learning curve

Hi.  I did this video blog a couple weeks ago and it has taken me a bit to post it.  It’s such a topic close to my heart that I wanted to make sure it was just right before I shared it with you.  If I am anything, I must be honest, both with my successes and my failures, my strengths and my growth edges.  I am human.  This is just the first reflection of several.

Yes, I did Katy Perry’s Birthday Party as “dwarf entertainment”–with Taylor Swift, Perez Hilton and Julianne Hough.  I have to be honest.  Please leave me a comment–I would love to know what you think, if you have an idea for something else you want me to talk about, etc.

Eager to journey with you…

~Jen

more is coming…

ps. thank you to baby vivian for making her debut in my blog.

you have my heart

i hostessed at katy perry’s 25th birthday tonight.  it was a pretty crazy, kaleidoscopic, fun, brightly colored bash.  a regular hollywood soiree.  taylor swift, julianne hough, perez hilton, jonny makeup – lots of famous faces were there.  grateful for a new opportunity to learn and grow – and be reminded of what really matters. the people in my life are what matters, they are my heart and without them i would be lost.  a few names especially come to mind–stacey, arthur, sara m., bonnie, jack, claire, renessa, debbie u., mama dana, johanna, shari, just a few of the people who have known me and know my heart and what i am made of.  a couple of them are new friends, yes, but friends who hold and carry pieces of my core.  hollywood may allure and twinkle, but my own reflection is what i have to live with.  i am reminded of the message i want my life to reflect.  a life loving people–i hope those in my life know how much i love them.  i hope my disposition reflects joy and love to strangers. i am reminded of my family and those who hold powerful stories.  of the children i nannied and mentor and love.  and i am reminded of greater issues.  of greater battles that are being fought.  of kate.

out on a limb here

i have been waiting and waiting for this clip to make it to youtube.  thank you to new friend paolo presta for sending it to me. as weird as it sounds, i get a lot of truth from grey’s anatomy.  god nudgings if you will.  this one hit me like a ton of bricks. without further adieu, let’s just get to the point.  first the clip, then my video response…

love and peace TO ALL!

fashion smashion V

this week… FASHION SMASHION PRESENTS ‘SHAMELESS THINGS I REALLY, REALLY WANT’.  :)

usually my weekly fashion smashion posts are much more about channeling my inner rachel zoe and styling someone else or an alter ego.  this week…not so much.  these items…in the words of zoe, “I DIE.”  it all started when i saw this modcloth cassiopeia blue dress recently.  i really want to wear it for christmas, or even the bel air benefit…and i still do. size small, check, add to cart, no be good, remove from cart…i still don’t know…gonna give it another week to mull over.   i’d hem it a bit so it was shorter and more shift-y on me.

staring at it on polyvore isn’t helping.  also staring at gray patent leather bag (no, not $$chanel$$…that isn’t even a consideration).  studded vest.  not the $5,000 one shown, but you get the idea.  free people white gold sequined slip to layer with.  i have been staring at that free people slip for months now, ever since i saw it i wanted to put a vest over it.  blah blah blah.

especially now that i’m sick in bed with no voice…fashion smashion is getting the best of me.

sleeping to dream

i worked a lot this week.  i worked hard. i am exhausted. back to school night and general hustling to make things happen in LA kicked my bootay.  i have very few plans this weekend beyond catching up on  my dvr and getting ready to see my friend nikki james perform at musical mondays this coming week.  i’m so grateful she’s in LA for another month because i’ve gotten to spend a lot of time with her!

but my friend sara, had an even crazier week it sounds like.  i’m so behind on catching up on friends’ lives this week that i just finally got to see this.  miley cyrus has the flu or strep throat or something and sara was her standby that’s for sure!  wow.  now that is called professional! i am so proud to be her friend–a friend that can jump in and cover on a dime!  that takes talent.

my dear, dear friend stacey is getting ready for another season as a Radio City Rockette–this year in NYC!  I am so excited for her as well.  and my brother peet is going to be shooting wipeout in a month.  snaps!  hoping for my own excitement soon, but so proud of him!!

hello from la la land & emmy wrap up…

…and here’s my fashion wrap-up…

BEST DRESSED kara dioguardi

gosh this was a moment!! k-cheno!

cutest couple…

ooh fierce ginnifer goodwin…

love elisabeth perkins on weeds

actually like this jamie-lynn…

do i like this leighton? not sure?

beautiful from the stomach up…

ugh, olivia wilde…bad…and you were my fav. 2 years in a row!

fashion smashion IV

sundays oh happy sundays, now known as fashion smashion sundays.

this week… FASHION SMASHION PRESENTS ‘BABY BABY’.

if i were to style a celebrity kid–here are some notes i’ve been taking from my own spotlighted preschoolers up in the hills…none of this is preschool appropro but since i enjoy styling, these are photo-shoot ready.

fashion smashion III

sundays oh happy sundays, now known as fashion smashion sundays.

this week… FASHION SMASHION PRESENTS ‘MOMMY DEAREST’.

ok, so i just started teaching at a private school up in the hills and in just a few weeks have already seen quite the collection of ‘motherly fashion’.  the ones i give props to are effortless chic rather than the ‘i got up at 4 to pull this off’ or ‘i’m trying to look like my husband’s 8th grade daughter from a previous marriage’.  mommy clothes don’t have to be from coldwater creek but i appreciate those who look pulled together but not trying too hard, stylish without being trendy and easy to wear.  for goodness sakes you have a 3 year old, don’t look like you need to be plastic wrapped to be accessible.

mommy chic

nodding my head like yeah

so needed a laugh today after a 13 hour work day…thanks eric mathew!  can’t wait to slow down for a few minutes so i can tell you about the rock’n show and see it again! :)