CHANEL CHIT CHAT Thread!

[x joie]

More on food!

The bf just dropped off some vanilla bean cheesecake to cheer me up with all the papers I have to write for next week. I know I should have just had a sliver but noooo... I *had* to cut a good 1/4 of it and eat it while watching Out of Sight on TV. Gosh darn, George Clooney is so hot!! And the cheesecake was delish!

I'm really getting a lot done today school-wise.... LOL!

[cuteangel7777]

^ can i come over and eat? I am in need of cheese cake? are u at this place? lol... i am sooo wanting cheese cake!! please let me eat a bit...lol~

[NanamiRyu]

Originally Posted by fieryfashionist

Haha, I sure am! I've read all the books and even got my good friend into them! I agree, I wish they'd kept it authentic, and left the characters in London! It's not SATC... it shouldn't be in NY! I also wanted to hear Luke's British accent haha... I'm with you on the appeal of accepts (especially if the guy is cute... but sometimes the accent makes the guy more appealing haha)! OMG!!!!! I LOVED Leo in the Basketball Diaries, and I cannot believe your sister saw him!!!!! Wow, how amazing!!!! It was the year before Romeo and Juliet came out, so he wasn't as famous, although he received a lot of critical acclaim (and rightfully so!) for his performance in Basketball Diaries!! I would've given up a few Chanel bags for that opportunity haha!

Remember the character the guy who takes Juliet to *Portland* in "Lost" played in "Suddenly Susan?" I'm wishing you'd know that show because you love tennis. Lol. Although it's got nothing related to the sport, it did star Brooke Shields and I know some friends watched it or at least knew about it just because she was married to Agassi.

Anyhoo, I remember an episode of "Suddenly Susan," when that character I mentioned was told he gets all the girls he wants mainly due to his thick accent. And do you remember how a guy comes to US in hopes of hooking up with American girls who would love his accent in "Love Actually?" I think it was stretched quite to the extreme, as the guy was so ugly and boring. But YES! I myself would also do a at any kinds of British accents. I mean, my fave character from "Lost" is Desmond and the only reason is because I love hearing how he talks.

Then again, I also like Sayid & Sawyer, so perhaps I like all kinds of accents, not just British.

I'm going on and on about pop culture here too long but I have to say, sis was over the top happy how she got to see Leo. And it was all unexpected too because she didn't know he would be there. The kids knew they were shooting the movie at the school but they just heard and cared about the other star who was ridiculously popular at that time, Mark Walhlberg. Or I should really say Marky Mark, as he was called when he first came out showing his CK boxers.

Can you believe it, M? Sis said everyone went bananas at the fact Marky Mark was there! And my poor sis was the only one who was so excited Leo was standing right in front of her. Well, it was way way before him hitting big, but she and I thought he was sooooooo cute as Luke from "Growing Pains."

Oh my god... I really do watch too much TV...:blink:

[Nat]

Originally Posted by thegraceful1

Nat- nice thread! FYI: 70 degrees here today, you're welcome to visit me here in the OC, and you too Minal haha!!!

Aw N, that's so sweet of you to invite me I have 3 places to visit now, fabulous!

[NY_fashionista]

Originally Posted by Beautylicious

Aw N, that's so sweet of you to invite me I have 3 places to visit now, fabulous!

And you're always welcome here in NYC, if that's not already on your list.

[Nat]

Originally Posted by NY_fashionista

And you're always welcome here in NYC, if that's not already on your list.

Aw thanks! I would love to come and visit you in NYC one day - during Summer of course, LOL! Have to win the lottery first though, because NYC = shopping heaven

[fieryfashionist]

Ohh no haha... that's how they suck you in! My cousins in India kept going on and on about how I needed to try this potato/pomegranate (I was like huh - together?!) pressed sandwich, but I had visions of myself throwing up haha, so I passed. :-p

Ohhh, you should definitely go to Goa! I think I went ten years too early to fully appreciate it haha. My friend who lives in India says there are a ton of clubs there... when I went, I was 13 haha, so clearly I didn't care about that. :-p I remember it was absolutely beautiful though... we stayed in a hotel that was right on the ocean, with pretty villas... ahh, I can see it now!

Haha, I'm sure you can find meat there!! Lots of Indians eat meat... but I think you'd have a hell of a time finding any in Gujarat (where my relatives are)... the residents of the state would probably kick your carnivorous a$$ back to the states haha (j/k)!

Originally Posted by fleur-de-lis

LOL I totally get what you mean! I got a stomachache the other time eating street food in Thailand But gosh I just have to try it 'cos it looked so delicious and authentic... I haven't been to India at all but I'd love to go to Goa someday! Or anywhere near the banks of the Narmada River (all thanks to Gita Mehta's expressive and sensual prose). My friend was telling me that most of the food's vegetarian but I'm hoping not since I'm such a carnivore. LOL I'm all "Give me my MEAT!"

[fieryfashionist]

Aww, thanks N! I think I'm gonna buy my plane ticket tomorrow haha ... gotta escape the 20-30 degree weather!

Originally Posted by thegraceful1

Nat- nice thread! FYI: 70 degrees here today, you're welcome to visit me here in the OC, and you too Minal haha!!!

