Urban Outfitters Owl Lantern, I WANT!

This Owl Lantern is on sale for 14.99, you can find it HERE. 

So cute, I want, badly...

Cameron Diaz Bought Weed From Snoop Dogg

Video: Cameron Diaz Bought Weed From Snoop Dogg 

In this video George Lopez is interviewing Cameron Diaz. She discusses growing up in Long Beach and admits purchasing weed from Snoop Dogg. I thought I would post this video because:

1. It cracked me up 

2. How nice are Cameron Diaz's legs!?!? Good God!!   :)

James Farmer Postage Stamp

James Farmer was one of the most important and most overlooked leaders in the Civil Rights Movement. At the University of Mary Washington I majored in American Studies with a concentration in Human Rights. I was lucky enough to attend the school in which James Farmer spent some of the final years of his life as a professor. For this reason, I am supporting the campaign to honor James Farmer with a U.S. Postage Stamp. Please click the link below to sign the petition. It takes two seconds, I promise. If my short blurb was not enough to convince you, please watch the video below. && Let me know if you did it! I like to know I don't blog for nothing (even if I probably do) =P

Thank you!!! :)

Click Here to Support the Campaign to Honor Civil Rights Pioneer James Farmer with a U.S. Postage Stamp

 

 

Party Like Crazy: Office Decoration Party Kit

A quick recommendation for anyone who works in an office setting is the Office Decoration Party Kit. It is perfect for a coworker who is celebrating a birthday.

 

The kit includes:

• 1 foil banner
• 1 happy birthday flag banner
• 6 latex balloons
• 1 serpentine
• 1 package of confetti
• 1 foil cutout

 This kit has enough stuff to make any office/cubicle look amazing and look as though it took a lot of time. The kit will run you only $4.99 and you can find it in the wrapping paper/party section at Target. 

Personally, I like to wait until my coworker has left for the day so they will come to work on their Birthday to find their work space decorated. It usually goes over really well and it looks like it took a lot more time and effort than it actually did!

On a side note, I never use the confetti because that is just mean :)

Madewell Chiffon Cascade Dress

I was at work this past week when I get this email:

Hmm, 40% off Madewell!? Yes, please!

To be completely honest, I don't usually get excited over sales at my favorite stores because the remaining stuff that they're trying to get rid of is either one of two things:

1. not my size

2. not my style

However, the exception to this rule is Madewell. Madewell seems to always have something on sale that I would have bought full price. So when I got this e-mail I decided to check out the site, mainly because DC Restaurant week is coming up, and I could use a new dress to go out in :) I came across the Chiffon Cascade Dress at Madewell.com.

The Chiffon Cascade Dress is available in "Dutch Lace" which looks white, and "Raccoon" (as shown above). Originally this dress was sold for $148 -- However, the 40% off brought it to $109.99 (SCORE!). Also, if you use the coupon code: WINTER you won't have to pay for shipping (orders over $100). This dress is currently available in both colors in sizes 2, 4, 6, and 8; and is available in Dutch Lace in sizes 10 and 12. 

What I love about this dress is how dynamic is is, depending on the occasion you can make it work! It is currently winter and freezing in Washington DC, so I would wear this with a cardigan, tights, and perhaps accessorize it with a belt. When it gets warmer then you can lose the cardigan and tights,  wear a cute pair of wedges and rock it!

The selection of sale items is always better on-line than in stores,  you may find this at your local Madewell store, however, I have found that Madewell is very true to size.  I would not hesitate to purchase it on-line. If it does not fit, then returns are SO easy. I purchased mine on-line on Thursday and it is already on its way!

Matchbox: Chinatown

Matchbox is a self proclaimed "vintage pizza bistro." Call something a bistro and it becomes totally chic and fabulous and when you are located on 713 H Street a.k.a. Chinatown, Washington DC you need to be as chic and fabulous as possible!

I arrived at Matchbox on a Sunday night with 3 other people and no reservations. There was about a 20 minute wait (no big deal). I decided to stick around with the buzzer while my party walked around to see Chinatown as two of the people I brought had not been in years. About 15 minutes after waiting my party calls to let me know that they are a block away and should be back in a matter of seconds. My buzzer went off right then.

Here is where I had a problem. I brought the buzzer to the host and let him know that my party was not here yet. The host got really irritated with me and stated (I kid you not) "we don't seat people unless their parties are all present, you're lucky that we are already walking to your table or I would push you to the end of the list." I completely understand, they are busy. However, it wasn't like my party was still on it's way, they were seconds, literally SECONDS, away. So I nicely said, "well, they are less than a block away, can I please give you my name so you can let them know where I am seated when they arrive?" The server responds, "No, we don't do that. You can worry about that when they get here." I sat down at the table completely blown away when my phone starts ringing. My party is here and can't find me. Now, Matchbox used to be a grocery store and it is really easy to get lost in, it is a maze of levels and staircases. It took me at least 10 minutes to find my party as I tried to direct them via telephone, then walking around to find each other. It was a complete mess.

Lucky, things got better from there. The food is great!! We began by ordering the 3.6.9 mini burgers. the 3.6.9 are the quantities, we did the 9 ($18). You have the ability to choose the cheese that you would like, so we got all three cheeses. They arrive with a big pile of onion straws, amazing :)

Next, we ordered two large pizzas. One Matchbox Meat which is: pepperoni / spicy Italian sausage / crispy bacon /zesty tomato sauce / mozzarella. That will run you about $20.
The second large pizza was half Fire & Smoke (ire roasted red peppers / spanish onions / chipotle pepper tomato sauce / garlic puree / smoked gouda / fresh basil) (very spicy) and the other half was sausage and sun dried tomato (ricotta / mozzarella / fresh basil / balsamic reduction).
Everything was great! Watch out for the Fire & Smoke if you can't handle spicy food. I love spicy food so I love this pizza, but it is truly spicy!

 The two slices on the left are the sausage and sundtried tomato, the two on the right are fire and smoke. Here is another angle:

We finished our meal off with dessert. We got one order of coffee and doughnuts (cinnamon doughnuts / espresso kahlua crème) ($8) I drank the coffee (amazing) and everyone shared the doughnuts. It was definitely enough to get one order and share with 4 people. After the mini burgers and pizza, we were already pretty full!

Overall Matchbox was a good time. I am not the type of person to let a host ruin my night. I just let it go and enjoyed the food and the company and had a great time!
For families, it is  kid friendly. It is a good place to bring a date, or a large group. Plus, when you walk in there is a bar if that is what you're looking for. No excuses, go check it out!

Luck and Prosperity in the New Year -- Bring it on 2011!

Don't worry world, all will be good in 2011 because I just ate my black-eyed peas!!

Eating black-eyed peas on New Years day is thought to bring about good luck and prosperity in the year to come. This tradition actually comes from the Jewish practice that originated from ancient texts such as Kritot 5B, which states that good luck symbols (such as the black-eyed pea) should be eaten. So on Rosh Hashana, the Jewish New Year, Jews eat black-eyed peas. This Jewish tradition was adopted by non-Jews around the time of American Civil War and continues to this day.