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Sunday morning after breakfast Carlos stayed in the kitchen
as I cleaned—he makes pancakes, I clean—and then announced: “I should go change out of my cooking clothes.” As if he dresses like Mrs. Patmore from ‘Downton Abby.’ But
then he came back out dressed in a ratty t-shirt and ripped jean shorts to
clean the litter boxes and I thought perhaps he does have a specific wardrobe
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This Tuxedo Tale is from April 2011 and is entitled “Caturday: Leapin' Tuxedo!”  Tuxedo spots a speck of dust floating in a beam of sunlight ........  ......and he's off......in a blur! |
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Kai Schreiber, daughter of actors Naomi Watts and Live
Schreiber, has been named the Breakthrough Model of the Year award The Daily
Front Row. Kai is the first trans model to ever win that award. The march goes on … |
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The Metropolitan Nashville Airport Authority Board of
Commissioners voted unanimously to rename Nashville International Airport after
legend Dolly Parton. The news comes after Tennessee Governor Bill Lee said he
wanted to rename airport in honor of the “9 to 5” singer, whom he called “our
state’s favorite daughter,” in order to “greet travelers with the enduring
legacy of Dolly’s music, generosity, faith, and kindness.” Sounds perfect. |
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The other night I happened to flip through the TV channels
and came up the Creative Arts Emmys so I watched for a moment. And Actress
Shailene Woodley won an Emmy Outstanding Guest Actress in a Drama Series for “Paradise.”
That’s her up there on the left looking cute. Two nights later at the “real” Emmys Shailene came out to
present in that outfit on the right and I lost it. The hair pulled back is
giving Almira Gulch vibes from the Wizard of Oz, but then the way, way,
waaaaaay lowcut blouse is giving me hooker while the sequined pants are giving
me Valley of the Dolls sleepwear and the gloves are giving me Dollar Store
Dominatrix. How could you go from so right to so wrong in a matter of
days?? |
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Speaking of fashion, iconic designer Bob Mackie died this
week at age 87. He began working for film costume designer Edith Head straight
out of school and then branched out on his own designer for everyone from Carol
Burnett—that’s Carol in the “Went With The Wind Curtain dress from her TV show—to
Cher and her Serious Actress look for the Oscars to Diana Ross’ sultry gown. He also designed for Mitzi Gaynor, Tina Turner, Ann Margaret and Elton John, among many others. Fabulous talent. RIP sir and thanks for the looks. |
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And now that we have seen Sweet Looks and Hideous Looks,
Costume Looks and Revenge Looks and Glamour Looks, let’s look at Cakes and how
wonderful they look when paired with a simple t-shirt. |
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Andrea Manzoni is an Italian model who works mostly out of Paris and Milan so if you traveled to either place Would You Hit It?  |
Bob Mackie - genius. Nothing makes me laugh like Carol Burnett’s Went With The Wind. Thanks for another great post.
ReplyDeleteThat was a great laugh, that dress!
DeleteHad a good laugh at today's "Tales of Carlos," "Dollar Store Dominatrix" and also that Billionaires meme. Thanks!
ReplyDeleteIt was quite a week, eh?
DeleteKai Schreiber should cheer up! It's nice to smile at the camera when someone takes your picture. I am sure that you always smile for your work colleagues when they are snapping pictures of you Bob. Do they sometimes request selfies with you?
ReplyDeleteI can happily report that I have never taken a selfie and never taken part in being in anyone else's selfie.
DeleteHey, maybe Carlos is like a Method actor and needs to get in character?
ReplyDeleteKai is away. I’ve seen her walk. And I can’t believe ANOTHER wrong octogenarian was taken! Cankles is RIGHT THERE! And McConnell too, btw.
They need to name even more things for Dolly. Streets, parks, buildings….
XOXO
Carlos does have a lot of different characters!
DeleteThey should call it Lake Dolly .... Gulf of Dolly ... New Dolly ... Mar-a-Dolly!!!
xoxo
I am a great supporter of a wealth tax; I pay taxes that are calculated on the money I have made in the last tax year. Why is it so dreadful that a multi-billionaire is asked to do the same?
ReplyDeleteWhen you have more money than you can ever burn through than the point of your wealth is simply to feed your ego.
DeleteWhomsoever dressed Woodley for the Emmys telecast should be flogged and put in prison. Even if that means her.
ReplyDeleteVery nice... every once in a while they do something right in TN.
Woodley looked so sweet the first night and then an utter disaster the second!
DeleteAnd ... even a clock gets it right twice a day.
Now you know we will need to know what other outfits Carlos comes up with for household chores. :)
ReplyDeleteIt's ridiculous to me that the ultra wealthy get a tax break. If the US tax code is similar to Canada's there are numerous opportunities to reduce their tax burden through legal means. When one runs out of the options, it seems to me they can pay more.
I may have to make a trip to Nashville - it's been on a maybe list for years.
Well, the litter box one I would call the Pooper Suit.
DeleteI'd love the fly into Dolly Parton International Airport!
Great news about Dolly Parton Airport, and about Kai Schreiber. And yeah, Woodley's outfit is terrible. That white t-shirt photo, though, is fabulous. I want a life-sized version for our living room. :)
ReplyDeleteThat is a great t-shirt ... 😉😉😉
Deletethe dog's mother
ReplyDelete(Carlos) (Tuxedo always)
xoxo :-)
💗💗💗 🐱👤🐱👤🐱👤
DeleteAh Ms Woodley. No self-respecting hooker would wear that outfit not even to clean a litterbox.
ReplyDeleteDolly trumps Cankles in the airport naming department, and rightly so.
I kind of miss Carturdays, Bobulah.
Poor Shailene. I wish I knew what happened!
DeleteI miss all my Caturdays!
Woodley's outfit is indeed awful. I totally agree with your commentary! When I watch that scene from the Carol Burnett Show, I laugh every time. Every single time.
ReplyDeleteI will never NOT laugh at "I saw it in the window and just had to have it!"
DeleteJust to make you jealous, I actually got to watch that episode of the Carol Burnett show with my family when it aired (I'm old), and our laughter rocked the house.
ReplyDeleteIt is just about the funniest thing.
DeleteOne of my nephews asked me what we'll wear now that Bob Mackie is gone. I told him he'll have to put the gowns in his closet on repeat and I'm going to borrow Cher's looks. The whole thing, not just the clothes. The hair, the body, all of it. I'm becoming Cher before it's too late. Carlos might have specific clothes he wears for certain chores. I do. I wouldn't wear my cooking clothes when I need to scoop dog poop. Kai Schreiber is trans and won an award? Oh, no! It's the end of the world . . . except it's not. I didn't like Shailene's barely covering the boobs top either, and the gloves are horrible. What the hell do billionaires do with their money that prevents them from being able to afford taxes? Dear god, that's a nice butt in the picture with the white t-shirt.
ReplyDeleteLove,
Janie
Hooray for the Dolly Parton Airport 💖💖👏
ReplyDeleteBillionaires who won't pay taxes make me sick. They get a free pass while the rest of us get slugged for more every year.