Today the legendary and iconic Lilly Pulitzer Rousseau passed away today at 81. The fashion designer passed away surrounded by friends in Palm Beach, Florida.
On the company’s Facebook page, an announcement was made:
“Lilly has been a true inspiration to us and we will miss her,” the statement said. “In the days and weeks ahead we will celebrate all that Lilly meant to us. Lilly was a true original who has brought together generations through her bright and happy mark on the world.”
Lilly’s designs have always been something to admire and even as of recently when viewing her latest collections, I dreamed of putting my future little girls in her perfect pink and green dresses. She will always be remembered and my prayers go out to her friends and family.
Last night was the series finale of Victorious and though I don’t think any of us were ready for it to end, it happened. I’ve been a fan of Victoria Justice since her days on Zoey 101 so when I learned that she would be having her own show on Nickelodeon, I was a little bit excited. Yeah, whatever I’m 22. But have you seen the show? It’s hilarious – and my two little cousins absolutely adore it so it always reminded me of them. The finale was disappointing because there was never really any closure between the characters. We didn’t end up seeing what happened to them or where they ended up. We never got a last performance and we were only restricted to 30 minutes.
Victoria Justice, however, thought we deserved more so she wrote an open letter to all of her fans thanking everyone for the support over the last couple of years and where the characters ended up.
Easy Street Records on Queen Anne will close this Friday, but before they shut their doors for the last time, there will be one more performance. This Friday, alternative rock group Yo La Tengo will put on the very last performance at the Queen Anne location for free and for all ages. Show starts at 7pm.
The West Seattle Easy Street Records location is still open.
I’ll never forget the time I almost worked with you for a show and you asked me for $10K when my budget was $3K. That’s life. I do, however, want to thank you for giving me this gem.
There’s a video of me butchering this song, but out of love. I’m truly sorry about that.
Every time I see Cassadee Pope perform on this season of The Voice, I am shaking and crying inside a little bit. The former scene kid in me loves her and is rooting for her to succeed. Hey Monday was glorious, but we all know that Cassadee was bringing something much more to the table and she is shining this season. No matter what happens in the end, I know she’ll be successful and I know that everyone else who used to watch her at the smaller venues and in local teen centers feel the same way.
It hurts my heart a little to know that I will have to raise my future kids in a world where Hostess branded Twinkies and Chocolate Cupcakes no longer exist.
For as long as I can remember, we have always had a Marie Callendar pumpkin pie for Thanksgiving. About two years ago, the only location in the entire state of Washington closed. I can’t even remember where we got our pie last year, but it was not so great. No one does it like Marie can. This year, we will be running into the same dilemma and I am in dire need of suggestions.
Seattlelites – ASSEMBLE! Throw out your suggestions so that I do not have to disappoint my family this year.
Last night Natina Reed of the girl group Blaque was killed in a hit-and-run accident as she was walking across the street in Atlanta, Georgia. Blaque was one of my favorite groups growing up and even had key roles in the cheerleading flick “Bring It On.” The girl group was said to be on the verge of making a comeback. Natina was 32 years old.
Sons of Anarchy actor Johnny Lewis was found dead yesterday and is also being considered a murder suspect. His body was found at the home of a 70-year old woman who he is also suspected of murdering. Johnny Lewis previously had roles on The OC (my favorite,) Criminal Minds (where he played a murderer,) and Quintuplets. I actually met him when I was 14 and have pictures with the guy!
Google is known for being one of the best places to work for. Their benefits package is top notch – not to mention they added bonuses and food perks, but last night I learned about one more part about their package that makes me admire the company even more. Google offers something called the death-benefits package, which goes directly to the family of the deceased.
Should someone pass away while employed by Google, that person’s surviving spouse or domestic partner will receive a check for 50 percent of the deceased’s salary. And that spouse or domestic partner will receive that check every year. For the next decade…And any children of the decease, furthermore, will receive $1,000 a month from Google until age 19. Which gets amended to age 23 if those children are full-time students.
Um. Awesome. To read more about how Google is better than your workplace, click here.
I would like to extend my condolences to all those affected in the Aurora, CO shooting today. I am saddened that these acts of violence are continuing in our country and that my generation has had to grow up with these awful memories and recollections. Seeing a movie in a movie theater on the night of its premiere is an exciting moment especially for a movie that has been highly anticipated. It is the type of activity that enables all of us for maybe just two hours to leave our reality behind and enter someone else’s creation. It upsets me that today’s event has made those around us terrified of this – terrified of something that was made to be enjoyable.
Swedish House Mafia has broken up and to honor Axwell, Sebastian Ingrosso and Steve Angello and their music, they are the Song of the Day today. Now, everyone knows by now that I am not a fan of raves and that I will probably never spend money on one, but I have enjoyed house/electronic music for years since my brother and I grew up on C89.5 and regardless, I don’t need to go to a rave to like this type of music.
- Will Jeopardy host, Alex Trabek, leave the show? I sure hope not. [Source]
- Britney Spears and Demi Lovato have joined The X Factor. [Source]
- The Jonas Brothers are getting a reality show on E! y’all! [Source]
Movies
- Twilight’s Kellan Lutz has just signed on to play Tarzan in the new animated film. [Source]
- And yet another trailer for The Amazing Spider Man.
- Outkast’s Andre 3000 will begin shooting for the Jimi Hendrix biopic next month. [Source]
Seattle
- The Seattle International Film Festival (SIFF) lineup is up! [Source]
- A new Seattle spot is opening up and it is dedicated to one of my favorite desserts – the Molten Chocolate Cake. Hot Cakes Molten Chocolate Cakery will open up later on this month. [Source]
Other
- Demi Moore has officially changed her Twitter handle. [Source]
- Jessica Simpson finally gave birth to a baby girl named Maxwell Drew Johnson.
- RIP to the Beastie Boys’ Adam “MCA” Youch. He passed away Friday at age 47 after battling cancer for two years.
- Kings of Leon’s Jared Followill has proposed to model Martha Patterson. The two have been dating for only a few months. [Source]
- SNL’s Taran Killam and HIMYM’s Cobie Smulders will marry this September. [Source]