[highroller]

Today, a young woman came in to ship a Chanel bag. She only had it in the dustbag so I automatically knew what kind of bag it was based on the shape. It was a jumbo. I was like "is that the jumbo?" she was like "yes! how did you know?" I was like "I bought one yesterday with silver hw" she was like "you bought it from around here?" I was like "yes on 57th and Madison" she was like "did you get it for a good price?" I was like "It was $2650+tax" she was like "ohh ok"

Was homegirl trying to imply that I couldn't afford a real one?

[fieryfashionist]

Haha, you're so funny!! OMG, I LOVE Love Actually!! I've literally seen that movie five times! Hell, I might watch it again tomorrow (in between my attempt at studying for a final, of course)! Those guys were so hilarious... of course, the chances of a dweeb like that scoring with not one, not two, but THREE hot chicks is less than zero! Do you remember the couple that met in the most... unconventional way?! Every time they would film their "film" scenes, I would die laughing!! Of course, I was realllly distracted by the hotness that is Rodrigo Santoro... Carl needed a hell of a lot more screen time!! What was the director thinking?! Must have been a guy!

Haha, Desmond is amazing... I teared up when he was reunited with Penny (although, my tearing up is nothing out of the ordinary... I could cry at a touching commercial)! I love Sawyer too, but I gotta say... Kate and Jake all the way!! I'm so excited for Lost to come back it's bordering on pathetically sad! :-p

Ahh, are you serious? I don't care if Marky Mark (haha) was in his boxers dancing around... I would've made a beeline straight for Leo!! I'm sure I would have been the crazy girl security would've told "Excuse me, Miss, your shrieking is so loud that my earplugs are totally useless!" He was adorable as Luke on Growing Pains, and your sister is a wise woman (you too)!! :)

Originally Posted by NanamiRyu

Remember the character the guy who takes Juliet to *Portland* in "Lost" played in "Suddenly Susan?" I'm wishing you'd know that show because you love tennis. Lol. Although it's got nothing related to the sport, it did star Brooke Shields and I know some friends watched it or at least knew about it just because she was married to Agassi. Anyhoo, I remember an episode of "Suddenly Susan," when that character I mentioned was told he gets all the girls he wants mainly due to his thick accent. And do you remember how a guy comes to US in hopes of hooking up with American girls who would love his accent in "Love Actually?" I think it was stretched quite to the extreme, as the guy was so ugly and boring. But YES! I myself would also do a at any kinds of British accents. I mean, my fave character from "Lost" is Desmond and the only reason is because I love hearing how he talks. Then again, I also like Sayid & Sawyer, so perhaps I like all kinds of accents, not just British. I'm going on and on about pop culture here too long but I have to say, sis was over the top happy how she got to see Leo. And it was all unexpected too because she didn't know he would be there. The kids knew they were shooting the movie at the school but they just heard and cared about the other star who was ridiculously popular at that time, Mark Walhlberg. Or I should really say Marky Mark, as he was called when he first came out showing his CK boxers. Can you believe it, M? Sis said everyone went bananas at the fact Marky Mark was there! And my poor sis was the only one who was so excited Leo was standing right in front of her. Well, it was way way before him hitting big, but she and I thought he was sooooooo cute as Luke from "Growing Pains." Oh my god... I really do watch too much TV...:blink:

[fleur-de-lis]

Hey Minal! Potato/pomegranate?! Sounds really exotic but pardon me, I'm envisioning myself barfing too I get sucked in a lot especially if they smell yummy (I try to tell myself looks don't matter - it's the content that counts - 'cos I'm such a glutton, LOL) but what I do is buy a portion first - if it's really good I'll go for seconds LOL. For example when I was first introduced to lassi I had many reservations 'cos it smells kinda nice but the content is weird-ish - yoghurt and spice - but it ended up quite alright.

Oooh your description of Goa is inflaming my wanderlust! Hotels and seaside places... Me likey very much (Note to self: get my fat a** to Goa! LOL)

Yeah I was afraid I'd offend people if I ever went around and ask where the nearest non-vegetarian stall is And worst of all, find none! I'll be suffering some sort of withdrawal symptoms without meat after some time Loitering a little too close near the cowshed (totally blasphemous, I know! )

[the_lvlady]

Hi everyone! May I join in?

I just saw this thread as I was sooo busy packing up yesterday. I just arrived here in LA for a 1 (or 2) month vacation! I'm spending the holidays here with the rest of my family. It's been so looong since all my siblings and I have been together for Christmas, and this year should be so much fun!

[NanamiRyu]

Originally Posted by pond23

^^^ Hi Justine! Yeah, I guess it is a situation of the grass is always greener... We're very lucky in southern CA to have warm, sunny weather year-round. But I miss the white winters that I used to experience in Boston before I moved to Los Angeles 3 1/2 years ago. I don't miss shoveling, walking or driving in slippery, snowy conditions at all (I really hurt my back the winter before I moved from all of the shoveling). But it just doesn't feel like Christmas here when everyone is wearing shorts and flip-flops. I know, I know, I shouldn't complain. I appreciate the nice weather, but I do miss the Northeast a lot too. I visited NYC last Christmas, and the city just felt so magical. All of the department store Christmas displays and lights are just so beautiful. You feel the giddy excitement of a child being there. Thank you! That pic is of my little Yum Yum. He is now actually a slightly darker orange than Puff Puff. Puff Puff is very chubby and just bigger overall, even though she is a Holland Lop (a smaller breed of bunny). The 3 naughty bunnies are so interactive and full of personality. They really bring so much happiness and love me and to my family.

