To see the family for 5 days. And eat. Then feel guilty and go for long walks. Perhaps I should be walking to Austin instead of flying, that sure would burn lots of calories.
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The Leaf, an electric car with zero emissions is finally here.
Ok, I’m biased since we’ve been working on it for months. It is cool to be involved with a brand new car, and one that I’d love to drive. We all just saw it in person yesterday at an event and I still love it. The last new car I loved working on and then saw in person, um, well, I’m not driving it.
Who cares that the Leaf only gets 100 miles per charge? And that I have to lease the battery? And that I’ll need to charge every night after my 60-mile a day commute, or move. I like it and I want to buy one. It’s roomier inside than it looks and the idea behind it is a good one.
Or maybe I’m just falling for the advertising? Confession: we spent half a tank of gas to get down to Irvine and check it out. Saving the planet is not gonna be easy.
Read what my favorite car critic, Dan Neil says about the Leaf:
http://www.latimes.com/business/la-fi-neil20-2009nov20,0,5609464.column”>
And he lives right down the street. Seriously.
My friend who cuts my hair offered him up since he and I are both buying houses right now. She tells me he’s tall, cute and mountain bikes. That’s all I get. But she likes him. So he’s no crazy psycho. And bonus points for no fresh divorce, so no ex-wife. Yay!!!
When he called last night for the interview, turns out he lives 2 blocks down and we’re both in advertising. He seems funny and pretty fab. And she was right, he’s very cute. I looked him up on facebook. But if he were to read this, then hell no…that’s creepy. I didn’t even think of looking him up.
For a swell sunday night dinner at Cecilias with the girls. Always the perfect hostess, there were five bottles of wine for six of us.
An early thanksgiving dinner was the theme with cute little cornish hens instead of turkey. Then each of us brought a side. My mashed potatoes with fennel and rosemary were delish but not worth all the work so I won’t even bother giving out the recipe.
It was a great evening and I have the hangover to prove it. When is nap time?
It sucks. And I only got serious and started looking a month ago.
My original agent named “Maple” has already stopped emailing me back. Turns out, there are tons of buyers right now and multiple offers on almost everything.
So I’m on agent #2 and hoping for the best. The minute something new pops up you have to see it and be ready to make an offer. I’ve seen plenty of HGTV but what the hell do I know? And this is serious. How can I commit quick AND get friends help that have offered. “Hello friend, you have 5 minutes to get over here and give me your opinion cause I wanna spend lots of money.”
And thanks, but advising me to stay in my great rent controlled place in Santa Monica doesn’t count as actual advice.
Every Halloween I get my 9$ Sav-on hair out of the closet and I’m good to go.
This year I wore it to the office on friday, to dinner after and to a dinner party on Halloween. It’s both ugly and ridiculous, so of course I love it. Wearing a wig means you’re someone different. In this case, a hideous old lady with a big grey rats nest.
But there’s a weird sort of freedom it gives you, you’re in costume and there are no consequences. I get to say anything and blame it on the wig. So I can see why women have different hair just for fun and special occasions. I’m thinking about buying a new one, but fab and sassy, for my Thanksgiving trip home to Austin.
There’s gotta be a wig shop near here.
