Michael Jackson's Staple Center Rehearsal Photos

These photos are from June 23, just two days before Michael Jackson died of cardiac arrest. They were taken during his rehearsal at the Los Angeles Staples Center for his upcoming London "This Is It" concert tour. The famed choreographer, Kenny Ortega, was working with him. Unfortunately, the photo below shows paramedics attempts to save Michael's life =(

UPDATED: Exclusive interview from nurse advising Michael Jackson

This nurse is on CNN right now (well a few minutes ago - I went back a few minutes) talking about this drug called Diprivan that Michael asked her about (generic name is Proprofol, a drug administered ONLY via IV to start or maintain anesthesia during certain surgeries, tests, or procedures - Info drugs.com). Her name is Cherilyn Lee; she met him in January when she was referred by someone Michael knew to take care of his kids. Michael called her (or someone called her for him) this past Sunday (only 4 days before he died) asking for this drug. Basically, he told her that he was experiencing hot & cold sensations - one side of his body was hot & the other was cold, which Ms. Lee says could have been symptoms of a cardiovascular nature or central nervous system. He told her that his doctor had given him Diprivan before & told him that it was safe to take. She thought he may have been mispronouncing it so she looked up the pharmacology of the drug & asked a physician who told her that this was NOT safe & should only be administered in ICU. Michael mentioned to her that he simply wanted to sleep but she told him that IF he took this drug, he might not wake up!

UPDATE: After listening to a second interview conducting by CNN's Anderson Cooper on AC360 at 10pm, I decided to do a little more research on the drug, Diprivan. It seems that Diprivan's side effects include, but are not limited to: Slow Heartbeat, Periods of Not Breathing, Heart Failure, Life Threatening Allergic Reaction, Fever, Trouble Breathing, etc. Most notably, other medications that will increase these side effects are narcotic pain relievers like morphine or other sedatives. Ms. Lee said that when she learned of Michael's death, she immediately began to wonder if he'd taken the Dirprivan after she advised against it b/c she recognized the symptoms!

Jordan Chandler recants allegations of molestation...

It seems as though now, since Michael Jackson is no longer with us, Jordan Chandler, the boy who's father accused Michael of child molestation in 1993, admits he lied! How crappy is that! Here's the story as well as his statement as reported by a radio station in Rochester, NY:

The kid that said Michael Jackson touched him just came out and said he lied. He is saying his pops wanted loot which is the reason behind the false accusation.

After the sudden death of Michael Jackson Evan Chandler tells the truth. Evan- "Now for the first time i can't bare to lie anymore. Michael Jackson didn't do anything to me, all of this was my father lies to escape from being poor."


In 1993, Chandler told a psychiatrist and police that he and Jackson had engaged in sexual acts that included oral sex, the boy gave detailed description of Jackson's genitals. The case was settled out of court for a reported $22 million, but the strain led Jackson to begin taking painkillers. Eventually he became addicted.

Now maybe for the remorse of his death Chandler decides to tell us the truth. "I never meant to lie and destroy Michael Jackson but my father made me to tell only lies. Now i can't tell Michael how much I'm sorry and if he will forgive me ". Evan Chandler was tape-recorded saying amongst other things, "If I go through with this, I win big-time. There's no way I lose. I will get everything I want and they will be destroyed forever....

Under the influence of a controversial father (Jordan Chandler) told his son to tell that Jackson had touched his penis.Jordan Chandler then told a psychiatrist and later police that he and Jackson had engaged in acts of kissing, masturbation and oral sex, as well as giving a detailed description of what he alleged were the singer's genitals.

"Now for the first time I can't bare to lie anymore. Michael Jackson didn't do anything to me, all was my father lies to escape from being poor."

My Fake Fiance

So I finally watched the movie titled "My Fake Fiance" with Melissa Joan Hart and Joey Lawrence (who's fine as hell) anyway I freakin LOVED IT!!!! It made me fall in love with Joey Lawrence. Not only does this man have a cute face and beautiful eyes, his bod is insane ripped!!!! If Went doesnt appear or if I dont see him around anytime soon, I am gonna start turning my attention to Joey Lawrence. LOL!!! Anyway so I finally watched this movie and I absolutely loved it. I've enjoyed Melissa Joan Hart when she played "Sabrina" in her pilot show called "Sabrina the teenage witch" and I enjoyed Joey Lawrence when he played "Joe" on his tv pilot back in the day titled "Brotherly Love" along with his brothers Mathew and Andrew Lawrence. My point being, if you havent seen the movie, you gotta check it out. Here's the trailer and Joey Lawrence is SUPER HOT!!! And if you dont believe me, click below for the pictures and the trailer ha ha ha ha ha!!! Enjoy!!

41 secrets doctors won't tell you

This one is very interesting... at least here in the states these might be true often times. LOL check them out... oh here's an interesting fact that doctors wont tell you...
• In most branches of medicine, we deal more commonly with old people. So we become much more enthusiastic when a young person comes along. We have more in common with and are more attracted to him or her. Doctors have a limited amount of time, so the younger and more attractive you are, the more likely you are to get more of our time.
--Family physician, Washington, D.C.

"Hospitals want physicians to send patients home faster, so some doctors are given bonuses for getting their patients out of the hospital quickly."
check out the rest below



• I am utterly tired of being your mother. Every time I see you, I have to say the obligatory "You need to lose some weight." But you swear you "don't eat anything" or "the weight just doesn't come off," and the subject is dropped. Then you come in here complaining about your knees hurting, your back is killing you, your feet ache, and you can't breathe when you walk up half a flight of stairs. So I'm supposed to hold your hand and talk you into backing away from that box of Twinkies. Boy, do I get tired of repeating the stuff most patients just don't listen to.
--Cardiologist, Brooklyn, New York
• I was told in school to put a patient in a gown when he isn't listening or cooperating. It casts him in a position of subservience.
--Chiropractor, Atlanta

• Thank you for bringing in a sample of your (stool, urine, etc.) from home. I'll put it in my personal collection of things that really gross me out.
--Douglas Farrago, MD, editor, Placebo Journal

• One of the things that bug me is people who leave their cell phones on. I'm running on a very tight schedule, and I want to spend as much time with patients as I possibly can. Use that time to get the information and the process you need. Please don't answer the cell.
--James Dillard, MD, pain specialist, New York City

• I wish patients would take more responsibility for their own health and stop relying on me to bail them out of their own problems.
--ER physician, Colorado Springs, Colorado

• So let me get this straight: You want a referral to three specialists, an MRI, the medication you saw on TV, and an extra hour for this visit. Gotcha. Do you want fries with that?
--Douglas Farrago, MD

