How To Handle the Recession - Riga Style
Global rebound anemic: Roubini
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Advanced economies face years of anemic growth and the risk of a double-dip recession as their citizens cope with sluggish employment and highly indebted governments, economist Nouriel Roubini said on Monday.
A sovereign debt crisis in the euro zone has rattled financial markets in recent weeks as investors worry that fiscal austerity measures dictated by a $1 trillion European Union-International Monetary Fund rescue plan could stifle already hobbled global growth.
So what can you do when the news is bad and it is just so ugly out there...well in true European fashion you can always take to the streets as these luscious Latvian blonde barbies did.
Latvia blondes hold festival to beat recession blues
Hundreds of blonde Latvian women have been marching through the capital Riga to try to bolster the national spirit in time of recession.
Most of the participants dressed in pink and wore high heels.
The blonde parade began last year and was planned as a one-off but it is back by popular demand and is now a two-day festival.
Latvia has been hit badly by recession. Its economy shrank by 18% in 2009 and it has Europe's highest unemployment.
Yeah, those blonde babes really know how to rip it up in Riga!
Marika Gederte, president of the Latvian Association of Blondes, told the BBC the idea came out of the economic gloom.
"I was so tired, you know, every day opening the computer and reading the newspapers and just reading about problems. We decided... let's do something nice. And I asked myself the question: what can I do for my country? And this is what I did... We are very proud to be blonde."
Proud to be blonde? She's got to be kidding.
Obviously she has having a 'blonde moment" when she said that.
No wonder we have so many blonde jokes.
On a plane flight from Seattle to Chicago, a blonde was sitting in economy class. About half way through the flight, she got up and moved to an empty seat in first class. A flight attendant who observed this, went over to her and politely explained that she had to move back to economy class because that was what her ticket was for. The blonde replied, "I'm blonde, I'm beautiful, I'm going to Chicago and I'm staying right here."
After several attempts to explain to the blonde why she had to return to economy class, the flight attendant gave up. She went to the cockpit and explained the situation to the pilot and co-pilot. The co-pilot said, "Let me try." He went up to the blonde and politely tried to explain to her why she needed to return to her seat in economy class.
But the blonde only replied, "I'm blonde, I'm beautiful, I'm going to Chicago and I'm staying right here." Frustrated, the co-pilot returned to the cockpit. He suggested that perhaps they should have the airline call the police and have her arrested when they land.
"Wait a minute," said the pilot. "Did you say she's blonde? I can handle this. My wife is a blonde. I speak Blonde." So he went up to the woman sitting in first class and whispered something in her ear.
"I'm sorry," said the blonde, and she promptly got up and returned to her seat in economy class.
"What did you say to her?" ask the astonished flight attendant and co-pilot.
To which the pilot replied, "I just told her that first class isn't going to Chicago."
Happy Monday
SAO PAULO (Reuters) - Advanced economies face years of anemic growth and the risk of a double-dip recession as their citizens cope with sluggish employment and highly indebted governments, economist Nouriel Roubini said on Monday.
A sovereign debt crisis in the euro zone has rattled financial markets in recent weeks as investors worry that fiscal austerity measures dictated by a $1 trillion European Union-International Monetary Fund rescue plan could stifle already hobbled global growth.
So what can you do when the news is bad and it is just so ugly out there...well in true European fashion you can always take to the streets as these luscious Latvian blonde barbies did.
Latvia blondes hold festival to beat recession bluesHundreds of blonde Latvian women have been marching through the capital Riga to try to bolster the national spirit in time of recession.
Most of the participants dressed in pink and wore high heels.
The blonde parade began last year and was planned as a one-off but it is back by popular demand and is now a two-day festival.
Latvia has been hit badly by recession. Its economy shrank by 18% in 2009 and it has Europe's highest unemployment.
Yeah, those blonde babes really know how to rip it up in Riga!
Marika Gederte, president of the Latvian Association of Blondes, told the BBC the idea came out of the economic gloom.
"I was so tired, you know, every day opening the computer and reading the newspapers and just reading about problems. We decided... let's do something nice. And I asked myself the question: what can I do for my country? And this is what I did... We are very proud to be blonde."
