Lifestyle: April 2009 Archives
JUST CAN'T GET ENOUGH
It seems that we just can't get enough of the singing sensation Susan Boyle. Her origional audition clip singing for the British show " Britain's got Talent" has been seen by over 50 million people worldwide on youtube.
This is the latest video clip to surface from the singing sensation. This one from a family gathering, Susan at 25 yrs old, singing " I don't know how to love him".
If you ask me she is a 23 year's in the making over night sensation!
NATIONAL PET WEEK MAY 3 TO 9 , 2009
Next week is National Pet Week, founded by the American Veterinary Medical Association in 1981 to promote responsible pet ownership and celebrate the bond between pets and owners.
Many vet clinics and pet stores are holding events, check out the schedules in your town.
Our pets are like our children. We want them safe, happy and healthy. Here are some great safety tips from Petsmart on how to keep your pet safe and healthy this summer:
Summer Safety Tips For Your Dog:
Never leave your pet in a parked car:
Studies show that on a hot day, the temperature inside a car can reach more than 160 degrees in five minutes. Leaving the windows open a crack for fresh air or parking in the shade, doesn't keep temperatures from soaring in record time, either. Leaving pets in the car "just for a minute" is never a good idea.
Groom regularly:
The best way to keep a dog's coat healthy and provide protection from the sun is to have him or her groomed regularly. In between visits to the groomer, the right grooming tool can dramatically reduce shedding by removing the undercoat and loose hair without sacrificing healthy top coat.
Apply Sunscreen:
Just like humans, dogs can experience sunburn, and even skin cancer, too. To prevent sunburn, apply a sunscreen where hair is thin and skin lacks pigment (nose, ears and sensitive areas) every day your dog is outside.
Have water with you:
Dehydration and heatstroke can be fatal to pets, so access to clean drinking water is critical in the summertime. Products like an outdoor pet fountain provide a stream of fresh, clean water.
While on the go, be sure to bring water for your pet in a suitable drinking container.
Protect Dog's paws:
Dogs' pads may seem tough, but sidewalks, pavement and sand can get so hot in the summer time that dogs' feet can burn and blister. To prevent this, schedule walks for the morning or evening, when sidewalks are cooler or purchase protective boots designed just for dogs.
Grassy areas to play on:
A grassy area in your yard is an ideal spot for pets to cool off because grass releases moisture and keeps your pet cooler than concrete, dirt or gravel. For added comfort, pets can lounge on a raised bed that increases the flow of cooler air underneath the bed mat to help your pet beat the heat.
Use Lifejackets:
Even if you consider your dog a good swimmer, a life jacket is very important if you take him with you on the boat or trips to the beach.
Looking for great pet products?Check out Pets section at the mall.
BUY GOLD - NOW!
According to this Forbes.com newsletter I just received, we should be investing in GOLD, big time.
Here is what they have to say:
"First - Buy Gold!
Gold is a currency. Gold is real money, but it's unique from all the other currencies. All currencies, with the exception of gold, are fiat currencies. They are synthetic. Over time, they all fall, but at different rates. This can give you an illusion of strength when one currency is not falling as fast as the rest. Gold has held its value and has proven its merit during the panic liquidation we saw in 2008. Yes, gold sold off. As the debt markets imploded, investors and money managers were forced to sell anything and everything, regardless of value, to raise cash in order to pay off loans. Gold was not exempt and that presents you with a major buying opportunity"
"Everyone needs to own some gold, and you need to consider gold in your portfolio now. Our report "Gold Expectations" will give you the tools to assist you in finding the best gold buys. The report further details just why the Obama victory and debt deleveraging has created a rare entry point into the gold market and just how you can exploit it.
With the fundamentals and technical aspects as bullishly aligned as they are presently, buying gold at $900/oz. is as close to a slam dunk as you will ever find in the markets. Buying gold while egregious monetary and fiscal programs are being instituted is almost like buying fire insurance after your house burns down. There is still some time, but no one knows how much. The bargains will not last forever. Once gold breaks to new highs and you begin seeing $50 to $100 daily up moves, it will be too late. If you do nothing more than pick up a few shares of Goldcorp (GG-NYSE) under $28.00, you should fare well by this time next year."
Time to call the broker.
MOTHER'S DAY GIFT IDEAS- FROM TBC MERCHANTS
Here are some great affordable mother's day gift ideas. Most are under $60.00 and there is a nice cross section of gifts. Remember that it's time to start ordering to have enough time for shipping and delivery. I would still send flowers, and those you can have delivered the next day!
Avon.ca
Six-Piece Beauty Collection (SALE) - 29.99 (was 79.96)
Land's End
Chapters/Indigo (free shipping on orders over $39)
Lancome.ca (free shipping on orders $35 or more)
- Free gift (8-piece) with purchase of $65 or more.
