Fashionistas you have arrived 3-25-03 - 10-3-03

[ThurgreedMarshall]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
Also, if anyone could recommend a good wedding gift for a rich (liquor heiress) couple that already has everything I would be most appreciative.

His and her bottles of Thunderbird?

Thurgreed(and/or flasks)Marshall

[AngryMulletMan]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick

Also, if anyone could recommend a good wedding gift for a rich (liquor heiress) couple that already has everything I would be most appreciative. They are apparently not registered, which some I guess would consider delightful, but to me it is a pain in the ass.

Many thanks.

My favorite wedding gift to give is a good, sturdy toolbox and few all purpose tools including a hammer, a socket wrench set and a high quality cordless drill-driver. Enough crystal and china and foofy stuff for the kitchen. I think people should have things they can actually use and not just trot out when company comes over.

AM(you can get surprisingly cool toolboxes at Sears)M

[Did you just call me Coltrane?]

Originally posted by str8outavannuys

We skipped most of Ben Harper to relax on the couches backstage, and then went out front for Beastie Boys.
str8

Damn. Ben Harper was who I wanted reviewed..

[greatwhitenorthchick]

Originally posted by AngryMulletMan
My favorite wedding gift to give is a good, sturdy toolbox and few all purpose tools including a hammer, a socket wrench set and a high quality cordless drill-driver. Enough crystal and china and foofy stuff for the kitchen. I think people should have things they can actually use and not just trot out when company comes over.

AM(you can get surprisingly cool toolboxes at Sears)M

I think that kind of gift would not be well received by the bride. Which means it's a wonderful idea. (I'm a friend of the groom).

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
Also, if anyone could recommend a good wedding gift for a rich (liquor heiress) couple that already has everything I would be most appreciative. They are apparently not registered, which some I guess would consider delightful, but to me it is a pain in the ass.

Many thanks.

A silver photo frame from Tiffany's with their names and wedding date engraved on it. Unexciting perhaps, but classic, simple, won't set you back too agonizingly, and their parents will definitely approve.

[purse junkie]

Originally posted by purse junkie
A silver photo frame from Tiffany's with their names and wedding date engraved on it. Unexciting perhaps, but classic, simple, won't set you back too agonizingly, and their parents will definitely approve.

That's the correct answer I think by the way. But if you actually want the groom to enjoy the gift, get em tickets to a sports team he likes. Either she'll like the gift too, or she won't, in which case you will provide them with their first marital spat (which they need to just get over with anyway) when he tells her to screw off if she's so ungrateful to his dear friend and takes someone else (like you) to the game instead.

[Sparklehorse]

Originally posted by purse junkie
A silver photo frame from Tiffany's with their names and wedding date engraved on it. Unexciting perhaps, but classic, simple, won't set you back too agonizingly, and their parents will definitely approve.

I was thinking of something similar. Under similar circumstances (except my scenario was a second marriage for both), I bought them a really beautiful handmade picture frame. If the picture frame idea doesn't appeal to you, I'd look for something from your favorite artisan -- one of a kind decorative doodad of some sort (vase, bowl). Might as well at least help keep an artist from starving.

[Mmmm, Burger (C.J.)]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick
I think that kind of gift would not be well received by the bride. Which means it's a wonderful idea. (I'm a friend of the groom).

If you buy one of those boxes of picture hooks/hangers (in all shapes and sizes), the bride see some value in it as well.

[Replaced_Texan]

Originally posted by greatwhitenorthchick

Also, if anyone could recommend a good wedding gift for a rich (liquor heiress) couple that already has everything I would be most appreciative. They are apparently not registered, which some I guess would consider delightful, but to me it is a pain in the ass.

Many thanks.

If it were anyone but a liquor heiress, I'd recommend a very nice lever corkscrew. They make opening a bottle of wine a cinch. http://www.wineenthusiast.com/shoppi...7-26FE06299F22

[Gattigap]

Originally posted by AngryMulletMan
At the firm I referenced, they called it THE prom as well. It was that sort of creepy crawly event where horny partners drank too much and proceeded to hit on associates, where foolish young associates drank too much and threw up in the limo/bathroom/partner's hotel room, where some clueless geek associate's wife wore the most god awful dress (didn't grandma have a lampshade on the nightstand that looked like that frilly mess of a dress?) that you couldn't help but smirk when he introduced her and where the slimiest partners brought paid escorts as dates.

It was that sort of creepy crawly event that clinches the decision to polish off the old resume because you realize that if you spend ONE MORE MINUTE with these people you're going to start hating yourself until you die. It's the sort of creepy crawly event that makes you keep a bottle of Johnny Walker black in your desk drawer. And you may ask yourself, well, how did I get here?

And you take great pleasure in resigning from that firm.

Oh, THAT prom.

By and large, I don't think I've worked for such firms, and I'm trying to decide if this knowledge makes me happy or envious.

[AngryMulletMan]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
If it were anyone but a liquor heiress, I'd recommend a very nice lever corkscrew. They make opening a bottle of wine a cinch. http://www.wineenthusiast.com/shoppi...7-26FE06299F22

The openers are great and I much prefer a Screwpull to a Rabbit.

AM(no, Sidd, not THAT Rabbit)M

[Anne Elk]

Originally posted by AngryMulletMan
At the firm I referenced, they called it THE prom as well. It was that sort of creepy crawly event where horny partners drank too much and proceeded to hit on associates, where foolish young associates drank too much and threw up in the limo/bathroom/partner's hotel room, where some clueless geek associate's wife wore the most god awful dress (didn't grandma have a lampshade on the nightstand that looked like that frilly mess of a dress?) that you couldn't help but smirk when he introduced her and where the slimiest partners brought paid escorts as dates.

No, that was the Holiday Party. Supposedly for firm employees only, but somehow all those "temps" were always invited.

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
Having Eliza back on board was cool, but she's worth more than they can pay her, and she's managed to get much better worse elsewhere.

And yet, she will remain a poor man's Christina Ricci. Alas and alack. Maybe it has something to do with the fact that her idea of acting is to toss her chin up in the air to communicate all the complex human emotions required of her character, like "I'm defiant"; "I'm pretty"; and "I'm capable of leading an ensemble cast."

If Angel is renewed, I would not put money on seeing Conner again next year, and I would put money on that being a major source of angst for Angel next year. I vaguely recall some groaning about the guy who plays Connor early on this season from someone fairly high up the totem pole over at Angel.

Interesting. When what's-his-name jumped into the vortex with Baby Connor, Mrs. Grinch was all upset that they killed off a baby. I told her that the Laws of Television Plot required Connor to live, in some form or another. She put $100 on it. Sucker, I thought. Never got the dough, though. If he gets killed off, she'll probably argue that we have to restate the family balance sheet.

[Atticus Grinch]

Originally posted by Replaced_Texan
They make opening a bottle of wine a cinch.

Was this something you struggled with before you plunked down $180 on a fucking corkscrew? Criminy. That thing had better remove unsightly moles and warts for 180 bucks.

[robustpuppy]

Originally posted by Atticus Grinch
Was this something you struggled with before you plunked down $180 on a fucking corkscrew? Criminy. That thing had better remove unsightly moles and warts for 180 bucks.

Especially in light of its potential obsolescence, what with the possible movement toward screw tops and all.