• Give it away

    29Mar
    Categories: Blonde Things Comments: 4

    I love fashion. I love clothes. I love clothes so much that my drawers explode when I open them.

    A few times a year I fill up several large paper shopping bags and empty out my drawers, so I can buy more clothes.

    I bring ALL my clothes to the Albany City Rescue Mission on Pearl Street in Downtown, Albany. My family has helped out there for as long as I can remember, and my dad has been on the Board there for about eight years.

    All the clothes at the City Mission are given away for FREE to less fortunate families (not just the homeless) – they have their own little store called Blessingdales. Some of the clothes I donate have only been worn a few times, some are even old and shabby, but the Mission accepts all the clothes that are donated. Obviously, they give away the less worn clothing in their store, but what most people don’t realize is that the ratty clothing is bailed and sold in bulk for profit. The proceeds benefiting the Mission!

    Go clean out your closets – the Mission is located at 259 South Pearl Street, Albany, New York 12202.

  • As the World Turns

    09Mar
    Categories: Blonde Things Comments: 2

    A vacant store front is never good news and when stores go out of business it really makes me upset – usually because the aisles that were once filled with people will be left empty, collecting dust bunnies. Last month the Hollywood Video store on Western Ave announced it was closing due to the fact that the corporation filled for bankruptcy.

    Now I will proclaim to be a hypocrite and say that Sam and I joined the Netflix bandwagon, (which is obviously what put Hollywood Video out of business).

    I’m not sure why we didn’t order Netflix before because apparently you can watch as many movies as you want for around $18 (3 movies out at a time), and you never have to leave the house in your pajamas to get a movie because you’re bored on a Saturday night.

    A Few in Our Movie Queue (I think we have 34 total so far):

    Funny Face starring Audrey Hepburn
    White Squall starring Jeff Bridges
    Iron Man starring Robert Down Junior
    The Last King of Scotland starring Forest Whitaker
    New York, I love you starring Bradley Cooper & Natalie Portman
    Atonement starring Keira Knightly & James McAvoy
    Eastern Promises starring Viggo Mortensen
    The Jane Austen Book Club starring Amy Brennanman
    Dean Man Walking starring Sean Penn
    The Children’s Hour starring Audrey Hepburn

    We’re on a two week trial run. Our first movies arrive tomorrow, and we will most likely keep this service. Netflix recommennds movies to you based on ratings that you give other movies, and some of their recommendations we probably would never have found buried in the aisles at Hollywood Video.

    I think I will cancel my Cable and still never leave my couch.

  • Pick it up

    04Mar
    Categories: Blonde Things Comments: 0

    Our front stoop has two flower boxes on either side, and underneath the stoop we have our recycling and garbage cans – I’m sure this can be said for the majority of Center Square row houses in Albany, NY, right?

    Let me back up for a second and say I am a neat freak – dust bunnies give me anxiety (Sam can attest to this, as I always have a Swiffer in my hand). Littering also makes my blood boil and my blood pressure rise – garbage just makes the earth look messy and cluttered. The pictures from last year’s Tulip fest may have given me a small heart attack (how one can go from beautifully displayed tulips to that mess is insane). We should all want our planet to be clean and beautiful, and I don’t think the rules are that hard to follow.

    Well, the other day someone decided to discard their half eaten Friday’s dinner and a plastic Vitamin Water bottle in my flower box. I get that it’s winter and the boxes aren’t overflowing with pretty flowers, but if you had just walked your lazy tush to the other side of my stoop you would see that there was an empty garbage can and a beaten up, blue recycling bin under there for your convenience.

    Honestly people – let’s get it together.

  • Nutty Pot

    01Mar
    Categories: Blonde Things Comments: 2

    No matter what time of year it is Sam is a sniffer and a sneezer, and he recently purchased a Neti Pot, which is designed for “nasal irrigation.” (Ironically I was going to buy him one for Christmas, but didn’t think he would like it). I saw the product on Oprah and Dr. Oz – so they must work, right? Sam seems to think so. I’m not convinced.

    Directions: Mix salt solution into pot and pour into nostril, then watch it magically come out other nostril.

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