• I used to have my secretary page me after I had spent five minutes in the room with a difficult or overly chatty patient. Then I'd run out, saying, "Oh, I have an emergency."
--Oncologist, Santa Cruz, California

• Many patients assume that female physicians are nurses or therapists. I can't tell you how often I've introduced myself as Dr. M. and then been called a nurse, therapist, or aide and asked to fetch coffee or perform other similar tasks. I have great respect for our nurses and other ancillary personnel and the work they do, but this doesn't seem to happen to my male colleagues.
--Physical medicine and rehabilitation doctor, Royal Oak, Michigan

• The most unsettling thing for a physician is when the patient doesn't trust you or believe you.
--Obstetrician-gynecologist, New York City

• It really bugs me when people come to the ER for fairly trivial things that could be dealt with at home.
--ER physician, Colorado Springs, Colorado

• Your doctor generally knows more than a website. I have patients with whom I spend enormous amounts of time, explaining things and coming up with a treatment strategy. Then I get e-mails a few days later, saying they were looking at this website that says something completely different and wacky, and they want to do that. To which I want to say (but I don't), "So why don't you get the website to take over your care?"
--James Dillard, MD

• I know that Reader's Digest recommends bringing in a complete list of all your symptoms, but every time you do, it only reinforces my desire to quit this profession.
--Douglas Farrago, MD
Pills, Pills, Pills
• Sometimes it's easier for a doctor to write a prescription for a medicine than to explain why the patient doesn't need it.
--Cardiologist, Bangor, Maine

• Those so-called free medication samples of the newest and most expensive drugs may not be the best or safest.
--Internist, Philadelphia

• Taking psychiatric drugs affects your insurability. If you take Prozac, it may be harder and more expensive for you to get life insurance, health insurance, or long-term-care insurance.
--Daniel Amen, MD, psychiatrist, Newport Beach, California

• Ninety-four percent of doctors take gifts from drug companies, even though research has shown that these gifts bias our clinical decision making.
--Internist, Rochester, Minnesota

Bills, Bills, Bills

• Doctors respond to market forces. If the reimbursement system is fee-for-service, that results in more services. If you build a new CT scan, someone will use it, even though having a procedure you don't need is never a good thing.
--Family physician, Washington, D.C.

• I really do know why you're bringing your husband and three kids, all of whom are also sick, with you today. No, they are not getting free care.
--Douglas Farrago, MD

• Doctors get paid each time they visit their patients in the hospital, so if you're there for seven days rather than five, they can bill for seven visits. The hospital often gets paid only for the diagnosis code, whether you're in there for two days or ten.
--Evan S. Levine, MD

• Twenty years ago, when I started my practice, my ear, nose, and throat procedures financially supported my facial plastic surgery practice. Today, my cosmetic practice is the only thing that allows me to continue to do ear, nose, and throat procedures, which barely cover my overhead.
--Ear, nose, throat, and facial plastic surgeon, Dallas/Fort Worth

Free Advice

• Avoid Friday afternoon surgery. The day after surgery is when most problems happen. If the next day is Saturday, you're flying by yourself without a safety net, because the units are understaffed and ERs are overwhelmed because doctors' offices are closed.
--Heart surgeon, New York City

• In many hospitals, the length of the white coat is related to the length of training. Medical students wear the shortest coats.
--Pediatrician, Baltimore

• Often the biggest names, the department chairmen, are not the best clinicians, because they spend most of their time being administrators. They no longer primarily focus on taking care of patients.
--Heart surgeon, New York City

The Darker Side

• It saddens me that my lifelong enjoyment and enthusiasm for medicine has all but died. I have watched reimbursement shrink, while overhead has more than doubled. I've been forced to take on more patients. I work 12- to 14-hour days and come in on weekends. It's still the most amazing job in the world, but I am exhausted all the time.
--Vance Harris, MD, family physician, Redding, California

• In many ways, doctors are held to an unrealistic standard. We are never, ever allowed to make a mistake. I don't know anybody who can live that way.
--James Dillard, MD

• Not a day goes by when I don't think about the potential for being sued. It makes me give patients a lot of unnecessary tests that are potentially harmful, just so I don't miss an injury or problem that comes back to haunt me in the form of a lawsuit.
--ER physician, Colorado Springs, Colorado

• Doctors often make patients wait while they listen to sales pitches from drug reps.
--Cardiologist, Bangor, Maine

• It's pretty common for doctors to talk about their patients and make judgments, particularly about their appearance.
--Family physician, Washington, D.C.

• Everyone thinks all doctors know one another. But when we refer you to specialists, we often have no idea who those people are. Generally, we only know that they accept your insurance plan.
--Pediatrician, Hartsdale, New York

• In most branches of medicine, we deal more commonly with old people. So we become much more enthusiastic when a young person comes along. We have more in common with and are more attracted to him or her. Doctors have a limited amount of time, so the younger and more attractive you are, the more likely you are to get more of our time.
--Family physician, Washington, D.C.

• Plan for a time when the bulk of your medical care will come from less committed doctors willing to work for much lower wages. Plan for a very impersonal and rushed visit during which the true nature of your problems will probably never be addressed and issues just under the surface will never be uncovered.
--Vance Harris, MD

• At least a third of what doctors decide is fairly arbitrary.
--Heart surgeon, New York City

• Doctors are only interested in whether they are inconvenienced -- most don't care if you have to wait for them.
--Family physician, Washington, D.C.

The Sensitive Side

• When a parent asks me what the cause of her child's fever could be, I just say it's probably a virus. If I told the truth and ran through the long list of all the other possible causes, including cancer, you'd never stop crying. It's just too overwhelming.
--Pediatrician, Hartsdale, New York

• Most of us haven't been to see our own physicians in five years.
--Physical medicine specialist, Royal Oak, Michigan

• When a doctor tells you to lose 15 to 20 pounds, what he really means is you need to lose 50.
--Tamara Merritt, DO, family physician, Brewster, Washington

• If a sick patient comes to me with a really sad story and asks for a discount, I take care of him or her for no charge.
--Surgeon, Dallas/Fort Worth

• Though we don't cry in front of you, we sometimes do cry about your situation at home.
--Pediatrician, Chicago
Shocking Stats
60% of doctors don't follow hand-washing guidelines.
Source: CDC Morbidity and Mortality Weekly Report

96% of doctors agree they should report impaired or incompetent colleagues or those who make serious mistakes, but ...

