Why is finding jeans so crazy difficult?

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I have a few pairs of jeans that are long and are hemmed for wearing with heels and I've decided that I want to buy some jeans that work for flip flops and flats.

Shopping for jeans is a gut wrenching experience. You start out with high hopes...how hard could it be. They're just pants right? Wrong! This week I hit Robson and tried on Gap, Banana, Esprit, Jacob and Sevens. I found a nice pair of wide legged trouser jeans from Esprit but they didn't really fit the bill of summertime-weekend-flip-flop jeans. Next week, I'll take a crack at some more considering I'll be in Chicago for work. (And we're heading to San Francisco and LA for the May long weekend.) But I have to be in the right frame of mind for the jeans expedition.

There are some jeans guides online but they don't really cover everything. I really like the Denim Guide on Shopbop since my measurements are the same as the curvy measurements. Oprah has a Jeans Therapy page. And Style Bakery did a good little jeans guide last fall. At any rate, it's tough to find jeans under $100.

Buying a bikini is easier than this. There's gotta be a better way.

Reporting back on the Army and Navy shoe sale

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The sale was a cornucopia of cheap shoes and sweaty, crazed women. It wasn't pretty. After 1 hour of digging through giant piles of shoes that had been abandoned by other shoppers, I only came away with 2 that I really liked. And they were exactly the same - one gold, one silver. They will defenitely be the summer party shoes.

Zilya spent 2 hours in there and came away with 4 pairs for $130. Jackie, the reigning A&N shoes sale veteran got 5 pairs for $150 and only spent an hour in there. Statistically speaking, she is the clear winner.

Exactly which one of us is the bubble blower??

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Find your own pose!

Nothing in Canada makes the list...

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...but there are 2 in Sydney. Hmmm.

The World's 50 Best Restaurants 2006:

1 El Bulli, Spain - The Penfold's world's best restaurant, best in Europe
2 The Fat Duck, United Kingdom
3 Pierre Gagnaire, France - Chef's Choice
4 French Laundry, US - best restaurant in the Americas
5 Tetsuya's, Australia - best restaurant in Australasia
6 Bras, France
7 Restaurant Le Louis XV, Monaco
8 Per Se, US
9 Restaurante Arzak, Spain
10 Mugaritz, Spain - highest new entrant

11 Can Fabes, Spain
12 Nobu, UK
13 Gambero Rosso, Italy - highest climber
14 Gordon Ramsay (Royal Hospital Road), UK
15 Restaurant Alain Ducasse, France
16 Jean Georges, US
17 Le Cinq, France
18 Daniel, US
19 Oud Sluis, The Netherlands
20 Chez Panisse, US

21 El Celler de Can Roca, Spain
22 L'Astrance, France
23 Hof van Cleve, Belgium
24 La Maison Troisgros, France
25 L'Atelier, France
26 Charlie Trotter's, US
27 Le Gavroche, UK - outstanding value
28 La Colombe, South Africa - best restaurant in the Middle East and Africa
29 Enoteca Pinchiorri, Italy
30 Rockpool, Australia

31 Le Calandre, Italy
32 Le Bernardin, US
33 Noma, Denmark
34 Restaurant Dieter Muller, Germany
35 St John, UK
36 Hakkasan, UK
37 Martin Berasategui, Spain
38 Le Quartier Francais, South Africa
39 Chez Dominique, Finland
40 L'Ambroisie, France

41 Die Schwarzwaldstube, Germany
42 Dal Pescatore, Italy
43 Bocuse, France
44 L'Arpege, France
45 Gramercy Tavern, US
46 Bukhara, India
47 De Karmeliet, Belgium
48 Oaxen, Sweden
49 Comme Chez Soi, Belgium
50 DOM, Brazil

Army & Navy Shoe Sale

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This upcoming Wednesday at 8am. Woo!

Which Came First?

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Project Runway season 2 just ended last week and now Project Catwalk has just started tonight. Yay! More fashion disasters and high drama! And holy crap Liz Hurley's boobs are humongous.

So this is what Saturday morning feels like...

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...without a hangover. I like it!

Rob Corddry hates me!

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Seriously...on the Daily Show the other day, he had a bit about racism and how he hates everyone. So across the screen he lists (super fast!) all the groups of people he hates including Tivo Users and List Pausers. It went by so fast I had to replay the list on slow - and in the list is listpauser@yahoo.com. So if you email him, here's what he sends you. Dunno if it was an autoresponder cause it was addressed to me as LJ. (Lipgloss Junkie)