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I will be wearing Timberlands in Costa Rica...

Jenuine West - Thursday, April 28, 2011
Off to Costa Rica later tonight...

I own one pair of sneakers.. actually make that two. We are going on a rain forest tour and after reading up on what was needed I decided to go shopping for waterproof, comfortable sneakers that borderline on hiking shoes?

Everything is big and brown. I will never ever use these hiking boots/shoes again. I will probably lose them at the hotel or conveniently forget to pack them because they will be muddy. So I decided to work with what I have.

So its either a pair of New Balance sneakers that I actually use once a month when I go to the gym or.... a pair of tan timberland sneakers.

Yes! TIMS! There was a point in my life where I longed for a closet of Juicy sweat suits and various colored TIMS.



Will I take pictures while in Costa Rica? Yes... but not from the waist down!

What makes you laugh about your closet past?

Jenny from the Block

Jenuine West - Wednesday, April 27, 2011
People used to call me Jenny but I wasn't from the block. I grew up on a mini-farm, far away from a "block", unless the song was referencing the block of salt my mother would strategically place in our pasture field to attract deers during hunting season. (To save them from eager, camouflaged men carrying rifles.) My mother was not liked.

How old is Jennifer Lopez? Why is she still showing her belly button to the world? In the past month I have encountered pictures of her where she out in public with her bare belly button.




Girl, you have a nice body but no one wants to see your belly button anymore. You act better than you sing and that's kind of an insult. Cover up, you are not on Living Color anymore.

*Waves and snaps hand in J lo's face. *


More Prada...

Jenuine West - Tuesday, April 26, 2011
Continuing the Prada theme from yesterday... Unlike my usual attraction to black and white, I am coveting these sandals.



I am trying to wait till next week to see if they still catch my interest... Let's see if I hold out.

Prada!

Jenuine West - Monday, April 25, 2011
A little behind the times but I am in love. These scarves were seen on a bunch of people during Spring fashion week.




I have been doing some internet research and I think a lot of people think that these are made out of faux fur. I visited Prada last week and found out the striped colors are real fox fur and the solid color stoles are faux. The price difference is about 3k. I purchased the solid color stole in dark navy and bright green and wore it to the Prince concert on Friday.

What a fun piece.

Nochella = JOchella

Jenuine West - Thursday, April 21, 2011
We didn't do Coachella this year. First for many. Some of us have been going for three to five years now. We were blessed with a hot weekend in LA, despite our slow crawl into summer. Close friends of ours recently acquired a beautiful house in the Hills and we celebrated with sunshine, a sight that always makes me smile, amazing salads, ridiculous tender lambchops and of course, friends that I love.


Taken after the festivities.

Congratulations Jo and Mickey. Bringing London to LA.

I gave in to Confederacy.

Jenuine West - Wednesday, April 20, 2011
I lied.

I didn't plan on going to Confederacy but I found myself near the store and I couldn't resist the temptation to pop in and see what they had. I reluctantly bought a Proenza Schouler tank dress and a 3.1 Phillip Lim Patch Dress. I can't seem to find a picture of the PS dress so I think its from 3 seasons ago and I just dropped it off for some tailoring this morning.

But the 3.1 Phillip Lim Dress is at Barney's for full price: $525. I paid $265. DEAL!



Going to Confederacy...

Jenuine West - Friday, April 15, 2011
I can’t go to this... but maybe you can? Will you let me know how wonderful the sale is and how many beautiful pieces I am missing out on?    

Confederacy is holding their Last Call for the Ladies Sale. No longer will their doors hold women’s fashions. Located at 4661 Hollywood Blvd., Los Feliz (323-913-3040).

Happiness can come in cotton too.

Jenuine West - Thursday, April 14, 2011
Is this week over?

A routine trip to the dentist became a 3 cavity ordeal. The first cavities I have ever had. A CT scan for a sinus headache I have had for a month. A minor fender bender with a parked car. A last minute scramble for taxes and it is only Thursday.

What is this? Karma payback for calling someone fat?

I take it back. Please world, be a bit kinder on me.

