Vintage Shirt Salt Bath

August 17, 2013 By 2 Comments

Is there anything cooler than a cool vintage shirt?

olsen vintage shirt

I don’t think so!  I love vintage t-shirts and sweatshirts.  They are just so cozy.  I love to buy ones that are vintage, made to look vintage or wear them soooo long that they become vintage.  I will wear things till I can’t wear them anymore.  Like this Braves 1995 Championship shirt that my Nanny (Milly) gave to me 18 years ago.

Vintage Braves

This shirt has since been retired, but I keep it as a memory of my Nanny.

I have a few shirts that I love, a UGA shirt, a Boston Strong shirt and a red polo, that haven’t had enough years on them yet.  They are still stiff and not very comfy.  So I found a recipe to turn stiff, new shirts into soft, vintage tees… a Vintage Shirt Salt Bath!

The salt bath seems pretty simple.  The hard thing is that you have to wait 3 days for it to be done!

I poured 8 cups of water and 1 cup of salt into a big bowl!  And that is it.  Let it soak for 3 days and then wash it in woolite.  Some shirts have writing on them that the salt can’t get through, so you might have to use sand paper wear it down.

Vintage Shirt Salt Bath

  I am on day 2 of my first shirt… The UGA shirt.  I will keep you posted on how it turns out!

I want to try all different kinds of garments…  T – shirts, polos, sweatshirts!

I hope it works.  If not, I will find another recipe and share with you!

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Movie Review: We’re The Millers

August 10, 2013 By 1 Comment

Last night, my LA girls and I went to see “We’re The Millers“, starring Jennifer Aniston and Jason Sudeikis

Here is the trailer…

Going into it, we didn’t know what to expect.  It hadn’t received the best reviews.  We thought, well,  it’s either going to be a really stupid movie or a really funny movie!?  Luckily for us, it was the latter!

WE'RETHEMILLERS

This movie had an amusing storyline, and was only inappropriate at times most of the time.  I mean it’s a movie about a bunch of misfits – a drug dealer, a stripper, a troubled teenage girl and a straight edged teenage boy, who disguise themselves as a family of four in a ruse designed to successfully smuggle drugs across the Mexican border… how could it not be inappropriate?!  The inappropriate was balanced out with sweet and touching moments, and it had a cute Hollywood ending as well.  “We’re The Millers” was hilarious!  A must see comedy! *

* I really have a hard time reviewing movies like this!  Of course it wasn’t the most intellectually or emotionally stimulating movie, but it was an easy going movie whose sole purpose is entertainment.  If you want a laugh… then go see it!

I do have two confessions…

jennifer-aniston and jason-sudeikis

1.  I have never been a big fan of Jennifer Aniston’s movies.  I, of course, LOVED her as Rachel in Friends.  She has always been Rachel to me.  I have never wanted to see her in anything else!  Well let me tell you, I absolutely LOVED her in this movie.  She was sweet and endearing as a “mother”, but also a little daring/edgy with her “stripper” side.  I was really rooting for her in the movie and I thought she did a great job.

2.  I totally have a little crush on Jason Sudeikis.  I see how he won Olivia Wilde over with his boyish looks and devilish charm!  He was a fantastic leading man.

GO TO THE MOVIES, EVERYONE!  AND THEN LET ME KNOW YOUR MUST SEE MOVIES!

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My problems with Nantucket

August 5, 2013 By 5 Comments

I am back on the mainland.

If my life were a movie, the soundtrack to my trip home would have been that En Vogue song… you know… “Back to life, Back to Reality.”  Not the whole song.  Just that verse.  On repeat.  Depressing, huh?

Anyways.  On my way home, I thought a lot about Nantucket and here are my problems with it.  I present to you….

Got 99 Problems and Nantucket is all of them.

Problem # 1 –  The moment you step foot on the magical little island called Nantucket, you immediately and completely feel transported to another universe.  You feel removed from the rest of the world.  It truly is an incredible feeling.  You think to yourself… where have I have landed… Heaven?  Do not be deceived!

Transported to Nantucket

**Warning: If you go to Nantucket, you will most likely lose all concept of reality, as well as lose all contact with your friends in the real world.  And that can cause problems.

 

Problem # 2 – My Nantucket road rage was off the charts this summer. 

Worse than my LA road rage.

I have a problem with most bicyclists, pedestrians and sometimes duck mamas and their little ducklings. Just kidding…I’m not heartless! They are so cute!  We brake for ducks here!

photo

NOTE TO ALL THE SELF AWARE, SINGLE FILE ENTHUSIASTS ON THE ISLAND… You can stay.  I will wave and smile at you and praise your respect for us cars on the island!

 

Problem # 3 – Nantucket has the most incredible waterfront dining.  It’s ridiculous.

WATER FRONT DINING
**Spoiler Alert:  You will be spoiled.  Everywhere you eat after Nantucket will be boring.

 

Problem # 4 – Nantucket has a lobster roll that you literally dream about all day long…

Thanks a lot, Cru Restaurant.

LOBSTER ROLL

For a whole day, I contemplated whether or not I needed to go see someone because the whole day before I could not stop thinking about a lobster roll.  An amazingly divine and buttery brioche roll that holds beautiful pieces of lobster tail that has been drizzled/coated with warm butter. O. M. G. Delicious.

I’ll skip over Problem# 6 – 98…

Problem # 99 – My Nantucket problems really aren’t problems.  And that’s a problem!

With all that said, I guess what I really want to say is that I miss it.  Everything about it.  I want to scream from the rooftops (like a cheesy romantic movie)… I LOVE YOU, NANTUCKET!

i love you nantucket

P.S. I hope I didn’t come across as bitter or snobby.  That was not my intention. ;)

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