April 5, 2013

I really enjoyed reading your comments and emails about where you’d like Miss Sexcapader to meet her first fling. Your ideas were terrific. They inspired me in writing this section, but it was hard to decide who to follow. Many described the Sexcapader as a cool, beer-guzzling girl, who is into lust, not love. Others countered that she’d be up for romance. Some felt that she’d begin as a party girl and grow into a romantic. This is a fabulous solution because it combines all of your wonderful ideas and gives Miss Sexcapader an arc.

Barcelona won out as the location for her first star, but only by a little bit. Greece, France, Italy, Germany and Ireland were close behind…so in future excerpts, I’ll try to cover them. Thanks for all your help! It means a lot to me and makes a big difference.

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March 28, 2013

Thank you so much for all of your input about which three girls from The Single Girl’s Guide to Meeting European Men you would like in a fictionalized story. I loved your comments and emails! Despite the fact that the producers all had different opinions, you came up with some really good suggestions that they hadn’t thought of. I especially appreciate that you included the reasons for your choices. This video is the first excerpt in the story. At the end of it is the next question. It has to do with which European locations to feature. That was another area of intense debate among the execs. I can’t wait to hear what you think!

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March 27, 2013

Cabo

What I love most about traveling is meeting interesting people from different places. While I was in Cabo, I made friends who were not only from Mexico, but from America, Australia, Canada and Italy. Everyone was so friendly!

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March 21, 2013

Producers haven’t been able to agree on certain aspects of a screenplay based on The Single Girl’s Guide to Meeting European Men, so I’m asking for your ideas and testing them in an online story!

Here’s the first question: Which three girls from Meeting European Men would you like featured?

If you look really closely at this video, you can still see the scar on my stomach from my “stunt work” on Tosh.0 as I was dragged out from under the bed. Oh Daniel, you’ve made it so that I’ll never forget you:)

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March 18, 2013

For my St. Patrick’s Day celebration, I did the Harlem Shake through Cabo! Thanks a gazillion to the people at Dreams Resort, Billygan’s Beach Club, El Squid Roe, and Cabo Wabo for inviting me in.

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Filming Fashion

I thought the hardest part of filming my Spring Break fashion video was sneaking into stores to bring you the latest looks. Then I returned home to tape my intros and connectors and realized that I was lacking in crew members…aka snagging a kind-hearted soul to work the camera. But no problem. As you can see, hitting play and running into the frame works! Now I’m just down to editing. Final Cut Pro and I have become quite close friends:) What can I say? I’m a one woman production company.

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March 2, 2013

Spring Break Fashion Video

I’m about to film a Spring Break fashion video. Some of you asked me to cover swimsuit trends. I guess that means I have to remove my towel? Yikes!!!

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February 25, 2013

Sliver Linings Playbook fans, prepare to laugh!

This was quite the whirlwind project. I scripted it during the Oscars, filmed each clone persona afterwards – complete with costume changes – and then edited it. I wanted to post the video that night…or at least before the sun rose:) But Compressor had a mind of its own and took much longer than usual to render it. So I had to post it the next day.

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February 24, 2013

The Oscars

I’m getting comfy watching red carpet festivities. Tonight, I’ll post a funny Oscars video for you all…with a twist! In the meantime, this occasion might call for two bowls of popcorn. Anyone wanna join me?:)

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Dating Advice From Grandma

In honor of Valentine’s Day, I’m sharing my grandma’s timeless dating secrets. She advises, “Some girls date guys who are good friends and who they work well with. Those qualities are really important, but if there’s no romantic spark, forget it. A girl should be so excited for that special someone to pick her up on a date that her stomach is dancing with butterflies.”

Grandma’s quite a catch! When she was young she had dark brown hair and emerald green eyes that had men mesmerized. She met my grandpa while working at the Trianon Ballroom during World War II. Soldiers stopped in while on leave. They lined up to dance with her. She had so many admirers that she would only dance one song with each man. But when she met my grandpa that changed. She was so taken with him that they danced for three songs in a row! She said that romantic sparks never stopped flying between them from their first date until the day my grandpa died ten years ago. She can’t imagine remarrying because as she puts it, “Why, when I had Prince Charming?”

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February 1, 2013

Professional makeup artist, Duncan Smith, is the king of explaining step-by-step how anyone can pull off a beautiful smoky eye with any product line. I’ve seen countless tutorials on this look that were too complicated—or so overdone that when I tried them, I resembled a raccoon. So Duncan and I teamed up again to give you these easy-to-follow tips.

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January 24, 2013

Resort SeasonIf you want to enjoy the rays you might consider these beaches that are not just beautiful, but filled with personality.

Waikiki (Oahu, Hawaii) Anything goes here, but not in a wild party sense. Waikiki is friendly to both families and singles. I’ve seen almost everything there from stand-up paddle yoga to beach acrobatics. One time a group of professional surfers overheard me saying that I’d never surfed. They invited me to join them. I explained that me surfing for the first time would be equivalent to the I Love Lucy episode where she took her first ballet class…disastrous times ten. They didn’t mind. I love this friendly, nonjudgmental vibe. When I took this picture one evening before going to town, no one even seemed to notice that I was striking a dance pose on the beach. After all, the people behind me were doing ocean aerobics!

Mykonos (Greece) This town is party central and packed with stylish beaches, bars, restaurants, and shops. Unlike Waikiki, it doesn’t have hot weather right now but is perfect for planning a summer getaway. Mykonos has developed a glamorous reputation without losing its Greek roots. During the high season, girls live in their bikinis all day until evening. Even if they decide to take a hike, head out to a restaurant, or shop, they often simply throw on a sarong and go. When the weather is good and the sun begins to set, Tropicana, located on Paradise Beach, is the place to be for a buzzing beach party. And girls, you know you can find guys here. There’s a reason why Mykonos is one of the towns I featured in The Single Girl’s Guide to Meeting European Men!

Tamarindo (Costa Rica) My friend just spent the holidays here. She wanted to soak up the culture as well as the sun, so she sought local outdoor hubs. Her favorite beach was Playa Conchal. She said there was a Westin in the middle of it, which attracted tourists, but locals flocked to the rest of the beach. School was on break there, so Playa Conchal was filled with generations of families camping on the sand. When the sun went down, the families barbequed and played music from boom boxes on the hoods of their cars. Her group was invited to join one of these parties and “adopted” into a Costa Rican family!

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Charity CookbookWhen entertainment writer Chris Trash asked me to contribute to a charity cookbook, I was excited to help. If you’re like me and love eating so much that it might as well be a hobby, by ordering this book you can both get your food fix and help those in need. Chris said, “the idea is to get a group of young up-and-coming faces together and have them share a little piece of their everyday lives.” As he put it, “Buy this book and get recipes from Katherine Chloé Cahoon, Mike Benner, Chase Mitchell and MANY MORE!…Not THAT many more, like 15 more people but still pretty fancy…you don’t just become Gwyneth Paltrow overnight.” I like to think of us as the “almost famous” because we’re included on almost prestigious sites like Celebrity wikiFeet! But seriously, check out the book!

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December 26, 2012

Whew! I did it! I snuck into another dressing room to show you the latest fashion trends. There was no time to manually focus my camera so the video gets blurry every once in a while, but that’s the price of sneaking in! And if only I’d invented a tripod that collapsed small enough to fit into my purse there would have been no camera wobbles:)

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