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SFMTA chief hopes to calm the parking meter furor at supervisorial hearing
San Francisco Municipal Transportation Agency director Ed Reiskin faces a tough challenge tomorrow (Thu/2) at the Board of Supervisors Neighborhood Services and Safety hearing that Sup. Mark Farrell has called on expanding parking meters into new neighborhoods, where Reiskin is expected to face a hornet's nest of SFMTA critics stirred up by the loss of free street parking and perceptions that the agency is mismanaging public spaces and transit. [UPDATE: Read what happened here.]
Reiskin needs to quell some of the anger that is erupting in the northeast Mission District, Potrero Hill, and other areas slated for new meters enough to prevent increased supervisorial intervention into his independent agency and ensure a transit improvement bond measure planned for next year has a chance of passing – which the agency desperately needs to make improvements to Muni.
"We appreciate the opportunity to share information on how we're trying to create more parking availability and ease congestion," SFMTA spokesperson Paul Rose told us.
Jay Primus, who manages the SF Park variable price meter program for the SFMTA, told us he's seen the presentation that Reiskin will be giving and finds it compelling, even though he knows better than anyone that, as Primus said, "Parking is always a difficult subject, particularly in an area as dense as San Francisco."
It's hard to imagine what might satisfy the SFMTA's staunchest critics, who have created websites blasting and lampooning the agency's every action and formed opposition groups that use militant rhetoric.
Mary Eliza is the spokesperson for Eastern Neighborhoods United Front, which has whipped up critics of the parking plans with calls to "FILL THE HALL. Raise your flag and wear your colors." Speaking to the Guardian, she cited a litany of complaints and deep, conspiratorial suspicion of the SFMTA and its agenda, which is why she said critics have appealed to the supervisors.
"We're not dealing much with the MTA anymore, we're dealing with the supervisors because we think it's our best chance to get anything accomplished," Eliza told us.
They seem to have found a sympathetic audience with Farrell, a conservative from the westside, where pro-car ideologies are strongest. "Even as a transit first city, San Franciscans deserve to have reasonable parking situations in their neighborhoods. With plans under discussion to expand SFMTA's number of parking meters citywide, every potentially affected neighborhood deserves to have extensive input into and thorough understanding of SFMTA's upcoming plan," Farrell wrote in calling for the hearing.
Primus said the SFMTA does try to be responsive to community concerns, noting that when its plans for new meters in the northeast Mission, Potrero Hill, and Mission Bay ran into strong community opposition in 2011, officials delayed the plans to gather more data and do more community outreach, separate the proposals, and remove them from the SF Park pilot program.
They are now finishing work on the Mission plan, which should come out this summer, after they do more work on solving issues raised by car repair and other light industrial businesses. But Primus said parking scarcity and good transit access in the area make it "an area where good parking management is all the more important."
Then comes Potrero Hill, where the anti-meter furor appears to be strongest. But with increased development planned for the area, Primus noted that the community and Board of Supervisors have already called for more active parking management by the SFMTA: "All these parking policies were called for in the Eastern Neighborhoods plan, so it was already approved by the supervisors."
after which they'll propose the exact same plan - more meters, extended hours and higher charges. After all - Reiskin needs to earn his $300,000 salary somehow.
Interesting how Steven portrays opponents of these plans as being "conspiratorial" while he spends countless hours obsessing over vast conspiracies involving Ron Conway and the mayor.
Jay Primus is misrepresenting the Eastern Neighborhood plan.
Eastern Neighborhoods calls for on-street parking to be managed for the benefit of existing residents. It also calls for policies that preserve PDR light industrial uses.
Farrell is from D2 which is on the north side of the City, not the west.
So long as the MTA and TA have abandoned any pretense of investing in transit to make it an attractive alternative to driving, then the livability agenda is by and large a non-starter. The City cannot go raising residents' costs expecting that they will take transit that does not exist.
And who in their right mind would support more revenue for Muni when the Mayor is directing the agency to funnel out unrestricted cash as fast as restricted cash comes in to make up for it?
It's not broke because of lack of money - it has a lack of money because it doesn't work. To fix it requires throwing out all the management, unions, contracts and probably most of the equipment.
I'd rather dismantle mini except for the rail systems and the bus routes along the major arterial roads. And then allow jitneys to operate in the other area's.
That's the plan, to run the Muni into the ground so that supporters of public transit are arguing to preserve a corrupt system that can't be reformed so that it is all privatized and Ed Lee's contributors and Willie Brown's clients make book.
Doesn't matter what you do or how much money you throw at it.
It's a busted flush.
The only transit that works in SF is BART, because SF has nothing to do with running it.
@Guest - Isn't this a great comments section? Anonymous commenters can all use the same name to fail the Turing test by simply blaming everything on the Big Bad Unions. Over on SFGate, they have to come up with a bunch of anonymous IDs to make themselves look more numerous.
Isn't that code for the districts that generally vote "progressive?" In an either/or world, if you're not "progressive" you're not "eastern," and must therefore be a crypto-Republican "westerner."
@Hortencia - It's non-code for the districts with the most density. Kind of relevant to matters of transportation of land use, at least for those who want to have a substantive discussion.
The argument for more meters that SFMTA likes to raise is that it eases parking congestion so that there is parking turnover. That's such bullshit. If that is the aim, then charge 50 cents an hour and make it a two hour limit (or something other than the ridiculous meter charges and parking ticket rates).
Meters are just a revenue grab for an incompetent agency. It's outrageous how much you need to feed meters in Ess Eff.
The insidious underbelly of the argument that pricing can vary to induce availability is that if motorists know that parking is priced to be available, they will choose to drive, knowing there will be parking, instead of taking transit.
Variably priced parking to induce availability will add vehicle trips which will snarl transit more than it will generate funds to improve transit.
That only happens when prices are too low
When MTA's revenues don't come in as projected they demand more meters, more enforcement and higher fees for tickets of all sorts. They have ZERO credibility. When their plans are protested they disparage those protesting, take a break then come back in 6-9 months with the same plans.
Everyone knows the phrase "everyone knows" is a poor attempt to turn hearsay and conjecture into crowd-sourced truth.
@Lucretia Snapples - It is a constant mantra of motorist entitlement than any attempt whatsoever to collect money to defray the staggering expense of cars is about "revenue." What you claim "everyone knows" has been said about parking meters and traffic police for decades. It's really inane at this point.
"Any attempt whatsoever?"
How about the current meter rate in the Marina at weekday lunch is FIVE TIMES the rate in downtown San Rafael.
It is theft, plain and simple.
To make up for the lost parking put in meters, which will mean even less parking because metered blocks fit less cars than unmetered.
Just another money grab cheered on by true believers who claim to be government watch dogs.
though, to be sure, it was just in passing: meters reduce parking availability because the spacing between them determines how many cars will fit on each street.
When there are no meters, most drivers position their cars relative to the other cars on the street to maximize parking. When parking meters are installed, drivers tend to align their vehicles with them, thus wasting space.
optimize the space. In fact I often see cars parked half way into two spaces, which has been known to garner an irate note on the windshield, or worse.
The best parking is front-in, perpendicular to the street. Cars vary much more in length than they do in width.
product of your biblical certitude: variances in car length mean they project into traffic different amounts, and cars seem to be trending narrow again.
As for your irate notes -- "or worse" -- know that when you see a vehicle which has *apparently* taken two spots, you remain ignorant of how that came to be unless you've been monitoring it all along: it may have been parked sensibly but others came afterwards and parked near it to make it look like it was driven by one of the minority of anti-social mutants.
It is something I've noticed, though -- and I'm sure most others have too -- that at the times when a number of such wasted spots can be seen, the difficulty in finding a spot in a difficult neighborhood becomes geometrically worse. I leave notes which read "Gee, it's hard to find a parking spot in this neighborhood sometimes, isn't it? Is that why you took two spots?"
