best bag- only $8!

This is one of the best reusable shopping BAGS I have ever had. It was given to my boyfriend by a colleague for Christmas and I have now stolen it form him because I love it so much.

First of all, it only costs $8...yes, that's right...eight dollars!! And shipping online is only $4. In NYC, I think you can purchase them at Eli's (Mr. Zabar that is) on 83rd and 3rd.

They are sturdy and can fold down completely. I just stuff it in my purse and it takes up no room and adds no extra weight and I use it for all my daily, miscellaneous purchases. Sometimes I use it for my workout clothes.

They come in every color imaginable and I think it makes a neat gift.

Get one!

www.baggubag.com

a man's life

THE LIFE OF A MAN...

I LOVE THIS!

Just discovered this thanks to INC. Magazine.

A brilliant new web site-

FONOLO.COM

It is brilliant!!!!! They have mapped out hundreds of companies phone menus so that you don't have to sit and listen to a million options before getting to a real person. You pick the company, choose why you're calling and they call for you!!! You type in your CELL and your cell rings when it gets to a real person. BRILLIANT and FREE.

If you need a better understanding, click HERE and watch the video.

They have nearly every bank, airline, insurance company, etc., that you could possibly ever dial and they're adding more.

LOVE THIS.

The ULTIMATE TO DO LIST

Here is a list I compiled about two years ago of things I want to do before I die. I think it's fun and also very motivating to make a list of things you want to accomplish in your life- whether it be small or big or easy or difficult.

MY LIFE LIST

1. Drink wine in Italy
2. Perform my own cabaret show
3. Learn Spanish
4. Have the patience to read a novel over 400 pages (2007) (DONE)
5. Sit at a cafe in Paris
6. Drink Dom Perignon
7. Ski in Colorado (February 2007) (DONE)
8. Help out a family in South America
9. Travel cross country in a car
10. Ride on the Orient Express
11. Go to Hawaii
12. Have kids
13. Buy a home
14. Get married
15. Buy a pair of Jimmy Choo or Manolo Blahnik shoes
16. Teach a class
17. go to Mardi Gras
18. sunbathe in the French Riviera
19. take a cooking class
20. Learn to bake a cake from scratch (Attempted- need to try again!)
    
21. Pay off my credit card debt
22. Invest in the stock market (sort of doing already)
    
23. go in a hot air balloon
24. jet ski
25. Have afternoon tea in England (Visited England with my parents in Nov 2007)
26. spend a weekend at the Greenbriar hotel
27. Stay a weekend in the Hamptons
28. Fly first class once
    
29. Carnival in Rio de Janeiro
30. Drink a mint julep at the Kentucky Derby
31. Dance on a bar once
32. Ski Jackson Hole
    
33. Ride on a vespa in Italy
34. take a surfing lesson
35. travel to Patagonia
36. mentor a young child
37. go to the MOMA (DONE-Went with Andrea in 2007)
38. eat in Little Italy (DONE 2008)
    
39. Carriage ride in Central Park
40. visit the Brooklyn Botanical Garden
41. kiss under the Eiffel tower
42. Ride on a gondola with the person I love in Venice, Italy
43. See a game at the US Open (DONE!)
    
44. Go to Wimbledon (Visited Wimbledon Oct. 2007 and toured grounds. No game.)
45. Learn to drive stick shift
46. Drive up California’s Pacific Coast Highway
47. prepare a Thanksgiving meal for more than 10 people
48. walk in a Breast Cancer walk
49. Macchu Picchu, Peru
    
50. buy a dog
51. ride the row boats in Central Park
52. live in NYC
    

TOP 10 TRENDS as seen by ME

As I have said before, I love making lists.

This is my list of the TOP 10 trends I have noticed in the past year....a lot of them popular in New York City.

TOP TEN STYLE TRENDS
By Emily

1. Boots, boots and more boots!
2. Leggings
3. Chunky Knit Beret hats
4. Rain boots- Hunter boots
5. Leather Messenger Purses for women
6. Braided hair do
7. Cardigans
8. gray jeans
9. Vests
10. An Obama T-Shirt...of course

cereal is for rich folks

I bought a box of Cheerios today at Gristedes which set me back $6.89! Unbelievable- CHEERIOS FOR nearly $7!!! I am still mad about it.

us airways

U.S. Airways will now be charging $7 for a pillow and blanket! Yes, $7! And that just adds to all the other extra fees they charge. Ridiculous I say!

did you know????

Did you know Barbie's full name is...

Barbie Millicent Roberts...and she is officially from Willows, Wisconsin.

Her 50th birthday is March 9 (1959). She must have had a lot of Botox!!!

cool website

Check this out! Hand Me Downs! Great website for mom's.

www.handmedowns.com

Buy, sell or donate gently used items- free service!

nadal wins, federer cries

So happy for Nadal- winning the Australian Open for the first time. As much as I feel for Roger Federer and his need to get back to the #1 spot, it's nice to see a Nadal win (again). Poor Federer and his uncontrollable crying. I really felt bad for him, but seriously, someone has to win and someone must lose. Shouldn't he know that he can't always win? Can't wait for the French Open.