Sony Style Canada (free shipping)
Hickory Farms
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MOTHER'S DAY GIFT "LOVE MOM" - GREAT BOOK
Love Mom is a hilarious book which started off as a blog by Doree Shafrir and Jessica Grose based on texts from an opinionated moms to their adult children.
Here are some descriptions and reviews:
" Sweet, funny, endearing, slightly technologically inept, and always just a little nagging, emails from mothers to their adult children are much more fun to read when it's somebody else's mother. PostcardsFromYoMomma.com is proof of that--when it launched, this repository of reader-submitted missives from Mom received more than 100,000 unique visitors in just the first two weeks. In Love, Mom, editors Doree Shafrir and Jessica Grose have assembled more than two hundred of the best never-before-seen submissions.
Love, Mom is a hilarious look at what happens when interfering, maddening, kvetching, querying, and loving moms push the `send' button. This is a great book for anyone who ever looked at her email inbox and said, `Oh, no--it's from my mom.'
-Amy Dickinson, author of The Mighty Queens of Freeville, "Ask Amy" syndicated advice columnist, and NPR contributor
This book is hilarious and smart--a wittily organized collection that proves, without a doubt, that our moms are humankind's most natural comedians.
-Mike Albo, author of Hornito and The Underminer" From description on Amazon.
Buy the book for $17.47 at Chapters/Indigo.
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CELEBRITIES LOVE BARGAINS
Just like the rest of us, smart celebrity recessionistas are practicing chiconomics. In this recent quiz from People magazine, pictured celebrities mix up $2,000 dollar items with finds under $100.00. Best of all, the mixed LOOK is terrific. The quiz asks the participant to pick out the bargain item.
Yours truly took the test and got 5 out of 11 answers WRONG. Which means that the bargain FINDS look as good as the thousand dollar items.
Think you can do better than me on the Quiz? OK, can you spot the item on Eva or Lindsay? Take the QUIZ! Pssst, also if you like most of the BARGAIN pieces, come back here cause we have them in the mall, I just can't tell you where right now cause I will give away the answers!
photos of Eva Longoria/Lindsay Lohan courtesy of People .com
THE BRANDS CLUB IN LOULOU MAGAZINE
Much thanks to louloumagazine, Canada's shopping expert, for featuring theBrandsClub in their SHOPPING ALERTS!
Check out the online magazine for the latest on fashion and beauty trends, where to buy , great editor's blogs and much more.
APPLE'S 1 BILLION DOWNLOADER WINS BIG
Lucky teenager from Weston, CT, Connor Mulcahey won a $10,000 iTunes gift card, an iPod Touch a Tie Capsule and a MacBook Prom. Apple posted the following statement on its website:
The one billionth app, Bump created by Bump Technologies, was downloaded by Connor Mulcahey, age 13, of Weston, CT. As the grand prize winner of Apple's one billion app countdown contest, Connor will receive a $10,000 iTunes gift card, an iPod touch, a Time capsule.
You can bet he will be doing a lot of downloading in the future.
The APP STORE with hundreds of amazing applications from games to camera enhancements to wireless headphones for the iPhone and iPod can be viewed on the iTunes website.
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ONLINE AUCTIONS - AFFORDABLE CELEBRITY MEMORABILIA
Always wondered where you can find that one of a kind signed poster of your favorite movie, or a hand penned manuscript or even a piece of iconic clothing worn by your favorite moviestar? Look no further than online auctions. LiveAuctioneers is one site that brings you news on auctions from 750 auction houses. One upcoming auction called Rock'N'Roll Art & Soul which starts next Thursday April 28,2009 presented by The Fame Bureau , brings together signed photos of Marilyn Monroe, Humphrey Bogart and even a signed picture by Al Pacino from the movie Scarface.
Picture courtesy of live auctioneers/thefamebureau
But most definitely the piece de resistance or in this case the "pieces" are the clothing and personal items worn or used by various superstars for their concert performances, music videos and award acceptances.
Those include James Brown's white cape, Elton John's flamboyant costumes and Madonna's pink Material Girl dress. Elvis Presley's guitar and Paul McCartney's signed guitar and many more items..
This site not only lets you know about which auctions are coming up, but also which items have been sold for what price. This is very important to gage the market value of different items.
Needless to say, ( particularly to any of Ebay devotees out there) Auctions are a potential goldmine for the savvy buyer, investor and collector. The key to auctions is not too get too excited or emotional and overbid on an item. This is where having the database comes in handy, as well as spending time doing your research online and offline.
For example, let's say you want to start collecting antique dolls. First and Foremost, find and visit with a antique dealer who speciliazes in this product and invest the time to learn about the different dolls, what's considered valuable, what's considered less so. Are there manufacturers, materials, colors and so on that are more valuable than others? After you have had your classroom study, get on the internet or go to the library and again read up on the subject you are interested in.
Like in anything, education goes a long way here!
FASHION EXCESS - ROBERTO CAVALLI'S DESIGNER DOG DUDS
Roberto Cavalli has unveiled his new clothing collection for dogs.