Oh, I now see why you wish for a white Christmas soon. I didn't realize you were a Boston girl. Wait. I think you might have mentioned it somewhere before now I think about it. Yeeks... My memory isn't how it used to be these days!

I do agree NYC does Christmas decos the best. The first time I went to Paris was on Christmas day several years ago and I was doing a at the horrible looking Christmas tree in front of Notre Dame. It is soooo sad looking compared to what I was used to seeing in NY and I couldn't believe they'd do such thing for such a popular tourist attraction spot. And the funny thing is, I went back for Christmas there few times after that and they have the same exact tree every time!

I posted the pic in travel forum before but this was the cutest looking Christmas display I ever saw in Paris...



Can you guess what the shop sells, Steph? Yup~ It's an umbrella shop! I think they actually hand make umbrellas there because I saw them sewing things around whenever I passed by it.

[NanamiRyu]

Originally Posted by fieryfashionist

Haha, you're so funny!! OMG, I LOVE Love Actually!! I've literally seen that movie five times! Hell, I might watch it again tomorrow (in between my attempt at studying for a final, of course)! Those guys were so hilarious... of course, the chances of a dweeb like that scoring with not one, not two, but THREE hot chicks is less than zero! Do you remember the couple that met in the most... unconventional way?! Every time they would film their "film" scenes, I would die laughing!! Of course, I was realllly distracted by the hotness that is Rodrigo Santoro... Carl needed a hell of a lot more screen time!! What was the director thinking?! Must have been a guy! Haha, Desmond is amazing... I teared up when he was reunited with Penny (although, my tearing up is nothing out of the ordinary... I could cry at a touching commercial)! I love Sawyer too, but I gotta say... Kate and Jake all the way!! I'm so excited for Lost to come back it's bordering on pathetically sad! :-p Ahh, are you serious? I don't care if Marky Mark (haha) was in his boxers dancing around... I would've made a beeline straight for Leo!! I'm sure I would have been the crazy girl security would've told "Excuse me, Miss, your shrieking is so loud that my earplugs are totally useless!" He was adorable as Luke on Growing Pains, and your sister is a wise woman (you too)!! :)

Hey, anything with Hugh Grant, I tend to love. Lol. So I gotta love "Love Actually." It's such an odd movie when you think about it but it sure is entertaining. I think I must have seen it about five times as well.

And OMG, Minal... You and I have too many things in common because I also think Rodrigo is soooo HOT! How can the girl (I always forget her name. I just keep remembering her as Frasier's last girlfriend, lol.) not fall in love with someone who is that handsome?

But at least Rodrigo's screen time wasn't that short compared to his short lived life on "Lost." I'm more mad at producers of "Lost" to have him play a dumb role like Paulo for few episodes and kill him off like that. Why in the world did they suddenly put him in if they weren't going to feature him as one of the regulars? He would've been my number 2 fave if they gave him a nicer charcater to play. (Desmond would always be my number 1 all due to his Scottish accent.)

That very unconventional couple was indeed hilarious! I of course did WTH at their first scene but they are so funny. I heard that they actually edited their part when they showed the movie in Korea. Even though nothing "naughty" is actually shown, the distributors in Korea thought the situation was not family friendly or something and edited out all their scenes, in order to make the film PG 13.

I find it fascinating how the most talked about part of the movie in Korea was the story of the guy who secretly likes Kiera Knightly. You know the scene he goes to see her and "talks" to her without speaking? That was very much parodied all over in all kinds of media, including commercials. I, in other hand, didn't care anything about it other than how pretty Kiera is.

I liked other stories much better, such as the prime minister's love interest. Lol. Not just because it was played by Grant, but because the whole thing was done with a bit of twisted humor, such as having American president hitting on the girl. From how the character was set, it was obvious she is considered overweight. And to have none other than American president (who btw, was obviously an womanizer) harassing poor girl felt like a satire. I mean, we did have a history of having a certain president with notorious scandals after all. The actress who played the role of the assistant was too pretty IMO but eh... I guess they couldn't really have Hugh Grant being attracted to a truly ugly or so so looking girl.

And my most fave part of the movie is when the little girl Liam's step son likes sings on the stage. What a performance! I could totally see how that boy fell in love with her.

[Nat]

Originally Posted by the_lvlady

Hi everyone! May I join in? I just saw this thread as I was sooo busy packing up yesterday. I just arrived here in LA for a 1 (or 2) month vacation! I'm spending the holidays here with the rest of my family. It's been so looong since all my siblings and I have been together for Christmas, and this year should be so much fun!

Of course you may Oh, lucky you! Have lots of fun in LA with your family!
And with shopping in LA of course