46% of them admit to having turned a blind eye at least once.
Source: Annals of Internal Medicine

94% of doctors have accepted some kind of freebie from a drug company.
Source: New England Journal of Medicine

44% of doctors admit they're overweight.
Source: Nutrition & Food Science; Minnesota Medicine

58% would give adolescents contraceptives without parental consent.
Source: New England Journal of Medicine

Anatomy of a Doctor's Bill

Just how much of the $100 your doctor charges for taking 30 minutes to investigate your stomach pain goes into his pocket? After paying the bills, he gets less than half. The breakdown, according to Robert Lowes, senior editor at Medical Economics:

$3.50 for malpractice insurance

$3.50 for equipment, repairs, and maintenance

$6 for supplies, including gowns, tongue depressors, and copy paper

$7 for rent and utilities

$11 for office expenses, such as telephones, accounting fees, advertising, medical journals, licenses, and taxes

$28 for secretary, office manager, and medical assistant salaries and benefits

$41 Amount that goes into the doctor's paycheck

Over the course of a year, that adds up to $155,000, the annual salary of the average family physician. That number rose just 3.3% between 2002 and 2006, while expenses increased nearly 25% over the same period.

User post: 13 Things Your Waiter Won't Tell You

I found this on yahoo. Since I am in the restaurant business, I wanted to post it because I know a few things that go on in a restaurant myself... ha ha ha ha ha here are ten things your waiter wont tell you... ENJOY!!



1. Avoid eating out on holidays and Saturday nights. The sheer volume of customers guarantees that most kitchens will be pushed beyond their ability to produce a high-quality dish.

2. There are almost never any sick days in the restaurant business. A busboy with a kid to support isn't going to stay home and miss out on $100 because he's got strep throat. And these are the people handling your food.

3. When customers' dissatisfaction devolves into personal attacks, adulterating food or drink is a convenient way for servers to exact covert vengeance. Some waiters can and do spit in people's food.

4. Never say "I'm friends with the owner." Restaurant owners don't have friends. This marks you as a clueless poseur the moment you walk in the door.

5. Treat others as you want to be treated. (Yes, people need to be reminded of this.)

6. Don't snap your fingers to get our attention. Remember, we have shears that cut through bone in the kitchen.

7. Don't order meals that aren't on the menu. You're forcing the chef to cook something he doesn't make on a regular basis. If he makes the same entrée 10,000 times a month, the odds are good that the dish will be a home run every time.

8. Splitting entrées is okay, but don't ask for water, lemon, and sugar so you can make your own lemonade. What's next, grapes so you can press your own wine?

9. If you find a waiter you like, always ask to be seated in his or her section. Tell all your friends so they'll start asking for that server as well. You've just made that waiter look indispensable to the owner. The server will be grateful and take good care of you.

10. If you can't afford to leave a tip, you can't afford to eat in the restaurant. Servers could be giving 20 to 40 percent to the busboys, bartenders, maître d', or hostess.

11. Always examine the check. Sometimes large parties are unaware that a gratuity has been added to the bill, so they tip on top of it. Waiters "facilitate" this error. It's dishonest, it's wrong-and I did it all the time.

12. If you want to hang out, that's fine. But increase the tip to make up for money the server would have made if he or she had had another seating at that table.

13. Never, ever come in 15 minutes before closing time. The cooks are tired and will cook your dinner right away. So while you're chitchatting over salads, your entrées will be languishing under the heat lamp while the dishwasher is spraying industrial-strength, carcinogenic cleaning solvents in their immediate vicinity.

Celeb twitter reactions to Michael's death

The following reactions were published on twitter by celebs on twitter... Personally i dont know what Miley Cyrus can possibly know about Michael Jackson but whatever...
In the hour following confirmation of his death, celebrities rushed to make their grief and condolences public:
My heart and prayers go out to the Jackson family, Michael himself, the fans, the friends and all who mourn this loss. I am crushed and in disbelief. We've lost a star but we've gained a legend. Rest In Peace Michael Jackson...The one and only, king of pop.
-SoHo



Miley Cyrus (mileycyrus):
michael jackson was my inspiration. love and blessings

MC Hammer (MCHammer):
I have no words.. I loved Michael Jackson.. RIP... I will be mourning my friend , brother, mentor and inspiration.. He gave me and my family hope. I would never have been me without him.

Lance Armstrong (lancearmstrong):
Terrible news about Michael Jackson and Farah Fawcett. My best to their friends, fans, and families.

Danica Patrick (DanicaPatrick):
I can not believe Michael Jackson and Farrah passed away. Rest in peace.

Wyclef Jean (wyclefjean):
Michael Jackson was my music god, he made me believe that all things are possible and through positive music he will live forever...

Alyssa Milano (Alyssa_Milano):
Remember the first time you saw him moonwalk? RIP Michael Jackson

Lindsay Lohan:
NO OMG ... sending my love and prayers out to Michael and his family ... i feel sick..

Josh Groban (joshgroban):
Definitely a "Where were you when..." day. Lost a great artist who had great demons.

Britney Spears (britneyspears):
He was a wonderful man and will be greatly missed.

John Mayer (johncmayer):
Dazed in the studio. A major strand of our cultural DNA has left us. RIP MJ.

Perez Hilton (PerezHilton):
Grieving is not entertainment. That does not need to be public. That adds nothing to the story. I won't be running any pics. Please follow.

Ashton Kutcher (aplusk):
I plea to the public to refuse to consume media that does not respect the anonymity of Michaels children

Larry King (kingsthings):
I interviewed Michael Jackson when he 12 and with the Jackson 5

Mandy Moore (TheMandyMoore):
RIP michael jackson and farrah fawcett. what a tremendous loss in one day.... thoughts and prayers with their families and loved ones....

Kirstie Alley (kirstiealley):
Don't know what to say...so I will say I am so sorry for his family either way... What a horrible way to find these things out...sorry

John Legend (johnlegend):
Terrible news about Michael Jackson

Katy Perry (katyperry):
Oh my God.

Kim Kardashian (KimKardashian):
Wow I am truly in shock that Michael Jackson has passed away! I love u Jackson family, my prayers are with the whole family!

Marlon Wayans (babyway):
My prayers, my love, my heart goes out to michael jackson and the entire jackson family. I pray so hard for them. I'm crushed! Please pray.

Ashley Tisdale (ashleytisdale):
I have to say, the 6 of us from HSM were very lucky to have met such an amazing man. I will remember that moment forever. RIP Michael

Stephanie Pratt (stephaniepratt):
"Wow Sad day Remembering how much you loved the thriller video when u were 2 yrs.old — Must have watched u dance 2 it a million times" - My mama just texted me that :(

Meghan McCain (McCainBlogette):
prayers go out to the King of Pop's family, a sombre day...

Jane Fonda (Janefonda):
I am stunned. My friend, Michael Jackson is dead. He lived with me for a week on "Golden Pond" set after "Thriller."

Ellen DeGeneres (TheEllenShow):
So sad to hear about Michael Jackson. His music changed our lives. The world has lost an amazing singer and dancer. I will miss him.

