she hit pause. studios.

She Hit Pause Studios, Inc. was created by Matt Schwartz, photographer, and Kate Shawver, web designer/developer, in Spring of 2002. Kate and Matt live in Carroll Gardens, Brooklyn. I just love love love their photographs and would kill to be one of their subjects. Matt has been photographing his version of the pin-up girl for the past 10 years and all of his models are friends or people who have purchased his work which I think is just fantastic!



She his pause studios' work has been featured in Daily Candy and is currently for sale at Anthropologie. That's right, I said it. ANTHROPOLOGIE.

Troop Beverly Hills: The Experience

I don't know if you've heard of a little movie called, TROOP BEVERLY HILLS? Let me just start by saying, this is the movie I would plead my father to let me rent every Saturday afternoon between my girl scout meetings and Pocahontas inspired slumber parties.


It's also the movie that made me want to move to L.A. to become a legit wilderness girl. Now, approximately 13-18 years later (you do the math), Troop Beverly Hills is finally being appreciated the way it should and I am extremely intoxicated with the idea of dressing up girl scout style and celebrating this little gem of a movie!

Here are the details:

Troop Beverly Hills: The Experience. A sing-a-long, dance-a-long, quote-a-long, and if we're lucky, Shelley Long! Coming to LA Monday October 5th, 8pm at King King Hollywood!

Come celebrate the 20th anniversary of Troop Beverly Hills. Be an honorary Wilderness Girl for one night only (for now)! Earn patches, boo Velda Plendor, dance "The Freddie", and of course sing Kumbaya.

Get your tickets here!

Happy Friday!

Happy Friday, toute le monde! I'm very excited to spend this weekend dinner party hopping as it's been a stressful week and the more wine, the better! I'll finally be attending a Hollywood Forever screening of An American Werewolf in London, as well as a tennis match with friends and attacking those blueberry crumble bars on Sunday! What plans do you have?

Blueberry Crumble Bars

Yeahhhh, I'm going to have to make these. As soon as possible. As in this Sunday. Won't you join me?


Ingredients

1 cup white sugar
1 teaspoon baking powder
3 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup cold unsalted butter (2 sticks or 8 ounces)
1 egg
1/4 teaspoon salt
Zest and juice of one lemon
4 cups fresh blueberries
1/2 cup white sugar
4 teaspoons cornstarch

Directions

1. Preheat the oven to 375 degrees F (190 degrees C). Grease a 9×13 inch pan.

2. In a medium bowl, stir together 1 cup sugar, 3 cups flour, and baking powder. Mix in salt and lemon zest. Use a fork or pastry cutter to blend in the butter and egg. Dough will be crumbly. Pat half of dough into the prepared pan.

3. In another bowl, stir together the sugar, cornstarch and lemon juice. Gently mix in the blueberries. Sprinkle the blueberry mixture evenly over the crust. Crumble remaining dough over the berry layer.

4. Bake in preheated oven for 45 minutes, or until top is slightly brown. Cool completely before cutting into squares.

This is for you

Rob Ryan in a British artist who specializes in paper-cutting and screen printing. His book, This is for you, is one of my favorite possessions. Ms. Lily introduced me to Rob a year ago and my dream is to have his artwork and books in every room of my house. The best part? Rob has his very own etsy shop and his very own blog!


To purchase the book: This is for you by Rob Ryan
* P.S. This book makes an excellent present for any sort of occasion. I highly recommend buying one for yourself and trying not to give it away!

Saipua Flower Shop

Saipua Flower Shop may be my dream fantasy. Saipua is a little shop in Red Hook, Brooklyn which specializes in floral arrangements for special occasions.


I am dying to have a said special occasion so I can order some of these delicious looking bouquets!





I guess it's a bit over the top to plan a trip out east just to visit a flower shop -right? Because I'm seriously considering it. If you live in the Brooklyn area will you please go visit this adorable little shop so I can live vicariously through you? Thanks!

Style Crush: Zooey Deschanel

Why are Ms. Zooey's outfits always so crush-worthy? I think if I could have a tour of anyone's closet, it would absolutely be hers. Here are some of my favorites below!

500 Soundtrack Give-a-way Result

Congrats to the lovely Marci Liroff for winning the 500 Days of Summer Movie Soundtrack!! Marci's name was chosen by an online random number generator.



Marci Liroff said...
Dear Katelicious:
I've been following your blog and just LURVE your writing. I had no idea! I feel like I'm seeing the city thru your eyes. I just loved 500 Days of Summer (of course, my only criticism is that MY name wasn't on it!!).
Thought the soundtrack was joyous and exactly what I would expect for a movie like this - with some wonderful surprises too. I will hold off actually purchasing it until I win your giveaway contest. See? Positive thinking!
Lots of love - Marci

Stay tuned for more free give-aways in the near future! Thank you all for commenting!

Friday Give-Away!

Here it is (finally): my very first Friday give-away! I hope to make these more frequent in the future but we're gonna start off small with a copy of the 500 DAYS OF SUMMER movie soundtrack. To win this C.D. featuring The Smiths, She & Him, Feist and Regina Spektor, leave a comment below. On Monday I'll randomly select a winner and send you the CD in the mail for free! Good Luck!

Open Your Heart

Check out this adorable Lavender Diamond music video of their song "Open Your Heart" directed by the very taltented and cool Sia! Highlights: roller skating, pink tights, keyboards and cartwheels! This video was filmed in the streets of Silverlake which makes it extra special to me!