Things And Stuff

As soon as I post something on a subject matter a tad deeper than, say, my BlogHer wardrobe---which so far consists of this dress paired with these earrings, what do you think?---I always get the shakes because it's kind of overwhelming being so metaphorically exposed on the Internet. And then you lovely, wise readers leave me some of the sweetest words I've heard in, oh, ever, and I'm instantly reminded of why I do this---this crazy blogging thing---because I'm never that alone here. And it's kind of wonderful, you know? So, thank you.

Now, let's move on to something else, something equally important: The Top Chef finale which I was COUNTING DOWN TO today. (I stayed home from work and even took a nap just to get me that much closer to 9pm and also because, fine, I was really tired.) So, Stephanie won, and I'm fairly happy about that. I was a bit on the edge of my seat there for a while because the judges were raving about Lisa's dishes and NOOOOOOOO! She couldn't win! I would have been forced to throw things and stomp around and I was just so damn comfortable curled up on the couch. I will say I felt badly for Richard and his bacon ice cream, and then he had to go and cry in his exit interview, so then I had to go and cry, but I am happy for Stephanie and, hey! She's not Lisa! That counts for a lot!

But something that occurred to me while watching the finale: every episode of Top Chef a "guest judge" is introduced---so-and-so from this fancy, random restaurant in San Francisco or New York or, hell, even St. Louis---and every contestant raves and gushes about their awesomeness---"I am so honored and humbled to be cooking for so-and-so from St. Louis! This is the pinnacle of my career!"---and I have to believe there is at least one contestant who walks out to meet a guest judge and is like, "Who the fuck is that?" and then has to totally feign knowing him/her because everyone else apparently knows him/her, and you just can't be that chef who doesn't know. But it's BOUND to happen. You can't possibly know every well-known and respected person in your field. Perhaps you're thinking, Um, yes, you totally can, and to you I say, you must not be watching enough trashy teen dramas or reading enough vampire fiction if you have that much room in your memory. And good for you, truly, but SNOOZE FEST.

Thankfully Weeds comes back this Sunday---thanks Heather B! I was certain the premiere was another few weeks away and I would have missed it and THROWN A TOTAL FIT---to fill the Top Chef gap in my heart. But really my TV-watching has been scaled way down lately. Just to give you an idea, I cleaned out all of my shows on the DVR this afternoon (since I wasn't at work) and we have 21% space left for recording. Do you know what that means? Mike's shows are taking up a whopping SEVENTY-NINE PERCENT and does anyone else think I deserve shoes for this fact, for being married to a man who is so clearly a DVR whore? ME! I THINK I DESERVE SHOES! Although these shoes---which are currently an additional 20% off---aren't available until July 24 (in my size) and what's the point of buying cute shoes AFTER BlogHer? I sort of believe half the reason I'm going is to have an excuse to wear cute shoes every damn day. Which, wow, that's one expensive excuse.

Now, I'm going to wrap this up by asking a question of you, a question that came about when I was e-mailing my sister yesterday about romantic comedies she should rent when her husband is away on a boy's weekend. I told her to rent Catch & Release---which she totally judged and ridiculed me for---but it got us talking about fluffy movies we just love and can't get enough of and are TOTALLY NOT ASHAMED about. For instance, I love Drive Me Crazy---the teen drama that Vince from Entourage was in years and years ago---and I also loved The Notebook which surprised me as much as anyone else since the book, well, TOTALLY BLEW. And I'm curious, what fluffy movies do you love? We don't judge here. (At least not to your face.)

Comments

[Liz]

Hey, how about a spoiler alert next time? Over here on the West Coast we haven't gotten that far yet...

[emilypie]

omg! Totally fitting because drunken me totally swooned because keanu reeves kissed sandra bullock in the lake house movie at this one point where I was yelling ... He knows her! I'd is going to kiss her omg!

Yes. I know he cant loose the bill and ted role ... Ever. But I still think he is hot. Or maybe it was the bottle of Pinot noir running through my system?

Ps.. We are going to fall madly in love at blog her over some tequila shots... I promise ! Swoon over that!

[banana]

My favorite movie is When Harry Met Sally. I always expect eye rolls when I state that fact, but I love it. It's funny and sweet, and I quoted a piece of it during my rehearsal dinner speech.

[Sharon]

I LOVE all the movies you mentioned. My favourite chick flick would have to be Pride & Prejudice (1996 version with Colin Firth - no other version will do!). I heart that so much!

Another fave is Love Actually. Even though it's set over Christmas, I watch it probably once a month. LOL.

The Devil Wears Prada - for the shoes and handbags and fashion and oh my god I lust after every beautiful thing in that movie!

One more is Shakespeare in Love because it's such a beautiful movie and Joseph Fiennes is smokin' hott! I'll stop here for now. Hee.

[regan]

aww, dang, we aren't that far into the episode yet at my house! The show's only 38 minutes into it....

[bethany actually]

Drive Me Crazy, Love Actually, Four Weddings and a Funeral, Say Anything, 13 Going on 30...all some of my favorite flicks. I also thought Catch and Release was good.

[Raven]

Well. Now I know who won. LOL.

Last night was our anniversary, so I hadn't seen it yet.

I think as we get closer EVERYONE should be talking wardrobe...so that dress is that daytime dress or nighttime dress? Yes, I need specifics! This event is making me feel completely inept!

[jodifur]

Let's see...I liked Catch and Release too. And we recently rented Prime which was surpringsly good. Even Doug liked it.
My favorite fluff is Sett Home Alabama. I watch that every time it's on TBS which is all the time.
I'm also a sucker for Grease 2. I know, I know.

[Katie]

Okay, ever since you posted that link to Francesca Collection earlier this week, I've been swooning over their beautiful dresses and their low prices! Love the dress!
And my favorite fluffy movie? Probably Flashdance :)

[Kitty]

Fluffy romantic movies? I'll have to go with A Walk in the Clouds, Fools Rush In, Never Been Kissed, Girls Just Want to Have Fun (hey, it's KIND OF romantic), and Dream a Little Dream. There are a few others, but those are all at the top of my list.

Thanks for reminding me about Weeds...I need to finish watching the second half of last season before it starts again.

[Jess]

Does Bridget Jones count? Because I HEART THAT MOVIE. Oh, and Two Weeks' Notice. Mis-punctuated title and all.

[Robert Mass]

I like When Harry Met Sally as well. I just love Billy Crystal's little quips throughout the movie.

[She Likes Purple]

Kitty: I too love Fools Rush In ... I had forgotten about it!

Raven: Day dress, I think.

Terribly sorry for ruining the Top Chef finale for some of you. I sort of thought saying I was about to talk about the finale was warning enough, but next time I'll use italics or bolding or something more obvious. I must remind myself not everyone is a spoiler addict like me. BUT IT WASN'T LISA! ISN'T THAT ENOUGH?!

[ali]

um, yeah, Mean Girls. i LOVE it. *hangs head in shame*

(ps. can you dress me for blogher?)

[Nicole]

I LOVE the dress and earrings. I'm going to have to pop over to Francesca's ASAP!

My top 'fluffy' movies (in no particular order) are: Mean Girls, Wedding Singer, Mrs. Winterbourne, Baby Boom, Center Stage, Bridget Jones's Diary I & II, Far and Away, Where the Heart Is, French Kiss, Hope Floats, Meet Joe Black, Say Anything, Miss Congeniality, Dave, My Big Fat Greek Wedding, Never Been Kissed, Return to Me, The Princess Bride, The Breakfast Club (not so fluffy, but eh), Sense and Sensibility, Shag, Steel Magnolias, 13 Going on 30

Oh my god, I have to get out more!

[Cami]

I personally love How to lose a guy in 10 days and Failure to Launch. My love is blatantly obvious...Matthew McConaughey. He is such eye candy. (Sigh)

[moo]

First of all, I'm totally with you on the whole NOT LISA DEAR GOD I WILL NEVER WATCH THIS SHOW AGAIN feeling. And ... I really wanted Stephanie to win and let out a little squeak when she did.

Second of all ... fluffy, "girly" movies I adore: Emma, Where the Heart Is (some dramatic moments, tho), and The Princess Bride.

and Bonus: a totally cheesy, but very fun movie = Soapdish

[Drew]

I'm an Austen girl so P&P and S&S, but also Mansfield Park. I'd give my right arm if Jonny Lee Miller's Edmund Bertram would stop by. I also seem to be lost whenever Josh Lucas' blue eyes are shown in Sweet Home Alabama. And doesn't The Cutting Edge make everyone happy?