I think there should be a law that if you park wasting curbspace -- i.e., more than a foot or so from a red zone/driveway or more than three feet from the car which is most efficiently parked either in front or in back of the space you've picked, that you get a ticket equivalent to overtime parking, though for the aforementioned reason, such a ticket could only be written by an officer observing the vehicle being parked.
Nobody in the North Mission feels that the removal of the UCSF parking lot at 17th and Shotwell is cause for alarm. There is a consensus, however, that the new TOD condos need to be kept to their word, and that parking must be made more difficult for these newcomers. The Eastern Neighborhoods plans all call for on-street parking to be managed for the benefit of existing residents.
can easily be replaced. A lot of people I know who visit ODC use that and may be stuck now.
What I'd like to see is a multi-floor development there that retains parking, as we've seen with WholeFoods multi-use developments, for instance.
Per Eastern Neighborhoods, on-street parking is supposed to be managed for the benefit of existing residents. People visiting ODC can take transit and on-street parking along Folsom at night is not a problem.
The MTA is fishing for an excuse with that one.
Not to mention the walk thru the badlands to get there.
Sorry, non-starter.
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Perhaps I should said the killing fields instead.
were in Cambodia.
Perhaps you should have said "the mildly unsightly neighborhood where my kids and their dainty dance ensemble might see a homeless person" instead.
-- especially since there is such an *absurd* abundance of bullshit which scores highly in Google's standings on the subject -- that domestic reports about the Khmer Rouge savagery were completely out of proportion to similar events happening contemporaneously and having similar underlying (domestic, i.e. U.S.) culpabilities.
Incredibly reputable source. And the HTML design of that page - a blast from 1995.
"Cambodia became a Cold War battlefield in 1969 when the Nixon administration began bombing routes in the east of the country that Soviet-backed North Vietnamese troops were using to transport men and supplies for their war against the U.S.-backed regime in Saigon.
In 1970, then Prince Norodom Sihanouk was ousted in a coup led by U.S.-backed General Lon Nol, who cranked up the war against Vietnamese and Cambodian communists.
Sihanouk later formed an alliance with the Khmer Rouge and he urged Cambodians to join the fight against Lon Nol's regime, which fell to Pol Pot's army in 1975.
'Prince Sihanouk called on the Cambodian people to go and join the communist Khmer Rouge in the jungle and that allowed the Khmer Rouge to build up their troops from 1970 to 1975,' he said.
Without these events, Duch said: 'I think the Khmer Rouge would have been demolished.'"
"You should also tell the Cambodians that we will be friends with them. They are murderous thugs, but we won't let that stand in our way. We are prepared to improve relations with them."
-- U.S. Secretary of State Henry Kissenger speaking to Thailand's Foreign Minister Chatichai, November 26, 1975.
"Eight months into the Khmer Rouge genocide, President Ford and Secretary of State Kissinger visited Indonesia's then dictator, President Suharto. On December 6, 1975, Ford told Suharto that "we hope to expand" U.S. influence in Asia. Kissinger explained that "China does not have expansionist aims now," but was opposed to the USSR and Vietnam. Sharing this view, the US accepted China's support for the Khmer Rouge regime. A deal had been struck; Cambodia was the stakes. As Ford put it to Suharto: "The unification of Vietnam has come more quickly than we anticipated. There is, however, resistance in Cambodia to the influence of Hanoi. We are willing to move slowly in our relations with Cambodia, hoping perhaps to slow down the North Vietnamese influence although we find the Cambodian government very difficult." Kissinger noted Beijing's similar strategy towards the Pol Pot regime: "the Chinese want to use Cambodia to balance off Vietnam….We don't like Cambodia, for the government in many ways is worse than Vietnam, but we would like it to be independent. We don't discourage Thailand or China from drawing closer to Cambodia." With this statement to the head of Southeast Asia's largest state, Washington acknowledged the geopolitics that now authorized diplomatic approaches to succor the Khmer Rouge regime."
Why are you posting screeds about US support for the Khmer Rouge on an article which has nothing at all to do with the subject?
You really need to take a walk out over the Golden Gate sometime soon. A one-way walk if we're all lucky.
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So don't go to there if it scares you. I'm sure there's dance studios in Pac Heights.
The street it is on is fine, but the blocks around it are sketchy during the day and scary at night.
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So the MTA wants to pass a transit improvement bond measure which the "agency desperately needs to make improvements to Muni"? If they are so desperate to make improvements, why the hell was money that could have been used for improvements diverted to giving free rides to minors???
You do know we need to raise taxes so that we have quality schools and transit... and an endless stream of commissions, free things for some people, the city suing the state federal government, etc...
The city needs your tax dollars so it can hand out free shit with the money you just gave them.
Free shit to kids is okay. The MTA just made up the dollar amount that they said they'd lose if they gave free rides to kids, as if the difference would mean they'd run more vehicles than what they're able to throw out there as it is. The choice to divert resources to "fund" free transit for kids was a political choice, it was not necessary, they could have just done it.
They didn't just make up the amount. They went to the MTC to fund the program for a few years (I think they split the cost 50/50). Something to the tune of 5 million came from the MTA. That 5 mil could have been spent on these "badly needed" infrastructure improvements.
And what if, in 3 years, the MTC decides to discontinue their portion? Do you really think the MTA will ax the program? Hell no!!! They'll just fund it completely with MTA money, which means another bond, higher parking fines, higher residential parking permits, and whatever else they can come up with.
The MTA pulled a multimillion dollar figure out of their bureaucratic asses that represented the "cost" of providing free rides for kids.
There was no real world basis for this "cost," in that there were no new vehicle runs added to reduce crowding or increase headways. Thus, the MTA got more money for providing the same amount of underlying transit service, money which goes into the corruption pot to be externalized from the agency.
There is no need to fund a program that results in an incremental increase in transit load, incremental in that it does not require the MTA to spend any more money, that serves existing residents and furthers desired policy goals.
The transit delay that is inhibited by parents throwing their kids onto a free bus instead of driving them to school should cover whatever minor real costs are incurred.
...all has to do with cars. I wonder how you tend to get around the city.
still has school bussing. Kids should be able to walk to their school.
If the school district made sure each school was equally good, that wouldn't be a problem.
Schools are never all equal. That's why parents try very hard to get their kids into the best ones.
All they have to do is make sure all schools are equally good, and problem solved! Why didn't SFUSD think of that?
Now all we need to do is to conjure up the perfect world where that happens and we'll be there.
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If SFMTA needs money to fix the Muni why did they divert 510 million dollars in public transit fees from Muni to the street calming project to reduce the traffic lanes where Dolores meets Market Street?
This is an in-kind trade that doesn't smell right. How can they possibly spend over half a billion dollars widening a sidewalk? Is this real money and where is it going?
The Sunday parking meters are expected to bring in a measly 1.7 million dollars a year. Why bother collecting 1.7 million dollars if you are going to give away 510 million? The voters are not that dumb. Ed and Primus are wasting their time.
If SFMTA needs money to fix the Muni why did they divert 510 million dollars in public transit fees from Muni to the street calming project to reduce the traffic lanes where Dolores meets Market Street?
This is an in-kind trade that doesn't smell right. How can they possibly spend over half a billion dollars widening a sidewalk? Is this real money and where is it going?
The Sunday parking meters are expected to bring in a measly 1.7 million dollars a year. Why bother collecting 1.7 million dollars if you are going to give away 510 million? The voters are not that dumb. Ed and Primus are wasting their time.
It will bring in 1.7 million plus the ten million in tickets.
Like all good government bullshit artists they try and leave out the key aspect of their plan.
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He's probably right to be angry. The Aeros are now 0-3-2-1 for their last six games, and with this loss, though the Aeros got a point, they dropped to seventh in the standings, and the reason for those losses, according to Torchetti is rather simple: the team's not playing very good hockey.
"It's tough," Torchettis said. "You know what, our last six games have been that way every night. I would love to give you an explanation, but it comes down to how simple we want to play. We've got to simplify our game."
