It's Beginning To Look A Lot Like Christmas

So this year for Christmas I will be house / dog sitting for a family and will not be at my house.  Because of this I decided not to pull the Christmas decorations out of storage and decorate my apartment this year instead I decided to decorate my second home......my desk at work.

While trying to figure out how I should decorate my 3 1/2 cube walls I did not know where to start but then I asked myself what would Clark Griswold do?  Yes I drew inspiration from my favorite Christmas movie / Christmas family.  I hope that what I have created would make the Griswold's proud but I am already trying to think of ways to improve it for next year. So while my home my not look ready for Santa my work space does and that is good because if Santa wanted to find me that is probably where I would be anyway.  LOL

So I hope however you pick to decorate this holiday season that it will bring the JOY and HAPPINESS of Christmas into your heart and life.

BEST WISHES for a VERY HAPPY HOLIDAY SEASON!!

The "WRIGHT" Quirky Quirks

So last month I was tagged by a fellow blogger and I was a little afraid to do this but after spending some time alone over the Thanksgiving Holiday it made me think about my quirks a little more.  So I hope whoever reads this will not hold my Quirky Quirks against me because let me tell you I have some strange quirks but these are the TOP 6:

1~ For some reason I can never go to bed without reading.  Even it I am dead tired and it is 2 in the morning when I lay down to fall asleep I can't unless I read something.  Sometimes it is just a paragraph in a magazine and others times it is half a book but I have to read something before I can fall asleep.

2~ I match my perfume scent with what I am going to wear and I can never wear the same perfume twice in one week.  I know it sounds crazy but I believe that scents are a part of fashion and you can wear the wrong perfume with the wrong outfit.  Don't ask me why but I am just strange that way.  While I do LOVE perfumes and have a good collection it is never a problem to figure out what one to wear I just have to make sure I am wearing the right outfit.

3~When putting on my make up in the mornings I can not do it in a big mirror.  I always use a little compact mirror and I never wear the same makeup colors in the same week.  Each day as I am getting ready for work I do my eye shadow different than the day before and most the time I try to make sure it matches what I am wearing.  I use at least 3 different kinds of mascara when I put on my make up but I never have the "spider leg" eyelashes.  Not sure if it helps them make any better but hey it is one of my quirks.

4~When wearing open toe shoes my toenails always have to be polished and the polish has to match my outfit.  There have been some mornings when I am getting ready and I want to wear a perfect pair of open toe shoes but my polish doesn't match my outfit so I don't wear them.  This is on reason why I try to figure out the night before what I am going to wear.  LOL

5~If I am trying out a new recipe I count on others to tell me if they like it in order to decided if I am going to make it again.  I can never taste what I make and figure out if it is good or not. I rely on other people to tell me if they like it and then that will determine if I will make it again.  Strange I know and most people think it is strange that I don't always eat what I cook till other have tried it and some get a little worried if I put something strange in the recipe and that is why I won't eat it first.  But I promise you the first time I make something I follow the recipe exactly as written so I don't ever add anything strange so there are no worries that I have poisoned that food. LOL

6~When I get magazines in the mail I first have to look all the way through the magazines before I actually read the articles in the magazine.  I look at what is in the magazines and then I go back and read all the articles that I want to.  For some reason it makes the magazine last a little longer but lets face it half the reason I get the magazine is to look at and study the ads and not the articles.

So those are just some of my MANY STRANGE quirks and it is sad to say that these are not the only six just the top six.  You don't even want to get me started on my shampoos, matching purses, having a morning toothbrush and a night toothbrush, and having to wear something by Ralph Lauren everyday because all that could take whole book and then you will understand why I really am still single. LOL   So for those that read this I hope you will not hold these against me but maybe just laugh a little at me because of them, I don't mind the laughing part because even I laugh at myself because of my quirks.  

So now I am passing this TAG along to someone else I hope someone will accept the challenge because I don't want to be "it" for a long time I already have 6 quirks against me.  LOL

I hope you have a GREAT Day and WONDERFUL Week!

