Zooey Love

I know, I know - I guess it's trailer day here at pret-a-party. Sorry, but I couldn't resist. I just love this girl! Zooey Deschanel has stolen my heart - I want to be her, she's so dang cute. I mean, just look at her bike. Don't you kinda want to be her too?

Here are two trailers for her upcoming flicks. Both of which I've put on my "must see in theaters with my girlfriends" list. 

Gigantic

500 Days of Summer

"This is a house of lies!" - Almost Famous

Let The Wild Rumpus Start!

I've been waiting 2 years for this...

...since I interned at Playtone and saw a cut of the special feature they were making on it. You just really can't go wrong with 1. Spike Jonze, 2. voice over work by James Gandolfini, Forrest Whitaker, and Catherine O'Hara, and 3. Henson puppet work. YES YES YES!

This is gonna be sickkk.

wherethewildthingsare.com

Also, in case anyone's wondering, the song in the trailer is Arcade Fire's Wake Up. After I heard it on the special feature I became absolutely obsessed with this song. 

Catalina Wear

I am lucky enough to be going on a short little holiday this week. Catalina is calling and I'm hopping on the last ferry to the island this afternoon with my boyfriend and his very fun siblings. The weather has been temperamental this weekend so I've planned for days filled with scattered clouds as well as beautiful sunshine (and by "planned" I mean I threw everything I could possibly stuff into a weekend tote at around midnight last night).

I'm an east coaster and so I stick with the tried and true when it comes to packing - I definitely enjoy the staples. I went with a little nautical theme for this post (I mean when was the last time I was actually on a boat?!) Please see below and don't mind all the stripes - they're just a personal favorite.

Island Vaca - by pret a party on Polyvore.com

Yes, I went totally sailor/gondolier on this. But instead of a red neck scarf I chose a big pink pashmina for some color (and in case it gets chilly on that ferry ride!) I love the look of gold flat sandals, although any severe walking around would require me to change into some sneaks.

All I need for lying on the beach is a cute bikini and some good reading material. I'm bringing my April issue of VF to read all about my #1 crush, Paul Rudd. Also bringing the very last issue of Domino with me :( Just to cruise through one more time... I have my madras tote from j.crew for carrying all my beach essentials. And if I have time, I'd love to make a new sailors bracelet for myself - my one from my Maine trip in '06 has seen better days...

I loveee the look of hard luggage. These sour lemon globe-trotter trunks made me very happy and would keep me in a sunny mood (even thought I"m sure they would be completely impractical to actually carry!)

Here's to an exciting trip with some fantastic people. I'll be sure to take some pictures and find some cute spots to share after my return!

Her Morning Elegance

Good morning everyone and happy beautiful Monday! My boyfriend's sister in law { also a Beth :) } alerted me to this superbly wonderful video this weekend. I can't believe I missed it on pieheaven but I'm so glad she got me all caught up! It's so wonderful, I've watched it twice in the last 5 minutes.  

my favorite part is the jellyfish scarf :)

via/pieheaven

We Can Do It!

I've had friends bugging me to make a new post. I know -  I am not a fantastic blogger. I am sporadic and sometimes I'm just lazy. I'll get in a slump for a little and then I'll post five things in one day. I love this little blog and I'd like to be better with it... but I'm not going to kid myself by saying I'll actually be better -since I know I won't... But at least I'm being honest, right?

I found this Iconic Women Throughout History photo series in April's issue of Glamour. I love looking through photos like these because I just imagine the shoots to be a lot of fun. I'd love to be a star for a day just so I could do this. Prancing around like Mary Tyler Moore has always been a goal of mine obviously. And they seemed to have a pretty good roster of current hollywood darlings to portray all of these amazing women!

Alicia Keyes, posing as our new first lady, Michelle Obama. 

(And, is that my little Teddy Roo with them??)

Paula Patton as Billie Holiday

Emma Roberts as Audrey Hepburn 

(This is my absolute favorite photo. I love love love her pink balloons!)

Hayden Panettierre as Amelia Earheart 

Alexis Bledel as "Rosie the Riveter"

Emma Stone as "Carrie" from Sex and the City

All of the photos look fantastic. I just chose a few of my favorites to post here but you can look through the whole series here. Definitely worth a glance or two.

Side Note: I laughed at seeing Lindsay Lohan's portrayal of Madonna. It just seems fitting since I really don't like either of them. Were the 80s really devoid of any other role models? I guess I'm not separating the Madge that once was and the crazy woman Guy Ritchie now refers to as "It" is now...  

And Perez's post about how Lindsay thought she'd be on the cover b/c of this also made me laugh. Oh Lilo... what have you done to merit a cover lately? Anything? Please name one thing.