Sean "P. Diddy" Combs (iamdiddy):
Michael Jackson showed me that you can actually see the beat. He made the music come to life!! He made me believe in magic. I will miss him!

Rob Thomas (ThisIsRobThomas):
Official. Michael jackson dies at 50. Speechless.

California Gov. Arnold Schwarzenegger (Schwarzenegger):
We lost a great entertainer and a pop icon. My thoughts and prayers go out to Michael Jackson's family, friends and fans.

Kelly Clarkson (Kelly_clarkson):
Such a sad day in Hollywood. You'll always be in my heart.

Hanson (hansonmusic):
It is difficult to think of a more impact full loss from the passing of an icon, than that of Michael Jackson.

Fallen Star!!

As you already know, the king of pop Michael Jackson has died today in Los Angeles at the age of 50. My goodness I dont know any bigger Michael Jackson fan than my sister. I love Michael Jackson as well and loved him when he was part of the Jackson 5. (My favorite Jackson 5 song is who's loving you. OMG THE BEST SONG EVER!!!)Anyway, as you know or might not know. I live here in Los Angeles so i did have the opportunity to go over to the UCLA Medical Center to take a look see but traffic was soooooo heavy with people going to the hospital that it was impossible for me to get through.


Helicopters filled the sky above the hospital and news crews from every channel were present. My sister works two stores away from Michael Jackson's star on the Hollywood walk of fame, and she decided to go over and snap a picture of it cuz she knew I would would want to share it with you guys on the blog. By the way, if you're ever in Los Angeles and need a cell phone, you can go to my sister at Verizon in Hollywood on Sunset and vine. She's the one that's always happy. LOL!!! As she walked to the star, she noticed restaurants were playing Michael Jackson's music as a tribute to the king of pop. On our way home his music could be heard blasting from the speakers of cars including ours. For my sister and I, it still has not sunken in that he's gone. We both said we couldnt imagine him dying... He didnt seem like the dying type. I know that sounds stupid but do you know what I mean? like he was the type of person that you would never imagine ever dying. Anyway, every news crew you could imagine, according to Lily, was also present at his star. The atmosphere here is not the same... I'd say Los Angeles is not as lively tonight... I am sure the rest of the world is mourning with us. He was an idol... the man that made everybody try to moon-walk. It is completely sad that he's gone but he had an amazing career. Rest in peace Michael Jackson, THE ONE AND ONLY KING OF POP!!!. Thanx Lily for the picture!!!

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Michael Jackson... dead at age 50

I'm not sure if you have heard, but Michael Jackson suffered cardiac arrest at his Bel Aire home & was rushed to UCLA Medical Center at 12:30 CA time (roughly 3.5 hours ago). He has died! He was only 50 years old & the WORLD'S biggest entertainer! I've always been a fan of his music & his humanitarian efforts. I know that he has had some controversial things to happen in his life but now is not the best time to remember those things. Hopefully he has made amends for whatever wrong he's done & asked God for forgiveness - either way, I cannot judge his fate. I only hope/pray that he truly is in a better place!

ETA: I just heard on CNN that the Internet slowed down to almost a halt due to traffic (folks looking up info on Michael Jackson's death). They said it had not been this busy since the election of Barack Obama!

To that end, here's a tribute video I found on YouTube ~ enjoy!

Prison Break: The Complete Series

FOX TV DVD (according to SPTV) has info on Prison Break, the complete series (seasons 1-4). I checked the site but found no purchase price or any information about purchasing. I also checked the PB store at FOX.com & there is no complete series set there. I did, however, find the set on Amazon for $95.99. I doubt this is the same thing b/c the cover art is different (see above). The info about the series set is from a UK site so this could be available in the UK only. The release date shows as June 7, 2009.

Exploring The Grove's Farmers Market

High everybody!! So yesterday I left work early and decided to check out the farmers market at the grove since I never really go there unless I am in need of starbucks which is everyday LOL but I never take the time to really look around at all the different eateries, shops and cool spots. So this time I took the time to explore and snapped a few pictures to show you... give me a second while I email myself the pictures, copy them to my picture gallery and post them here... be right back!

HAPPY FATHERS DAY!!!!!!!!

Hello!!! This is SoHo checking in again to wish all the dads out there a very HAPPY FATHERS DAY!!!!!!!!!!!! To all the fathers out there, this is your day, you deserve it so enjoy it and hope you spend it with the people you love!!! By the way, to all you non fathers (meaning sons, daughters, mothers etc. ) How are you celebrating Fathers' Day today? Personally, I was going to make my father some chocolates but he's not too much a fan of sweet stuff. I also wanted to have dinner with him tonight but I wont be available because of Fathers Day... Kinda strange eh? It's going to be very busy today so I have a really long shift. For now, I have a couple of hours till i have to work. It's going to be a very busy day. Anyway enough of my yapping. Happy Fathers' Day!!!!!!!!!
Now here's a little history on how Fathers Day came about. You know it was laughed at and almost not made an official day... check out why below...



the story of how Father's Day came to be is still pretty interesting. A blog from a Detroit church explains that most historians credit a woman named Sonora Smart Dodd with creating the holiday. Ms. Smart Dodd was "inspired by her father, a widower and Civil War veteran named William Jackson Smart." She wanted to do something to honor his memory while paying respect to all fathers.

Clearly she was a woman with a plan. Alas, not everybody agreed with her pleas to "give it up for the papas" (our words, not hers). In fact, Ms. Smart Dodd's proposal was often mocked when it first made the rounds. Folks felt it unnecessary. And the all-male United States Congress felt that having a holiday for fathers might look like they were trying to give themselves "a pat on the back."

Additionally, many just plain didn't want the holiday. An article from Inspiration Line explains that, according to an article in The Spokesman-Review, "one group of men conventioneers laughed and said they didn't want a Father's Day. A National Fishing Day would be better, they told her."

Though many scoffed, the holiday was eventually accepted. In 1910, the first local Father’s Day was held. It wasn’t until 1924 that President Calvin Coolidge "made it a national event." Then, in 1966, President Johnson signed a proclamation declaring the third Sunday of June as Father's Day. President Nixon made it law in 1972.

It's hard to imagine a time when the idea of Father's Day was mocked and dismissed as ridiculous. If it weren't for the tenacity of a grateful daughter, it may never have come to pass.

Anyone up for another?

hey everybody! hope ur all doing wonderful!!! I know I am. Ok anyway, I was wondering if you guys would like me to make another Went video. I made one before but I think i am up for making another one. In case you haven't seen the first one, then click here to view it!

ETA: Hola from Laila! Sorry to interrupt on SoHo's post but the link above wasn't working. Now when you click on it, you get the main page for this post. If you click on the link w/in this post, you'll get the first Wentcounter Video that SoHo made back in April! Enjoy!

