WHAT IS FUNNY

is the way ally sheedy juts her chin and calls matthew broderick an ass for not being able to swim in the movie with very big computers (so big that there is a woman who just walks around one of them and takes notes on what it is doing--i wonder when they casted that were they like we need a computer -watcher woman?) anyway you know the movie-- wargames. much reccomended is a green leather miami vice loveseat to watch it in to get fuly in the mood. and a teenage makeout session.

ps. can we all send rayray some love today? his computer got snatched by that bad mercury in retrograde.

THE HAIR

is very very blonde, very short and back to it's fabulous rayya bob-ishness. a little longer in front and shorter and sassier in the back. just how i am.

CHECK ME OUT

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BECAUSE I LOVE NEW JERSEY


i am going down the jersey shore today to get my hair done by the fabulous rayya. stay tuned for full descrip of latest hair incarnation.

MISS MEGHAN'S MENSTRUAL HUT

i want to be like the women of that tribe in africa who have a menstrual hut thay can go hide out in. except my hut will be decked out in 600 thread count cotton sheets, have a massuese and acupuncturist on hand, an extremely large tub with jet sprays and giant bottles of kneipp valerian & hops bath soak, a chef, and organic garden out back, on a very long beach for walking, every book i wanted to read but haven't, beautiful vintage nightgowns, a jar of 800 miligram motrins, and a large closet full of chocolate.

CONTRARY TO POPULAR BELIEF

krazy glue is not a girls best friend. this i found out whence i tried to repair my fave black calvin klein stilettos on the way uptown this afternoon. at first, at first, the krazy glue seemed to hold, then came undone twice. both times before the subway, giving passengers something to look at as i applied more glue and held my shoe and heel together in my hand with a look of decided concentration.

two bits of interesting info: one, when the heel came off there was an inscription "2003" on the shoe where the heel once was. and it's true what joe at sacco said, no one actually makes stacked leather heels anymore, they are all plastic.

NO LONGER WILL WE BE HELD HOSTAGE BY THE SICKLY SWEET SUGAR

smells that waft down bleecker and the cupcake bouncer and the lines of jersey tourists on the weekends around the block waiting for their fix at magnolia. because i have heard from a very reliable source that magnolia will be giving up their lease in one year and giving it over to CHANEL. thats right. you heard correctly. my street will now be home to a chanel boutique. in some ways this is kind of scary, in some ways kind of neat. i have visions of much lacquered hair traversing the street. but also a happy feeling that i will get to see all things chanel and make friend with the sales ladies.

IF YOU'RE LIKE ME

the words heart and sole conjure up the memory of patiently pinging away on the piano while your grandpa teaches you the notes to the easiest song for people under 6 to learn. HOW ever there is a new fabulous intrepretation out to the words heart and sole that is sure to put a tingle in your toes. jane eldershaw's heart and sole, the shoes of my life is a shoe MEMOIR. how savvy! how cute! how me. with chapters like the magic of red shoes: the power and the gory and platforms: the musical i do believe i have found someone after my own heart. she even talks about toe cleavage. yesssss!

ORANGE ROLLER SKATES AND LITERARY TUSSLES

so last night i checked out the boog city small presses event at ACA gallery where a whole bunch of fab presses got together to talk all about who they were and what they did. jordan gave a very funny 411 on the hat, the mag he edits with chris edgar, and i had a nice long chat with brendan lorber from lungfull about the bright day-glo orange roller skates he got and his efficient stopping strategy of crashing into groups of smokers outside office buildings. probably the most exciting thing was the fence vs. a-rest magazine tussle that happened out in the hallway. while i was hoping for a bona fide fightfightfight! i think they worked out the aesthetics question pretty amicably.


a-rest


brendan lorber

SOMEONE ELSE LOVES SHOES

I JUST ATE A FLIP-FLOP

no not a real one, silly. a beautiful little flip fliop cookie made by the cookie artist at once upon a tart here in the wv. pink with a green thing and little blue flowers on it. mmm mmmmm.

checked out ec's art opneing last night at her swank boutique. greg wilson a fellow aussie, displayed his paintings--all manner of wild oil paintings: iris and landscapes and women on settees. this of course was after the fab holly waterfield and i knocked back a few key lime vodka drinks, tore up my bedroom trying on all her new fabulous skirts and my new dusica shoes and watching mama gena bring her vulva puppet on conan o'brien. we just about fell off my bed laughing.

just remember life is not a flip flop but in some circumstances you can eat one.

DON'T EVEN TALK TO ME

just saw dusicadusica's new store at the corner of prince and crosby (everything is 50% off btw if you want to get your hands on a hot deal). it is really quite gorgeous. and got to take a sneak peek at fall/winter/spring as well. the open toe wedge heels made of champagne silk with a chiffon detailing at the heel or the chocolate brown pointy toe wedges with more chiffon at the heel. yep. you will see me in those come spring that is for SURE.

