Metronomy - She Wants

epiphabunny

i was in chicago on january 6th but they sell galettes des rois (king's cakes) throughout the whole month. in france, you celebrate epiphany with a king's cake after a meal. the youngest reasonable person at the table crawls under it while someone else cuts the cake into slices. then the cutter points to a piece and the little guy under the table points to the person that must eat that piece. this is done until all the slices have been doled out. everyone eats their piece until someone bites into la fève, which is just a little ceramic trinket. they can be in the shape of anything really. some people collect them. anywho, the person who finds the trinket in their slice of king's cake gets to wear the gold paper crown and becomes the king (or queen) for the day. they are allowed to choose someone else from the table to rule alongside them. last year, we were invited to the home of a young french family to have gallette des rois. i can't remember who was crowned but i remember the cake was goooood.

this is a king's cake from northern france. it's flaky, like a croissant, and filled with an almond paste called frangipane.

every friday, i have about a solid hour of free time between classes and after making tons of photocopies and doing other last minute lesson planning, i usually go to the big SuperU grocery store to walk around. no one has accused me of stealing anything (yet) but i'm sure it'll happen eventually. :\ anyway, i was a little hungry during my break today so i went to the bakery and saw they were selling slices of king's cake. i hadn't had king's cake yet this year so i bought a piece. i paid for my little slice and walked away with hungry anticipation.

so i'm walking through the shopping center stuffing my face with a french pastry, doing my american brothers and sisters proud, when i bite into something hard. my initial reaction was surprise and anger because it hurt my tooth. i actually said AW WHAT THE HELL! out loud. i thought - either there's hard almonds baked inside this or i'm gonna be reaaaaaaal grossed out in a minute. i looked down and saw the head of a little bunny poking out of my gallette. i totally forgot about the fève! thank god lola bunny wasn't hurt (apparently she's a looney tunes character?) because i quickly extracted her from her crusty would-be grave. no crowns, but lola and i are queens for the day!!

UsMagazine.com Golden Globe Gowns

then i went through the rest of the photos and i had some more to say:

 dunno who you are but i like what you've done with yourself.

G-G-G-G-Gorgeous!* snaps to her stylist.
*my favorite look

i don't like you, i don't even like this dress, but i like "IT".

put your hair up and it's dec.

 HOHOHOHOMG that's stupid.

 i don't like this dress but i love the color.

 pretty!

surprise, surprise...

 really, a print? and THIS print??

you've done this dress so many times before, grumma!!

tell me this is vintage and some really cool celebrity once wore it...or she should be stoned. and that could mean either pelted to death by pebbles or blazed outta her wannabe hippy mind.

she's a risk taker. i like it!

 i pretty much had a comment about all 58 photos but i couldn't post 'em all.

a real entry soon? i hope.

Natalie Portman's Golden Globes Gown - UsMagazine.com

golden globes? more like an episode of golden GIRLS!!!!!

BARF natalie portman! i know you're preggers but that's not an excuse!! WHAT THE HELL