[Natalie]

When I saw the title, "drive me crazy" I thought for a second you were talking about the movie, Mad Love with Drew Barrymore and Chris O'Donnell. When she went crazy and cut out all these pictures of eyes, and her eye makeup was really black the entire movie....

Man that movie was crazy. I remember us both watching it at probably Richardson 6. Do you remember?

[sarah]

First off, I LOVE your Blogher dress, (note to self: buy cute dress).
I know what you mean about emotionally exposing yourself to the internets. I always get nervous that "oh no I crossed the line here" and then people just come back with so much love and support. I love the blogging community!
Favorite Fluff movies: Roman Holiday, When Harry Met Sally and oh my gosh, The Story of Us! So good ;)

[NGS]

I'm totally with you on the Notebook. My best friend and I were watching it, both trying not to let the other know we were crying, and we took a look at each other and burst out laughing. Classic moment.

Other chick movies of incredible enjoyment: Dirty Dancing, The Breakup, Coyote Ugly, and 13 Going on 30. It's so embarrassing. OH, and MUSIC AND LYRICS. Drew and Hugh. Too cute.

[Kate]

I second Mrs Winterbourne, Hope Floats and Shakespeare in Love. I'll add French Kiss and Overboard to the mix. And what about Steele Magnolias?

[Jenna]

Two of my faves are Never Been Kissed and Sliding Doors. Can watch them over and over again...

I also recently saw The Notebook. I LOVED IT, and I really didn't think I would.

[slynnro]

I watched the Notebook on a plane home from Paris after being terribly homesick and wishing I had gone with my boyfriend and I totally cried. I think that was a first EVER for me. EVER. It was embarrassing. And cute dress.

[Kristen]

I can't believe no one has said "I'm with Lucy". It's such a good bad movie! I love it! Also, Center Stage and Return to Me. I know what I'm doing this weekend!

[Rhi]

Oh dear. I love fluffy movies. P.S. I love you is my current fave - but I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE The Notebook.

[rebecca]

my big fat greek wedding (that is my mother's family RIGHT THERE), the wedding planner SLEEPLESS IN SEATTLE, You've Got Mail *embarrassing!*, French Kiss, When Harry Met Sally, The family Stone, Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken, The Notebook (though Jason watches and cries with me), &I think Steel Magnolias and Terms of Endearment are two of the best movies ever made. and the absolute peak of girl movies for me...GONE WITH THE WIND. I own it. Have seen all 3+ hours of it about 8 thousand times.

[JennyL]

I'll try to add a few different ones:

* OMG - LOVE STORY
* Return to Me (Minnie Driver/David Duchovny)
* License to Wed (John Krasinski/Mandy Moore)
* The Break Up (Vince Vaughn/Jennifer Anniston - not fluffy, but soo good!)
* Princess Bride (boys love it too, though)
* Mrs. Winterbourne (Ricky Lake)
* Father of the Bride (1 and 2)
* It Could Happen to You (Nick Cage)

...I highly recommend these, but warning, they are girlie!

[whitney]

Oh man, I will watch the same fluffy movie over and over again. Some of my faves: Princess Bride, When Harry Met Sally, French Kiss, 10 Things I Hate About You, Next Stop Wonderland, You've Got Mail, Legally Blonde, Runaway Bride, and I think I'll stop now before I embarrass myself too much.

[jonniker]

HA HA, I hadn't seen it yet either, but was RELIEVED for the spoiler, because wow, am I ever impatient.

Also? MOST ANTICLIMACTIC TOP CHEF FINAL EVER. The fuck? I mean, last year, it felt like a BATTLE. This year, it felt like they wanted to give it to Stephanie, and busted their balls to make it happen. You know? Just me?

[ie]

Pretty Woman, Dirty Dancing, and Love Actually.

I'm not one to watch movies more than once or twice, but I own all three of the above (and totally dorkify (new word!) myself, the first two are VHS.

[jen from boston]

Miss Congeniality (whenever it's on, I'm sucked in.)Love.

Center Stage

Just about anything w/ Hugh Grant

Steel Magnolias

13 Going on 30

Fatehr of the Bride (1 and only 1)

Also, why I did this, I'll never know, but I watched The Notebook and finished it (complete w/ me looking a hot snott, stuffy, red-eyed mess ) right before a soccer match. I do not recommend.