"First mistake, first goal – it was two-on-two, stay in our lanes," he said. "Where were you about getting the puck to go on offense when we were not even going to get any offense from it, so we give them the middle of the ice. Just a rookie mistake."
The second Hamilton goal came late, late in the third period, after the Aeros, had again, taken a lead early in the period, this time with Palmieri getting the goal. But then there was another defensive breakdown hanging Hackett out to dry, and the game was tied.
Then the game goes into overtime, there's a turnover, and the game's over.
"The third goal, we turned the puck over," Torchetti said. "Instead of just passing it to the boards, we tried to pass it through the guy, and then we're not focused because we made the turnover and we didn't gap up. And now we're so far back the guy just shoots it, our guy puts a stick in the way, Hack's playing the shot, it gets deflected, there's nothing you can do about it. It was over."
The game was about more than just the Aeros own mistakes. The game started nearly hour late because the ice compressor broke down and the ice started melting. But while Torchetti was very upset about the officiating during the late stages of the game, he did compliment the crew when it came to delaying the game and making sure it was safe to skate on the ice.
"Everyone did a good job," Torchetti said. "It is what is. Compressor goes down, you just have to make adjustments. The referees did a good job. [Official] Zac [Weibe] and Carl, Carl Sasyn [linesman] was pretty much like an ice man, so kudos to him. He did a hell of a job. He should have been double-paid tonight."
But late in the game, Cody Almond was sent flying into the boards when he was sent flying by a stick to his skates and no penalty was called. And there seemed to be some officiating confusion, as they were looking at a possible icing call on the play.
"It wasn't icing," Torchetti said. "It hit his skate. 12,000 people seen it, except there were 12,003 people and only 12,000 seen it."
But the Aeros didn't lose this game because of the AHL's standard sub-par officiating. The Aeros lost this game because of bad hockey on their part. Sloppy defense. Sloppy puck-handling. Lack of discipline. And with the team not playing a game until Friday, they're going to be getting lots and lots and lots of practice time at SLICE.
"This is going to be the hardest week we've ever worked," Torchetti said. "Guarantee it. There's no days off now. I don't care if you're tired. This team has to understand what discipline is because we're not doing it right now."
But it's beginning to look like that, even if the team does begin to understand what discipline is, it's going to be too late to save a playoff spot.
The Aeros are now 32-23-5-10 on the season with 79 points. Abbotsford is in fourth place with 80 points. Charlotte and San Antonio both won tonight with both also reaching 79 points on the season. The Checkers are in fifth place, and the Rampage move into sixth place with the Aeros now in seventh place.
Rochester, Peoria, and Lake Erie are all poised three points behind the Aeros. There are six games left in the season, but for the Aeros, time might be close to being over.


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Broncos RB Knowshon Moreno will not play in Sunday's game against the Ravens, coach Josh McDaniels announced on Friday.
The running back has missed Denver's last two contests with a hamstring injury. RBs Laurence Maroney and Correll Buckhalter have spelled Moreno, but the Broncos have not been able to get anything going on the ground, gaining a league-worst 2.2 yards per carry.
"I don't think it's the right thing to do to try to force (Moreno) to play," McDaniels said.
FB Spencer Larsen also has been ruled out with an ankle injury.
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The Broncos have lacked a consistent running game all season but may need it now more than ever against the top-ranked Ravens pass defense.
Broncos running backs have accounted for just 44 yards during the two games Moreno has missed. Despite playing only two games, Moreno still leads the team in rushing, with 111 yards on 39 carries (2.8 avg.). If Maroney (just 29 yards on 23 carries this season) and Buckhalter can't get anything going early on, look for RB Andre Brown to get his first carries of the season.
Fantasy spin
Things won't be easy for the Broncos in Baltimore without a viable running back. Maroney and Buckhalter aren't worth picking up, and with the way the Ravens' pass "D" has looked this season, sitting red-hot QB Kyle Orton might not be a bad idea either.


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Happy Birthday, Dan RadcliffeActor Birthdays
A particularly special set of happy birthday wishes go out on this day to Dan Radcliffe! The Harry Potter actor is today celebrating his 21st birthday. Many happy returns!
A particularly special set of happy birthday wishes go out on this day to Dan Radcliffe! The Harry Potter actor is today celebrating his 21st birthday. Many happy returns!
Happy Birthday I hope you have a magical day : )
happy birthday danny
like to call u harry more the danny
Hope today is a memorable one! Enjoy and thanks for many years worth of entertainment and looking forward to many more from you!
Happy Birthday Dan! :D
Ave a Goodun Dan .Happy Birthday.Careful with that hang over !!!.
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Happy Birthday Dan!! You're a great Harry! Have a good one, we love you! ♥
Happy birthday, Daniel! Hope you have a fabulous 21. You are awesome.
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Happy Birthday! :D
With that baby face he'll still get carded for a while yet! It's tough to imagine what it must be like to be just turning 21 and knowing (having known for years already, in fact) that you never HAVE to work another day in your life. That knowledge has ruined many a promising young performer who got sucked into the shallow, self-indulgent celebrity life of unlimited wealth and privilege and lack of accountability. But he does come off as a down-to-Earth guy with a genuine love for his craft and some sense of humility that he has much yet to learn about it. So I think we can expect to see much more work from him, along with a steady increase in quality of output as he digests all the lessons that he has the good fortune to be getting from older and wiser practitioners of the art of acting. He seems to understand how lucky he really is, and to want to make the most of it (and not just snort the most coke or drive the hottest car or be seen with the trendiest supermodel). It's especially promising that he wants to work on the stage so much – not just do movies. What I'd like to hear next is not so much what acting project he's working on as what will be the priorities of the charitable foundation that he really ought to be setting up by now, with all that money that he's made!
Happy Birthday, Dan!!! Hope it's absolutely amazing :) You've done a fantastic job playing Harry and I can't wait to see you in other movies.
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Previous projects - best way to promote?
Am new to posting on this forum, but looking for some web content opinions.
We have content on our website that promote previous projects that we have worked on. My director likes to keep the name of the client first (using the H1 tag), with a description of what was done second (in the H2 tag). I personally would have the title the other way around so that the description/skill/development is highlighted as the main topic then who it was done for as secondary. I look at it as - we want to promote our experience in doing something rather than our experience with a particular company. Perhaps also helping SEO by having the development/skill as the H1 tag rather than H2. Putting company name first, to me, is an ego boost.
Any opinions on what is the best way to handle project displays like this - should the concept come before the client or vice versa? Does it matter? Interested to hear opinions.
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In terms of SEO, if your goal is to showcase your work and not rank the page, I wouldn't worry too much about which words go where.
In terms of the layout, I think client, business, project works well. That's the theme that a lot of companies that I have worked with follow. They name the business or client then they talk about what they did for them.
Note that you can rank other pages of your website for the key terms you are interested in and these pages can just showcase work. Not every page has to have keywords on it in a specific way in order for the site to rank well in search. Remember that search engines rank pages not websites.
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Thanks Shawn for the reply. It is good to hear that there is a trend for the way these are displayed.
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IMO - no need to fret over this issue - why? because is that page targeted with keywords to be ranked? or is that page SEO relevant to your goals? Infact most ppl "no index" such pages because they're not that useful (for search engine rankings). You need to focus on your core pages (business pages) and then get them to look at your work.Bullet proof corporate website design services,
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New York Virtuoso Singers Presents Brahms - Backwards and Forwards, 1st Concert of 2013-14 Season
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The New York Virtuoso Singers, Harold Rosenbaum, Conductor and Artistic Director, will present Brahms - Backwards and Forwards, the first concert of their 2013-14 concert season, co-sponsored by Merkin Concert Hall.
The concert will present works by composers who influenced, and were influenced by Brahms: Bach, Mozart, Haydn, Schubert, Schumann, Dvorak, Elgar, Bartok, Schoenberg, Webern, and Brahms. The afternoon will also include a 2:15 PM talk by Walter Frisch, Professor of Music, Columbia University.
