Yeah, but the gym's neutral territory.

I'm actually not a crazy huge fan of West Side Story - nothing against the movie but it's not my favorite plot line of all time and it's horribly depressing. But. The music and the dancing - brilliant. Whenever I watch movie tributes like That's Dancing! they include "Cool." I agree that that dance is amazing but it's not my favorite. My favorite is, without a doubt, the Dance at the Gym. And since YouTube will not allow me to embed it, just click the photo.

Just west of Pittsburgh, babe.

I love this picture! This scene cracks me up every time!

The dress is nice.

So, my good friend, and one of my favorite bloggers ever, Kate Gabrielle has been doing a segment called Posh Frock Friday for some time now that I absolutely adore. I finally decided to join in the fun - despite the fact that I really don't like taking pictures of myself and I never, ever post photos of myself on my blog. But, here goes.

the dress - Shabby Apple
the shoes - Payless

P.S. I would like to note that the photos in the background are the larger portion of my growing Flapper Doodle collection. I have a few more that I have yet to put up. These are also thanks to Kate Gabrielle so I thought it quite appropriate to use them as my background, don't you agree?

"When I find out what that means, I'll come back with a crushing reply."

Last week's quote: "It was written by a Latin, a gondolier who sat in his home out in Brooklyn and gazed at the stars" was from Top Hat. The song, "The Piccolino" was written by Irving Berlin and sung by Ginger Rogers.

This week's quote is: "When I find out what that means, I'll come back with a crushing reply."

Bonus points to whoever knows the line before this one!

Is that your message for the day?

Exciting news!! I just got featured in emma wallace's podcast Emma Wallace's Rose-Colored Radio Show. I've been loving these podcasts and it is super exciting to be featured in one! Check it out!

Also, I just received an award from three different bloggers!! Yippee!! More on that later because I definitely like to pass awards on - that's part of the fun!

It's a miracle of the Space Age.

Okay, so I know I don't often do this but I'm going to post a video of one of my all-time favorite contemporary movies and, actually, one of my all-time favorite movies ever. The movie is Down with Love and it is absolutely, side-splittingly hilarious. I've written about it before. I wrote a review of it for my list of 100 favorite movies and I also compared it to a couple of classic films because it's really an homage to the 50's/60's sex comedies of Rock/Doris and Tony/Natalie fame. This is one of my favorite scenes in the movie. The banter is so funny and I think these two actors (David Hyde Pierce and Ewan McGregor) have very good chemistry together. All of their scenes in this movie are just gold. Anyway, here is the scene. Just to warn you, this movie, and this scene in particular, contain a significant amount of sexual humor - all done in good taste, but if that sort of humor offends you, you may not enjoy the clip.

Though I know you're perfectly swell...

I confess, I've been a little obsessed with Marilyn lately. I can't get over her songs. I've been listening to them on repeat all week!!