Thursday, January 27, 2011

Because I Don't Have Enough Things to Read.

New friend (and even newer neighbor in the lovely Del Ray), Adrienne Royer introduced me to Matchbook Magazine, Fieldguide To A Charmed Life.

It launched this month and I am already in love. I mean, hello - Lela Rose On Manners and Ballet Flats? Yes, yes, and yes.

I have high hopes for you, Matchbook!

According to them, the Matchbook Girl...

VIEWS THE WORLD THROUGH ROSE COLORED GLASSES • LOVES TO THROW DINNER PARTIES, BUT HAS BEEN KNOWN TO BURN THE ROAST • VALUES ECCENTRICITY OVER CONVENTION • IS THE FIRST TO LAUGH AT HER OWN BAD JOKES • KNOWS THE CHA-CHA, THE CHARLESTON, AND THE TANGO • PAINTS HER NAILS BRIGHT CORAL WHEN SHE'S FEELING BLUE • IS INFINITELY CURIOUS • COULD HAPPILY LIVE OFF OF RED VELVET CAKE • PENS HAND WRITTEN NOTES TO HER GRANDMOTHER • HAS A SIGNATURE SHADE OF LIPSTICK • SECRETLY THINKS SHE MAY BE BABE PALEY REINCARNATED • RECEIVED AN iPAD FOR HER BIRTHDAY, BUT WILL NEVER GIVE UP HER LIBRARY CARD • HAS A BUCKET LIST A MILE LONG AND DREAMS A DIME A DOZEN • IS SMART, BUT NEVER A SHOW-OFF • LISTENS TO THE DAY'S FORECAST, BUT TRUSTS HER OWN INTUITION • NEVER SAYS NO TO A SUNDAY MATINEE AT THE THEATER • IS QUICK TO BLUSH, BUT NEVER SHORT OF A WITTY REPLY • HAS A SKIP IN HER STEP AND A TWINKLE IN HER EYE • ALWAYS SHARES HER LAST PIECE OF GUM


Thanks to some new astrological sign, I'm not a Cancer anymore (Gemini? I don't want to be a Gemini)... I think I'm a Matchbook Girl.