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saucy's oscar dress rundown
Dear Nicole Kidman,
I have a love/hate relationship with your frock but generally you can pull this off, so I salute you. I would look like a plucked chicken in this dress. The colour was bleh, and it sagged a bit but props to you, you had a baby this year! You're gorgeous.
Dear Halle Berry,
You were right on trend for the night. It was dark, had shades of blue, it was strapless and sweet detail... how can you go wrong, anyway? Aren't you the one that could supposedly wear a paper bag and get away with it?
Dear Whoopi Goldberg,
Didn't you say on The View on Friday that The Academy asked you to wear something nice? Is this really your definition of "nice"? I suppose you could have gone to my nemesis, Elisabeth Hasslebeck, for advice.
Oh well, you've done worse,
Dear Tina Fey,
I wish you were my BFF and not Amy Poehler's. You looked fantastic in this dress and you with Steve Martin? My dream couple. Glad you had your hair done professionally this time.
Goodnight and have a pleasant tomorrow,
Dear Reese Witherspoon,
Wow! So many blue and black dresses: Queen Latifah, Kate Winslet, Marion Cottiler, and now you. Awkward! Not your best effort but I think it looked nice.
Dear Goldie Hawn,
You are the original California girl. This dress would have been better for a girl, not a grandmother. Props to you for pulling it off, but please, pull it up. Those babies are past their prime.
Hate to be mean,
Dear Jennifer Aniston,
You just ooze California casual glamour, if there is such a thing and I didn't just make it up. The hair was really sweet but unsophisticated and I think you did admirably when you presented, considering who was sitting smack in the front row. Ugh.
Although, you have worn dresses like this before. Actually, I'm pretty sure you have worn this exact dress before... at your wedding to that cad in the front row.
Your sixth friend,
Dear Leslie Mann,
Too shiny. I like the shape. I wonder if it's heavy? You wisely kept the hair low-key and nixed the accessories. Good call.
Dear Anne Hathaway,
You were wonderful tonight. Absolutely fantastic, singing and dancing in that opening number with Hugh! You looked so overwhelmed and genuinely touched when Shirley MacLaine introduced you in the Best Actress category. I do believe she is right, you will likely be nominated again.
This column dress by Giorgio Armani is to.die.for. You were stunning, a statue yourself. The giant scale sequins on that skirt didn't really play on regular TV but on Veto's giant HD football screen it really worked.
Much lurrve,
Dear Daniel Craig,
Nobody cares what you wear, sir. And where the hell is Mrs. G tonight? You rapscallion.
Dear Diane Lane,
You looked so lovely. Really. For this, I forgive you Nights in Rodanthe. That was truly the longest plane ride ever.
Your friend,
Dear Queen Latifah,
The dress you wore on the red carpet was so much nicer than the dress you wore onstage to do the farewell tribute. Really, really grand. You should have just kept it on. Why do you famous people feel the need to have two dresses for one event?
By the way, you are still one of the people I really, really would like to have lunch with.
Lurrve always,
Dear Tilda Swinton,
Am I wrong or did you sort of wear this last year, only this year you found the other sleeve and changed the blouse colour? I like your hair better this year but your eyebrows have gone missing.
But you're friends with George Clooney, so what do I know? I have a seventy pound dog on my lap tonight. I would have lunch with you if you brought you-know-who along.
Thanks anyway,
Dear Mickey Rourke,
Honestly, I think you do these things just for attention. I know your dog just died last week, but you had over a month to book a tux. You take self-sabotage to a whole new level, dude.
I don't know why, but I have this feeling that in person, you smell like a mixture of Jack Daniels, Aqua Velva and dog urine.
Enough said,
Dear Meryl Streep,
Yet again you manage to downplay the event and look sophisticated and not matronly. The whole look is a bit damaged because it hangs too low on your shoulders. Otherwise, Alberta Ferretti did you proud.
Sincere congratulations on nomination fifteen,
Dear Amanda Seyfried,
I just don't know... I am positively torn up about this one. On camera when you were presenting, it looked good bow-upwards. But full length, it is a horrible reminder of a wedding party I was in once. Are you too young to know that ginormous bows are almost always a hideous disaster? Do these names mean nothing to you: Geena Davis, Kim Basinger, Brooke Shields, Angelica Huston? Do your homework next time!
On the upside, you sported a gorgeous mane of blonde hair and the overwhelming dress doesn't completely ruin your petit frame.
Half Well Done,
Dear Robin Roberts,
I seriously just like you, pretty much whatever you wear and it was nice to see a reporter not attempt to upstage the talent (see Mary Hart, below).
Take care,
Dear Taraji P. Henson,
How utterly gorgeous, and by adding that sweet ruby red clutch you avoid looking positively bridal. Roberto Cavalli does it again! Your jewels and your haircut are chic beyond words. One of my favourites, hands down.
Dear Penelope Cruz,
Congratulations for not only winning Best Supporting Actress but quite possibly being one of the best dressed ladies of the night. For a moment I thought Tim Gunn might actually lick you. This vintage Pierre Balmain gown is over sixty years old and stands the test of time! Absolutely stunning, like you. Your acceptance speech was also very gracious.
Mucho gracias,
Dear Marion Cotillard,
Your Dior gown is surely a step up from your fish-scale inspired mermaid dress of last year. Although it looks like you've pinched your look from every dress in Sarah Jessica Parker's closet, you look fantastic. I dig. You made amends.
Au revoir,
P.S. Someone at Dior should get their knuckles rapped for sending you and SJP in such similar gowns.
Dear Kate Winslet,
This one-shoulder Atelier YSL by Stefano Pilati really suits you. I really like the shade, the detail and the silhouette. Did you lose your handbag?
Everyone knew you were going to win!
Lurrve to you,
Dear Angelina Jolie,
You know I am no fan of yours but you still looked quite nice in this Elie Saab column dress accessorized with giant drop emerald earrings by Lorraine Schwartz! I wish you hadn't pulled your hair all the way back, Vampira-style, but that's your thing. You look better with a soft sweeping bang. The whole look was so safe as to be utterly boring to me. No tattoos, no babies, no creepy brother. Wake me up when Jen walks by.
Dear Melissa George,
I don't watch Grey's Anatomy, so I had to Google you to find out who you were. Nevermind. I just don't know where to start, so I won't say anything at all. So, were you like, somebody's date?
Dear Jessica Biel,
How unfortunate for you. I bet for the first time since you hooked up with Justin, Cameron Diaz isn't jealous. I think she may actually be smirking. Could this possibly be less flattering and all krinkly in the wrong places? Sheesh. Remember: satin + ivory + giant bow = 1980's wedding nightmare.
But seriously, kudos to you for making your own dress with things you had around the house, even I wouldn't attempt that, and I'm a crafty blogger.
Too bad for you,
Dear Virgina Madsen,
I don't usually like red dresses on the red carpet because I find it all too "blendy" but this is a fantastic shape and you wear it so terribly well. Me likey. But why all the TV doctors tonight?
Dear Viola Davis,
I remember when Reem Acra made only wedding gowns. I just wanted to say that. It has nothing to do with your dress, I just thought I'd throw that out there and look like a real fashionista. Anyway, your gold sheath was gorgeous, it fit well, it looked comfortable and easy to wear and I bet it was fun to turn around in. You really owned it. I think people will slam the look as a safe one, but oh well.
Dear Vanessa Hudgens,
What a bold gown choice you made in Marchesa. I think I liked it, especially the unexpected white detail on the bodice. It also fit well and you looked comfortable in it. Well done, young lady.
Dear Sarah Jessica Parker,
While this Dior gown is exquisite, this vintage-Hollywood look is getting a little tired on you. Truly, it is you and not Tilda Swinton who could experiment a little! This is borderline fairy godmother-ish. You forgot your wand.
