Fantasy BFFs

Two pictures emerged this week that made me say, in the words of Liz Lemon,

" I want to go to there."

Meryl and Hilary taking a selfie?

Reese and Mindy as ladies who lunch?

What's next Jennifer Aniston and Kelly Ripa on a run/yoga/spin/triathalon date?

Yes, please!

25 Days of Holiday Style- Days 5,6, and 7

Who: Carrie Underwood, CMT Artist of the Year awards

What:  Black jumpsuit, red heels

Who: Lauren Conrad, book signing

What:  Black leather dress, cute ponytail

Who: Reese Witherspoon, philanthropy awards program

What: Black lace dress, poppy red lipstick

To Wear Where: You don't have to wear red, just because its Christmas.  These ladies in black look lovely- and fun accessories up the festive factor.

3 Thoughts About Turning 28

1.  Last night I went out for my FIVE year college reunion and I wore leather leggings.  And they ripped.  I tried to wear something trendy from Forever 21 and I split my pants.  If that's not the universe telling me I'm old, I don't know what is.

2.  Best friends send the best birthday texts.

3.  At age 28 . . .

Pippa Middleton became an overnight sensation

Reese Witherspoon won an Oscar

Sally met Harry for the second time

And Oprah moved to Chicago to host a little talk show

I think 28 is going to be a good year. 

Movie Quote of the Day

"To succeed in Washington, you need to be savvy and street-smart. I've seen plenty of polite and idealistic girls like you. They tread up and down in their high heels and went home empty handed and with blisters on their feet."- Legally Blonde 2: Red, White, and Blonde

I'm in Washington for a fun little jaunt around the area. I love getting to visit with my friends who are polite and savvy, street-smart and idealisitc. Yay for friend reunions!

P.S. I forgot to pack my pink Jackie O suit. Oh well!

This Means War Review

In 2009, I visited NYC for the first time on a family girls trip. We were able to be in the audience of Live! With Regis and Kelly and Ray Romano was one of the guests. He came out and started talking being a New York native. When he started to mention that his brother still lived in the area and was a teacher in Queens, several women sitting in front of us started screaming. "We know your brother!!!" they squealed. Ray actually chatted with them for a moment, so of course I spent the rest of the show wondering what I could yell out that would get Kelly to put her aside her hosting duties to start a conversation with her new bff (me.)

When I got home from the trip I immediately played the show on my DVR to catch a glimpse of our television debut. I thought I could catch a glimpse of us in the cheering crowd, but we received much more screentime than that! We didn't realize that the camera panned to Ray's brother's friends and therefore, our faces, in the next row. My mom was making this face at them, like " Oh yeah, sure you know him"- sort of a pursed lips, completely cynical expression. And as I hit pause, there she was, on national tv, looking like she'd never heard anything more ridiculous in her life. And now, every time anyone gets a little skeptical, we refer to it as "the Ray Romano face."

What does this have to do with This Means War? Well, the movie is so absurd, so ridiculously unrealistic that its nearly impossible so sit through it and not make "the Ray Romano face." However, if you're like Mindy Kaling and myself and you "like watching people fall in love onscreen so much that you can suspend your disbelief in the contrived situations"- This Means War is incredibly entertaining!

It's a comedy, a romance, a lot of eye candy with Chris Pine AND Tom Hardy, an action film, and the best clothes we've seen in a chick flick in months!!! I have to admit I'm not usually a fan of Chelsea Handler but she was hilarious as the dirty mouthed best friend.

Let's review some of the sexy, cool, sophisticated looks of Reese in This Means War.

This leather jacket practically had a supporting role.

Here's my version of the look.

I think This Means War appeals to girls, guys, action fans, fashion lovers and maybe even Ray Romano's brother. (Yeah, right.)

This Means War, rated "PG-13," romantic comedy/action, starring Reese Witherspoon, Chris Pine and Tom Hardy, "B"

Strike a Pose

In honor of Oscars weekend I'd like to take you on a tour of my favorite Oscar dresses. Although I know this is a very limited view, I began by literally just googling any dresses that I remembered, so what you see here are my most memorable Oscar dresses of the past 10 years!

Michelle Williams in 2006. A vibrant dress and lipstick. She was with Heath and they just seemed to happy and in love. She makes it look easy.

Halle Berry in 2002. Who doesn't remember this dress? Or Halle's body? A true red carpet moment.

I don't know if I actually love this dress that much or I was just so happy to see Julia Roberts win an Oscar in 2001. At the time she was the biggest movie star in the world- she just had to win!
I'm going to tell you a little story about Jessica Biel on the red carpet in 2007. First, this dress is stunning. I love the raspberry color and the cut and the little belt. Belted dresses were everywhere after this! Anyways, at an after Oscars party, Justin Timberlake started chatting up Jessica. His recent ex, Cameron Diaz was there and after a few too many glasses of champagne she made her way up to the flirting couple. "What are you doing?!" she yelled, "What, is this your new girlfriend!?" Yikes. Fortunately her bestie, Drew Barrymore, was there to drag her away-probably so she could drunkenly cry in the bathroom. It's really a sad story but its also kind of makes everything so real. I'm pretty sure I saw a scene like this go down at the Sigma Nu house my freshman year in college. Celebs- they're just like us! Anyways, here's the dress that started it all.

Um, remember when Jennifer Lopez was married to Chris Judd? Yeah, me neither, but I do remember this dress from 2002. Everyone thought her hair was too big, but I thought every detail was perfect.

Well, we all remember Bennifer in 2003 but it still seems hard to believe. What exactly did they have in common? I love love love this mint green vintage gown. I think J-Lo might be the most beautiful women in the world- with the worst relationship history of course.

Renee Zellweger has short no nonsense hair and minimal makeup but still manages to stand out- and sparkle!- on the red carpet in 2008.

As stunning as this dress is, it seems like we've seen many similar to this in the past few years. However Penelope Cruz deserves the credit for starting it all in 2009.

Here are my two favorites from last year- I adore Reese Witherspoon with the high pony and emerald earrings.

And Mila Kunis looks sexy and demure- I love the lace and lavender.

What are some of your Oscar red carpet favorites? I can't wait to see what everyone wears on Sunday!!