Proud to be blonde? She's got to be kidding.
Obviously she has having a 'blonde moment" when she said that.
No wonder we have so many blonde jokes.
On a plane flight from Seattle to Chicago, a blonde was sitting in economy class. About half way through the flight, she got up and moved to an empty seat in first class. A flight attendant who observed this, went over to her and politely explained that she had to move back to economy class because that was what her ticket was for. The blonde replied, "I'm blonde, I'm beautiful, I'm going to Chicago and I'm staying right here."
After several attempts to explain to the blonde why she had to return to economy class, the flight attendant gave up. She went to the cockpit and explained the situation to the pilot and co-pilot. The co-pilot said, "Let me try." He went up to the blonde and politely tried to explain to her why she needed to return to her seat in economy class.
But the blonde only replied, "I'm blonde, I'm beautiful, I'm going to Chicago and I'm staying right here." Frustrated, the co-pilot returned to the cockpit. He suggested that perhaps they should have the airline call the police and have her arrested when they land.
"Wait a minute," said the pilot. "Did you say she's blonde? I can handle this. My wife is a blonde. I speak Blonde." So he went up to the woman sitting in first class and whispered something in her ear.
"I'm sorry," said the blonde, and she promptly got up and returned to her seat in economy class.
"What did you say to her?" ask the astonished flight attendant and co-pilot.
To which the pilot replied, "I just told her that first class isn't going to Chicago."
Happy Monday
Hair Dye Henna Style
Even admitting chestnut is acclimated primarily as a beard dye colouring, it has some abundant benign 'side effects', including deepening and agglomeration of the beard while giving it abundant burnish and lustre. You accept to buck in apperception admitting that the benign blazon of chestnut is of the authentic array but you accept to accomplish abiding that afore applying it to the beard you charge to accomplish a fiber analysis to actuate firstly, that the colour you accept called is acceptable and secondly, how continued the chestnut will booty to absolutely dye your beard that accurate colour. Henna dye usually produces the best after-effects in aphotic albino and bistered colours of beard but it can about be acclimated with best beard colourings. Beware admitting - while chestnut may be admirable for hair, it doesn't mix able-bodied with added actinic treatments, so if you accept afresh absolute your beard application accepted dyes, accept coiled your beard or alike if you are planning on perming your beard in the abreast future, you may appetite to re-think application the henna. A acceptable aphorism of deride would be to delay at atomic thirty canicule from your aftermost perm or beard dye afore applying any chestnut product.
Some hennas additionally accommodate brownish salts which can leave your beard dry and breakable so accomplish abiding you attending out for these on the account of capacity on the chestnut packaging and try to abstain them. If there is annihilation on the packaging to announce the attendance of brownish salts, backpack out a fiber analysis to see how your beard reacts. If the colouring takes bound or the beard brittles up as mentioned above, do not use it!
Newport Beach, Irvine, San Clemente, Disneyland
While looking for something else, I stumbled across the "Smith's Uptown Motel" blog and these great 1960s images of the Newport Channel Inn, on Pacific Coast Highway in Newport Beach. The motel is still there, but sadly this amazing sign is not.
"Anonymous" wrote this great story in the comments section of my Feb. 20, 2009 post about the Orange County International Raceway (OCIR) in Irvine. I thought it should get a bit more exposure here on the front page:"...The weekend before they tore up the track at OCIR, I was driving by, and noticed the back gate was open. I drove in and had a look around, and then made a few passes down the 1/4 mile in my 1982 AMC Eagle SX/4. I remember there was a lot of rubber in the traps from the burnouts they did in the last big party, and they had already started ripping up the stands. My times weren't good, but I had a lot of fun for a few minutes. As I was coming down the return lane, a woman security guard suddenly zoomed up behind me and pulled me over. She was pretty peeved, and wanted to know how I had gotten into the track. She lectured me about how there was no insurance, and I had to get out. She escorted me to the open gate, and locked it behind me as I left. I always wondered if my Eagle was the last car to run the 1/4 mile at OCIR, as they started tearing up the strip during the following week. I also wondered if I should have asked the woman security guard to lunch."
