Well, I can't say last night's Mad Men premiere left me disappointed! Today the world is all a flutter over Megan Draper's saucy interpretation of "Zou Bisou Bisou."
Click here to watch Megan's (aka actress Jessica Pare) mad moves.
After a busy week in Texas, I almost forgot that tonight is Downton Abbey's season finale. Are you guys as stoked as I am?
Stumbled across this gorgeous 1960 retro dining table on Etsy this morning.
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First and foremost host, Claire Robinson, a Memphis, Tennessee native turned New Yorker, is adorable.
Her simple dishes are perfect for whipping up after a busy day at work. They require a few ingredients (hence the show's name) and tend to be pretty simple to prepare.
She also stays true-to-her-roots by preparing a ton of Southern-inspired recipes from a much more hip, much less Paula Deen, perspective.
For example, how delicious does her Green Tomato and Vidalia Onion Gratin recipe look?
Tomato & Vidalia Onion Gratin
Ingredients
1/4 lb. bacon
1 cup fresh breadcrumbs
2 large Vidalia onions, peeled and sliced into 1/4-inch thick rounds
4 large green or firm under-ripe heirloom or beefsteak tomatoes, sliced 1/4-inch thick
Kosher salt and freshly cracked black pepper
6 oz. sharp white cheddar cheese, grated (about 1 1/2 cups)
Directions
Preheat the oven to 350 degrees.
Render bacon in a large skillet over medium heat. Remove the cooked bacon, along with 2 tablespoons of the bacon fat; pour the fat over the breadcrumbs and toss to coat.
Add the onion rounds to the skillet in batches and cook, without breaking the round slices apart, until there is some golden color, about 5 to 6 minutes per side.
To assemble the gratin, overlap the green tomato slices in one row in a large baking dish (9 x 11).
Next, make a row slightly overlapping of the partially cooked onion rounds, being careful to keep the slices intact.
Repeat steps until all tomatoes and onions are used; season tomatoes and onions heavily with pepper and lightly with salt.
Crumble the bacon over the vegetables; sprinkle the grated cheddar over the top followed by the breadcrumbs.
Bake for 30 to 45 minutes or until the cheese is bubbly; if the top is getting too brown, loosely cover with foil. (Yield 4-6 servings)
Perfect for warmer weather and perfectly Southern.
P.S. Claire has a really rocking cute pup named Newman.
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On that note, here are two fav clips from the show to get us through this most annoying hump day.
Watch Larry open a package, and
go out for coffee.
Season 8, which debuts this year, takes place in New York. Score!
Feeling happy and romantical (much like the Ban.do model seen above) on this Friday afternoon.The sun is shining, and I'm looking forward to a happy weekend with my honey.
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and awkward singing/dancing with coworkers!
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(from whence the sweet bird sang) 
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Tomorrow some of our pals are having their annual costume party and we are all set to be...drumroll please...Sookie Stackhouse and Vampire Eric from HBO's True Blood!
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Here's hoping we can top last year's Mad Men costume.
Hope everyone has a most wonderful, candy-filled weekend!!
"It's not like Galifianakis has ever touted his rusty locks as a modern-day rival to Fabio's. But in Due Date, they seem teased into an especially lively pubic shrub. Presumably he's playing it all for laughs, given two other stills featuring equally wacky dos — a driver's license picture that resembles the Heat Miser, and a black-and-white glamour shot that recalls Augustus Gloop — but it's no less disturbingly hypnotic."
"Remember when Phillip Seymour Hoffman showed up at the Oscars wearing a black stocking cap, and explained that it was because he had really, really bad hair for a movie role, and everyone scoffed, "How bad could it be, Phil?" This bad, which … wow. That cap was the right call, dude. Consider our scoffing officially retracted."
Jason Ritter in The Event
"The rumor mill suggests Ritter is a super-nice guy, and his Sean Walker is about the only rootable character on 24: Lost Edition. Sadly, we're not so much cheering for him to find his missing fiancée as we are for him to rob a drugstore for some shaving cream and a five-blade Gillette: All that carefully sparse facial hair does is make him look untrustworthy and wussy. Don't say he doesn't have the time amid surviving a plane crash, getting shot at, and being on the lam, because he somehow found a moment to put all that gel in his locks. Priorities, man."
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