A Very Buttry Halloween

Enjoy this thrilling adventure from the fantasy files of deep, dark, and dramatic...Buttry Brown!!

WARNING! Not for the faint of heart!!! (...and if you're at all opposed to the term "Honky" then I'd suggest skipping this one...)

Edith & Audrey

I see Google is currently honoring the 116th birthday of one of the most innovative fashion designers of all time...the amazing Edith Head! I say we do the same!

Happy Birthday, Edith!   ...I wish I knew ya...

And with her spirit in mind, I just know YOU are going to love this clip featuring a young, innocent and utterly charming Audrey Hepburn screen-testing a few of Edith's creations from Roman Holiday! Ciao, darlings!!

My Hero

Let's go back in time...stopping in the 80s, when late-night 'Aerobicise'  videos were all the rage...but not exactly for their commitment to ergonomics (wink, wink!)

Here's a classic example...but I don't recommend actually trying it...not only could you do irrepairable damage to your spine...you could take somebody's eye out with these moves!

No...let's keep going back further...back to the 60's, when American housewives were too busy making babies and keeping house to get out and hit the gym...besides, back then, gyms were dreary, noisy sweaty places filled with grunting, sweaty men. What to do? A personal trainer? Pretty much unheard of back then...but through the magic of Television...Jack LaLanne  to the rescue!

Francois Henri "Jack" LaLanne  has been called "the godfather of fitness" and the "first fitness superhero." And he certainly paved the way for fitness at home. Lonely wives simply adored this down-to-earth Frenchman..his ballet slippers confirmed that he was in touch with his feminine side (so European!) and could easily relate to women. The only thing missing was a seductive French accent ala Pepe Le Pew...but Jack had more class than that! And there he was...this fine figure of a man, inviting you into his living room (a popular TV gimmick back then) to join him in trying his 'Trimnastics'! (As a kid, I always figured that lovely mountain scene behind him was his real backyard...now I'm not so sure.)

Just look how buff he was back in the days before the term 'buff' was coined...





Jack was probably the first one EVER to introduce facial exercises. He knew they looked silly, too, but encouraged us to not let feeling silly interfere with becoming more beautiful! I could give the same advice...and you'll see why when I introduce you to COUGARCIZE! A little silliness makes everything more fun! So, let's get inspired right now by watching the very first episode of the Jack LaLanne Show!

Barbie's Fashionable Day

My girl Barbie may be middle-aged...but she's still got it goin' on in a different outfit and different look for every busy minute of the day! This is the life of a fashion legend, darlings......

9 am...quick shopping trip

10 am...coffee with Midge

11 am...lunch with agent

1 pm...substitute teaching

3 pm...hat shopping

4 pm...dog walking

5 pm...chillin' at home

7 pm...off to the movies

9 pm...last call at the mall

11 pm...late night dinner, drinks and dancing
 

Deep Thoughts

Seattle photographer David Peterman dreams of dreamy underwater dreams.....dreaming dreamy dreams like these deep-down, downright dreamy glamour shots of decidedly dreamy  Jamie Von Stratton dreamily dreaming her own dreams as she dreamily floats beneath those dreamy depths!

In My Dreams

Well, well, well, my darlings......!!!
Your Gams has finally returned from her happy hiatus away from Blog-land, I'm glad to see my friends around the world have been checking into my archives while I was out...there's 5 years worth of fun stuff in here! Thanks for hangin' in, kidz! Mwahh!

It's not that I haven't missed you!! Believe me, I HAVE!  But I've just been so darn busy  with my recent 'Maidenform Bra' campaign! * What you see here, my friends, are the results of many  hours of hard work!

* my apologies to Maidenform