Lauren Hutton

Lauren Hutton was on the fourth hour of the Today show this morning and she looks beautiful. I was surprised to learn that she is 64! She hasn't had surgery and she does look older than she did twenty years ago, but she looks wonderful and she glows. Maybe it is the make-up she was hawking for women over 40. Gee, I'll buy a ton of that make-up if they can guarantee that I'll look like her when I am 64.

Summer Cold

Hubby and I finally made it home from the Santa Fe roadtrip on Memorial Day. New Mexico, Santa Fe and Taos are all awesome; it's unlike any other place on earth, and it was amazing to drive across the Texas panhandle into New Mexico. At one point, about 10-20 miles from the state line -- after driving for hundreds of miles along flat prairie fields -- there is a hill 'dug out' from the fields and as you descend if feels like the earth opens up and suddenly there are rock formations and small mountains in the distance. I was speechless by the beauty of such a barren land.

Ten hours is a looooong road trip and we stopped at the golden arches, Wendy's, and a DQ along a desolate stretch of old Route 66 (which actually had the cleanest bathroom out of the bunch). It's interesting how the 285 route is on a gradual incline that you don't really notice except that the temperature outside kept dropping the closer we got to Santa Fe.

I loved Santa Fe, but I'm afraid that the altitude was not a friend to me. Physically I was thirsty all the time, although that could have been from the high desert...or it could have been that I was catching a cold -- of which I am now suffering. My first major cold since we moving to Texas two and a half years ago. Maybe that's why I was slow to clue in to the fact that I was getting sick because it had been so long since the last one.

Having a cold in the summer is slightly messed up. The first night we arrived back and I was bundled up because I had the chills and hubby was sweating because I made him turn the ac up a couple of degrees. It just feels weird eating chicken soup when it's 95F outside.

Say Hellow to Summer, aka Welcome to Texas

Whew! Looks like summer has already started as the mercury hit 99F yesterday in Dallas and will probably peak at the mid 90s this afternoon. It was 80F when I went for my morning walk at 9:30am. Looks like spring has finished and it's another six months of summer weather. Hopefully we can sneak in a few more weeks of patio weather.

Another SATC Movie SJP Only Print Ad

Today I paid a visit to my 'hair god' Brian. The highlights were growing out and my bangs kept getting in my eyes and driving me batty -- let's just say I think I know how Brittany felt last year when she shaved her head.

As I sat with in the salon looking like a freak show thanks to the foil all over my head, I grabbed the latest 'In Style' magazine for a look. No, I don't really really this mag as it's a 'glance-at-the-photos' publication. Then I saw it. A print ad for the Sex and the City movie. Yes, the ad only contained a photo of SJP and NO ONE ELSE! Sorry, but SJP can't carry a movie, and SATC is an ensemble. This print ad campaign is lame -- let's see a group photo featuring the other lovely ladies of SATC including SJP. Hmmm, makes me wonder if Candace Bushnell is going to get ANYTHING from this movie since she created the SATC column way back in the day...

Stars Win After Quadruple Overtime

Last weekend Hubby's buddy from Vancouver was in town and, as we are Canadians, the weekend included drinking rye and going to an NHL game. Okay, to be honest, I did not partake of the rye, but Hubby more than made up for that by drinking enough for the two of us.

The NHL game we attended was last night's match between the Dallas Stars and the San Jose Sharks. A week earlier I had predicted that the Stars would sweep the series, and I was feeling slightly jilted because they had lost a couple of games after winning three straight games.

The Stars finally got on the scoreboard after a second period goal by Antti Miettinen, and all seemed to be going well for the Stars until Ryane Clowe tied it with a goal early in the third period. Then the game went to overtime. Again, and again, and again, and again. Four periods of overtime. The ushers left and some of the crowd also took off early, but we stayed on until the wee hours of the morning. I think it was around 1:30 a.m. when Brenden Morrow scored the winning goal that unleashed the diehard Stars fans into a frenzy of cheers and white-towel-waving while the green and white streamers fell.

What a night. At least I didn't have to get up early and drive to the airport and drop-off Hubby's buddy, then make a presentation at work first thing this morning like Hubby. But, he enjoyed every single moment of it all remarking that it was like a 'double-header' game last night. I think he was secretly hoping that it was going to beat the record for longest overtime play. Now it's on to the Red Wings.