Once Upon a Time

Jessica Biel is on the cover of Vogue this month (snore) but the real eye candy is from Louis Vuitton. The spring/summer ads are gorgeous! They invoke a dreamy fairytale with our pretty heroine lying in a bed of moss surrounded by friendly little doves. Isn't the lighting beautiful? I love the speckled shadows that fall on her as if there's a canopy of trees overhead.

Can we talk about how much I hate those clogs though?

Super Duper

As Rhianna prepares for this weekend's Superbowl rehearsing in some superhero-worthy kicks (seriously, who's arch nemesis do I have to knock over to get a pair of those?), I'm preparing by making a slew of delectable goodies to munch while cheering for a big Colts loss.


Yesterday I spent about three hours (!) in the kitchen hand making each one of these little football truffles. If you have the time and patience to devote to these babies, they are as heavenly as Tom Brady is handsome. Check out the original recipe here on Bakerella. The recipe is very simple (only three ingredients and no baking); it's the football shaping and decorating that's labor intensive.

Happy baking and let me know if yours last until Sunday (I'm not sure mine will make it)!

Blood is the New Pink

This weekend I found a whole new set of awesome girls to worship: derby chicks.

A group of us headed down to the Windy City Rollers' season home opener and had a blast! The first match was the Hell's Belle's verses the Double Crossers, the second was the reigning champs the Maniac Attackers verses the Fury. It was my first derby and I pretty much figured out what was going on by the second bout- it's a simple game but definitely worth a Wikipedia browse to understand the rules beforehand.

Anyways, it was a great time with a HUGE crowd of cheering supporters (they opened the upper deck of the UIC center to accommodate crowd). It's an intense game, too. My football-loving, tough guy hubby was screaming his head off the whole time. You have to admire not only the girls (who are insanely tough and awesome) but also all the officials, statisticians, and refs. Everyone there is a volunteer and works for nothing more than their love of rink rash.

One of the best parts about roller derby are the bad ass rink names. My favorites of the night were:
Slammah Montana
Tina Flay
Nina Millimeter
Deb Autry
Loco Chanel (she had a Chanel logo on her glittering pink helmet- genius!)
Zombea Arthur
Beth Amphetamine
Maul Holla
Zoe Trocious
Juanna Rumbel
Jackie Daniels
Mel Content

Who's in for the next match? And where can I get a pair of those awesome brass knuckle hot pants?

Middle photo by Joe RollerFan

Dolce & Gabbana FW 09 is the New Delia Deetz

The other night, I was up watching one of my favorite childhood movies: Tim Burton's Beetle Juice (I was a weird kid). When I was little, I was always enamored by Lydia Deetz's (Winona Ryder) super Gothic wardrobe complete with black lace veils and spiked bangs but during this viewing a new style icon stepped forth from the ranks.

Doesn't Delia Deetz's (the incredible Catherine O'Hara) glove head band remind you of Dolce & Gabbana Fall/Winter 2009?




They even used her signature cat-eye liner!

Things That are Awesome: Cool Bridesmaids' Dresses

Nothing beats a cool bridesmaid dress. I appreciate this even more now that I have been a bridesmaid and a bride.

I'm very obsessed with brides who take an altogether non-David's Bridal approach to their maids (see here and here)- add Ella and Sam's London wedding to that list! For their winter wedding, they had their bridesmaids wear metallic shifts, sequined cardigans, and black patterned tights. So cool, right? They look like an all-girl version of the Pips.

Bonus: They transported guests from ceremony to reception in a vintage Red Double Decker bus.

See the rest of their wedding here on Once Wed.
Pictures by Chloe of Caught the Light Photography

January Blues

Is it totally ridiculous that I just want to stand around amongst a bunch of crepe paper flowers like this Anthropologie model? I don't even care what she's wearing, I just want it to stop snowing and spring to bloom!

. . .but that is a cute top.

Pratia Tank from Anthropologie, $68

I Want to Go There

Which of these things are almost as awesome as this skirt?

1) Being mistaken as a model on your long weekend in the Cleve
2) A Slanket and a block of cheese at the end of a long day
3) Living every week like it's Shark Week
4) Accidentally roofie-ing Jon Hamm
5) All of the above

If I owned this skirt, I would wear it everywhere (especially weekend-long 30 Rock marathons).

The definitely un-Liz Lemon-like Paulita mini skirt by Diane von Furstenberg, $475