Casa Romantica, the home of San Clemente founder Ole Hanson, has opened a San Clemente history gallery and a gift shop. Sounds like that might be worth checking out.
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Disney has announced plans for the makeover of the Disneyland Hotel. Happily, they have decided to play up the history and the 1950s/60s Modern design aspects of the place. New features will include a tiki/Polynesian style restaurant, water slides that look like the old Mark I Monorails, and a replica of the old Disneyland sign that once stood on Harbor Blvd. That sounds like all kinds of cool. My personal thanks to guys like Don Ballard, Kevin Kidney, Jody Daily, and the late Bruce Gordon, for reminding us (including Disney, it seems) that nostalgia and history are as important at theme parks as anywhere else.
Sex And The City 2 vs Ab Fab
Not being a fan of chic flicks in general and Sex And The City in particular, I won't be rushing out to see this film. Even with the 1970s vibe clothes and Wendy's fabulous Cleopatra earrings, I will probably wait till this comes out on netflix.
The whole idea of the SATC women off to Morocco reminds of one of my favorite episodes of AB FAB when Patsy and Eddie go off to Morocco and Saffy gets left behind or sold into the white slave trade or something like that.
I kind of wish that the SATC women would just get left in Morocco and never come back.
Don't hate me.
The whole idea of the SATC women off to Morocco reminds of one of my favorite episodes of AB FAB when Patsy and Eddie go off to Morocco and Saffy gets left behind or sold into the white slave trade or something like that.I kind of wish that the SATC women would just get left in Morocco and never come back.
Don't hate me.
Appropriate Appreciation For The Preppy Princess
My thanks to the Princess of Pink and Green for linking to Beladora.com
Like all my blogging friends who link to Beladora, the Preppy Princess will get a permanent backlink from Beladora.com.
So, if you've linked please let me know so that I can do the same for your blog or website!
Vintage Value Venture - Hot Colors For Cold Spring Nights
After looking at Tish's town & country photos I'm pretty sure that it is colder here in Los Angeles than it is in Paris....and not just because it is raining outside. For the last week or two I've noticed the temperatures at 64 degrees...in the sun at mid day! Unheard of for this time of year here. And of course the nights are downright cold.
So...if I had anywhere to go...on a cold spring night...I'd mix it up with hot colors like cherry red and fuchsia pink. Probably too matchy-matchy for all all of you but I'd totally wear this ensemble.
Vintage 1960's Magenta Satin Dress from Couture Allure $125
Pink and Yellow Sapphire Ring in 18K from Beladora.com $4350
Garrard Lotus Earrings from Beladora.com $2850 (retail price $4700)
(gold weight people, gold weight!)
Vintage Snakeskin Jeweled Clutch from Vintage Skins $195(I love this website)
Yeah, I know that it is a little over the top in a SATC way
but as Wendy says, wear what you want.
Hair Care With Cosmetic Hair Treatments
There are corrective treatments accessible for bodies with any affectionate of hair; be it curly, beeline or frizzy. You can change the actualization of your beard like never afore with the advice of beard cosmetics and added beard affliction products. Following are some beard affliction tips and advantageous advice while ability corrective beard treatments. Permanent bouncing bigger accepted as perming, has been about for about one hundred years. Since again perms accept appear a continued way. Nowadays there are treatments accessible to accord you absolutely the affectionate of beachcomber you want. Perms additionally add aggregate to fine, limphair.
Suitable candidates
Perms attending abundant on bodies with blubbery hair. Beard in acceptable action responds to a perm abundant better. Bodies who accept albino or black their beard should break abroad from perming. The chemicals are too acrid for double-processed or heavily accent hair.
Hair affliction tips afore perming
Tell your stylist what blazon of curls you appetite and additionally what you don't want. It's a acceptable abstraction if you backpack forth the pictures of perms you would like to accept and the perms you dread. Avoid conditioning your beard for at atomic 24 hours afore the perm; abroad you may not get the adapted result.
The admeasurement of the curler determines the admeasurement of the curl. A abate curler would actualize a abate and tighter coil admitting average to ample curlers tend to accord a added apart effect. The end aftereffect additionally depends aloft the arrangement and blazon ofhair.
