Oscar Party
We held our NINTH annual Oscar party this year!  Yes, that means I have never been to the Oscars.  Yes, I do hope to change that eventually. 

BUT in the meantime, we really love hosting this little party!  It’s a great way to get together & celebrate the ‘Superbowl’ of Hollywood.  Yes, this is our Superbowl- complete with betting, high drama, & crying/screaming.  Awesome.  For the decor this year I took my inspiration from Avatar, & bought ‘jungle’ plants (palm fronds & bamboo leaves & bright orange lilies) from the downtown LA Flower Mart, and put them in nearly every available corner of the house.  We had bright blue ‘Navi Punch’—if you’d like to recreate it yourselves, use a combination of blue curacao, key lime juice, Grey Goose vodka, pineapple juice & ginger ale.  Delicious.  For food, we had lots of fresh veggies, banana bread, chocolate, & amaaaazing empanadas from Empanada’s Place over on Vine.  (Not sure how that fits in with the theme, but it was all yummy.)

Enjoy this little slice of our night!
xo
Autumn

The ‘A’ Team:  with my friends Alyssa & Ashley

Watching the results…  (you can see some of my “Avatar” decorating theme happening in the background…)

The ‘J’ Team: Jenn Wong, Josh Covitt & his girlfriend Jessi are on pins & needles about the Best Short Animated Film category…  or something.

Party guests enjoying themselves…  (check out the blue globe lights in the background- sweet!)

Jess & I in front of our yearly creation—the Oscar Board!!  Jess keeps track of everyone’s votes & the winners in each category.  We use a weighted point system.  In fact, I would have WON this year if I had only picked ‘Hurt Locker’ for best picture!  I think my decorating scheme unduly influenced my choice (Avatar)...  Grrrr…

This is Amazing!!

When I was a little kid, there was a tall mechanical clock in the very center of the mall in my hometown.  It was filled with little slides, and gears, and miniature bowling balls, and they all worked together to create this beautiful, pointless, endlessly creative machine.  I loved it!  This new video from Ok Go reminds me of the childhood fantasy I had of being able to shrink myself until I was so tiny I could be a working part of the clock/artwork.  I absolutely love the creativity behind this video!  WOW!   

Hope you enjoy!!
xo
Autumn

As you guys know it is pilot season, and Autumn has a new show coming out! The Hollywood Reporter gives an overview of it, ABC’s “No Ordinary Family,” along with other new shows. “No Ordinary Family” revolves around an American family with special abilities. Autumn will play the lab assistant to the mother.  Check out the full article here!

Everyone has probably seen this ad by now, but it is so so so beautiful, with such a great message, that posting it again really couldn’t hurt.

Although, I can’t watch it without bawling my eyes out, so maybe it could hurt.  A little.

Loved this.  In the theme of “It’s Pilot Season!!” that seems to be my main focus lately, I thought I would share this with you: