What I learned last week...

What a crazy day...Which all began when I volunteered to be the "Mature" Seaton Girl LIVE on Good Day/LA this past Friday morning...A sure sign that I have entered into early senility.

Now this is what I know...

1. 5:00am is too early for anyone to wake up and be ANYWHERE but in bed

(Full disclosure...I might be the only girl who does not understand the big deal about Breakfast at Tiffany's)

2. Whenever 9 chicks are in a room together the subject always goes to anti-aging techniques

(Note: 6 of the girls were under thirty and had the most info!)

3. Once one girl gets naked all the girls feel free to be naked

(Gratuitous attempt to appeal to the male audience...all four of you)

4. When wearing well made and stylish clothes, like Seaton, you always feel better

(Gratuitous attempt to entice you into buying SEATON)

5. You should always send the make-up artist a Thank You note

(Gratuitous attempt to make my mother proud)

6. When behind the camera, live television is no big deal. When in front of the camera, it is a VERY BIG DEAL

7. What they DON'T tell you is that a model should always look into the camera and should never cluck their arms like a chicken...lesson learned

8. What seems like 23 minutes is actually only 2.3 seconds

(Gratuitous suggestion...I want this clock for Cesar Chavez day next week. Hint. Hint)

9. When you don't smile you look boring/dead/on morphine. When you do smile make sure you don't have the remains of a blueberry muffin in your teeth

10. No matter what you look like...A day with full make-up, styled hair and high heels makes you FEEL like a super model

11. That said...A day with lip gloss, air-dried hair and ballet flats makes me feel like me...which I much prefer

And here you go...The fruits of our labor. Thank you SEATON team for helping me.

Trust me, 8 days to style the spot was WAY easier than the 2.3 seconds it took me to be in the spot!

Style File: Seaton's Spring Looks: MyFoxLA.com

After all was "Wrapped" (a term I swear never to use again) I felt great. On top of the world. Complimented by peers. Gushed upon by family members. Then reality hit...I went to have my new night guard fitted, felt the tinglings of returning sciatica pain, ate dinner at 5:45pm and went to bed at 8:30pm. No doubt, I am truly the more "Mature" Seaton Girl/Woman...And I like it!
(Although...I probably should have been paying more attention to the anti-aging techniques)

See design, nature, art and style. SEA FOAM!

I want to own these.

(Yves Saint Laurent)

I need to wake up and go swimming here.

(Bora Bora)

I've got to have this.

(Matthew Porter, BURNOUT #4)

http://www.mbart.com/artists/_Matthew%20Porter/_other%20works/

I am excited about this new arrival.

(Seaton men's hybrid short - spa blue)

http://www.seatonsurf.com/collections/mens

They are all the same color...Coincidence? Nope. The ocean is always in the back of this Seaton girl's mind.

Chic's in Vans...

My first pair of Van's were custom slip-ons in red and white. This still baffles me because I can't stand the color red and have never been a fan of the slip-on. The only thing I can figure out is that perhaps the character Randy (she was the coolest) was wearing red in the movie "Skatetown USA" and that the slip-ons made my feet look smaller.

See back in the day...Van's was a little shop in Santa Monica that only had solid colored sneaks. If you wanted to show your "Flair" you got them customized. It was an arduous task to pick THE RIGHT combo...Especially since you had to wait weeks to get them. When they arrived you would either bike or walk down to the store, with anxiety and eagerness, to meet your new sneakers. My mother, God bless her, had just bought me the red and white alternate paneled Dolphin shorts with a matching red Lacoste so I was ready to GO!!! As I write this I am cringing at the thought of me walking out of the house looking like a human candy cane THINKING I was as cool as Randy and as fashionable as Elle Macphearson. Side note: I was almost 5'10" with braces, had a Dorothy Hamill haircut and in desperate need of some highlights! "Yikes" is the only word that comes to mind...

Some time after...I learned a very valuable lesson. Less is more. I had bought the slip-ons too small (remember to made my feet look even smaller) so I only wore them a few times before the bleeding blisters forced my mother to buy me the "Off-the rack" navy lace ups! Who knew that, by default, I was even closer to both Randy and Elle than I thought. If only my mother would have let me have highlights!

Get down girl, go 'head get down...

She is my kind a gal...

Photo located by JRoberts...Who is also my kind of gal.

Subjectivity...

"Sandy walking with Agar" a chromogenic print by Hunter S. Thompson.

It was taken in Big Sur during the 1960's but printed much later. A found gem that was part of the GONZO portfolio collection shown at M+B gallery.

I WANT, WANT, WANT the above photo.

Sadly, I can't have it (because it is very rare and very expensive). But my mind will not set it free. The moment I saw it hanging in a friends office I have been obsessed. Funny how that happens. To me, that is what art is all about. You see it and can't shake it. I happen to love photographs (large photographs) but for others it might be a painting or a sculpture. A "Piece" that captures your soul and you could look at all day long.

Jesus and Elvis on velvet, circa 2011

To each their own...