I THINK I MENTIONED THIS BUT MAYBE YOU FORGOT

miss meg on TV:


this wednesday evening, august 4th at 10 pm: VH1: Fabulous Life:Summer Spenders

&

this friday evening, august 6th at 10 pm, Savvy, a new show on WE (Channel 59 in NYC)

THE INVASION OF THE JELLY SHOES

for some reason jelly shoes are de riguer up in cambridge massachusetts. why cambridge, i could't tell you. all i know is that i saw plenty of jelly shoes. lime green, pink, clear, all shaking in their jelly way as their owners walked thru the streets with pride.

why was in cambridge you ask? for the boston poetry massacre of course. jordan read on saturday night, i read sunday noontime. was v.v. fun. james tried to fleece the crowd with stickers jimmy gave him, but i managed to talk him down from three dollars per "terrific job!" to a quarter each. i got mine free of course and got an extra one during my reading, just for fun. thanks, james.

but no trip is complete without a stop at the local secondhand store for a fabulous pair of black strappy sandals -- never worn -- for only 16$! they are very cha-cha-cha. as if i should be dancing a dramatic tango with a black ruffled skirt with a red underthingy. and the red underthingy would be ruffly and would show only when i did a fabulous turn. also a red hibiscus in the hair, don't you think?

then the fungwa home to terror central. ahem. as russell says, "the stock market is a TARGET? noooooo, REALLY?" exactly.

ps. griffin pls stop tearing your wee wee pad up b4 daddy gets home. oh geez. i just remembered griffin can't read.

47%

of women ages 18 to 24 say finding perfect footwear is better than sex. this from self magazine this month. now either women in this country are not having good sex lives, or women really hit their sexual prime when they are 30 or maybe that shoes really are a good alternative. they do last longer and you can wear them around outside and get compliments on them, unlike sex. i am JUST KIDDING of course. in fact i would never purport to come down on one side or the other of this issue. i leave it to you, my dear readers, to debate amongst yourselves.

BOYS HAVE SOLES TOO!

and i hear the footpetals ladies are debuting a brand new line for men at WSA next week called SOLE KINGS. ladies, don't you think your man desrves a little pampering? i do!  i'll let you know when they hit the stores.

MICHAEL DUKAKIS' SHOES

now i know you feel as bad as i do about michael dukakis being so put out by the democratic party. i mean they want nothing to do with the poor man. and while i am hazy on all the details of what he did that was so bad, i do have to make note of the shoes he was wearing yesterday.  really worn-in (or worn out as the case may be) running shoes with his dark navy suit while he was giving walking tours in boston to delegates.  at least he was not wearing flip-flops or mandals. but still i'd like to send him maybe a nice pair of puma trainers or pirellis or to spice it up a bit some jbclassics, don't you think?

FABU!

here's all about the show the i'm on for VH1. airing august 4th at 10 pm.  hopefully i didn't say anything offensive about brad and jen or cameron and justin.  eek.

IF YOU ARE AN EARLY RISER

you can catch me on WE's new show "savvy" august 4th at 4:30 am, if you are a more normal mammal, you can catch me on august 6th at 10 pm, august 7th at 1 am and 10:30 pm or sunday at 11:30 am (perfect background brunching noice, non?)  here in nyc WE is channel 59.

lora and i had headed to the hamptons where we saw my promo on WE on the big screen TV. because we are both fun we stayed tuned into to WE all weekend and everytime it came on we woudl turn up the volume, look at each other and scream.  of course this was in-between shopping trips to sag harbor (note to all: bagleys home is a FAB little spot to get exquisite little home & lifestyle knickknacks--inlcuding black sea curative pink sea salts in cute packaging), lunching on the veranda of aemrican hotel, hitting the farm stands, midnight skinny dips, lots of grey goose and peach juice on the rocks, good eatin' and magazine catchups (vogue, elle, lucky, HC&G and of course every hamptons real estate catalog i can get my hands on.) it was, what i would characterize, as an excellent girls weekend.

one small neurosis: i am a little afraid that i come off as totally and comeplety obsessed with shoes in my segment. which i am.  but i am also passionate about many other things too. rayray aren't i a well-rounded person? pls write in to tell me yes. (and maybe give me an example so i can remember) thank you.