BEST WISHES and SMILES from the Bay!

So Much To Be Thankful For!

HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!

I hope that everyone had a WONDERFUL Thanksgiving Day. 

Today I spent Thanksgiving morning helping to serve Thanksgiving Dinner at Glide Memorial Church in San Francisco.  This was the third year that I have done this and if I can't be with my family on Thanksgiving Day then this is where I want to be.  Each year I think it is going to be easier because I have done it before but there are still those moments when you have to bite your lip to keep from crying.  Needless to say every time I do this I walk away feeling more Thankful and Blessed for ALL that I have in my life.  It is amazing for me to see SO MANY amazing people working SOO HARD to provide people with a WONDERFUL Thanksgiving meal.  The people that receive theses meals are SO THANKFUL and to me that makes helping so worth it.  So as I walked away from working my shifts today and looked a the long line of people that were waiting to get their meals I could not help but feel even more grateful and thankful for all the little things that I have.  While I can't be with my family this Thanksgiving Holiday I am blessed and thankful for them.  The memories of past Thanksgivings with them bring a smile to my face today as I make my own little Thanksgiving dinner.   I am thankful for those memories, for the fact that I have a home, a job, a health body. wonderful friends, a loving family, freedom, and SO MANY MORE things to be thankful for.

So I hope you had a wonderful Thanksgiving Day and took a few minutes to reflect on all the things that you are Thankful and Blessed for!

Wishing You ALL the BEST & HAPPINESS Always!

Golden State Warriors

On Tuesday (11/11) I had the chance to experience my first professional basketball game. My boss gave me two tickets to the Golden State Warriors game and the seats were AMAZING!!!!! It was a great game, it went into overtime, and the Warriors WON!!!
My cousins wife, Cassidy, aka my Partner In Crime came with me and as always with all events we go to we had a BLAST!
So I have become a little spoiled on my first pro basketball game by getting to sit in such amazing seats so I guess it is good that your first experience is a good one because it will just make you cherish it that much more when you have to sit in the seats you can actually afford. LOL Now I only have one more Bay Area team on my list that I have to see and then my quest to attend a sporting event of each of the Bay Area professional sports teams will be complete. Next trip is to the Shark Tank!

HAPPY HALLOWEEN

I think I have found the Great Pumpkin and it is at my house.  

After 3 days of baking, frosting, and decorating I am finally done making my annual Halloween Pumpkin cookies.  I LOVE Halloween and it is always fun to make cookies to give to my co workers, family in the area, and friends to wish them HAPPY HALLOWEEN.  I promise with me it is ALL Treats and NO Tricks!

So I hope that your Halloween will be safe, happy, and full of LOTS of TREATS, especially the good kind.

Wishing Everyone All The Best and Happiness from the Bay!!!!

