I'm loving life again, ladies...and it all started with a simple $20 shift dress at H&M! I'm so impressed with that store every now and again...allowing us 20-somethings to feel relatively glamourous. So, with a tip from my sister about the Georgetown H&M...and it's hip, but cheap new dress looks...a girl has regained all hope in inexpensive winter party dresses. If I could be any article of clothing...it would be a cute little winter party dress. It's so me - unabashedly quirky...conventionally unconventional. You know...people love them, but they're kind of a slap in the face of rationality. 

Anyhow - I am, once again, waiting until the last minute to shop for our party on Thursday night (the anti-holiday holiday party - Mayorga Lounge - 3301 14th Street NW); BUT I'm convinced I'll be able to find something fabulous, knowing that the Georgetown H&M has 23 year-old budget, chic, "LOOK AT ME", shift dresses!

Once again ladies, I must toot my own horn and let you know that at our parties, this Splendorita makes the Splendora name proud. I will HAVE to post pictures from them!

Lots of love & Happy Holidays!

Tammi 

Hello, my beautiful babies!!!!

So much on my mind - mainly my return to DC from a few months in New York. Ummm, yes, I do indeed love that city. But am far too poor for it right now. Especially since I can't curb my spending habit!

Anyhow - so much to do this holiday season, but I first need to invite any and all Splendoritas to my next DC event!!!! We're having a sweet little holiday party at Mayorga Lounge (a local hidden gem) on December 20th - that's a Thursday, for those of you without a calendar close by! Our events have been soooo successful, we're continuing this little business venture. Seeing where this juggernaut takes us. Please, please, please come out, if you're in the area! Our parties are amazing, and Mayorga Lounge is such a GREAT place to relax and have some drinks! It's a beautiful space full of beautiful people - oh, and good food (can you say, seared tuna with seaweed salad)! Oh, and my event outfits are always a serious hit! I swear...you should come to see what I'm wearing alone.

Kisses,

Tammi

FINALLY!!! I have a moment to "breathe" (translation: post endlessly about my eventful September/October).

But first - CELEBRITY SIGHTING!!!!! Upon leaving my first day at my Park Ave, beauty PR job, I walk unknowingly into a shoot for "SATC: The Movie". Wow!!!

Anyhow - I got a job in NYC! I've been here for about a week now, and I LOVE it! I was meant for a place like this. I definitely still love DC, but New York is great. I work for a beauty/fashion PR firm, and it's going well. I think my boss really likes me because we come from similar backgrounds. We both started out as academics and studied IR, then law. I've definitely been paired up with the right person. The office is chic, etc, etc. Everyone's young (which is a major plus for me)! The conference room looks like something out of Rachel Ashwell's Shabby Chic collection. It's the little things that make a difference. I'm so happy I can be creative with my work wardrobe and don't have to sit in boring leather chairs at an oversized mahogany conference table during staff meetings. For now, I'm the low woman on the totem pole, but nothing is beneath me while I pursue a career in something that really interests me. I spend a large portion of the day reading magazines, looking for product placements, and sending things to editors. My boss just tasked me with working on our new website blog. Once the site goes up, I'll post a link!

In other news - while in DC, I started a PR/Events/Promotions company with my sister (www.tuesdayandwednesday.com). Our first event was last Thursday, which I drove back to DC for. LOTS of people came out to our party, and we really impressed the venue owner. It was such a success, so we're extraordinarily excited about it!!!! For those of you in the DC area, our next party is THIS Thursday. This Splendorita will not be there (unfortunately), but I'll have a cocktail in the Lower East Side in it's honor.

Let's see...I bought a Chloe' bag to celebrate my good fortune - which disappeared as soon as I purchased said bag, but at least I have something to show the fortune I once had.

Alright...back to work!

Lots of love,

Tammi

I have the headache of all headaches right now. Actually, I've had it for about a week now. Geez - I must love a good challenge (any former boyfriend would probably agree); I'm in the middle of hell and chaos at work, and I'm still moving next Sunday. I was in the office until 9:30 last night. Tonight looks no more promising.

Even still - I'm excited for what's coming in my life. I don't know what it is, but I'm excited about it.

Anyway - I did spend a good portion of the day trying to figure out how I'll finance my coffee and handbag addiction in New York. Still working on it; but it's nice to have sisters that will let you live with them rent free for a while. I posted earlier today, but I'm genuinely wondering if there are any Splendoritas out there that work for ShopPR on Park Ave. Inquiring minds would like to know.

I didn't manage to leave the office for even a second today (trying to figure out how to get a crane off of F Street, dead smack in the middle of our event location -- thanks to Tishman Speyer, AARP, and, yes...I'm going to throw some blame at the Shakespeare Theatre). Tomorrow, I'll be back in DCRA purgatory, but at least I'll be out of the office. Tonight, hopefully I'll get some sleep. However, I did manage to purchase a sweet, sweet Alice + Olivia dress from shopbop! YAY!

Oh yeah...so, last week's luncheon was my first time wearing my Clu dress from Saks. I LOVE, LOVE, LOVE it!!

Okay, chickadees!

