TELL ME ABOUT IT, STUD!

Dress them up or dress them down, studs are hot! Adding these earrings to an LBD, or pair of jeans and a tee, make for one chic statement. And why not have fun with these dainty accessories by picking a whimsical design, wishbone anyone?

Studs of all shapes, sizes and colors are a go-to item for every girl's accessory arsenal. So this spring stock-up on some studs!

Mandy Moore is super chic gold studs.

Even diamond studs (faux or otherwise) are a gorgeous compliment to a chic outfit!
J Lo in bling studs.
Charlize in diamond beauties.

Love Nicky Hilton's diamond studs!

Now go find a stud of your own! Happy Shopping.....

Chanel CC Gold Stud Earrings, rent them at Avelle.com for only $23 a week!

Vegas Club Earrings in Sterling Silver, designed by Alex Woo, $128

Flower & Pearl Button Earrings, $14 from bebe.

Bumble Bee Studs, $15 from TopShop.

Pearl Flower earrings, $19 at Spiegel.

Tarina Tarantino Tuxedo Heart earrings, $46 at Zappos.com

Kate Spade flower cluster stud earrings, $65 at Neiman Marcus.

Handmade Green Stud Earrings by Jera Luna, $10 available at Etsy.com

18k Rose Gold Wishbone Earrings by Jennifer Meyer, $225 at Barneys.

Raw Crystal Studs from Urban Outfitters, $34

Abbey Dawn Two-Tone Stud Earring Set, on sale at Kohl's for $8.40

Oversized stud earring from ASOS, a steal for only $13.68

Fess Parker 1924 - 2010

Lately I've been pretty nostalgic for movies and shows I loved as a kid, mostly, so I can brainwash my son into loving the same stuff his old man was into. Hey don't blame me every parent does it! One of those things was Davy Crockett. I was home over Christmas and my Mom found my old coonskin cap I got from Disney World when I was like 6 or so. I gave it to my son and now he only wears it when he watches the Buckskin pioneer. On a regular basis we sing the King of the Wild Frontier song and let me tell you he knows every word by heart. So it was kind of sad to hear that the actor who played one my beloved heroes as a kid had died.Nathan watching Davy Crockett

Fess Parker, known for his roles as Davy Crockett and Daniel Boone, died of natural causes, he was 85 years old. My wife found out about this while driving to the store with the little one in tow. She caught him singing the Davy Crockett song, at first she thought it was a little out of the blue, usually when he is with my wife he sings songs in Hebrew. So that's when she realized that the show on NPR she was listening to was doing a tribute to Fess Parker. They were interviewing folk who grew up as kids in the 50's and 60's and they were sharing their memories of Davy Crockett and of course singing the famous tune. (If you haven't seen the original Disney classic, you might have gotten a taste of it, if you listened closely, in Back to the Future when Marty enters the cafe for the first time in 1955.)Davy Crockett was my first glimpse at the history of this country and how legends were made. It also revealed the courage of a young country looking to expand while showing compassion to the native people whose land this truly was. Was Davy Crockett the real life savior of the Native Americans? That isn't so clear, it is a legend after all. But Fess Parker's Davy Crockett teaches a valuable lesson to kids of all shapes and sizes that all people deserve to be treated as human beings no matter who they are or what they look like. And if you give your word you better damn honor it.Mr. Parker, You will always be remembered and Davy Crockett will be watched by current and future Marvins this I can guarantee.

SUNNY & CHAIRS

She's got a Palm Springs, sixties-retro vibe happening, but interior designer Palmer Weiss is a native Southerner, transplanted to San Fran. It's an interesting mix of taste, but TRES CHIC in every sense of the word! One can't help but smile at these happy-go-lucky designs. Here is a sampling of Weiss' gorgeous portfolio... Enjoy!

To die for dining chairs!

Love the glossy white

sideboard!

The kitchen is sleek and ultra modern but with a throw-back feeling. The yellow adds a sunny and fresh appeal.
Reminds me of my grandmother's house in Southern California!