Walk for Hope

Last Saturday (10/4/08) I participated in the San Francisco Walk for hope walk.  I was the team captain for my company and had been working hard the last 6 weeks to get people to signed up for this event because I was given the challenge by our corporate office to get the largest team.  This was our first year participating in this walk and so I knew I was in for a challenge.  Thanks to a great team at the office and an amazing boss we were able to get over 110 walkers to sign up for the race and we raised over 12,800 dollars for this event.  Thanks to some amazing friends and family members I was able to reach my goal at raising over $1,000. We were the 3rd largest fund-raising company which I feel was pretty amazing considering it was our first year doing this event.  I was excited for this event to take place and was a little nervous because I wanted it to be a success for my company and those involved.  I wanted those that were walking to enjoy it because after all they paid to walk in this race with their own money and I did not want them to feel like it was a waste, especially with today's economy.  Not to mention I wanted everyone to have a good time so they will want to do it again next year and have their co workers and friends join them.  I was a little worried at how the day would go because as I left my house at 5 am to set up it was raining and it was suppose to rain all day according to the weatherman.  Needless to say this was not going to be good but I think all those that have lost their battle to breast cancer had a little one on one meeting with the big guy upstairs and told him that today in SF it was not going to be a day for rain.  Needless to say I think he listened and it ended up being a beautiful day.  by the time the walk started there was not a drop coming down, the closed were starting to part, and the sun was coming out to shine on all of those were walking for hope and celebration.  I was walking with a couple of my co workers and we started the walk a little late but that was fine with me because this walk did not have a 1st place winner because everyone walking was a winner.  It brought joy to my heart and few tears to my eyes to see all these people walking for such a great cause and to see all the people from my company walking in their red t-shirt (red is our companies color so that is why the t-shirts were red).  Some of those that were walking were survivors, some had lost loved ones and were walking for them and some were fighters who are still fighting their battle.  I could not help but be thankful to not only being able to take part in such an amazing event but thankful for the healthy body that I have and realizing in a world full of so much pain and negativity that I am lucky and blessed for all that I have been given.  There is a co worker of mine that signed up to walk in this event but her mother was was just diagnosed with breast cancer and on Monday had a mastectomy.  Needless to say she was not able to take part in this event and on Friday before she left for work she handed me her walk tag and asked me to get her t-shirt for her in case she could not make it to the event.  She was not able to make it to the walk so as I walked that day not only was I wearing my race tag but I was holding her race tag because I was walking for her, her mother, and all those others that are and / or were fighting.  As I crossed the finish line under a arch of pink balloons and given a little medal for completing this walk I was overjoyed that I had a chance to be part of such an amazing, worthwhile, and joyous event.

After everything was cleaned up from the event and I was driving home it started to rain and I could not help but say a little pray of gratitude to my Heavenly Father for letting it stay dry for our walk and for letting me part of such an amazing day in a beautiful city!    I got home and feel into my bed and cried a little.  Not sad tears but tears of joy and gratitude because I was able to take part of the success that my company had at this event but most of all because I had the chance to celebrate and give hope to others and nothing feels better than being able to give!

Maroon 5

Last Wednesday (9/17/08) I had the chance to see one of my favorite bands play.......Maroon 5. My cousins wife, Cassidy, and I ventured to Shoreline to watch them open for the Counting Crows.  In my opinion it should have been the other way around and the Counting Crows should have opened for Maroon 5.  I have never seen Maroon 5 perform live and I was really looking forward to it.  Plus the fact that the concert was at Shoreline and it was a beautiful Bay Area night just made it that much better.  So we staked out our spot and put our blankets down and waited for the show to start.  We have the chance to sit in this great section they have roped off on the lawn area that is called the "family zone" and people are not allowed to smoke or drink that this section so we thought that would be the best place for us.  

After the opening opening act came on there was a little break and I patiently waited for Maroon 5 to come on stage.  For those of you that know me waiting patiently is not an easy task for me!  LOL  But let me just say the wait was WORTH IT!!!!  Maroon 5 was AMAZING.  You know how sometimes you see a band on tv and hear their songs on the radio but you are never sure how they are going to sound live?  Well let me just say there are no worries here.  This band was FABULOUS live!  They had a great light show that went well with all their songs.  They all sounded great, were in tune , and just played well together. The lead singer ,Adam Levine, sounded so good live and he has an amazing voice.  You might think his voice is good on their cds but it is PHENOMENAL live.  He has such a good clear sound and his range is amazing.  He sang all their big songs and he even added a little extra to them that made them sound even better, if that could be possible.  I was in awe of their performance and their talent.  I am always amazed at the talent people have, especially singers, because I wish that was one thing I had the guts to do.  But I am thankful for people and bands like Maroon 5 that put their talent out there on the line and share it with the rest of us, I am sure that paycheck helps keep them going but I do appreciate them performing.

The lead singer is very HOT but in a dirty boy kind of way, you gotta love those. LOL  He is short and skinny but I don't mind that.  You could probably fit two of him in front of me and still see more of me but I did not care about tha! He made the show just that much more enjoyable to watch!  He was great with the crowd and I did not want them to stop playing.  I am definatly going to go see them again when they come back this way to the Bay Area and highly recommend to others to see this band.
I hope you enjoy some pictures from the show.  We had lawn seat so the pictures are not that great but it was still a FUN and FABULOUS night.
Thanks to my partner in crime, Cassidy, for going with me.  Normally I go to concerts alone, or at the last few I have, so it was SO FUN to go with someone and to share this GREAT & FUN musical night with a fellow Maroon 5 Fan!