SoHo's Favorites!!!

I was watching "I Love Lucy" and Ms Tallulah Bankhead guest starred on the show. It reminded me how much I love her and how much I love the show. I love old movies and shows so I think i'll start posting a bit of info on my favorite celebs... Lets start with Tallulah Bankhead.


Tallulah Brockman Bankhead (January 31, 1902 – December 12, 1968) was an American actress, talk-show host and bon vivant.Bankhead was born in Huntsville, Alabama to William Brockman Bankhead and Adelaide Eugenia Bankhead (née Sledge) and was named after her paternal grandmother.[2] Her mother, Adelaide, died as a result of blood poisoning on February 23, 1902, shortly after Bankhead's birth. Bankhead has been described as "an extremely homely child," overweight and with a deep, husky voice resulting from chronic bronchitis.[2] However, others described her as an exhibitionist, performer, personality, and star from the very beginning.[3]

Bankhead came from a powerful Democratic political family in the South in general and Alabama in particular. Her father was the Speaker of the United States House of Representatives from 1936-1940 (in the 74th, 75th, and 76th Congresses), immediately preceding Sam Rayburn. She was the niece of Senator John H. Bankhead II and granddaughter of Senator John H. Bankhead. Bankhead herself was a Democrat, albeit one of a more liberal stripe than the rest of her family.

Her older sister, Evelyn Eugenia, was born January 24, 1901 and was known as "Sister." "Sister" died on May 11, 1979 and was married seven times, the first three to Morton McMichael Hoyt (April 4, 1899 - ?), brother of romance novelist Nancy Hoyt and poet Elinor Wylie. She was also married to Wilfred Lawson Butt (July 1, 1905 in England - September 8, 1979 in La Mesa, California) in 1929, Howard B. Lee in 1930, Edward Ennis White in 1931 and William D. Sprouse. "Sister" also was a lover of Louisa d'Andelot Carpenter.

Bankhead's family sent her to various schools in an attempt to keep her out of trouble, which included a year at a Catholic convent school (although her father was a Methodist and her mother an Episcopalian).

[edit] Early career

At 15, Bankhead won a movie-magazine beauty contest and convinced her family to let her move to New York. She quickly won bit parts, first appearing in a non-speaking role in The Squab Farm. During these early New York years, she became a peripheral member of the Algonquin Round Table and known as a hard-partying girl-about-town. During this time she began to use cocaine and marijuana, going as far as saying "Cocaine isn't habit forming. I should know- I've been using it for years."[4] However, she did not consume alcohol to any great degree. She became known for her wit, although as screenwriter Anita Loos, a minor fellow Roundtable member, said: "She was so pretty that we thought she must be stupid."[citation needed] She became known for her outspokenness. Once, while in attendance at a party, a guest made a comment about rape, and Bankhead replied "I was raped in our driveway when I was eleven. You know darling, it was a terrible experience because we had all that gravel."[citation needed] She professed to having a ravenous appetite for sex, but not for a particular type. "I've tried several varieties of sex. The conventional position makes me claustrophobic. And the others give me either stiff neck or lockjaw," she said.[citation needed]

Once, at a party, one of her friends brought along a young man who boldly told Bankhead that he wanted to make love to her that night. She didn't bat an eye and said, "And so you shall, you wonderful, old-fashioned boy."[5][6] Another version of the story holds that Bankhead met Chico Marx at a party before her reputation had overturned the presumption that William B. Bankhead's daughter would be disgusted by Marx's typically crude (yet generally effective) approach. According to Dick Cavett, after Marx had been cautioned to be on his best behaviour with Bankhead, the two first spoke at the punch bowl. "Miss Bankhead." "Mr. Marx." And, as everyone breathed a sigh of relief, Chico told her, "You know, I really want to fuck you." "And so you shall, you old-fashioned boy."[7]

In 1923, she made her debut on the London stage, where she was to appear in over a dozen plays in the next eight years, most famously, The Dancers. Her fame as an actress was ensured in 1924 when she played the waitress Amy in Sidney Howard's They Knew What They Wanted. The show won the 1925 Pulitzer Prize. She was famous not only as an actress but also for her many affairs, infectious personality and witticisms like "There is less to this than meets the eye" and "I'm as pure as the driven slush."[citation needed] She was known for her promiscuous behavior, and had the reputation of being sexually available to anyone she found attractive, famous or not. Her longest known affair during this period in her life was with an Italian businessman named Anthony de Bosdari, which lasted just over one year.[5] By the end of the decade, she was one of the West End's — and England's — best-known and most notorious celebrities.[8]
Welsh artist Augustus John with Bankhead and her portrait (1929)

While in London, Bankhead also bought herself a Bentley, which she loved to drive. She wasn't very competent with directions, however, and constantly found herself lost in the London streets. She would telephone a taxi-cab and pay the driver to drive to her destination while she followed behind in her car.[5]

[edit] Mid career

Bankhead returned to the US in 1931 to be Paramount Pictures' "next Marlene Dietrich", but Hollywood success eluded her in her first four films of the 30s.[citation needed] She rented a home at 1712 Stanley Street, in Hollywood, and began hosting parties that were said to "have no boundaries."[9] On September 9, 1932, she was featured on the cover of Film Weekly.[10]

Bankhead's first film was Tarnished Lady (1931), directed by George Cukor, and the pair became fast friends. Bankhead behaved herself on the set and filming went smoothly, but she found film-making to be very boring and didn't have the patience for it. She didn't like Hollywood either. When she met producer Irving Thalberg, she asked him, "How do you get laid in this dreadful place?"[11]

Bankhead was not very interested in making films. The opportunity to make $50,000 per film, however, was too good to pass up. She later said, "The only reason I went to Hollywood was to fuck that divine Gary Cooper."[11]

One of Bankhead's most notorious events was an interview that she gave to Motion Picture magazine in 1932, in which she ranted wildly about the state of her life and her views on love, marriage, and children:

"I'm serious about love. I'm damned serious about it now.... I haven't had an affair for six months. Six months! Too long.... If there's anything the matter with me now, it's not Hollywood or Hollywood's state of mind.... The matter with me is, I WANT A MAN! ... Six months is a long, long while. I WANT A MAN!"[12]

[edit] Alleged bisexuality and sexual exploits

Hollywood was becoming increasingly conservative, partly as a result of past scandals, and partly because Will H. Hays and others had formed the infamous Production Code. The code dictated not only what the studios could show in their films, but how actors had to conduct themselves off-screen. As predicted, the interview created quite a commotion. Will Hays was furious. Time ran a story about it, and, back home, Bankhead's father and family were perturbed. Bankhead immediately telegraphed her father, vowing never to speak with a magazine reporter again.[11]

However, following the release of the Kinsey Reports, she was once quoted as stating:

"I found no surprises in the Kinsey Report. The good doctor's clinical notes were old hat to me..I've had many momentary love affairs. A lot of these impromptu romances have been climaxed in a fashion not generally condoned. I go into them impulsively. I scorn any notion of their permanence. I forget the fever associated with them when a new interest presents itself."[cite this quote]

Thus, comments such as that quoted above and many other actions in her life led to her reputation, of which she never made excuses. She was outspoken and uninhibited. By the standards of the interwar years, Bankhead was quite openly bisexual,[13] but she successfully avoided scandal related to her affairs, regardless of the gender of her lovers. She was known to have stripped off her clothes on several occasions while attending parties, which shocked people in attendance. Her personality, it was said, made her almost irresistible as a friend, or a lover.