I am gearing up for summer travels, watching my spending money although I am aching to mend my broken self with some retail therapy. Shoes always make me feel better. But with Costa Rica two weeks away, an Aruba wedding, Detroit and not to mention the necessary visits to Europe in June and August - I am pondering how I will ever be able to afford new shoes or clothes along with the price of airline tickets.

Last week I went to Maxfields... I had a gift card before you laugh at my attempts to save money. I walked in wanting Rick Owens and I walked out owning Rick Owens. Sunburn Halter in Black. Not a leather jacket but happiness can come in cotton too.


Not Safe for Men.

Jenuine West - Monday, April 11, 2011
Seriously? Really? What?!

Without leaving pad-wearers up in arms, I do not know anyone that wears maxipads regularly nor do I understand why anyone would want designs on something designed to be bled on.

Patricia Field has joined forces with Kotex to host a Ban the Bland Design Challenge. I'm not lying - go here.



Log on and recreate a pad holder and an actual pad. Show your individuality by designing a pad millions of women will bleed on. Lovely.

I am very tempted to log on and pull a Pollock with red paint.



Would you vote for me?

"Wake up! Because somehow, they're banging the porn stars, and you're getting the crabs."

Jenuine West - Sunday, April 10, 2011
BIG, BIG, BIG fan of Bill Maher. I love that he unabashedly hates marriage, supports playboy-ism, smokes weed, puts religions into perspective and is awesome.

His new rule segments are a favorite and last week's was no different. But I need to re-post it. I loved it. With all this Charlie Sheen bullshit and asshats screaming “winning” all around town - my hatred grows for pop culture/jump on the bandwagon idiocracy. Instead of paying to see some bipolar, manic, washed-up television stars why not pay to see Bill Maher or at least read the news not TMZ.

Find the video here and transcript here:

   And finally, New Rule.  As long as we've got three wars going, America needs to add one more: a class war.

It's time working Americans told Wall Street the same thing that the good people of Detroit told Charlie Sheen last Saturday night.  "This is bullshit and I want my money back."

Now, two interesting things are happening in America right now.  Charlie Sheen, a millionaire armed only with a few catch phrases and two porn actresses who smell like ammonia, launched a self-pity tour because he can't have a TV show.  While the Republicans, the party of millionaires, are shutting down the government because they can't have a tax-free world.  As Paul Ryan says, it's not a budget, it's a cause.  Like slavery.  Like supporting one of the luckiest guys in the world in his quest to get all that's coming to him.

Folks, if you go to a show, and the guy on stage says, "Sorry, dude, I got your money already," like Charlie said, you're not IN on the joke, you ARE the joke.

You're not his friend or one of his chosen people, and you're not going to be him someday in paradise if you drink his tiger blood.  That's Jesus you're thinking of.  This is the guy from the sitcom about making dirty jokes to a fat kid.

So, you can know that a rock makes a shitty pet, but if you buy a pet rock, you're still an idiot.  Ask your dentist.  A @%%+-eating grin doesn't change the fact that you've been eating @%%+.

And that's the difference between being Charlie Sheen's girlfriend and Charlie Sheen's fan.  If you're his girlfriend and you get #@$!@*, he pays you!

And if you think a guy living large, and rubbing your nose in it that you're not, is funny, oh, here's one you'll really love.

You have to pay your taxes next week, and General Electric doesn't.  That's right, GE, America's largest corporation, employs 975 people just to work on their taxes, which, it turns out, is a really great way to handle your taxes.  Way better than what you have, a Vietnamese guy at the H&R Block who's using an abacus.  Yeah, GE paid no taxes on $14 billion in profit.  Why aren't people mad at them?

If I had to pick a phrase that encapsulates the American economy in the last decade, it surely would be, "I've already got your money, dude."

There's a law now forbidding credit card companies from screwing you with fine print and sudden unjustified rate hikes.  To which the credit card company said, "I already got your money, dude."

Or maybe you lost your job in a recession caused by already rich people who bundled horseshit loans, and then took "too big to fail" pity money from Uncle Sam.  "Already got your money, dude."

Americans need to have a Detroit moment where they realize they're pooling their money, and wasting it on the richest guy in the room.  The richest 1% hoard an obscene amount of the wealth, while the average American has to save up to eat at Red Lobster on his birthday.

Wake up!  Because somehow, they're banging the porn stars, and you're getting the crabs.