You did manage to bring out a fabulous old accessory that we were glad to see: Ferris Beuller! Look at his sweet mug. But the gown really is a sweet confection although it is only really good for Penelope Cruz's niece's Quinceañera and not for someone our age. Please, SJP, can you tuck your, um, endowments into your bodice?
Try again,
Dear Nancy O'Dell,
Very Grecian goddess! Your stylist did a great job with your dress but I really miss the way you used to do your hair. Again, nobody really cares about the press.
Dear Melissa Leo,
Didn't Susan Sarandon wear this dress (and hairdo) a few years back? Oh, well. It still looks matronly, ten years later. Plus, Tilda Swinton has demonstrated several times that it is not attractive to match your hair to your dress colour.
P.S. My favourite part of the entire night was when you bitch-slapped Canadian nobody-interviewer Ben Mulroney on the red carpet. Well done.
Dear Evan Rachel Wood,
Because you are young, you will understand what I mean when I say meh about your Elie Saab gown. This one gets lost in a sea of colour this year. Too close to your skintone, but a lovely cut and bodice detail. Oh, how I wish it were green.
Have a great night regardless,
P.S. Does Mickey Rourke smell like Jack Daniels, Aqua Velva and dog urine?
Dear Miley Cyrus,
First of all: your mama didn't raise you up right if you chewed gum on the red carpet. I was (no pun intended): gobsmacked. The jury is still out at our house regarding your sparkly Zuhair Murad gown... I like the overall effect and you've picked worse, so the bar wasn't set that high in the first place. At least it was age-appropriate, but ditch the Hubba Bubba next year if you are indeed nominated for The Hannah Montana Movie.
Oh, and don't think that we didn't notice that you took Marion Cotillard's dress from last year and put it on steriods, called it a day.
Dear Natalie Portman,
You took what could quite possibly have presented as an upscale prom dress and made it Oscar-worthy! You really pulled off what could have been a terrible colour choice. Methinks it was your choice of accessories and your hairstyle. Very chic, by Rodarte. Thank you for introducing us to new designers... you turned the world onto Zac Posen years ago.
The tan lines were a little unfortunate but oh, well. Also unfortunate: your on-stage antics with Ben Stiller. It all fell a little flat but it had the potential to be funny.
Keep up the good work,
Dear Alicia Keys,
I hope you didn't stand too close to Natalie! You look like bridesmaids, side by side. But seriously, a great gown choice by Armani Prive. Awesome hair, shoes and bag as well.
And when you and Zac Efron walked out on stage? The lavender lining of your dress went swoosh, swoosh and I just adored that.
Dear Jennifer Grey,
Nobody puts Baby in a corner! You looked delicious in that Dolce & Gabbana. The dress, the hair, the nose, all of it. Saucy lurrves.
P.S. I would like the name of your plastic surgeon.
Dear Lisa Rinna,
The purple colour looks nice with your perpetual tan. Your lips don't even look that puffy tonight. Okay, not so much... I think they might also be purple too. But really, it is a nice dress. And it does the job, you look nice without distracting from the talent.
P.S. I don't want the number of your plastic surgeon.
Dear Mary Hart,
So that's what happened to the rest of Scarlett O'Hara's curtains! Oh, well. Nobody cares. My dog also has a seizure when he hears your voice.
Dear Heidi Klum,
This may sound rude, but why are you always at the Academy Awards? And yet again you work the red carpet in an outrageous red confection. This time, an "architectural design" by Roland Mouret. Luckily, you had the shoes on hand from last year's red catastrophe.
I know you took some heat in the press this week about being large, and although I think it's ridiculous for someone to say that, it would be ridiculous to say this dress looks good on you. Maybe it would be okay on the runway in a haute couture conceptual show, but man, this is the freakin' Oscars! Remember what The Fan always says... there is a fine line between an outfit and a getup. This, Dear Heidi, is a getup. You're out.
Auf wiedersehen,
Dear Freida Pinto,
You did it! You picked a nice dress for an awards show! Finally. On anyone else, this dress would look like a figure skater's costume... but you pull it off, and nicely. Is it just me or is the cut of it slightly an homage to the sari? You just looked young, fresh and amazing tonight. Make sure you write Mr. Galliano a nice thank you note.
Dear Beyonce,
Girl, you've got a killer figure but there you go again... you are, as Veto says, over the top. The fit, the pattern, the colour combo. This is sort of a wallpaper nightmare. You are still gorgeous, and I'm sitting on my sofa wearing Levi's and a Juicy tee, so what do I know? Still, I suppose it will be revealed that your mother designed this getup.
Dear Amy Adams,
Your Carolina Herrera gown was (as always) an excellent colour choice for you. Consistently, you dress within your pefect shades, it's as though you were draped back in the 80's when that was cool and you carry one of those swatch books in your handbag when you shop. I'm not completely sold on the black bodice detailing... but it needed something to draw the eye to the tuck of fabric up there, otherwise it was destined to get lost. I think it just didn't work with that divine Fred Leighton collar necklace.
The dress was graphic, the necklace organic. I didn't really think they went together just because of the black detail. The dress overall, yes. The colour, yes, yes! The necklace, yes! The black piping, nah.
Lurvve and kisses,
Dear Marisa Tomei,
Lurrve your pleated Versace. It fit like a glove and was the perfect colour. You didn't win because the Acadamy honored you for My Cousin Vinnie and they need to live it down. By nominating you again, they affirmed to themselves that you are a worthy actress but they will never give you another Oscar. I mean: you are one for two and Meryl Streep is two for fifteen. You do the math.
But the dress! That was quite a train and it could have been shorter and had the same effect. It had fantastic detail but did not translate to the red carpet or television at all. I think it looked better on the runway. If you had reduced the train by half or more and the dress had been say, black, it would have been a winner. Sorry... you were so very close. You will find yourself on both best-dressed and worst-dressed lists all week, so have a friend screen your media input for you.
Best wishes,
P.S. I really do want to know if Mickey Rourke smells bad! Will someone get back to me?
Lastly, to Sophia Loren,
Boooooo. What was your next-of-kin thinking? Clearly, as a Hollywood legend and icon, you do not utilize the modern concept of hired stylist (ie. Rachel Zoe) but it is unfortunate that at the Nursing Home for Aging Screen Sirens, they are allowing the inmates too much freedom and the results are catastrophic. On the bright side, you were probably one of the few women who appeared on stage wearing her own jewels.
To the Academy:
Thanks also for selecting Sean Penn as Best Actor and Slumdog Millionaire as Best Picture. You know how much I lurrve movies. Hugh Jackman was fan-tas-tic and the whole thing clocked in at four hours! I cannot wait for the remake of Fame.
63 comments:
- Tammy said...
I love your critique of the outfits. You are too funny. I enjoyed reading each one. I, too, wonder if Mickey Rourke smells rather foul. He used to be handsome in a bad boy way when 9 1/2 weeks came out. His face now -good Lord. I want to look away, but I can't. I'm drawn to his face, trying to figure out what went wrong! Hope you and Loopy are feeling better.
- February 23, 2009
- karen said...
Love the commentary
- February 23, 2009
- karen said...
http://www.tvguide.com/special/Oscars/galleries.aspx?gallery=2009-Academy-Awards-1003150&page=21 Sophia Loren's dress what was she thinking
- February 23, 2009
- Marianne@Songbirdisnesting said...
I didn´t see the oscars. It was the middle of the night here when it all started. So thank you very much for this, I would have watched it for the dresses anyway.
And I agreed with you almost all the time. You would do great as a commentar.
- February 23, 2009
- J.G. said...
Outfit vs. get-up is a classic distinction. Thanks for the fab front-line review!
- February 23, 2009
- A New England Life said...
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- February 23, 2009
Speaking of Mickey....I have to ask...Why do stars, who obviously have the money and access to the best, get such butcher jobs done to their faces? Mickey Roark just plain looks like a freak. Gross. Along with that are these lips some actresses get. Gag. They look like they got into a fight and got sucker punched right in the kisser. I am all for enhancing gently but geez.
