Gentleman of a Certain Age

George
Clooney:
Silver Fox
Gateway Drug

Stupid Cupid

Today is my birthday! I love my birthday. Do you want to know what I do not love? This doozy of an email I got from OKCupid:

	Happy Birthday, katie325! Still single?Come check out your matches and find the men who want to meet you for your birthday! Click here to find your birthday matches! Happy day! -OkCupid

SERIOUSLY?!

OKCupid FAIL

You Little Devil

The WASP-iest deviled egg recipe around! Dates back at least 3 generations on the Forbes side of my family. Want to find some Republicans in Berkeley, CA? Look no further than my uncles. My lovely uncles have been known to eat at least 5 of these each as a complement to a holiday meal, with seemingly no effect on their subsequent appetites! Magic.



Here is the method with tips and tricks:

-Hard boil a dozen- ish eggs but don’t overcook because then they will be grey
-Peel, slice in half (the older the eggs the easier they are to peel, a sharp knife works best)
-Pop out yolks- don’t cry if a couple are ugly shells, those are the ones the cook eats
-Beat yolks with mayo (Best Foods Original is preferred) in electric mixer, starting with a heaping tablespoon
-Add 2 teaspoons Del Monte Sweet Pickle Relish! Try to get mainly pickles not too much liquid on your spoon
-It’s blasphemous but you could add a TINY squirt of mustard just for color
-Add more mayo and a dash of relish till you get the right consistency
-Stuff eggs and sprinkle with paprika (if you are bringing them somewhere, you may stuff them prior to serving at your party)
-Sprinkle with paprika
-Serve on a deviled egg plate- a house is not a home without one!
-Get whatever dishes have egg on them soaking in water right away; that stuff turns to glue when it dries
-EAT

Del Monte Sweet Pickle Relish ONLY

I recommend an snazzy egg carrier like this one. I have
one that has different inserts for cupcakes, deviled
eggs, a fruit platter, etc. Love it!

Happy Superbowl everyone!
As one of my Facebook friends said this morning,
"My head says the Colts but my heart says the Saints."

If it's true that men are such beasts, this must
account for the fact that most women
are animal lovers.

-Doris Day

Rainy Red Carpet

Oh heavens, it would be no fun to have a formal event fall on a rainy evening. However these ladies seem to have it all figured out- simply enlist the services of a tall and lanky dreamboat to hold your umbrella as you work the red carpet.





Preferably your dreamboat will be named Josh, but really beggars can't be choosers now can they?

An important question

Yesterday I was sitting at a red light bundled up in several layers of cashmere when my spinning thoughts suddenly lit upon a dire and crucial question:

Are maxi dresses still going to be in style for Spring 2010?

Ever the researcher, I have perused collections from Dior couture to H&M and I am happy to say the answer is YES.

Rachel Pally @ Shopbop

Milly @ Net-a-Porter

Tbags @ Net-a-Porter

I can't wait for warm weather and new dresses!

You can use vodka for that?

Why yes my pretties, vodka has several uses beyond mixing with soda water as served up by Lance and Brian at Balbs.

1. Removing that musty vintage stank from your latest eBay purchase. According to vintage expert/ Mad Men costume designer Janie Bryant, simply mix one part vodka with two parts water in a spray bottle and mist. Voila!

2. Add a few drops of vodka and a teaspoon of sugar to the water in your flower vase. It should help keep your flowers fresh longer.

3. Splash some on as a natural insect repellent next time you're in the great outdoors! Who knew?

4. For shiny hair, add a shot to your 12 oz bottle of shampoo.

5. Use vodka to clean and sanitize your shades- get those Guccis sparkling!

6. Get rid of mold in your shower, if you're into green cleaning... I prefer to load up on the bleach myself.

7. Dissolve any type of stubborn stickiness, ie band aid fuzz, bumper sticker glue, or gum.

You can also use bourbon to get gum off of your face, I know from personal experience- when I was 6 or so, I was in Tahoe on summer vacay with my extended family. I had just learned to blow a bubble with bubble gum and proceeded to show off to anyone who would pay attention. One day we were at Raley's grocery shopping. My brother was riding in the kid seat of the shopping cart and I was using the cart as a scooter.

Scooting along, I blew a bubble which my brother gleefully smashed. It was that extra- sticky kind of gumball from a machine, so for the next three days I had increasingly linty, gray gum residue on my chin that didn't come off, even with daily swims in the lake. My mom and grandma got sick of looking at my dirty mug, so they improvised a plan with what they had on hand in the house... get the gum off with booze! (Of course there was plenty of that lying around.)

"Noooooo!!" I protested, wailing like the bourbon-soaked cloth was burning me. Mom held on to keep me from running and Gramma scrubbed the gum away.

Ohhh, the trauma. But hey, I survived, and without any aversions to hard liquor in my adult life!

However, I think that was also the summer my uncles tried to teach me to water ski. With the SKIS attached to the boat rather than my arms attached to the tow line. Now THAT was traumatizing. I think I need a vodka cocktail just thinking about it...

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