Merry Christmas!

Matt and I were very spoiled this Christmas.


Mom went overboard, giving me a cast-iron skillet, a quiche pan, a cupcake calendar, four long tank tops (I wear them nearly every day. Who wants to see my backside hanging out??), a subscription to a knitting magazine, the "Call Me Crazy" CD... but my absolute favorite is my Williams-Sonoma Paris cookbook. I've been reading through it every night since.


Bob got me a pink Ravens mug, a tear-off daily poetry calendar, and gold hoop earrings I've worn every day so far. Shannon gave us B&BW foaming hand wash and a vanilla cupcake candle... yum! GJ got me several boxes of organic tea. (Nighty-Night is my favorite.)


Matt got me a set of eight prep bowls, a microplane, two new sets of metal measuring spoons, truffle oil, French sea salt, a metal rub-away bar, pop-up sponges, Lollia bubble bath, Out of Africa (I LOVE that movie!!), Sex and the City and La Vie En Rose (which I ended up trading in for a happier movie).


Matt's cousin Courtney got us a framed Paris picture, his cousin Dave got us a gift certificate to a comedy show, his Aunt Gloria gave us movies, gift certificates to Barnes & Noble, money, and gave me a ticket to see Grease at the Hippodrome in February.

Matt's mom got me a pair of fuzzy socks and a pair of funny heart socks, a pretty tapestry shawl, Wall-E, Wanted, and a cashmere sweater. Oh, and she got us a Blu-Ray player and a 52" Sony Bravia HDTV. Superbowl party at our house!

Diana: Her True Story

I read this one to pass some time and get it off of my bookshelf, so I could pass it along to my grandmother. The book was entertaining enough, but there is an immature, self-pitying tone that likely (I'm too lazy to do the math) is due in part to her being younger than me when the book was originally published. (She had cooperated with the author.)

On the last page of the book, the author had summarized Diana as "fearless yet frail, unloved but adored, needy but generous, self-obsessed yet selfless, inspirational yet dispairing, demanding of advice but disliking criticism, honest yet disingenuous, intuitive yet unworldly, supremely sophisticated yet constantly uncertain, and manipulative but naive."

This being a commemorative edition, I'll assume it does little justice to her as she was in her late thirties, when she died.

BusyBusyBusy Good Day.

OMG today was just go Go GO GO GOGOGOGO! This meeting, that meeting, the next meeting, the Panera meeting, the creative meeting, the phone meeting, drive to Bel Air for a meeting. Phew! Then gogogo to the mall to get a wedding gift and stocking stuffer and gift cards and I'd really like to get myself the perfect red lipstick, but you know this economy... then in the car to gogogo to the next thing and home, but Matt drove down a few floors of the parking garage, then STOPPED! And we had dinner at P.F. Chang's. It was Matt's first time there, and it was surprisingly quiet (it was also 9:15) and we had an incredible intimate meal and a darling waiter who reminded me of Jamie Oliver and the most perfect imaginable fortunes. (On the first try! Though our waiter promised to bring me fortunes until I got the one I wanted.)

His:
Be on the alert for new opportunity.

Mine:
Good news of long-awaited event will arrive soon.

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Psst! Happy Holidays!

Every year, Planit puts out an online Christmas card. This year's started a little risque but I suppose someone reminded our Interactive team that they are not the target audience. (Yes, we are a more trendy agency, but we do still have a number of more conservative clients who we need to think of. As Stine puts it, Kill Your Darling.)

Anyway, it's still pretty amusing and I on target with the skewering the online gossip columns and such. It's called Northern Exposure -- the hot celeb news from the North Pole. It's still being finalized, so check back for updates. Enjoy! www.northernexposuregossip.com