Rumors about her sex life have lingered for years, and she was linked romantically with many notable female personalities of the day, including Greta Garbo, Joan Crawford, Marlene Dietrich, Eva Le Gallienne, Laurette Taylor, and Alla Nazimova, as well as writer Mercedes de Acosta, and singer Billie Holiday.[14][15]

She was reportedly extremely excited when she was first able to meet the elusive Garbo, but whether they were sexually involved has never been determined beyond a doubt. The two women played tennis together often, and were said to have enjoyed one another's company, but Garbo was extremely protective of her private life and secretive about her lovers. Bankhead was married to actor John Emery on August 31, 1937 in Jasper, Alabama and divorced on June 13, 1941 in Reno, Nevada. He was the son of stage actors Edward Emery (? - 1938) and Isabel Waldron (1871 - 1950).

Actress Patsy Kelly made a claim to author Boze Hadleigh, which he included in his 1996 book about lesbianism in Hollywood's early years, that she had a long lesbian affair with Bankhead.[5][11] John Gruen's Menotti: A Biography notes an incident in which Jane Bowles chased Bankhead around Capricorn, Gian Carlo Menotti and Samuel Barber's Mount Kisco estate, insisting that Bankhead needed to play the lesbian character Inès in Jean-Paul Sartre's No Exit (which Paul Bowles had recently translated), but Bankhead locked herself in the bathroom and kept insisting "That lesbian! I wouldn't know a thing about it."[16]

In 1932, she expressed some interest in spirituality, but did not outwardly pursue it, except for a time when she met with the Indian mystic, Meher Baba.[17]

In 1933, Bankhead nearly died following a five-hour emergency hysterectomy for an advanced case of gonorrhea, which she claimed she contracted from Gary Cooper.[citation needed] Only 70 pounds when she left the hospital, she stoically said to her doctor, "Don't think this has taught me a lesson!"[citation needed]

[edit] Hollywood, Broadway and politics

In 1934, after recuperating in Alabama, she returned to England. After only a short stay, she was called back to New York to play in Dark Victory. Although Bette Davis played the leading character in the film version, she openly admitted in later years that she had emulated Bankhead in the role.[citation needed] Bankhead continued to play in various performances over the next few years, gaining excellent notices for her portrayal of Elizabeth in a revival of Somerset Maugham's The Circle. David O. Selznick called her the "first choice among established stars" to play Scarlett O'Hara.[citation needed] Although her screen test for the role in black-and-white was superb, she photographed poorly in Technicolor.[citation needed] In addition, moviegoers answering a poll thought that at age 36, she was too old for the role. Until Vivien Leigh came along, the early favorite to play Scarlett was Paulette Goddard.[18] Unable to recapture Hollywood, Bankhead returned to her most-loved acting medium, the stage.

Returning to Broadway, Bankhead's career stalled in unmemorable plays. When she appeared in Shakespeare's Antony and Cleopatra with her husband, John Emery, The Times' Brooks Atkinson wrote "Tallulah Bankhead barged down the Nile, last night, and promptly sank!"[citation needed] All the laughing stopped, though, when she played the cold and ruthless Regina Giddens in Lillian Hellman's The Little Foxes (1939). Her portrayal won her the New York Drama Critics' Circle Award for Best Performance, but Bankhead and Hellman feuded over the Soviet Union's invasion of Finland. Bankhead (a staunch anti-Communist) was said to want a portion of one performance's proceeds to go to Finnish relief, while Hellman (an equally staunch Stalinist) objected strenuously, and the two women didn't speak for the next quarter of a century.[8]

More success and the same award followed her 1942 performance in Thornton Wilder's The Skin of Our Teeth, in which Bankhead played Sabina, the housekeeper and temptress, opposite Fredric March and Florence Eldridge (Mr. and Mrs. Antrobus, and also husband and wife offstage). During the run of the play, some media accused Bankhead of a running feud with the play's director, Elia Kazan. Kazan confirmed the story in his autobiography, and he stated that Bankhead was one of the few people in his life that he ever actually detested.[citation needed]
Lobbycard from Alfred Hitchcock's Lifeboat (1944)

In 1944, Alfred Hitchcock cast her as the cynical journalist, Constance Porter, in Lifeboat. The performance is widely acknowledged as her best on film, and won her the New York Film Critics Circle Award. Almost childlike in her immodesty, a beaming Tallulah accepted her New York trophy and exclaimed, "Dahlings, I was wonderful!"[citation needed]

After World War II, Bankhead appeared in a revival of Noel Coward's Private Lives, taking it on tour and then to Broadway for the better part of two years. The play's run made Bankhead a fortune. From that time, Bankhead could command 10% of the gross and was billed larger than any other actor in the cast, although she usually granted equal billing to Estelle Winwood, a frequent co-star, and Bankhead's "best friend" from the 1920s until Bankhead's death in 1968.[8]

Bankhead circulated widely in the celebrity crowd of her day, and was a party favorite for outlandish stunts such as underwearless cartwheels in a skirt or entering a soirée stark naked.[citation needed] She is also said to have been so engrossed in conversation with Eleanor Roosevelt that she dropped her drawers and used the toilet while the first lady was still talking.[8] Always extravagant, upon leaving the theater one evening she encountered a Salvation Army band passing around the tambourine. Reaching into her purse, Bankhead withdrew a twenty dollar bill, tossed it into the tambourine and exited into a taxi with the remark, "there dahlings, I know it's been a rough winter for you Spanish dancers."[citation needed]

Like her family, Bankhead was a Democrat, but broke with most Southerners by campaigning for Harry Truman's reelection in 1948. While viewing the Inauguration parade, she booed the South Carolina float which carried then-Governor Strom Thurmond, who had recently run against Truman on the Dixiecrat ticket, splitting the Democratic vote. She is credited with having helped Truman immeasurably by belittling his rival, New York's Governor Thomas E. Dewey. Bankhead said Dewey reminded her of "the little man on the wedding cake," although Alice Roosevelt Longworth is generally credited with originating this remark.[citation needed]

[edit] Late career

Though Tallulah Bankhead's career slowed in the mid-1950s, she never faded from the public eye. Although she had become a heavy drinker and consumer of sleeping pills (she was a life-long insomniac), Bankhead continued to perform in the 1950s and 1960s on Broadway, in the occasional film, as a highly-popular radio show host, and in the new medium of television.