Hmm, does anyone really believe that you are going to love your dog more and/or that he or she cares that they will be wearing :" tutus, sweaters, velvet jackets, printed shirts,silk shorts, suits and more"?
In this economic climate, I think this feels like a fashion excess , but hey what ever floats your boat!
If pooch( or the owner), just gotta have it, this canine collection is exclusively sold at Cavalli boutiques.
KIEHL'S PARTNERS WITH CELEBRITIES FOR EARTH DAY AUCTION
Kiehl's is hosting a three-day online auction to celebrate Earth Day. 100% of all proceeds generated from this auction will be donated to the Waterkeeper Alliance. The auction will feature Kiehl's products and signed items donated by Kiehls Earth Day partners including actor Adrian Grenier, musician Erykah Badu, surfer Kelly Slater, and Parsons The New School For Design. Here's a list of some of the auction items:
- Adrian Grenier Autographed Season 4 - Entourage DVD set (two sets)
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Best Of Kiehl's Since 1851 - For Men ($494 value)
- Kelly Slater Autographed copy of the biography For The Love, By Kelly Slater, Jack Johnson and Phil Jarratt
- Best Of Kiehl's Since 1851 - For Women ($493 value)
- Kelly Slater Autographed Al Merrick Tuflite (Surftech) K-Board surfboard
- "Israel" limited edition poster, designed by EMEK, signed by Erykah Badu and EMEK
- Parsons: Online Course: Hot Cities, Cool Solutions: Living In A Low-Carbon World ($570 value)
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"Moscow, Russia" limited edition poster, designed by EMEK, signed by Erykah Badu and
EMEK
Bidding begins at 12:01 AM on Wednesday, April 22 and ends at 11:59 PM on Friday, April 24. You can find the auction here.
Leran more about Kiehl's Earth Day activities on kiehlsgivesback.com.
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HAPPY EARTH DAY - FASHION AND ENVIRONMENT
I have to say I am very impressed by the design industry to picking up the cause of saving the environment. From dedicated recycling campaigns to using organic products and fabrics, designers big and small are practicing what they preach. In the next few weeks I will do a series on eco-chic. Who is doing what and how it is helping save our planet.
In the meantime here is the Louis Vuitton EARTH DAY initiative.
Louis Vuitton will be donating 15 percent of all sales from its U.S. Web site that day to The Climate Project, the non-profit organization founded by Al Gore.
The one-day initiative continues the leather goods house's commitment to the environment and the organization -- it first partnered with The Climate Project in 2007, when it started making donations on behalf of some of the personalities in Vuitton's Core Values advertising campaign.
The campaign has featured the likes of Catherine Deneuve, Steffi Graf and Andre Agassi, Sean Connery, Keith Richards and Francis Ford and Sofia Coppola.
http://www.louisvuitton.com/web/flash/index.jsp;jsessionid=4VH1UAWMVILYOCRBXUCFAFIKEG4RAUPU?buy=1&langue=en_US&direct1=home_entry_us
GET MOM A NEW VAIO NOTEBOOK- HELP EARTH AND SAVE $
I'm loving Sony Style's new Green movement to be more earth and eco friendly and Mom will also. Seriously, if you are shopping for a new computer, this is a GREAT promotion!
TRADE IN PROGRAM:
With Sony Style's , Notebook Trade-in program, you can trade-in your current notebook or laptop and receive a credit towards the purchase of a new VAIO Notebook PC .Once you are online you can calculate the value of your existing notebook or laptop with their Product Qualification Tool . Here are some good reasons for the trade in:
Recycling Parts and Refurbishing Products to Reduce Waste
Save On the Price of Your New Sony VAIO Notebook PC
Convenient, Worry-Free Shipping and Delivery Services
Your Cost-Effective, Environmentally-Friendly Alternative
$100.00 SAVING:
and SAVE $100.00 by customizing your new eligible VAIO® PC Notebooks until April 30th, 2009 with the Spring Into Spring Promotion. eCoupon-SPRING
GET ADDITIONAL 2% CASHBACK:
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SHOPPING REVIEW : BEBE @ THE BRANDS CLUB
Yes! We got BEBE. Great fashion forward store, affordable styles and they Ship to Canada!
Add a 3% cashback to any of their regular or sale priced merchandise and that's a great new store for our smart shopanistas! Here are some of our picks of their merchandise:
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CELEBRITY NEWS - DAVID BECKHAM AS TERMINATOR
Parting with his usually friendly image, Beckham is the new face for Motorola Aura smartphone, set to retail at $2,000.00
Beckham was made to look like Terminator from the first movie for the campaign.
As well as Motorola, Beckham is also the face of Adidas, Giorgio Armani and Sharpie pens.
He of course is also co-staring in the Armani Underwear ad campaign with his wife Victoria.
Wow, can this couple milk the ad/sponsorship world or what? I guess as the saying goes, "if you got it flaunt it".
Here is the video :
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