swoonsday

Today's swoonsday hunk has come a long way from 'The New Mickey Mouse Club.' Ryan Gosling has built quite the solid career for himself, and his latest flick, 'Blue Valentine,' co-starring Michelle Williams, looks to be pretty awesome. Enjoy.

tunesday

Oh man. I am really bad at keeping up with this lately. It's my Thanksgiving promise to me to get back on track with this thing. In the meantime, here's my pick for this week's tunesday: Arcade Fire's 'Rococo.' Beautiful.

good morning, mr. larkin

In honor of it being Earth Month, I thought I'd showcase one of my favorite eco-concious/friendly labels, Mr. Larkin. I have blogged about this line before, but with their amazing Spring 2010 collection being showcased on the website, I felt it was time to revisit this line again. All the fabrics are natural or sustainably produced, and the clothing is just GORGEOUS. The soft, feminine-yet-edgy silhouettes are perfect for spring, and I can't get enough of the cut-out work on the garments. Check out the website for more looks! 

bergdorf blondes

While I was in NYC earlier this week, I took a walk up Fifth Avenue, and paused to check out the window display at Bergdorf Goodmans. So fabulous. The windows along 5th were dressed and styled for the Lincoln Center's 50th anniversary, so there was definitely more theatrical elements and embellishments to them. As far as the 58th st windows were concerned, equally beautiful dresses, but I don't know if they were still part of the Lincoln Center display, or something entirely different. I apologize for the quality of a few of them, but the glare/reflections from buildings across the street was hard to combat. Still, if you're in NYC, make sure to check them out, theres always so much inspiration!!

this one was my absolute favorite!!

hallelujah, i adore it...

So once again, the Tony's have come and gone. I can honestly say I was blown away by them this year. This is the first year in a long while that I've actually been able to watch them, in their entirety, and I loved what I saw, minus the sound issues that they clearly had throughout the entire night. First off, the opening number was one of the coolest I've seen in a while..and who would have ever though Brett Micheals and Poison would ever have been performing on the Tony Awards? Not I. It featured an amazing medley of current Broadway shows, and I've embedded it at the end of this post. Next, Neil Patrick Harris was one of the best hosts I've ever seen for them, other than Hugh Jackman. He "suited up" in a faboosh shiny suit, kept it short and simple with the intros and banter, made some hilarious jokes throughout the night, and then stole the entire show with his "11 o'clock Number," which I have conveniently added at the end of this post :) The performances were pretty awesome, too. It only made me want to see most of the shows more than I already did...'West Side Story,' 'Next to Normal,' '9 to 5,' and 'Rock of Ages' all left me wanting more! ['Rock of Ages' mostly because one, who doesn't love 80's music, and two, they sang 'Don't Stop Believing' and threw a Michigan shout-out in--they pointed on their HAND to show where Detroit was!!] While I was a bit annoyed that 'Billy Elliot' took home most of the awards, I was sooo insanely thrilled that 'HAIR' won Best Revival of a Musical!!! I have professed my love for this show over and over again on this blog, so I'll just leave you with a few of the performance photos, and the must see performance video [Gavin Creel singing to Anne Hathaway? Hippies overtaking the audience? *swoon*] I've posted some photos from the Tony Awards official website from the red carpet, the show, dress rehearsals, and backstage, including one of my favorites as my main photo...Angela Landsbury & Poison?! Oh my...

   

HAIR cast, Best Featured Actress in a Musical - Karen Olivo for 'West Side Story'

   

Christopher Sieber as Lord Fardquardt in 'Shrek: the Musical,' Lauren Grahams amazing dress!

   

HAIR performance, Gina Gerhson & John Stamos, who will be seen in this fall's revival of 'Bye Bye Birdie.'

   

Anne Hathaway, who's dress I am obsessed with!, the end of the opening number featuring a whole slew of people singing 'Let the Sun Shine In' with the cast of HAIR

   

Liza Minelli, Marcia Gay Harden & Hope Davis presenting an award--loved Marcia's dress!

   

Neil Patrick Harris singing his '11 o'clock Number,' Aaron Tveit & Stockard Channing singing a medley in the opening number of songs from 'Next to Normal' and 'Pal Joey.'

   

Poison performing at the Tony Awards, HAIR

   

Anne Hathaway, who is performing in '12th Night' in Central Park right now, and playing Judy Garland on Broadway this fall!! Liza Minelli & Elton John backstage.

   

Rock of Ages performance, Elton John performing a song from Billy Elliot the Musical

   

Shrek the Musical cast performance, Dolly Parton

   

Will Sweson of HAIR, Anne Hathaway at the after party, Sutton Foster, and its a shame I couldn't find a full length picture, her dress was beautiful [and she's from Troy, Michigan!]

  

Allison Janney, Josefina Scaglione and Matt Cavenaugh performing a number from "West Side Story."

'9 to 5' cast performance

stylecaster

I recently joined stylecaster.com, and have become quickly infatuated with it. Its like a myspace, for fashionistas :) So, needless to say I was pretty excited when my virtual closet was chosen as a featured one today. If you have any interest in fashion, I totally recommend joining this site...and then adding me as a "style influencer," and I'll gladly do the same :)