In 1950, in an effort to cut into the rating leads of The Jack Benny Program and The Edgar Bergen & Charlie McCarthy Show which had jumped from NBC radio to CBS radio the previous season, NBC spent millions over the two seasons of The Big Show starring "the glamorous, unpredictable" Tallulah Bankhead as its host, in which she acted not only as mistress of ceremonies but also performed monologues and songs, many of which can be heard on the album Give My Regards To Broadway!.[citation needed] Despite Meredith Willson's Orchestra and Chorus and top guest stars from Broadway, Hollywood and radio - including Fred Allen, Marlene Dietrich, Fanny Brice, Groucho Marx, Ethel Merman, Gracie Fields, Vera Lynn, Jimmy Durante, Peggy Lee, Martin & Lewis, George Jessel, Judy Garland, Ethel Barrymore, Gloria Swanson, José Ferrer and Judy Holliday, The Big Show, which earned rave reviews, failed to do more than dent Jack Benny's and Edgar Bergen's ratings.

Bankhead, who proved a masterful comedienne and intriguing personality, however, was not blamed for the failure of The Big Show, television's growth was hurting all radio ratings at the time, so the next season NBC installed her as one of a half dozen rotating hosts of NBC's The All Star Revue on Saturday nights. Although critics, pros and the sophisticated set loved her, and Tallulah's monologues became classics, she was not among the hosts renewed for the following season.

Bankhead's most popular television appearance was her December 3, 1957 appearance on The Lucy-Desi Comedy Hour. Bankhead played herself in the episode titled "The Celebrity Next Door." The part was originally slated for Bette Davis, but she had to bow out after cracking her vertebra. Lucille Ball was a fan of Bankhead's and did a good impression of her. By the time the episode was filmed, however, both Ball and Desi Arnaz were at their wit's end over Bankhead's behavior during rehearsal: she refused to listen to the director and she did not like to rehearse. It took her three hours to "wake up" once she arrived on the set and everyone thought she was drunk most of the time. Ball and Arnaz apparently didn't know about Tallulah's antipathy toward rehearsing or her incredible ability to memorize a script. The actual filming of the episode went off without a hitch, and Bankhead impressed everyone with her line readings and professionalism".[19] Lucille Ball later said that she was conned by Bankhead who purposely made her think she would screw up to throw her off kilter. Desi Arnaz said that Bankhead walked all over him and Ball, and they hadn't known this was typical behavior.

Bankhead appeared as Blanche DuBois in a revival of Tennessee Williams's A Streetcar Named Desire (1956), but reviews were poor. Fans who saw her late into the six-week run at City Center were graced with a far better performance. She received a Tony Award nomination for her performance of a bizarre 50-year-old mother in Mary Chase's Midgie Purvis (1961). Her last theatrical appearance was in another Williams play, The Milk Train Doesn't Stop Here Anymore (1963). Although she received good notices for her last performances, her career as one of the greats of the American stage was coming to an end.

Her last motion picture was a British horror film, Fanatic (1965), co-starring Stefanie Powers, which was released in the U.S. as Die! Die! My Darling!. Her last appearance on screen came in March 1967 as the villainous Black Widow in the Batman TV series.

According to author Brendan Gill, when Bankhead entered the hospital for an illness, an article was headed "Tallulah Hospitalized, Hospital Tallulahized." This headline was a testament to Bankhead's large, charismatic personality (which inspired much of the "personality" of the character Cruella De Vil in Disney's One Hundred and One Dalmatians).[20]

Bankhead had no children, though she had numerous abortions in the 1920s,[citation needed] but was the godmother of Brook and Brockman Seawell, children of her lifelong friend and actress Eugenia Rawls and Rawls's husband, Donald Seawell. She was known for her kindness to animals and children.

Bankhead was an avid baseball fan whose favorite team was the New York Giants.[21] This was evident in one of her famous quotes, through which she gave a nod to the arts: "There have been only two geniuses in the world. Willie Mays and Willie Shakespeare. But, darling, I think you'd better put Shakespeare first."[22]

[edit] Death

Tallulah Bankhead died in St. Luke's Hospital in New York City of double pneumonia arising from influenza, complicated by emphysema, at the age of 66 on December 12, 1968, and is buried in Saint Paul's Churchyard, Chestertown, Maryland.[1] Her last coherent words were "Codeine... bourbon."[23]

For her contribution to the motion picture industry, Tallulah Bankhead has a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame at 6141 Hollywood Blvd.

[edit] Stage Play

A stage play by Matthew Lombardo, entitled Looped, features Tallulah Bankhead as the protagonist in an episode late in her life in which she is called to a recording studio to "loop" a line of recorded dialogue that must be dubbed into a film shot previously. The session reportedly took eight hours to successfully record a single line of dialogue, and the playwright uses the situation to reveal the story of Ms. Bankhead's life. Looped premiered at the Pasadena Playhouse in California in June 2008 under the direction of Rob Ruggiero with Valerie Harper in the starring role.[24]

[edit] MI5 investigation of Eton school scandal

In 2000, declassified papers thrust Bankhead in the limelight of public scandal posthumously. She had been investigated by MI5 during the 1920s amid rumors she was corrupting pupils at Eton. The documents alleged that she seduced up to half a dozen public schoolboys into taking part in "indecent and unnatural" acts. This rumor had sent shockwaves through the 1920s British establishment.[25]

The documents compiled by the British Aliens and Immigration Department allege that the investigation was scuttled by a determined cover-up by Eton's headmaster, Dr. Cyril Argentine Alington. The allegations were based purely on gossip and word of mouth, and lacked credible evidence. It appears that they were assembled by MI5 at the urgings of a Home Office minister.

Had me a feakin BLAST!!