A pop of orange is a nice surprise!
Everything old is new again!




Zebra rug really anchors the room.Teal+Tangerine+Chocolate= CHIC!

Weiss goes neutral but still keeps it interesting!




The mirrored armoire is amazing!
What a chic retreat!

See more from Palmer Weiss

Me Want

Dallin Chase Leather Bra

$142 at shopbop.com

PS: I really enjoy comments

Green Zone

What is compelling Hollywood to continue to ignore shitty box office numbers by making more movies about the bungled Iraq War? I guess after the Hurt Locker won all those awards at the Oscars they all thought, "what the hell, we'll keep trying this until something, anything sticks." Now putting Matt Damon in front of the camera and Paul Greengrass behind it is a great first step. The ads were excellent portraying Matt Damon as a good soldier trying to do his best during the horrors of war. They took the page from the Bourne script and showed us a little taste of what Bourne Ultimate-Ultimatum would look like. It was fast paced and intense with that dizzying hand held camera business that Greengrass has used so effectively in the past. They sold me on the trailer not to mention I had been curious to read the book this was based loosely on by Rajiv Chandrasekaran, Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone.It is 2003 and the Shock and Awe campaign has begun. We follow Chief Warrant Officer Miller (Matt Damon) as he takes his unit to various sites around Baghdad looking for WMD. His frustration mounts as he is having no luck at finding these weapons. He begins to doubt the source and gets sucked into a political battle between the CIA and the administration that threatens to expose gross incompetence and faulty morality.I really, really wanted to love this film but I just feel that it came 6 years too late. Matt Damon is great as the no-nonsense Chief out to discover the truth. And it pains me to think that I chuckled a bit in the beginning when he said with all seriousness, "I can't find the WMD!" It comes across as funny because, we the American public, have known there wasn't any WMD in Iraq since at least 2004. Already after about ten minutes I knew how this was going to play out. There was almost no suspense at all. The action was great and you really felt for Chief Miller who obviously was in way over his head but again they didn't really bring anything new to the table. It was great seeing the time line unfold from Bush's speech on the Aircraft carrier to the Sunni walk out after the negotiations fell apart and the dismantling of Saddam's Republican guard. It was all very interesting to see these events from within Iraq, but it should have at least given us a stronger glimpse as to how these events affected the average Iraqi on the ground. Instead it was more like reading the news and seeing a snippet of overseas footage.Greengrass does do a great job ramping up the action scenes and showing us a bit of life in Iraq, but again it just feels too late because Kathryn Bigelow did the same thing with much more efficiency in the Hurt Locker from last year. I thought that the set pieces were really
fantastic. And even though his cinematography was at times vomit-inducing, it was extremely effective at showing the despair and insanity of the war zone. It was also helped by a great supporting cast in the pencil pusher heavy Clark Poundstone (Greg Kinnear) and his rival in the CIA Martin Brown (Brendan Gleeson). Also I swear that the lead Delta who had a hard on for killing Miller, Briggs was played by British actor Jason Issacs. (Go look at IMDB if you don't believe me) All I have to say is wow, that guy really bulked up for this role I truly didn't even recognize him. Didn't even sound like him. There was also Amy Ryan who played the reporter. Now don't get me wrong, I think she's a great actress but they just didn't seem to know what to do with her. I almost forgot she was in the movie, just now, which is probably not a good sign.Sigh, I'll say it again, if only they made this fucking movie a few years ago. The film would be completely scandalous because of their heavy hitting of the Bush administration and it would have been far more compelling. Now it just sort of seems like an I told you so movie but instead of new information coming to light, they just repeat the mantra. "No WMD!" and "The Administration lied!" It's not a terrible film, really, 5 years ago it would be a solid 4 Buckets....but since it's now 2010 I gotta go with a middling 2 and half. Dem's the breaks Hollywood, next time grow a pair and make the movie sooner.

Grade: 2 & 1/2 Buckets

Meow

Cutest thing I've seen in a while.

Another reason why I like the Olsen twins

Obsession Du Jour

The new collection from Hervé Leger