The Yellow House

During my morning perusal of Park City real estate that I cannot afford, I found several obnoxious, ostentatious 22 million mega-mansions. Not my taste. I'm a much simpler 2.4 million kinda girl. Especially when it comes in the form of a restored, cheery, yellow house in the heart of old town.
I'm a sucker for pale blues and beadboard. Blame my mother.
See the rest of the house here.

Honorable Mentions:100% my style minus the kitchen..see the rest here.

And this guy:
Not my taste, but so fun. See the rest here.

Inauguration Wrap-up

Yes, the inauguration was moving and amazing. And Michelle looked great..blah blah blah. Let's get down to the nitty gritty though...here's what I learned:


Shakira should never be invited to anything where a sense of decorum needs to be maintained. Gyrating at an inaugural ball? Seriously?

I still love the Bush twins. Oh, and Jenna's husband looks more and more like G. dub every day.
Jill Biden is saucy and Joe gets his teeth whitened daily.

Aretha can do whatever she wants. Maybe she just watches a lot of Gossip Girl.
Beyonce needs a new stylist. STAT.

Finally, Malia and Sasha are dolls. Guess who made their coats? Crewcuts!....they will be released in their fall line. That family is like a freaking walking J. Crew ad.

Apparently the Jonas Brothers were the prize at the end of their scavenger hunt through the white house on Tuesday night. I hope the girls got down to the bottom of the Miley break-up. What a tragedy.


And just to jump on the blog bandwagon...here's my official campaign poster.

Stock up

Along with Obama's Tuesday inauguration comes hoards of people peddling their wares. Here are a few favorites:




L to R
1. $2,500 chair...and "they're only a few left" I'm a little shocked to hear that a substantial amount of people have a house where this loud chair would just "fit in" with existing decor

2. Sneakers and pop art skateboard..between 60-70 dollars...I've never seen any Reagan skateboards...just for the record

3. $8 paperdolls of the first family. Unfortunately,I think the artist got tired after drawing Michelle and just cut and pasted model faces onto Barack and the girls. No seriously, click to enlarge..it's a joke.

4. At least mildly amusing at $25, AND your dog can be a part of the political process

5. 40 dollars for 4 oz. of cologne..what exactly makes this special to Obama? I'm pretty sure I could have bottled up Clinique Happy in a pretty little bottle and pawned it off on unsuspecting Americans

6. What a lovely $95 nameplate..the unintelligible "b" is my favorite part...truly a masterpiece

Zimbardo

I've finally found a use for my sociology degree. I've studied, been tested on, and watched more movies on the Stanford prison experiment done by Zimbardo in my classes than I care to count. And, guess what? Hollywood has caught onto this fabulous little failed study!

And, what's more, all of middle-Jonas and Hannah loving-America is going to know about the experiment soon as well. Thank you teen-hearthrob friendly cast for introducing our next generation to famous psychological experiments.
mmhmm...Channing Tatum, Charlie Hunnam, Benjamin McKenzie, and Ryan Phillippe among others.

I'm not sure how hip-hop movies, acting opposite Mischa Barton, and cheating on a Hollywood A-lister wife prepared Channing, Benjamin and Ryan respectively for these roles...but I'll take it. I've been a fan of Charlie for years, so he's allowed to stay.

*****

It's in production..but will supposedly be released this year..

And they said my degree prepared me for nothing.

Bride Wars

"A wedding marks the first day of the rest of your life."
"You have been dead until now."

I was laughing so hard that it got a little awkward.

Plus, Van from Reba is Kate Hudson's fiance. What more do you want?

Whitney's 18th

Little miss whitney nugget whittles cootsiepie whitnit nittles nielson is 18 today!

Here is a condensed list of reasons of why she should be celebrated:

1) She puts a watering can behind her door every night with an upside down heel
as her personal security system.
2) She no longer parts her hair in the middle or insists on wearing Old Navy truck shirts
3) She is one of the most charismatic people I know. It is impossible to dislike her.
4) She is a fabulous volleyball player and has better abs than I ever will
5) She has an impeccable taste in music and can secretly sing..even if she purposely sings the men's part in church to distract me
6) She once carried a "lightweight vacuum" around the house to ward off the intruders she thought she heard
7) She is the wittiest of the Nielson clan
8) She will eat sushi and ben & jerry's in one sitting with me
9) Her head is most definitely a square. Ask her, she'll be happy to show you the four corners
10) She is gorgeous and most definitely my favorite sister

We love you Whit! Happy Birthday Nug!

Sundance Pick

"September Issue" is premiering at Sundance this weekend and, thus, I will be waiting in 2 degree weather on Saturday morning in Park City at 8 AM to try to get tickets.
It is a documentary that is based on months leading up to the publishing of the September 2007 edition of Vogue-it weighed five pounds and is the largest single edition of a magazine ever printed.

That's all fine and good, but I really just want to see Ms. Anna Wintour (editor-in-chief) go psycho. This woman is notoriously a tyrant and I want to see her go bat-shizz crazy. Anything less will not be worth my money.

Lauren Weisberger interned with Ms. Wintour and subsequently wrote the Devil Wears Prada and based Miranda Priestly on her lovely boss. The woman is certifiable.

If you would like to see my comprehensive list of Sundance movies that have celebrities in them, along with the locations and screening times and premiere times, please see me, or the blue sticky notes in my purse. This is also known as my guide to stalking celebrities at Sundance.
I have no life.

I can spot 'em..

..from a mile a way. Mormon weddings that is.

Where there's a sleeved bridesmaid, there's a Mormon wedding. Here's a few I've spotted lately.


Andrea and Brian. Spain infused details. California.


Alison and Eric. Bird obsessed, yellow and purple. California.

These dresses are straight nast..but once again, with the sleeves.

Lexy and Jared. Vintage pastel prom. California.


All via the fabulous snippet & ink.

People's Choice Awards

Katherine Heigl was my personal favorite at the People's Choice Awards last night, and she didn't even have to shave her legs.

She said she wore the pantsuit because she

didn't want to wear anything strapless or anything she had to suck in her stomach for.

The holidays will do that to you. If we're judging by that standard, I should be wearing a burka right now.

Did I mention?

..I'm wearing this to school today to protest. I'm not sure what I'm protesting, but the fickle weather gods seem to be my main target.

Lovely

This woman's house is lovely. She is one of Cookie Magazine's best house tours of the year.

See the full Flickr Slide show here.
See the Cookie Magazine Countdown here. (Nie Nie is number one!)
See Joslyn's blog, Simple Lovely, here.

Unacceptable

Is this some sort of sick joke? And the worst part is, the meteorologists are dirty, filthy liars. It's like 8 degrees outside. And this darling little graphic doesn't show the ten inch snow drifts, or the brown slush on the roads, or the numb feet, or the snow-matted hair, or the impossibilities of driving up hills, or the absolute TORTURE that is Utah winters.

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This morning I realized that my 9:00 class was on the other side of campus. So, I dropped it. I straight up dropped a class because I didn't want to walk down four flights of stairs in the snow. Clearly, my productivity as an adult would be in serious jeopardy if I were to live in a cold climate after school..ain't happenin.

I'm whining, I recognize this. But this is truly foul. Did I mention that our heat and hot water aren't turned on yet? Oh, and I officially eat my words.