A Supple Mane

I read an article in one of those trashy grocery-store-line magazines recently about how celebrities like Whitney Port (yes, I realize she's not really a celebrity, but they termed her that, okay?) in Hollywood and NYC like to go to special salons for regular professional hair styling OTHER than wash, cuts and color. It's called a "blow dry bar" and one of them, Dry Bar, has arrived here in Atlanta!

Their gig? "No cuts. No color. Just blowouts." In NYC, it's a $40 job, but here in Atlanta, they will be running the same options for $35. While I thankfully have learned well from my stylist over the years how to best blow out and style my own hair, she has told me that a lot of girls and women do not know the first thing about achieving that hair salon look at home. It's no wonder that places like Dry Bar have been invented. Need to look like a stunner for that interview, or that big date night? You could swing by their new location opening today on West Paces for some quickie help.

Of course, the Budget in me likes that they offer a monthly "The Regular" membership for $65, which gets you two blowouts and a massage, too, plus a percent off products. And oh my goodness, they even offer parties for all your besties, too - how fun would that be as part of a Bachelorette party night?! They also offer them during brunch with complimentary brunchy fare, too.

I may know how to do my own 'do, but the Betty part of me desperately wants to try this place out ASAP! Good thing they opened today. I may be scheduling a mini pampering session of my own quite soon ...

Alter Egos

I love Blair Waldorf.


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She is so much cooler than her relationship-bipolar friend bff Serena. She always knows what she wants in life, and figures out a way to go after it.


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She has a hot man and even hotter wardrobe.


Thanks BB for the pic! 

She knows how to use her network, and how to deal with those rare people who want to thwart her success.


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In the fictional world that is Gossip Girl, this girl has got her role as Queen B. down pat.


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If I can just take the tiniest part of her game-on, no holds barred, take no prisoners approach to life, I think that I might find myself feeling pretty awesome.


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Though we all know that underneath her strong-girl facade, Blair is just another 20-something like the rest of us -- always hoping to be accepted, respected, loved and successful.


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Perhaps we are already more alike than I realized.

Top Ten {Tuesday}: Let's Meet for a Drink

Truth: I am not a huge celebrity fan. However, if you are with me in Publix, you are likely to turn around and find me at the tabloid section, flipping through US Weekly. What can I say? I like reading about what's going on with whom in the tabloids, but it's mostly just so I can stay current. It is, after all, just another piece of news when Person A breaks up with Person B, and as you all know, I am a complete news-addict. If it's something that's happening right now in our world and I can learn about it, I will.

Exceptions: things that require a huge amount of brain power. I like to stick with more fluffy "news" in my free time. In my world, The Bachelorette drama trumps Meet the Press any day.

Over the weekend, Netflix delivered Invictus. First, a confession. I am one of the newest Netflix members. I just joined this month. I know, how ridiculous. Somehow, I, the girl who had Gmail when it was invite-only and joined Twitter before it was cool, evaded joining this top video rental service for (literally) years, and for no real reason. But I am a convert and am loving it.

Another side note -- I also have never owned any iPod other than a Shuffle. #simplicity? #laziness? You decide.

Anyways, Invictus. Oh my goodness, what a fantastic movie. Halfway through, I was pronouncing aloud that I would die to have tea with Nelson Mandela like Matt Damon's character gets to. Actually, who I really want to meet is Morgan Freeman AS Nelson Mandela. It is rare that an actor or actress can impersonate someone with such accuracy, but Morgan said he studied and visited with President Mandela for weeks to get every little piece of the personality down. And wow, does he ever. What a fantastic actor. This is not the first time he has blown me away.

That movie made me think about who else I'd want to meet if given the chance. I was never the girl growing up saying I wanted to meet Ghandi or the President. But, there are definitely people (alive today) that influence me in different ways. Some are serious, many are not. In no particular order, they are all people on my...

Top Ten {Tuesday} List of Celebrities I'd Like to Meet For a Drink
The drink of course depends on the person :)

1. Reese Witherspoon. Ever since she started up with Avon causes, she has caught my eye as a celeb who knows how to spend her free time right.

2. Oprah. Duh. 

3. The cast of SATC ... but as their SATC personas. Actually, just put me smack in the middle of SATC1. I would have been such a cooler assistant to SJP than Jennifer Hudson. 

4. George Clooney. Swoon. Perma-member of my Top 5.

5. Michelle Obama. Love that she's a lady in power not afraid to show her fab sense of style on the job. Can I have her wardrobe?

6. Will Ferrell. My uncle worked with him this year and hooked me up with a signed copy of my fav of his movies, complete with my fav line, too:



This has, of course, only increased my urge to meet the funny guy.

7. Sean Connery. Right up there with George on the Top 5. Specifically, I'd ask that he say "Welcome to the Rock" out loud, and something about Goldfinger. Then I suppose we would talk about other things too.

8. Ice-T. Oh wait, I met him already.



And yes, we addressed him as "Mr. Ice-T sir." We heart SVU, even in Madrid!

Real 8. Jon Hamm aka Don Draper. Somehow this has become a list of men that make me melt. How did that happen?

9. Ina Garten. We'd have a lovely lunch at her lovely Hamptons home after she teaches me all her secret cooking skills and then she'd introduce me to all her lovely famous friends.

10. You! I like meeting bloggy-friends in real life :)

Now it's your turn! If you could name two people that are alive today that you want to meet, who are they?