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WW '08 RSVP

Since I've read about a million bridal magazines and websites in the past few months I knew that getting people to RSVP for anything wedding related is next to impossible.

And to that I say "SHAME ON YOU GUESTS!"
Now don't get me wrong. I'm sure there have been times in my life when I have neglected to RSVP to a party.
I'm also the really annoying guest who RSVPs yes and then later isn't able to make it to the party for various reason. *This has happened twice in my life. Both times I have called the person the party was for and mailed or dropped off my gift and frankly if people RSVP yes to either of my wedding celebrations and then don't show but send a gift, I'll be happy.

"Pineapple Express"

Last week a bunch of my family and friends headed to see "Pineapple Express."
While it's taken me a bit to blog about it, that's no reflection on what I thought about the movie.
While it was far more action, blood and guts than I expected it really made me laugh. Despite the blood and guts and car chases there were some hilarious one liners, and it had exactly as much weed smoking as I expected.

WW '08 I might barf

So I haven't written much about wedding plans because honestly things have been coming along nicely and I haven't felt the need to vent.

We met up with our wonderful wedding planner Marty last weekend at the Grand Hotel on Mackinac Island. We got our food, cake and flowers all picked out as well as selecting a few choice hotels and b&bs that our friends and family might want to stay at.

Then on Saturday I had my dress fitting, which went well.

Today, however, stress is setting in.

Vaccine reaction

Wow. I rarely get much reaction from anything I write so I was surprised to see two e-mails waiting for me in my Inbox when I got into work regarding my column about vaccines and autism. You can find it here. The first one was very positive and was someone who writes a blog in the U.K called Autism Blogging. You can find that here. When I visited his blog, I was surprised to discover that this issue was becoming a hot button topic again. Actress Amanda Peet appeared on Good Morning America Tuesday urging parents to get vaccinations after her strong comments about parents who don't get their children vaccinated being parasites (she has since apologized for her comment). I don't agree with her word choice, but I do agree that not vaccinating poses a great risk to our nation's children. You can see a clip of her appearance here. She's in direct opposition to Jenny McCarthy who's been making the talk show rounds recently saying that vaccines pose a risk to children and who also has a child with autism.

Big Thumbs Up for Piece O' Cake Bakery!!!

I have had so little time to post (and so much to post about - The Dark Knight, my new obsession with the TV series Dexter, the release of Breaking Dawn by Stephenie Meyer, the fact that I'm going to see Radiohead in Indiana on Sunday), but I have a huge cheers to go out to a local business. A big thanks goes out to A Piece O' Cake bakery.

Giving blood

In an attempt to go outside my comfort zone, i.e., not doing anything but the same old, same old, I decided to give blood the other day. I was mainly motivated by the fact that the Red Cross has been making major pleas recently for blood donations as the supply for the area is dangerously low, meaning it would only last about two days. I had been wanting to do this for a while, but would always push it off for whatever reason - too busy, unsure of the process, scared.

Sorry for the slow down

You may have noticed that there is little to no activity happening on our blog this past week.

I promise it's for good reason. We are all SUPER busy working on our annual City Guide which hits newsstands Aug. 20!!

Although it's a lot of work, it's also a lot of fun for us because we get to rediscover places we may have forgotten in the past year and we get to discover a whole bunch of new places to point our readers to.

So while we apologize for the lack of blog movement lately we assure you it's worth it.
In the meantime what are some of your favorite places in the Lansing area?

Tide pen still a winner

Since I am wearing white pants today I of course dumped coffee all over them this morning while getting into my car from the bakery/ coffee place.

After dropping some f-bombs I headed right to the drug store and picked up a Tide to go pen. I hadn't used one in a really long time but figured I'd give it a try.
Honestly, it did a pretty good job. As soon as I got to work I dabbed cold water on top of where I'd used the pen and now there is only a faint sign of the coffee.
So yeah, I'm annoyed but just thought I'd point out that the Tide pen is definitely still worth keeping on your purse!

Models needed!

NOISE is working to put together our Fall Fashion issue and we need three models. Two girls and one guy, between the ages of 20 and 35. We'll be doing the shoot on either Aug. 6 or 7 around the Lansing area.

We need people who are willing to have fun and work it for the camera!

The shoot will likely take most of the day so be sure you have time available before responding. Send a photo, your age and phone number to emily@lansingnoise.com.

Thanks so much!!

Yay for "Mamma Mia!"

So I know the big buzz for movies this weekend was all about "Batman" but I'm telling you, you have to see "Mamma Mia"

It is for sure my new favorite movie in the whole world. I could watch it over and over. Kind of the same way I feel about the play.

I know there were a few bad reviews out about the singing and the lighting but in general this movie was so much fun. I mean Meryl Streep is amazing!!!

Did anyone else see this movie last weekend?!? What did you think?