Ok so i told you all that I was gong boogie boarding with my boss this thursday right? well It is now friday and I am so sunburned that I had trouble bathing and sleeping. LOL. It was so worth it though.
there was a change in plans so instead of being at the beach at 5am we were there at eleven am. Anyway I woke up brushed my teeth, jumped in the shower and changed into my beachwear. My phone lit up showing i had received a txt message. "oh that's my boss" I thought. Sure enough, it was him. He again changed plans and said he'd be at my house at eleven instead of ten so that we'd be at the beach at noon. Ok I said, twenty minutes later, I recieve another change of plans saying he was bored so he'd be over my house at ten thirty and asked if I would be ready. My reply? "yeah, get ur ass over here! LOL" my boss and i get along like that so no worries. LOL anyway ten thirty comes and


I receive another txt. "I am here" so I happily grab my water bottles and beach towel and head out. As we ride along, we share stories of crazy adventures we've had in the past. WOW I thought my adventures were insane, mine dont compare to his. LOL!!! so we get to the beach and set up shop on the sand. we hang out for a little bit while we wait for the tide to rise so that we have bigger waves. I must be back to Hollywood by 3pm to get my car from my sister cuz i have to get to my friends graduation in venice and it starts at four. Ok I'll drop you off in Hollywood by then. I get tired of waiting for the tide to rise and decide "screw it, let's get in the water" we put on our wetsuits, grab our boards and head into the water. first wave is so strong it knocked me out and spun me. LOL! "are you ok?" my boss asks, "yes i am fine thanx. Let's do this !" I was given instructions on how to handle my board and when to jump the wave so that I actually ride it. It took me about five tries before i rode my first wave!! It was soooooo much fun!! My boss liked to lay on the board and paddle into the ocean but I refused to go as deep as he did because I am terrified of sea creatures and was afraid of encountering one and also I am a pool swimmer not an ocean swimmer so I could easily get knocked out by the waves and well... we wouldnt want that would we? LOL!!
Anyway my boss was impressed by how persistent I was trying to ride the waves. It was my first time and I didnt want to get out of the water until i rode a few good waves but we both had salty mouths and needed to rinse out.
We get to the shore and remove our wet suits and just hang out at the and soak up some son. Before we know it, It was past 4pm and I had to be at the graduation at that time!! I figure well it starts at four but the first hour is a bunch of boring speaches and some performances. the second hour is when the grads are actually turning their tassels and receiving their diploma. "Shouldnt we get going?" He asked? OMG yeah!... well I'll stay another thirty minutes... we'll make it back to hollywood in thirty minutes we relaxed again and as i start falling asleep, I hear "Mayra I am concerned" I turn to my boss and ask why then he point to me and I am sooo red it already looks painful but I point to him cuz he's just as red as me. LOL!! We figured we better get outta here now so we grab our stuff and head to the car. On our way, we stop at CVS and pick up some sunburn soothing gel and apply it. Starbucks was our next stop. Then we were off back home... except we didnt get there in thirty minutes, traffic was so bad it took us 1 hour and 45 minutes to finally reach Hollywood. Yes, I missed my friends graduation. I called her and apologized and she said it was ok. she was at what we call here in the states "grad night" meaning the school rents out an entire amusment park and only the grads are allowed in so no public access. We both go home and txt how painful and burned it is to shower LOL!! this morning I am in such serious pain I cant even get dressed LOL it hurts so bad but it was completely worth it. LOL!! I dont have picures of us but i will post some sunburn pictures later so hang tight.

Can't wait for Thursday!!

So what's so special about this Thursday? Well two things. My friend is Graduating and I am excited to go. Number two, My boss and I are going boogie boarding!! I dont know how to boogie board but he does and offered to teach me so come thursday morning 5am I am hitting the beach with my boss and getting my boogie on! LOL get it? boogie on... boogie board... Ok that was lame ha ha ha ha ha!! anyway I am way too excited and cant wait. I'll certainly have some pictures and tell you about it after. See you soon and thanx for visitng SoHo Meets SoLo!!! =)

Isnt this cute?

Ok so the pictures i promised to share with you all are here. Before I do that, i have to say that OMG Laila!!!! I want me a Lakers champions shirt!!!! those look GREAT!!!! LOL!
Ok so my sister and I went to RFD (Real Food Daily) this is a vegetarian restaurant with locations in West Hollywood and Santa Monica. Not sure if they have other locations cuz i only go to those two. Anyway I ordered their special Thai dish and it was crazy delicous!!! My sister had enchiladas and I had a taste of it...


WOW really good!! After having lunch, we went shopping and spotted this moss covered chair outside a spiritual book shop. I thought it was the cutest thing ever. LOL!! So i took a picture to share with you. It's fake moss but it's still plenty cute.
One of my favorite places to shop is at "Anthropologie" THIS PLACE IS WONDERFUL. The clothes there is just way too cute and you can also shop for little extras there too like travel books, decor for your home, bed sheets, small furniture pieces, all kinds of stuff. I am not sure if this store has locations throughout the U.S. or abroad but if you come to L.A. definitely check it out. I promise you'll love it. Ok next round of pictures are of my food when I went with my cousin steve to a place called "Vegan" in studio city. Thai food place. SERIOUSLY DELICOUS!!! I always take pictures of my food when I eat out but this one I just had to take a picture of because my rice was served in the shape of a heart! my cousin got his served as a pyramid. I dont know about you but I appreciate the details on my food. LOL! ok so here are the pictures.uh oh cant seem to find my heart shaped rice pictures or the pyramid one... i'll post them a soon as i find them. in the meantime... Enjoy!

MY Los Angeles Lakers: 2009 NBA Champs

The Los Angeles Lakers are the 2009 NBA Champions! It was an amazing run & I can admit that there were games in this series & the last when I was almost too angry to watch games. I say that b/c the Lakers sometimes play like teams have to bow down to them & that's just not the case. Other teams are hungry for the championship & "we" can be so lazy & it shows on the floor. I was so aggravated with the guys during the Denver series that I didn't think "we" could do this. I was disappointed, feeling like "we" were DONE & then all of a sudden, MY Lakers showed up in game 5 against Denver & NOW, "we" are the champs! I'm proud of my guys & I'm so happy to be a Laker fan. I'm glad I don't give up on my guys! It's like an up-and-down marriage: your spouse promises to do better & get it together, to make it work AND does for awhile then something comes up & your spouse does something to let you down again. You stick with him b/c you know "there's good in him" & you love him so much & you know sooner or later he will be the man you fell in love with! That's me & the Laker team - love 'em but they let me down so much then there are times like these last few games & then again tonight that make it ALL SO WORTH IT! Tonight makes it all better - sweetest love making in 7 years! You've made me proud! Love you guys!

Happy Birthday...

Actually happy belated birthday, Yingee! Please accept my sincere apologies for not sending these wishes last week. I've been swamped with work & not being able to get online a lot lately has me a little bummed out! Absolutely no excuse for the tardy well wishes but you know I love you!

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Eye Candy at its finest

Be still my heart =) Those purple shirt pics are OML! Lots of these pics are the same: there's a mix of high res, small pics & different shots of the same pic OR mirror pics, which I think are cool! If there are any which are exactly the same (which I'm sure there are), so what! It's WENT!!!