Gossip Gurllzz!

Hey Gurlll. Here is the Gossip of the day.

1. This animal on Gossip Girls is U-G-L-Y ugly. I don’t know what cage he escaped from but the fact the he was cast in a show and we are all supposed to BELIEVE he is attractive is very irksome. I mean I know actors are playing a part, like Dustin Hoffman playing an autistic nut in Rainman and that dude  that played a blind man in Ray but seriously HOW are we to believe that high schoolers would not taunt and ridicule this kid for his T-rex looks (no matter how much money his family has). This is why i do not watch this show.

 

2.  Our favorite Food Network munchkin had a Mini Munchkin !!  Giada De Laurentiis of Everyday Italian popped out a “Spigetti” loving spawn. Can’t wait to here this SoCal beast to serve up some Italian words like she is straight off the boat from Sicily.

 Did we know her husband was a clothing designer!? Interesting. Do we know his stuff? SHOULD WE!?

3. Join my movement to BAN CHILDREN ON PUBLIC TRANSPORTATION! I am starting the campaign on Amtrak. At least here we can designate a specific “children’s car.” I know what you are saying “why doesn’t she just sit in the quiet car?” Well you know what!? I don’t want to. I want to be able to text message and laugh out loud. I want to answer my cell phone and tell an inappropriate story about being really drunk and dancing all over Jour et Nuitand I DON’t want some kid screaming in the background of my call. Nor do I want to even HAVE to strain myself to give the mothers the evil look. I just want to stumble to the platform with my hangover and cell phone and ride the train silently smiling at stelar accomplishments of the weekend.

* (On my ride home I sat next to a charming (creepy) man with a laptop and GPS devise attached to his window. He was a pair of overalls shy of of total over the top but fully equipped with a Rail Road crossing bookmark, and conductors hat. He stopped the train attendant (is that what you call him?) EVERY TIME he walked by to ask him “hey do you know Jimmy from DC he works the Maine-Boston line?” (Eye roll) He looked my way OFTEN but I was smart with my book and headphones NOT to make eye contact. I did, however, look over as the train was nearing 150 mph. He was getting jumpy and would have jumped right out of his chair had he not been poised with his camera to take a picture of his computer screen when the train hit 150mph. SADLY it only hit 149 and while I he told his wife and me this was still “very fast” you could tell he was disappointed. 

This creepy train man is only one of the hundres of reasons kids should stay away from trains. I might start a kids only travel service much like CBS’s show Kid Nation. I will have Kid planes, Kid Resorts (Kids Med? Ritz Childon? Marrisnot?). Its going to be huge. So No more kids in the “Adult” car!! Separate Planes, Trains and Buses!~! Who is with me!!?

4. I had an amazing time in NYC. We hit some really hot spots resulting in an awesome recap brunch with Suri and Emme. NYC Rocks!

 

Dumptown Crossing.

Dear Boston,

What’s the deal with Downtown Crossing. I meeeean, i understand the history of this old “department store district” and that is cool. But now it looks like the park threw up after a night of drinking. Are you going for a Yin and Yang feeling Beacon Hill on one side, Downtown Crossing on the other?

A Scenario: I am a tourist. I just flew into Logan and excited to see the city. I look at the T map and think, Hmm where to stop? State Street? No. Government Center? No. Charles MGH? NO. Downtown Crossing? Sounds Great! I lug my bags onto the bus that takes me to the silver line where I struggle on to the red line. What do I get when I pop out from the underground? This??? A ratastic CVS an old Macy’s and a HUGE empty building. This Is Downtown Crossing??? I would turn around and go home. All the way back. to Russia.

Can we risk that type of word of mouth about our city!? These tourist are going to go home to Russia and tell all their comrades that Boston is a dump. We are in real trouble here.

Sincerely,

Shiloh

 

Delta says “Safety First!”

Everyone knows the Golden Age of travel is O-V-A. And never is that more apparent than when you’re idling on a runway in a Delta branded tin can, listening to the Screaming Baby Octette. So if they can’t be first in comfort, luxury, customer service, or on-time departure and arrivals, at least Delta can be first in “Airline video with the most YouTube hits.”

And it’s all thanks to this little lady:

She’s a real Delta flight attendant and instructor at their flight attendant academy, and her cheeky finger-wagging in the No Smoking section has earned her quite a fan base. They’ve had over 300,000 hits on this video.

I have to wonder if her popularity has anything to do with her resemblance to a certain sultry office manager:

Joan from Mad Men.

Hmm. You decide.

In the meantime, please return your seat backs to the upright position, and check out the video:

 

WestCoastApple loves the Big Apple.

Hello all heartshaped readers! I am finally back where I belong on the east coast–well even if just for a week.

While here I had the marvelous chance to visit the Big Apple, former residence of WestCoastApple and still the source of all things fabulous.

When I visit NYC, people always ask me “what did you do?”, “what museums did you visit?”, “what new restaurants did you try?” Please people. For me New York is about a few things only:

1. Visiting with MFF (most fabulous friend) “CW”.
2. Eating at all the SAME restaurants I used to eat at in order to recreate 2002.
3. Shopping. But not in unique hidden boutiques, its all about scouring all the chain stores with CW to see what they are doing these days.

Never mind that the above could occur in nearly any American city. New York is where its all happening! But CW can definitely thank 5 years of semi-maturity for earning her some meals at restaurants that WestCoastApple-5-years-ago would have been too nervous to eat at. Get this, in 2 days only, I branched out to the Saigon Grill (summer rolls, brown rice, and wine) and a Chinatown Beef Hand-Pulled Noodle shop. Both were delish and in return, CW brought me to a place that WestCoastApple-in-any-year would always rejoice in, SHAKE SHACK in Madison Square park. This is like an amazing roadside burger stand in the middle of NYC–tons of fun even in subzero temperatures (that if should go on record, WestCoastApple is no longer used to).

I also got to eat at MAX, a little Italian place in the East Village that has handmade pastas, great wine, and never disappoints to be crowded and fun. We woke up to toasted baguettes and Cafe Americano at Cafe Gitane. While shopping we hit up Rugby, Anthropologie, Club Monaco, Intermix (), JCrew (perhaps first time ever we walked out sans bags), Bloomingdales and more. Tons of fun. We walked right by BR ( again refer to Boring Republic post), where CW said “I hate those weird beads they have on everything.” Amen sister!

Lastly, a trip to New York for WestCoastApple would never be complete without the requisite sprint to some train or another. This week was no exception. Somehow there is always some LOST-type time warp between when you park your car (11:16, plenty of time til 11:32 train!!) to when you get to the station board (CRAP 11:28 and train is ALL ABOARD). This results in my taking my trying-to be-effortlessly-dressed-and-coiffed self and sprinting with heavy bag, ALWAYS to the GD LAST track of the station, then making that last mighty Rockyesque climb up the steps with suitcase slamming against my knee. I then collapse into the nearest seat, panting heavily, to realize I no longer look effortless, am out of shape, and I picked the car with either the smelly near-homeless man or the broken air conditioner. Then have small feeling of victory (I made it!) competing with feelings of athletic ineptness (yuck how am I sucking wind). Please note, same story always happens at end of trip, however add in NYC purchases and more frantic pace, and you have me wishing I had the beer that the guy in the next seat over is drinking.

Ah, east coast city life! Tomorrow, Boston!