Best Wishes and Smiles from the Bay!

It's Good To Have Control

So one of the great things about being single is you are the sole controller of the remote controls in your house and that can be a FABULOUS thing!

For instance last night I had to decide if I wanted to watch the Red Carpet show for the Emmys / Emmys or do I watch the Yankees game, the last game being played at Yankee Stadium?  I am sure some of you are thinking well the answer to that question is just DVR one and watch the other but you forget this is Heather you are talking about and my DVR was already set to record some shows so that option was already out of the question.  LOL!  What is a girl to do?  OH YEAH there is nothing for me to do because I have control over the remote in my house so I can switch back and forth as may times as I like without anyone being annoyed or saying to me"just pick a station:!  So while the Emmy Red Carpet award show was getting a little boring I would switch over to see what the score in the Yankees game.  While the game was getting boring I would switch over to see who was wearing what and what dumb question they were being asked by the interviewers or who was winning the next Emmy Award.  At the end of the night I got to see the Yankees win their last home game of the season in "The House That Babe Built", take a final lap around Yankee Stadium, see the Emmy winners for Best Actor and Actor in a Comedy & Drama, and see one of my favorite TV shows win the Emmy award for Best TV Drama (Mad Men)!  Yes it is good to have control!  

Best Wishes and Smiles from the Bay!

Until February

Well fashion week has come and gone in NYC, until February when it is time for the Fall 2009 Collections to come to town.

While there were many amazing shows and lots of great collections I was not disappointed.  Not to mention they saved the best for last.......Ralph Lauren.  While I did not like everything in his collection and it was not my favorite collection of his I did think the whole runway show was amazing.  As soon as the lights came on, the music started, and the first model came out on the runway I knew what his collection was going to be about.  While I did think some of the outfits had a little too many accessories on them and the turban style hats were a little too much for me I did love the fabric, colors, and the femininity of it all.  If you would like to view his runway show just click on the link below and enjoy the show.

Ralph Lauren 2009 RTW Spring Show

Also, I promise this will be the last post about the 2009 Spring RTW collection but not my last post about fashion because after all Sunday is Emmy Night and  you know how I LOVE a good red carpet show.  LOL

But one of the great things about one of my favorite fashion web sites is I get to create a "lookbook"so here is my lookbook of my favorite designs from the NYC Spring 2009 RTW Collections.  I will warn you there a TONS of pictures but I hope you will enjoy some of them.

My Spring 2009 RTW Lookbook

Well now that we are done with this topic I can not focus on football and the new fall T.V. Season.  Life is GOOD in the Bay!

Until next time!

Best Wishes and Smiles from the Bay!

Oscar Oscar Oscar

For those of you that know me you are probably thinking WOW is it Oscar time already?  Well I hate to break the news to you but there are two Oscars in my life.  One is tall, old, statues, full of sold gold and I only see him once a year (sounds like the perfect man for me doesn't it)!  Well that is not the Oscar that I am talking about today.  There is another Oscar in my life and he is one that I can wear while I am going to see my other Oscar...scandalous sounding I know.  LOL

Anyway I will get to the point of this whole post. 

Yesterday Oscar de la Renta showed 2009 Spring RTW collection and let me just say almost EVERYTHING in this "Ready To Wear" collection I would wear.   Out of the 63 designs he showed I LOVED all of them.  The thing that I LOVE about Oscar is that there is always something in his collection that you would wear, your mother would wear, and your grandmother would wear.  I think an Oscar de la Renta outfit is the only outfit you would borrow from your mother and / or grandmother.  LOL  I will never forget the first time I saw a real Oscar de la Renta gown in a department store.  It was at the Saks 5th Ave. at Union Square in San Francisco and I felt that I was looking at the Mona Lisa.  It was one of the most beautiful gowns I have ever seen.  I  know from looking in  fashion magazines that Oscar de la Renta gowns are amazing and a work of art but whoever said a picture can say a thousand words never saw an Oscar de la Renta gown in person because the real thing can say a million words. 