[She Likes Purple]

Rebecca: Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken! Another one I had forgotten about but loved! Cried! Loved some more!

[Someone Being Me]

I love The Holiday, P.S. I love You, A Walk to Remember, The Notebook, 16 Candles, Never Been Kissed, Breakfast at Tiffany's, Sweet Home Alabama, Music and Lyrics, The Wedding Singer, Mean Girls, Fried Green Tomatoes, Steel Magnolias, Legally Blonde, . I could go on all day. I love having a chick-flick fest when the husband is away.

[Pickles & Dimes]

The Princess Bride

50 First Dates

The Wedding Singer

Love Actually

When Harry Met Sally

[Jen]

I'm going to have to make some serious additions to my DVD collection after reading these lists! Wild Hearts Can't Be Broken - LOVED that movie!

Also: Sleepless in Seattle, You've Got Mail, Love Actually, The Notebook, Steel Magnolias, Father of the Bride...I could go on and on.

[Heather]

I love those shoes!!!!!!! I hate that JCrew is becoming so expensive.

Movies I like to watch:
Legally Blonde, Shag, Clueless, The Holiday, Bring it On, Bend it like Beckham, About a Boy, Sweet Home Alabama, and the Princess Bride.

[Leah]

A friend of mine is actually IN (i.e., has a speaking part in) "Drive Me Crazy." And I still don't think I've seen it. I am a bad friend.

[Kerri Anne]

I'm always laughing when a "notorious, amazing" chef walks out and I realize I have no idea about this, the stunning and star-laden culinary world. And then I wonder if there is an equally interesting but darker culinary UNDERworld, and, if there is, who reigns supreme? And then I picture the chef walking down a runway holding a diamond-encrusted steak, the end.

Fluff movies I love to love, and Chris loves to hate that I love:

1. Hope Floats (I don't know that I consider if "fluffy," but I do think I've seen it at least seven times.)
2. Step Up (I just watched it two nights ago, and I can't HELP myself; I LOVED it.)
3. 13 Going on 30
4. The Holiday (Have you seen it? Again, just watch it and LOVED it. But a better, deeper, more hilarious tear-laden love than Step Up. I promise.)
5. Practical Magic
6. The Cutting Edge

[Christina]

I doubt that you are still in need of suggestions and I will admit I did not read all 39 comments above mine, however, I LOVED P.S. I love you. Hands down the best chick movie I have seen in years, since Love Actually if I had to pin point it.

[Stephanie]

The Bodyguard.

Yup. I really just said that out loud.

Pretty Woman, The Sound of Music. Can recite along with them. And regularly do.

[Erin]

I absolutely adored A Walk to Remember, but hated the book. Then again, I have a girl crush on Mandy Moore for some bizarre reason.

I also adore Catch and Release and 13 going on 30 (another girl crush there).

And I leave it at that because I'm not capable of independant thought this Friday morning while I still have 1/4 of my caramel macchiato left to finish. But keep the list building - my husband is headed out of town next week as well!

[Danielle-lee]

The Lake House
The Holiday
The Break up (not the usual love story, but accurate)
The Story of Us (ditto)
What Dreams May Come (ditto)
Premonition (ditto)

[Kristabella]

Yay Stephanie! My Chicago homegirl won! I totally thought it was going to be Lisa and then I was going to be MAD.

As for chick flicks, I liked 27 Dresses. Bridget Jones' Diary is one of my favorites. Also, Sliding Doors with Gwyneth Paltrow for years back.

[Cheri]

I swear our DVRs are probably set to record every single same show.

Ok, regarding Top Chef, I was really glad Stephanie won (being from Chicago and all) but I really liked Spike. Mrrrowl, so adorable. I also teared up when Richard was interviewed after the finale. AND I was freaking out about Lisa & the possibility that she might win. I didn't think it was possible to hate her any more than when she said "I think you nailed 1 & 3 and I nailed 2 & 4." Not only completely leaving Richard out of it but for also - did she REALLY think she had a shot at winning? Seriously?

Also, I'm a little behind on your blog but - so far I haven't read anything about your thoughts on The Bachelorette?????? And PLEASE tell me you're watching it!?! PLEASE for the love of God I need to talk to someone about Graham and Jeremy and Jason and Jesse.

[Cheri]

Oh - and Weeds??? When Celia was all "done up" like a chola I nearly peed myself.