- February 23, 2009
- Coco said...
Doh..I hit the wrong button again. I am not anonymous.... or am I?
- February 23, 2009
- Linda Crispell said...
Dear Saucy,
I would enjoy watching the Oscars with you!!!
I'm not sure Aqua Velva is part of Mickey's scent, I imagine burning hair and NYC during a garbage strike.
Your Pal,
- February 23, 2009
- Linda Crispell said...
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- February 23, 2009
- Junie Moon said...
This was a delightful review to read. I didn't watch the event on TV but got exactly what I wanted to know by reading your post.
- February 23, 2009
- Laura said...
What a fantastic job you did! I especially loved Anne Hathaway - who knew she could sing like that? Mary Hart - egads, what was she thinking?
- February 23, 2009
- The Stiletto Mom said...
Oh my dear lord...I am crying I'm laughing so hard. Tweeting this one out to my followers...it's just not to be missed!
PS: I thought Miley Cyrus looked like a sea creature in that dress.
- February 23, 2009
- Wendy @ The Shabby Nest said...
You are seriously so funny! I cracked up reading this post...too bad you don't have a syndicated column somewhere. As for your opinions of Angelina and Brad...I'm right there with ya baby! And hooray for Jen...such class.
- February 23, 2009
- MaNiC MoMMy™ said...
Great review!
I think Miley's dress looks like someone took barnacles off a ship and pasted them to scaffolding!
And I know Angelina's jewels were rock solid emeralds, but to me the looked like dime-store jewelry for little girls that come in the package with the tiara and plastic high heels that break right when you get them home!
- February 23, 2009
- Amy @ Milk Breath and Margaritas said...
"I don't know why, but I have this feeling that in person, you smell like a mixture of Jack Daniels, Aqua Velva and dog urine."
Thanks for my LMAO of the day!! And you just KNOW he does smell like that.
- February 23, 2009
Best way yet to see what's on the red carpet. I'll be back for sure!!
Vail in MS
- February 23, 2009
- Tamara Jansen said...
Well, this was great! Now I don't have to buy a People Magazine this week to see what everyone was wearing. Thanks :)
And, I agree with you on the Miley Cyrus/gum chewing fiasco....why do the young girls insist on perpetually chewing gum? I got stuck behind a bunch of gum chewing cheerleaders while waiting in line at Disney World. I was nauseous by the time we finally got in. All the girls chew with their mouth open wide. Uggh! What a disgusting habit.
- February 23, 2009
- Green Girl in Wisconsin said...
Can I please come to your house for the Oscars next year? I want to sit next to you and dish from start to finish because you and I are muy simpatico, chica!
- February 23, 2009
- 3rdEyeMuse said...
YOU seriously need to be syndicated! that rundown was the funniest (and quite accurate) one I have seen!
- February 23, 2009
- Saucy said...
Oh girls, I didn't even mention that Miley's gum was green...! She didn't even match it to her getup!
I think Mickey's face is all scratched and scarred up because he tried to make a go of it as a boxer for awhile in the 90's... that's why the Academy didn't let him win, he was basically playing himself in "The Wrestler".
Oh, Manic Mommy! I am so behind you about those earrings of Angelina's! They really did look plastique.
- February 23, 2009
Spot on - as always. Thanks for taking the time to record your thoughts & observations. The comment about Mickey Rourke's odor was the funniest I have read in a long,long time. Too bad we don't have smell-a-vision.
- February 23, 2009
- limefreckle said...
Saucy, you did such a great recap for us, I didn't watch a lot of the Oscars, just enough to see Brangelina's reactions when Jen was on stage.....could the camera not find anyone else to pan towards during that entire presentation? Anyway, I will tune into ET tonight, but you might as well become a Canadian correspondent ---- I'm serious, you did a great job recapping the most important part of the evening...the fashion -- Thanks for that!
And I can't BELIEVE that Mickey is the same one from 9 1/2 weeks so many years ago.....it's just such a crying shame.....and I'm sure he smells EXACTLY as you describe him....and more!
- February 23, 2009
- Lisa Wheeler Milton said...
We need you on the red carpet. You would do us proud.
- February 23, 2009
- Oliver Rain said...
Okay. This was an awesome commentary on the outfits of the night. Seriously. I think you were in my head. Oh, Mickey Rourke just creeps me right out. I would have LOST my mind if he actually got an Oscar, not kidding. I might have barfed on my newly pedicured toes. Sorry to hear about the ear infections. I hope you are both feeling better. I'm on my last Palm Springs day and I am so relaxed I'm almost comatose. I tried to think stressful thoughts to test myself, and? nada. couldn't even stress myself out. Yeah for me.
- February 23, 2009
- Sonnie said...
Your comments are HYS.TER.I.CAL!
I hope Barbara Walters stops talking about Mickey Rourke and he just fades away again. He is so very EEWWW.
Also, had to laugh at your comments about Mary Hart's voice! LOL - so very true!
- February 23, 2009
I want to know who died and made you a fashion guru?? Is that another of your self-proclaimed talents? Also, if you are so into facts why don't you know that Mickey Rourke has never ever done drugs and rarely drinks (I'm sur much less than you). Of course, we can't all be as beautiful as you. Did you watch the movie the Wrester? It was fantastic!!
- February 23, 2009
- Missy said...
Great calls. Even more fun to read than the tabloids are!
- February 23, 2009
- Stephanie ~ Angelic Accents said...
Saucy, this was better than the real show!! I only watch for the fashion anyway! I voted for Freida but it didn't show up. Penelope's dress was a close 2nd in my book. And yes, Anne Hathaway did seem truly honored & amazed by it all.
PLEASE do this again next year!!!
Big TX Hugs,
Angelic Accents
- February 23, 2009
- Saucy said...
Dear Anonymous,
Nobody died. Well, actually YSL died this year but his position has been filled from within his own empire, and Mr. Blackwell died a couple of years ago but nobody misses him.
Did you miss the Barbara Walters special? Did Mickey not admit to using all sorts of drugs in the past, including heroin? He's clean now. Good for him! His face got all banged up somehow, and he and I have lots in common because I lurrve my dogs too and sometimes I smell like Jack Daniels.
The Wrestler was pretty boring. Veto left early. We go to the theatre every week!
Thanks for leaving a comment anyway, you Anonymous weakling.
- February 23, 2009
- Jennifer Juniper said...
You must have seriously loved Diane Lane's dress to forgive Nights in Rodanthe...it was good, but not that good. Hee.
- February 23, 2009
- Babsarella said...
LOVE LOVE LOVE your comments. TOO FUNNY (made me LOL at work). I arrived home after the show started, so I didn't get to see a lot of the outfits. That MR looks so nasty. yuck. I don't care what Isaac Mizrahi thinks. He looks like he needs a bath and a haircut, and he should definitely take some suave lessons from Mr. Clooney (sigh).
- February 23, 2009
- Suzy said...
Wow Saucy, my sentiments exactly on everyone. I too, watch just for the clothes....You hit everyones pros or cons , on the nose. You should be on the after show, like Joan and Melissa Rivers used to have. Seems like your feeling better!!!LOL
- February 23, 2009
- Grace said...
This was Fabulous! I enjoyed it better than E! You missed your calling girlfriend but glad I can tune on to your blog and have you to make me smile! Keep being you and being so real. Hugs Grace
- February 23, 2009
- Saucy said...
Oh I just realized... ANONYMOUS... Elisabeth Hasslebeck, is that you?
- February 23, 2009
- bluemuf said...
Wow...what a great time I've just had reading your review. It was better than the one I read on yahoo.
- February 23, 2009
- Melissa said...
I love the commentary, and ok Nicole Kidman wears the same color and the same dress every year!!
Always the light color!
But love Natalie Portman dress!
- February 23, 2009
From the London Daily Telegraph:
Early Academy Awards arrivals veered between looking like something best-suited to the top of the Christmas tree or were dressed for a casting of the Wicked Witch of the West.