Now some of you might be thinking what about Ralph?  Where is Ralph?  Is she over Ralph?

No I have saved the best for last and Ralph will be tomorrow.  After all tomorrow is another day! LOL

So if you would like to see his latest collection click on the link below and enjoy!

Oscar de la Renta

OH WHAT A DAY!

My Oh My What A Day!  

I think it is a good thing that I do not live in NYC because for one I would be super broke, jobless because I would spend all day trying to hit the fashion shows, and /or in jail because I sneaked into the fashion show.  LOL  

So today one of my favorite designers presented her collection.  The ever elegant and classy Carolina Herrera showed us why she is so elegant and classy with her collection.  She used a variety for amazing colors and prints for her collection and have to love the lady because she started it all out with RED.  Nothing says attention like the color red.  While there was one dress that she had in her collection that I thought look a little like one that I had seen in a Ralph Lauren collection but over all she gets the "FLOT" (Favorite Looks Of Today) award for me.

While Carolina Herrera's collection was my favorite today I also really liked Isaac Mizrahi's collection and while the only thing that I can afford  of Isaac Mizrahi's are items from Target collection it is always fun to see what he designs for those that don't always shop at Target.  

Catherine Malandrion also had a great collection showing today and if a few years about you would have asked me who this lady is I would not have been able to tell you but thanks to Project Runway I have now found another designer to look for, yeah because that is what I need.

Marc Jacobs also showed his Marc Jacobs collection today, for those of you that might not know this he is also the designer of the Louis Vuitton collection so he is one very busy man during Fashion Week.  He collection was a little different and there were not tons of pieces that I liked out of this collection there were lots of great fabrics, brings, well tailored pieces, and great accessories.  Plus I am not one to judge because I am lucky if I can sew on a button.

So another great fashion day has come to close and I can not wait to see what tomorrow holds.  

Have A GREAT Night and FABULOUS Week!

LOTS of LOVE , SMILES, and BEST Wishes from the Bay!

Let the Shows Begin

It is that time of year in New York City, one of my two favorite times of year in New York City.............

FASHION WEEK!!!  

While I do not live in New York City thanks to the wonderful age of technology I can have front row seats to my favorite fashion shows and I do not even have to worry about what I am going to wear!  

So from September 5-12 the shows will start and people from all over will flock to the white tents in Bryant Park to review the 2009 RTW (Ready To Wear) fashion shows of their favorite and / or all designers.  This is what I call my kind of Olympics aka Mercedes- Benz Fashion Week! LOL 

 So I will warn you that I might be updating daily what shows were my favorites, what outfits I liked the best and while I know some of us are still trying to wonder about the proper fashion styles for fall it never hurts to plan ahead for Spring because in fashion there is no hibernation season.  

If you would like to see any of the shows and /or look at the looks from the shows here is a FABULOUS web site that I LOVE and you can go to http://www.style.com/

ENJOY  THE SHOWS!

Best Wishes and Smiles from the Bay!

Who Would Have Guessed?

Hello 

No you are not seeing things, this is real.  I have finally decided to join the blogging world to see what it is all about.   So far so good!  LOL

For those that do not know me you will see that I LOVE and enjoy LOTS of things in life.  I LOVE living in the Bay Area and I will apologize in advance for all the pictures of the Bay Area that I will post on this blog, especially San Francisco pictures.  I LOVE that city!  

San Francisco to me is like New York City to Carrie.  I also LOVE fashion, music, movies, reading, cooking, working ( yes you read that right), reality TV and lots of other things.  So be prepared for most of my blogs to be about those things and other things that pop up in my life.  

So I hope you will enjoy what I have to say and if not well at least I hope you will enjoy the pictures.

Best Wishes and Smiles to Everyone!