Tonight! Estee Lauder’s America’s Night to Repair
Don’t forget to pick up your free 10-day supply at Estee Lauder counters. Tonight only. If you have never used it before, it is great stuff.
¡Yo quiero Taco Bell! pup passes away at age 15
As a supporter of LA branch New Lease On Life (NLOL), Sue Chipperton has graced our pages here before for dog lovin’ reasons. Last year she was a photo finalist for this shot of her dog Jackson in a national competition and came oh-so-close to winning.
Chipperton has had an exciting history in Hollywood as an animal trainer/wrangler, and one of her most recognizable studies has passed away. Gidget, the Taco Bell dog suffered a stroke and died at age 15.
Gidget lived a comfortable life, and had not only won over the world with her cries of “¡Yo quiero Taco Bell!” (where she played a he), but also had appearances in a 2002 GEICO gecko commercials, and in 2003’s Legally Blonde 2: Red White & Blonde, as Bruiser’s mom.
According to Chipperton, Gidget enjoyed going on hikes and relaxing under the sun. She’d happily sleep “for 23 hours and 45 minutes a day” or “lay outside when it’s 105 degrees,” she said.
But when it was go-time on set, Gidget came alive. “One time, I kid you not, she actually pushed her stand-in out of the way because he was still there when she arrived on set,” Chipperton recalled. “Gidget always knew where the camera was.”
RIP Gidget! Just last week my son opened up the Taco Bell Dog w/rose that I’ve kept in the plastic bag for all of these years! Enjoy one of the many commercials.
Designer Gilles Montezin – Sex and the City sample sale, anyone?
Gilles Montezin is a fabulous designer who truly knows women and couture. Patricia Field spotted his talent and sourced his clothing for Sex and the City and Confessions of a Shopaholic. Fine fabrics. Detailing. What’s not to love? Seriously. His clothing has been designed for and worn by Sarah Jessica Parker and many other notables.
I was thrilled to find an invitation to this blowout samples sale (making way for his new designs in his newish studio). If you are in NYC next week I ask that you let me live vicariously through you and pick up a few pieces. This chance won’t come again.
You are invited…
Gilles Montezin Sample Sale
WHAT: Prices from $50 - $400 (90% off retail)
WHEN: Tues. July 28 - Thurs. July 30 from 12-7PM
WHERE: 325 West 38th Street, 5th Floor. NYC
www.gillesmontezin.com
From A to Z: Amazon becomes sole Zappos stockholder
Breaking News: $807 million in Amazon stock. $40 million in cash & restricted stock. Break out the bubbly! (this is another breakdown going around)
Letter from Tony Hsieh, CEO of Zappos:
The following email was sent to our employees today:
Date: Wed, 22 Jul 2009
From: Tony Hsieh (CEO – Zappos.com)
To: All Zappos Employees
Subject: Zappos and Amazon
Please set aside 20 minutes to carefully read this entire email. (My apologies for the occasional use of formal-sounding language, as parts of it are written in a particular way for legal reasons.)
Today is a big day in Zappos history.
This morning, our board approved and we signed what’s known as a “definitive agreement”, in which all of the existing shareholders and investors of Zappos (there are over 100) will be exchanging their Zappos stock for Amazon stock. Once the exchange is done, Amazon will become the only shareholder of Zappos stock.
Over the next few days, you will probably read headlines that say “Amazon acquires Zappos” or “Zappos sells to Amazon”. While those headlines are technically correct, they don’t really properly convey the spirit of the transaction. (I personally would prefer the headline “Zappos and Amazon sitting in a tree…”)
We plan to continue to run Zappos the way we have always run Zappos — continuing to do what we believe is best for our brand, our culture, and our business. From a practical point of view, it will be as if we are switching out our current shareholders and board of directors for a new one, even though the technical legal structure may be different.
We think that now is the right time to join forces with Amazon because there is a huge opportunity to leverage each other’s strengths and move even faster towards our long term vision. For Zappos, our vision remains the same: delivering happiness to customers, employees, and vendors. We just want to get there faster.
We are excited about doing this for 3 main reasons:
1) We think that there is a huge opportunity for us to really accelerate the growth of the Zappos brand and culture, and we believe that Amazon is the best partner to help us get there faster.
2) Amazon supports us in continuing to grow our vision as an independent entity, under the Zappos brand and with our unique culture.
3) We want to align ourselves with a shareholder and partner that thinks really long term (like we do at Zappos), as well as do what’s in the best interest of our existing shareholders and investors.
I will go through each of the above points in more detail below, but first, let me get to the top 3 burning questions that I’m guessing many of you will have.
Click here to read Tony’s letter for more info and legalese.
I’m so excited! Daphne Brogdon – 7/24 12:30pm central
To read the interview transcript please click here
I think of good blogs to write but I don’t have the time and I’m too tired. Ah, the irony of mom blogging. ~ Daphne Brogdon
I think of good blogs to write but I don’t have the time and I’m too tired. Ah, the irony of mom blogging. ~ Daphne Brogdon
Kudos to the Blogosphere during BlogHer week continues on Friday, July 24 at 12:30pm Central, when Daphne Brogdon joins Solessence Radio. Daphne is co-host of TV Guide Network’s The Fashion Team, with Lawrence Zarian.
She’s also a very funny comedian, and one of the original mommy bloggers. Author of CoolMom , Daphne vlogs and posts on marriage (to renown chef Mark Peel), pregnancy, dynamics of a second child, feeling out of shape, family vacays and the very revealing and heart wrenching personal loss of their savings and retirement from the Madoff scandal. While she is a blast on her TV show, she especially shines in her writing. Women seem to bond with her. Men declare her MILFy.
This interview will be taking place during BlogHer conference. If you aren’t able to catch it live, we’ll have transcripts and downloads available later.
Have a question to ask her? Please feel free to post or email to solessencenews AT gmail DOT com.
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Daphne’s Bio:
Daphne Brogdon is a comic and a TV host. Daphne used to go anywhere for a job, but now that she is a mom she is glad to have a gig close to home. She is a host of TV Guide Channel’s weekly series, The Fashion Team, a fun romp through celebrity fashion. In her segment, “Fashion Mommy Must Haves,” she focuses on fashion stories that relate to the mom perspective. She also makes fun of how famous people dress every week in Star Magazine’s “Worst of the Week.” Daphne is a somewhat regular contributor to CNN Headline’s Showbiz Tonight, a contributor to Pregnancy Magazine, and the host of FOX’s web show 24 Inside. She’s also been seen on Dr. Phil and The Oprah Winfrey Show.
An improviser, Daphne’s shtick used to involve dating advice from a woman’s perspective, because prior to marriage, she dated a lot. She has appeared on “The X-Show” where for a time she was the only female late-night host on television. She has also hosted the controversial dating reality show “Playing it Straight,” on FOX.
As a stand-up comic, she has performed at the Riviera Comedy Club in Las Vegas, the Improv in Hollywood, the Comedy Store in Hollywood as well as synagogues and weddings, countless laundromats, dive bars, and rooms she wasn’t sure what they were, but there was a mic.
Daphne is from Culver City, CA where her father John Carl’s foray into local politics (Mayor pro tem of Culver City) gave her an interest in politics early on. Another part of her act now is her family. Daphne is married to Mark Peel, Executive Chef and owner of Campanile Restaurant and co-founder of La Brea Bakery. They have a toddler, Vivien, an infant son Rex, and Mark has three children of his own. They reside in Los Angeles.