Where was the fun, the fantasy, the gorgeous passion of dressing up - and getting it right?
Kate Winslet, who has curves most women would murder a plastic surgeon for, looked like a severe dominatrix in a black one-strap gown by Yves Saint Laurent, and a scraped back hairdo. Angelina Jolie was no less terrifying in a Cruella de Vil-style gown, by Elie Saab, although the emerald earrings at least lent sparkle.
And where on earth did Beyoncé Knowles find that intimidating, black and gold fishtail creation, polished to perfection by "Mr Sheen"?
When they were not in funereal, don't-touch-me black carapaces, they went to the opposite extreme in fairy-princess gowns better suited to teenagers.
Sarah Jessica Parker, for all her fashion experience, should surely know by know that the most important thing about a strapless, bustier gown, is getting the right bust-size. When it comes to cleavage, too much is always, well, just too much.
Sophia Loren was almost swamped in an orgy of yellow organza ruffles.
Amy Adams picked a crimson tailored bustier gown by Carolina Herrera, piped in black, but thankfully escaped the strictures of too much "strict-chic", by adding an OTT Cleopatra-style jeweled choker by Fred Leighton.
Full marks to Frieda Pinto, charming and dazzling in a one-sleeved, beaded gown by John Galliano; Natalie Portman, for her choice of the lilac tulle "orchid" gown with Swarovski crystals by Rodarte; and Marion Cotillard in the perfect midnight blue and black, Dior couture gown, with a belt.
Fashion "Oscars" too, to Marisa Tomei, in Versace, and Penelope Cruz, in vintage Balmain, who both managed to wear white without making it look like they were in their wedding dresses.
... proving that our Saucy was spot-on!
- February 23, 2009
- MJ said...
My fav? Penelope Cruz. I generally agreed with your commentary (altho diplomacy???), especially with Goldie! I didn't watch the awards last night so I appreciated the low-down!
- February 23, 2009
I let Daisy stay up & watch all the awards last night. We had fun.
Love what the Telegraph wrote....but before anyone wonders about the reference to Mr Sheen - it's not a relation to the Sheen family - but a house cleaning product for dusting & polishing to a perfect shine!
Anyhow, Saucy, as always - your recount was just on the money and bloody amusing - but that's just my opinion.
Have to say that in my opinion Mickey Rourke looked like a bad bad bad imitation of Bono and that man should not be imitated either....because he always looks like he's off his face too.
Sophia Loren was waaay scary....someone so old really should have a wrinkle somewhere....was that pubic hair showing at her cleavage? Her face looked like a corpse bought back to life and flattened with a smoothing iron.
SJP - when I first saw her come out with Daniel Craig...I thought she was dressed up to look like the Good Fairy in Wizard of Oz - I liked it but wasn't sure she should be wearing it.
Moment of the night Shirley McLaine speaking to Anne Hathaway - you can never be too sure what she's gonna comeout with - so I'm sure her comments were genuine.
Whereas dear Kate Winslet just looked like she was smiling and waving purely for the camera during the speech for her nomination (was that Sophia that did it? Probably & I didn't hear a word because I was so distracted by the corpse look....reminding me of Michelle Pfeiffer in Stardust!)
But, on the whole I actually enjoyed the Oscars last night and thought just as you did that Hugh did a lovely job. Hope he's invited to return nect year.
Can't we get anyone better that Boney M (ulroney) to do the red carpet for us?
Keep it coming Saucy.
- February 23, 2009
- sassy studio said...
brilliant dear cousin just brilliant.
- February 23, 2009
- Jerri-Lea said...
Tee hee! How fabulous. It seems that your little blog creates a stir every now and again... interesting how "freedom of speech" is criticized and how strongly someone else states their OPINION.
- February 24, 2009
- Cha Cha said...
Gurrl, you are fantastic! I agree with it all - and if you get confirmation on Mickey Rourke's scent, would you please let us know?
- February 24, 2009
- Hen said...
Thanks for the catwalk show - I didn't see the ceremony, so it was great to take a peek at the frocks.
A mixed bag I think - some beautiful... some were 'interesting' to say the least!
My daughter (age 10 and has allusions about being a fashion designer) thought Mary Hart's dress looked like an elderly lettuce leaf... I'm prone to agree!
Thanks for the show!
- February 24, 2009
- nikkicrumpet said...
LOved this post...it was way better than the "E" version or the TV guide version. I agreed with you on almost every dress...and you were much more entertaining...I hope they hire you for the next award season!
- February 24, 2009
- Rosa said...
What a post! Even though I missed the red carpet stuff, I now feel completely caught up! How fun. I loved this. Wish you would cover every award ceremonies! Too much fun! Thanks!
- February 24, 2009
- Gabriela said...
I knew I had to visit this blog after the Oscars!
~ Gabriela ~
- February 24, 2009
- gertrude said...
Green Girl in Wisconsin sent me to you and you did not disappoint! Totally spot-on. Loved each one. Thanks for the laugh.
- February 24, 2009
- AwtemNymf said...
*slaps hips* Woman- you had me laughing so hard I HAD to put my soda down to keep from spilling it! I hear you on Angelina- she has issues, I never cared much for her. Yeah she looks sexy in some sexpot poses, but I lurve Jen A. far much better. I think Brad kows he lost a good woman, but I understand where he's coming from too when it comes to choosing between a life/marriage with kids and one MORE Friends series. That's another story altogether that I won't go into! You are such a great commenter- you ROCK! I can just see the headlines- "At the Oscars with Saucy!"
Also- I wonder if Lisa R. & Mickey go to the same plastic surgeon. Lisa R. doesn't look like she used to and I'm not talking about her full lips- as she always had those. But she does look different. Dang! Like someone put a wire hanger between the ears and pulled real hard. Yikes! And SJP- *shakes head* You hit the nail on the head on these fashions! I'll be tuning to you next year! Hope you and Loopy feel better soon!
- February 24, 2009
- T=ME said...
Thanks for the memories....this was a great read! Terri
- February 24, 2009
- Sweetina said...
This was a great review Saucy and right on the money as far as I am concerned.
I was thrilled that Brangelina won nada, as I don't appreciate either of them! And I though Jen was a doll and pulled off an awkward moment wonderfully!
Still don't trust Jon...
More of the dresses were a bit off this year than usual, but thankfully there were some very classic choices also.
Thanks for a great post!
- February 24, 2009
- KAGS Herself said...
I wonder if we could get Mulroney bumped for you Saucy....at the very least those other two wastes of space who were his support act!
You'd do a much better job...and you could get close enough to do a Lecter job and get a good sniff of Mr Rourke!
- February 24, 2009
- onehm said...
I myself did not watch the Oscars, but I am SO GLAD that I read this post! You have fabulous comments about each dress! Love your style Saucy!
- February 25, 2009
- Angela said...
Well dear... it took me three days to finally get through this terribly long post (I LOVE them when they are this long!) and I have to say that you have a wonderful eye for the way things should look, ergo your fantabulous photography and many more things... including fashion... spot on, my dear.
- February 26, 2009
- MoonBunny said...
Very entertaining! I normally don't pay any attention to these things, so it was funny for me.
- February 27, 2009
Oh my gosh - I have to go back and read this again (because I have a 3yr old bugging me to leave the house I had to rush the last couple of your reviews).
I agree with EVERYTHING! I love your comments! Did you notice that Nicole Kidman ALWAYS wears colors that seem to wash her out and look paler than she already is??? It's so annoying to always see her in the same color choices.
Oh, and does Tilda Swinton creep you out as much as she does me?
I thought Marisa Tomei looked fab and I know all about Color Me Beautiful (my mom used to take her swatches with her when she went shopping).
- March 04, 2009
- Saucy said...
Colour Me Beautiful... THAT'S what it was called! I forgot. It was the coolest, funniest, greatest, dorkiest of all fashion movements. Nicole Kidman needs a CMB consultant.
- March 04, 2009
- oneretrocupcake said...