It takes one to two hours to perm beard depending aloft how continued your beard is and how able your stylist is. Afterwards the analysis is done, it takes added than 24 hours for the keratin in the beard to absolutely harden.
Types of perms
2. On the added hand, acid-balanced perms are gentler and accept a decidedly lower ph. Acid-balanced perms are ideal for bodies who accept fragile, acute or damagedhair.
Hair straightening
So you are annoyed of your artlessly coiled beard or coiled locks and appetite that poker beeline hair? Again straightening is the band-aid for you. Beard straightening should consistently be performed by a beard affliction able with a acceptable clue almanac of straightening.
Various treatments
1. Permanent or actinic beard straightening should be agitated out by a trained, accomplished professional. This actinic makes the sulfur bonds in beard to abstracted and allows the beard to booty a new shape. Flattening or straightening band are acclimated to accord a new actualization to the hair.
2. The thermal reconditioning action invented in Japan has aflame women all over the world. It restructures the beard bonds in a way that it lends a beeline and bright actualization to the hair. Afterwards the actinic is activated to the hair, the able stylist agilely band the hair, about fiber by strand. The beard is again rinsed and absolute dry. Bodies with black beard are not acceptable for this blazon of beard straightening process. It is big-ticket and can booty hours to complete the process.
3. Ionic analysis is alluringly ill-fitted for bodies with accent and black hair. It leaves beard bendable and cottony as ions acclimated in the band-aid put damp aback into hair. The analysis lasts about bristles hours.
4. Beard straightening band accept ceramic-coated plates that administer calefaction analogously and anticipate any accident to the hair. Straightening band action altered calefaction settings to clothing assorted beard types.
Precautions afterwards ability treatment
2. Break abroad from any heat-styling accoutrement to anticipate any accident to the hair.
3. Use a wide-toothed adjust for the beard afterwards the straightening treatment. A little affliction will go a continued way in advancement the straightened tresses.
Tours, meetings and exhibits all over O.C.
Here's a photo from May 26, 1951, showing divers sent by the County to help clear obstructions from the bottom of Newport Harbor. I love those old helmets!.
Rick Gold of the Laguna Beach Historical Society will lead a free tour of historic Downtown Laguna Beach on May 29th, 10am-noon. The tour will begin in front of the library at 363 Glenneyre St.
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Speaking of tours, the Dana Point Historical Society has put together great new pamphlets with self-guided historical driving and walking tours of the harbor and downtown areas. Mine came in the mail from the Society, but I imagine they’re available through the Chamber of Commerce too.
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The Anaheim Historical Society’s Annual Dinner will be held June 11th at Bella Marri’s on the site of the former Downtown Anaheim. Danny Dunton will be the speaker, and I understand he has some wonderful stories to tell about old Anaheim. Contact Helen at (714) 774-2077 for details.
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The Garden Grove Historical Society will hold their annual Book & Barn Sale, June 10-12, at 12174 Euclid Ave.
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The San Juan Capistrano Historical Society (SJCHS) will hold an open house on June 10, from 5pm until dark, at the O’Neil Museum, 31831 Los Rios St.. Call (949) 493-8444 to RSVP.
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From July through September, the SJCHS will also host a photo exhibit at the Arley Leck House about the life and times of Fr. Saint John O’Sullivan. The well-remembered restorer of the missions came to Capistrano a century ago, on July 5, 1910.
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A slide presentation on the history of Seal Beach will be held at the Marina Community Center, 151 Marine Dr., on Oct. 27, 2010. The event is being held to mark the city’s 95th anniversary. For more information, call (562) 598-6492.
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An aside to the historical society that complained that attendence is dropping off at their monthly programs: Please consider holding events that have something to do with local history. The sort of folks who joined your society would probably be interested in such things.
It's All About US...Sort Of
Just showing you a little "look for less" love from US Magazine print edition.The ring on the left side of the page,
the "less" look Sapphire and Diamond Ring in Platinum from Beladora
for a ridiculously low price of $3650
is shown as an alternative to Penelope Cruz's sapphire $40,000 sapphire and diamond ring.
Our thanks to Niki Ostin of PRlab
New Stylish Party Dresses
