The Man is keeping me down! Old Man Winter, that is. And down away from New York. Seems the planes are having a ton of troubles keeping up with deicing. Incoming flights are getting cancelled left and right. If I actually get out today (I’ve been trying since 6:15am), I’ll have updates for you from Fashion Week. Yep, it’s that time again. Fall 2014!
When I read “the journey” or whatever it is we are on would continue on October 17th, I thought they might be able to redeem themselves. Did they have a continuing story or did they fly Pitt out to redo the campaign? Meh. They spliced up the original and inserted what actually looked like a Chanel commercial. I hate to be so hard, but this was just utterly off the mark from a brand I adore. I don’t believe it was the use of a man. It was that it was shot unlike any other campaign before it. Had Brad been styled and groomed and well lit it would have been one hell of a show.
Now this next piece…this, this I love. It is captivating and, even though I am a Coco Mademoiselle fragrance kind of girl, makes me want to rush out and get a bottle of No 5. Learn more about the history of the scent:
It’s an exciting week around here at Casa de Solessence – son turns 8 in a few days, and we are getting ready to party! Of course, it all starts in the classroom, so when I had to think of how to keep the kiddies happy, my thoughts turned to cookies. And when I thought of cookies, I thought of Sweet E’s Cookies, Y’all! Owner Elizbeth (the Sweet E for sure) has been tantalizing everyone in her feed for months with gorgeous displays of her vanilla almond sugar cookies with vanilla almond royal icing. She’s got beer mugs and dresses and any number of themes, but after a consultation with her we opted for rounds and football shapes because they ship better. Her recommendations were right, and they arrived today in perfect condition. It was such a huge box I thought our order of 24 must contain 240.
Not only were they beautifully bubble wrapped, but when we opened them up, found each cookie was individually wrapped. So pretty!
Son asked for camouflage, and these are all colored and drawn by hand. They are huge! And they smell and taste fantastic (what, we had to approve them before they could go to school) .
There was even a little surprise tucked inside for me. Look, that’s my logo! With. Pink. Glitter.
If you’ve got an event coming up I highly recommend these fabulous creations. Take a look at her page and you can see how creative she is. Contact Sweet E’s Cookies, Y’all on Facebook for questions and ordering.
We all want to see Brad Pitt rep Chanel. We just would like him to not look slovenly and coming off a bender.
I never thought I could feel disdain for a brand that pushes great purses, polishes and perfumes, but after debuting a French manicure on the runway and now using the Haight Ashbury version of Brad Pitt for their Chanel No 5 commercial, I feel those double Cs stand for Crazyx2. Let’s get back on track, peoples. I’d laugh, but I’m weeping. If he had to look so unkempt, couldn’t they have run with this version?