I adore Taraji's dress. I want it as my wedding dress. So chic and fresh looking. Her haircut is hot too!
Tilda Swinton always looks so creepy though...I know she's avant garde but I know she'd knock them dead in something feminine.
- March 07, 2009
- Joanna said...
I love it! I can't believe what some celebs where and think that they are actually fashionable! The mirror they look into must be completely different then that of my own.
- April 23, 2009
- michelleb. said...
Your critique is a riot. You just point out so much I miss in a once-over, which is all the time I give any of the awards shows.
- April 26, 2009
- mblaise3 said...
I think that was hilarious!! half of those critiques i never would have noticed or seen.
- May 02, 2009
Oh gosh I'm so glad I'm not the only one who gets so fired up about the Oscars best dressed and worst dressed! I only watched it to see what they were wearing! That and I wanted to see Kate Winslet finally get her Oscar. YAY! Halle Berry always looks ridiculously gorgeous. And Tina Fey? Holy cow knockout! I adore her and the fact that she is an intelligent woman in Hollywood and isn't afraid to show it. Miley Cyrus and the gum thing? Ya. Agreed. Especially at the Oscars. I mean at the Kids Choice Awards or something? Not so bad but there? No way.
Christine Bruce
- May 12, 2009
- disa said...
- September 24, 2009


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The more I go over this year's farm system the more I like our depth in the position prospects. Sure we still don't have a lot of impact bats, but it is better than it was last year this time and the outfield prospects are a testament to that. Last season Cory Harrilchak, Todd Cunningham and Adam Milligan were 1-2-3 on this list. Now those three are reversed and sitting at the bottom and they are all essentially the same players they were a year ago. Those three were all leap-frogged by two guys moving from the infield to center. There are a few other guys worth mentioning like Kurt Fleming, David Rohm and Chase Larsson who could all surprise next season.
1. Mycal Jones - B/T: R/R, Born: 05/30/1987, HT: 5' 10", WT: 170
The Braves drafted Jones in the fourth round in the 2009 draft with the understanding that he was an older but 'toolsy' JUCO guy whose athleticism they could turn into baseball skills before his prospect clock ran out. His athleticism has been evident in his time in the Atlanta organization after ranking second on Talking Chop's shortstop list in 2009, first among second basemen last season and now first among Braves' outfield prospects in 2011. While he appears to have found a home in center field for the foreseeable future (all reports on his defense were very positive) but questions still remain about his bat after an erratic year at the plate.
A quick glance at Myke's month-by-month plate discipline is an exercise in confusion. His first month and a half saw him post a 32/25 BB/K rate, a huge improvement over previous seasons and reason enough to get excited even with a low batting average (.196 in June). But July saw his rates do a 180 with a 7/35 BB/K but he still posted a .741 OPS due to increased power production. August saw him find a happy median as he his for average and power along with showing patience (.309/.411/.427) that resulted in his best month of the season before he finished the year on a terrible cold streak during September.
Jones' tools flash often enough to tantalize the fans and they are good enough to profile as an everyday player at the big league level, but he has yet to find the consistency that we look for in an everyday player. Despite the offensive rollercoaster 2011 was still a success for Myke because he showed that he could improve his plate discipline while adjusting to a new position and level of play. If his power returns in 2012 and the plate discipline remains he could put himself perfectly in line to fill Michael Bourn's shoes in 2013.
Jones got himself a MiLBy nomination for this superb defensive play:
The rest of the list after the jump...
2. Matt Lipka - B/T: R/R, Born: 04/15/1992, HT: 6' 1", WT: 195
The Braves first round draft pick in 2010 (35th overall), Matt Lipka was drafted as a shortstop and played all of 2011 there but the Braves made the decision after the season ended to move him to center field (where many draft experts projected he profiled best). Lipka played all of 2011 as a 19 year old in the Sally League after a solid season in the GCL in 2010. His 2011 season was essentially a throw away. The promotion to the Sally League was aggressive but most everyone thought it was appropriate given how well he hit in the GCL. Offensively he never could sustain a hot streak and failed to drive the ball with authority (it took him over 100 AB to collect his first extra base hit). His best full month came in August when he posted a .642 OPS, though in 22 September at bats he did have a near 1.100 OPS. Defensively he wasn't much better but I don't expect many 19 year athletic shortstops to be completely smooth with the glove.
There weren't many positives for Lipka in 2011: his plate discipline wasn't terrible, his speed was good though unrefined at times and he finished the year hitting better than he had all season. Lipka is well enough regarded and athletic enough that, while he may have lost some luster, his stock could rebound quickly with a good yet in 2012. The question is where will he start? Will the Braves send him back to Rome to get his feet under him or continue to challenge him by sending him to Lynchburg?
3. Adam Milligan - B/T: L/R, Born: 03/14/1988, HT: 6' 3", WT: 210
I have no doubt that if Adam Milligan had not gotten injured - twice - he would have been at the top of this list. Unfortunately for Milligan his injuries have severely hampered his development over the course of his career. His on the field performance has been phenomenal when he has been on the field and completely healthy but that has only been about half the time in his career. He missed all of 2010 with a shoulder surgery and this year he went on the DL in late June with a knee injury before returning for fives game in July and reaggravating it which got him shut down for for the year.
When he was on the field Milligan was a hitting machine with a .902 for the year backed by a .557 SLG. His plate discipline actually wasn't terrible after the first month and his .345 OBP is serviceable with his power output. Over half of his hits went for extra bases. His K rate was actually down from his last two stints in the Carolina League, but at 29.5% it is still scary high and needs to be monitored. Some people will try to compare him to for Braves first round pick Cody Johnson, but Johnson only dropped below 34% once for a season and never posted an OPS above .900 in a full season league. Milligan has some major questions to be answered, but the offensive presence he has is hard to ignore. If he is recovered in time for 2012 I will look for the Braves to bump him to AA after he has spent parts of three season in the Carolina League.
4. Cory Harrilchak - B/T: L/L, Born: 10/27/1987, HT: 5' 10", WT: 170
At first glance Cory Harrilchak's 2011 season doesn't jump out at you statistically, but a closer look especially at the end of the season shows a guy who made the adjustments to be a dangerous hitter by year's end. He finished 2011 with a .266/.338/.399 line but he had a .675 OPS in the first half and a .797 number after the all star break. He bottomed out in Mat with a lowly .468 OPS, then .694 in June followed by .801 in July, .772 in August and a short hot streak in September finishing him at 1.411.
At his best Harrilchak isn't going to offer many plus skills aside from good outfield defense with a nice arm in right. He has the ability to hit for average, but he doesn't take walks like you would expect and his speed on the basepaths is mediocre. He can play either corner outfield position and center in a pinch though his range would get overexposed in extended time there. Harrilchak profiles as a prototypical fourth outfielder and I imagine he will get some time in Atlanta within the next two years. He might be the next lightening in a bottle catch for the Braves but at the least he will be a serviceable backup. Look for him in Gwinnett to start 2012.
5. Todd Cunningham - B/T: S/R, Born: 03/20/1989, HT: 6' 0", WT: 200
The Braves 2010 second round pick has yet to wow us but so far has delivered steady play in the field and at the dish. His final OPS of .701 was right at league average though his terrible April (.250 wOBA) brought down his overall season stats. He got hot in May and June and looked like he had turned a corner until an injury sidelined him for most of June and all of July. He returned in August and his performance fell in between his April and May runs.
Cunningham offers good contact ability and solid plate discipline with very little pop. He is athletic enough that he could play several positions on the field but the Braves have never tried him anywhere other than the outfield. He doesn't have a cannon for an arm or amazing speed or range but he is solid in all aspects of the game. He is guy who needs to hit .300 to have real value and he has the ability to do just that. If he can take his plate discipline to the next level he could profile as an every day major leaguer. I feel that Cunningham has yet to show us everything he brings to the table and 2012 could be a breakout year for him. Look for him in Mississippi to start 2012.


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