 

JE VOUDRAIS UNE TECHNO-PANT, SI'L VOUS PLAIT

what i learned at jazz night in fort greene: that shanna named the old navy techno pant and sean was party guy#3 in dazed and confused.  pls note the shoe incident that happened to sean while shooting: he was asked to remove his custom eagle embroidered cowboy boots and replace them with 1970's keds because he was towering over the other actors.  a prime example of the influence shoes have on most everything, including feature films. i also learned that the 16 layer fudge cake in martha stewart living cookbook may be an excellent recipe choice for me when i am having an obsessional moment, that the greene grape has lots of good roses for summer, and that sitting out on the stoop in the neighborhood with your honey and other fun people is infinitely one of the most lovely summer evenings you can think of.

WHAT GRANDMA THINKS OF THE SNEAKERS


"Yo, my darlin'? I like the pink sneakers (01) and the 03 sneakers. Some of the rest I just wouldn't care for. Love and summer hugs from Grandma P"

 

SNEAKING AROUND

found some new sneakers that are quite wild.  what do you guys think?

BLAHHHHHHHHHH!

just thought i'd say that.

49 GROVE
 
the small door on grove that used to give entree to one of nyc's hottest clubs (halo) is again on the rise.  i got a sneak preview and personal tour with arram, the new owner, last night and there is no doubt that come this fall, 49 grove has the potential to be a harder door than bungalow 8.  rock star meets ralph lauren is the new agenda there: lots of onyx, glittering black lacquer, cozy fireplaces, gray flannel sconces, and waiters in pinstripes is on the docket for the interior decorators.  the "den" is a private room past the VIP section that completely closes off with it's own bar for the ultimate in secret canoodling. fueled by celeb events already booked by lizzie grubman & co, i think it could be a new downtown playground and give hue's beds a run for their money!

as it was berkos bday, and the demolishers were set to start knocking down walls today, we had full run of the place, and were instructed to finish everything in the bar.  not entirely possible but we made a dent.  i left at two when the crew from the hot new resturant on bleecker, august,  arrived and started mixing up the deadly cranberry-vodka shots.  but before i did i managed to get a few little sneak tidbits on the olympics in athens from an insider on the tennis committee (no the greeks havent finished building it all yet, and that perhaps the reason the williams sisters have declined to play may be more based on the fact that mandatory blood testing is required for the first time this year rather than terrorism: but you didn't hear that here.)  at her behest, i tried on the fabulous red sergio rossi do-me pumps of the scintillating diana su and talked diamante and constanzo banca with alicia, the juicy fashion exec.  i also talked to K about his latest romance, to big mama about being a sous chef and tom about st tropez. 

i think miss meg wants to have a little book signing or two there.  wouldn't that be fun? oh goody.  i don't know what i'll wear to be rock star ralph but i am sure i can scare up something, non? i am feeling black uber-dramatique satin with red lips. and some killer strappy stilettos.mmmmm.

THE REPLICA MOVEMENT
 
what i am seeing for this fall in shoes in what i am calling the replica movement.  shoe designers are not just taking design details or references to shoes that have been done before, but rather are replicating them exactly, albeit with new, sturdier materials and improvements on comfort level.  it all started when judi rosen of the good the bad and the ugly on east 9th street found the manufacturer of her favorite 70's vintage shoes and went into partnership with him adding more cushioning in the sole and some updated materials and then selling the shoes in her funky boutique.  this kicked off a trend in the disco dancing shoe which manifested at places like betsy johnson.  we also saw marc jacobs ripping off vintage designs in a very literal way the last two seasons, tho he always managed to add a little sumpin', sumpin' to his designs (even tho his production quality does not exactly beget his wild price points. ahem. do ya think sofia c, as his muse, might want to point that out to him sometime maybe?) now designers are doing replica to all era of shoe.  more on this my children, very soon.
 
meanwhile CERTAIN PEOPLE have been calling me asking if other CERTAIN PEOPLE are being distracted by yours truly.  now, dear readers, if you know me, you know that i am not in the least bit distracting.  charming, flirtatious and fun yes, but i would never ever distract. oh no, not me.

DID I MENTION I LOVE SHOES?
 
 
oh yes i think i did.  had a FAb talk with some of favorite shoemakers in the city today, the three amigos at sacco.  did you know sacco comfort shoes have a renewing memory foam in each pair? and leather soles injected with rubber? put that together with some kid leather linings for breathability, and customized toe boxes that don't cut off circulation in your pointy-toed kitten heels and we are talking about the perfect blend of comfort and stylishness.  wow!
 
and for those of you who were wondering, i wore my fuschia and green lily pulitzer  dress to the shoot on friday. over my "gwyneth" blue cult jeans and with my donna karan pink metallic woven strappy sandals.  courtney my fave makeup artist decked me out in some summer fabulous blue sparkly eyeshadow from nars and a little bronzer for that summer glow!
 
ps. did you hear that dusicadusica closed the deal on their new store/showroom on the corner of prince and crosby? they are going to open this fall into the hugely expanded space where you'll see all their fab designs for fal including the waterproof cashmere boots!  eek!