"We're the girls from Beverly Hills, shopping is our greatest thrill!"
Ever have one of those moments where you cannot contain your laughter and as you try to, it escapes in awkward bursts? Okay, that happened to me this morning while reading PopWrap (again) and I just have to share it.
TROOP BEVERLY HILLS. I really miss this movie. I've loved it since I was little and there is no doubt in my mind that I am going to buy the DVD tonight. I adore Phyllis Nefler & the Wilderness Girls. I wish I was a wife/mother in the 80's so I could BE Phyllis Nefler. Apparently, last night in Brooklyn, there was a convention for all those who love this movie. So mad I missed that!
Troop Beverly Hills made me love Blondie's "
French Kissin'," the art of a good ghost story and how to dance the Freddie which is still an amazing move if you want to impress!
Favorites:
1. "Excuse me officer. Don't you know who this man is? This here's the man who put the space in the Spike's teeth. The man who knocked the hair off Hatler's head. He's the best. He's the greatest. He's my Dad, James the Jackhammer Shackon. Now Daddy, shake the man's hand and let's be on! our! way!"
2. Rosa, the Nefler's maid - who actually is also Rosario from
Will & Grace. The woman is great at playing sassy housekeepers! Amazing. "Patches? We don't need no stinkin' patches!"
3. Tori Spelling & singer Jenny Lewis (above) as child stars.
4. Cheech - "Annie Herman, booyy yoyy yoyying!"
5. Phyllis - "The parents here are so self-involved. Sh*t, I broke a nail."
6. Phyllis - "I think I've lost the will to shop." Vicki - "Phyllis, that's not funny." (Vicki played by Stephanie Beacham, who is best known as Sable Colby on
Dynasty.)
7. When the girls are earning (not buying) their Wilderness Girl CPR patch, Phyllis volunteers and then is french kissed by the cute policeman doing the demonstration. (
French Kissin' is playing...) :)
7. The song "COOKIE TIME!" I wish I could access youtube on my work computer to post a video link of this unforgettable performance. I want to be a Wilderness Girl.
There are more great quotes and scenes to talk about but I haven't seen it in a year.. So excited to do so tonight!
Spring's approaching quickly, but I, wanting always what I cannot have, will miss winter! The snow in NYC is turning into rain & I will soon have no excuse to build a fire. My boyfriend, a Pathfinder man (a great all-boys canoeing camp in Algonquin park in Ontario, Canada) challenged me to build a bigger fire than his. Although he might be able to build fires with two wet logs and one match, he underestimates my being a complete pyromaniac. My roaring masterpiece above! 
Jacks & I actually did a canoe trip in May 2008 right after we both graduated. I can't access pics right now, but I will post soon! It was cold, rainy & gorgeous up there.. We ate PB & J and drank water straight from the lakes every day. My brother-in-law is also a Pathfinder man and once their bun (currently in the oven!!) is old enough, we want to do a big canoe/camping trip. I hope by then, Jacks will have asked canoe master & Pathfinder man, Jack Hurley to build him a personalized canoe. I wish my parents knew about Pathfinder/Algonquin Park when we were younger. My sisters and I would have totally spent summers at Tanamakoon, the girl's version of Pathfinder. 
JMK and I made this pork tenderloin this weekend in VT. We seared the pork, then browned chopped Granny Smith apples & onions in the same pan. Then we put it all in the oven to finish the pork at 400 degrees for about 15 minutes. It was soo good! The apples & onions broke down, turning into something like a sugarless chunky apple sauce which we added fresh scallions to. Before shot above...
End result!
My sissy making some potatoes. Notice her 7 months pregnant belly! (They are not finding out the gender or sharing name ideas yet.) This is my first niece or nephew so I was pretty stoked when I felt the baby rolling over and kicking. I'll be an Aunt in May! 
An amazing ski trip I failed to mention was the trip I took to Beaver Creek four weeks ago. I flew out with a fellow CT-er Julia to visit our friends Carling & Alanna in Avon, Colorado. Carling is a ski instructor/works at a restaurant & Alanna works for the Bright Future Foundation. The best day of skiing was in Vail. Around 3 we did the Minturn Mile to the village of Minturn for strong margaritas at the Saloon. Above is my pretty sunlit picture of backcountry skiing! 
Carling in the white helmet & from left, Sean, Nick & Brett (Pontiac). I wish I had the courage to move out west like these people... I would be so happy there for like a year. Until that day though, comin in real hot from my cube!
