and nearby areas. They gathered Saturday afternoon under a blazing sun,
accompanied by the rhythms of African drums, for a service that
included the pouring of libations and a daisy wreath cast into the
water to remember their ancestors. NYTimes.