XOXO,

Tammi

So - I've had the most eventful 8 days of my LIFE! Last week, I:

 1. celebrated Labor Day (great - let's be happy capitalists)

2. got sick

3. thought I was DYING, I got so sick

4. managed to get 5 bands for this weekend's main stage

5. handled disgruntled emails from an unnamed member of the PQNA

6. rushed to the hospital after my sister saved my mother's life from SHRIMP!

7. watched my nephew

8. found out my friend is in a band that's just now blowing up

9. went to the Black Family Reunion on the Mall and saw En Vogue (yes, you heard me right - they still perform this side of 1997)

10. sublet my place

11. got the annexed art performance approved by the Mayor's office

12. got our AOF artists paid

13. watched, on pins and needles, as Roger Federer beat Djokovic  in 3 sets (and looked HOTTT doing it)

14. went to a luncheon with my crush of all crushes!

15. have finalized my plans to move to NYC from now until December

16. Managed to finally get a hold of someone at Bergdorf's who would tell me what number I am on the waiting list for Peter Som's new lip color (yes...I'm that pressed for a perfectly kissable pout!) and, quite honestly, I'm nervous about my chances of making the cut off!

17. and...here's the kicker...have begun the process of starting my PR/Events & Marketing firm (expect our first major event to be held at Mayorga's in Tivoli)

Trust me - once Arts on Foot is over (this Saturday - come out and enjoy the festivities!!!), I will have plenty to post. I'm moving to NYC next week, and should have some down time to post more on all of these life changing events.

I totally love Splendora! People share tips and stories and "secret weapons". For years, my sister was the only person I could trust enough to do that with. She's still way skeptical. Hates sharing her fashion/beauty secrets. I had to swear I wouldn't use a certain designer to design my wedding dress if I got married first before she would even think about giving me this super secret designer-GOD's website.

*It's actually a REALLY great idea, and I kind of wish I hadn't made that promise; I mean...if I DO get married first, I think I might have to renege.

Anyway - I love that I can log on here and find out so many things I don't know about. I already get compliments on being ahead of the curve on some things, but now...I mean, now, people think I'm prescient. Way to go, Splendora! Making the already fabulous even more fabulous.

So - last night, I had the inspiration to pop open a bottle of champagne left over from one of our art openings, and I definitely had a full night of interesting champagne-y dreams. I always forget how champagne sneaks up on you, and when you're splitting a bottle with just one other person, it's crazy. My friend's first day of grad school was today, and last night I stole her from her books and made her [pre] celebrate. Plus, I haven't really had a chance to go out/hang out/ have a drink in a while. Excluding Monday's events at Austin Grill where I met a certain DC Exec at the bar that, as it turns out, was supposed to be spending the last month in rehab, but is apparently still wrestling with some demons (drunk in the middle of the day). But I wish her all the best.

I've spent most of today trying to book talent for our 94.7 The Globe stage at Arts on Foot, and it's been relatively easy, with the exception of a couple of bands. Oh - my computer says I have new mail, hopefully it's one of the MIA bands. I'm ready for this event to be over.

So - in an effort to remain crazy Tammi that goes with the wind, I think I have to sublet my place so that I can go to New York for a while. My cousin's play is being put up off Broadway, and my sister is in it, and I believe that my services are being requested as well. I'll probably spend the season up there helping out and getting acclimated to NYC. It might be a permanent kind of thing.

Anyone looking to sublet in DC? Anyone know of any jobs in NYC?

xoxo

Tammi

Where has my Splendora love gone??? It's still here, but the last week and a half has been a total basket of stress. My mind is so fried, I'm watching the Bret Michaels show on VH1. But at least I have a freshly made bed - I'm so proud of myself for actually changing my linens. I was ready to pass out at 2 this afternoon.

Anyway. How stoked am I for some of the fresh make up colors/products out there. Two majors have/will launch(ed) this week:

1. "For Audrey" from China Glaze

2. Peter Som's "P.S. Kiss"

I love it! My dress came from Saks today! Yay!!!! (See a few posts back.) I'm going to get back out in the world now that I'm done with the horrors of permits (crossing fingers, since they're all pending approval); and my boss told me that this year is the first year we've "finished" vying for our permits before the start of September. Which reminds me - it's that time of year ALREADY?!?!!! I can't believe how quickly the last four months have flown by.

Oh, and, I've been sewing! I'm so totally excited about my bags. My uncle insists that I start selling them, and spoke to his friend that owns a tennis shop (because they're uber preppy and have tennis rackets on them - oh...they're travel/gym/tote bags, btw - so completely sporting goods appropriate); I'll start selling there by mid-September, hopefully.

Quick question - please tell me someone has a quick fix for chin breakouts. I definitely have a wedding coming up, and my chin hates me these days. Until this summer, I thought I was the queen of acne defense, but, alas, I am not.

Also - for those of you who were into those Tashkent cut out booties, they're on uber sale (in their bright blue incarnation) at shopbird.com (one of my recent "What Tos").

Tammi

I spent the ENTIRE morning trapped at the DC Department of Health. Dressed fabulously, no less. Surrounded by disgruntled people and jaded employees, only to find out that what I needed, in the end, only took 5 minutes to get. Once I passed the all too self-important guards to the temple. Who forced me to take a number, then laughed once they called me and sent me up to the 6th floor with cackles of "Oh, honey, that's all you was waitin for?"

YES! Yes, that's all I was waiting for. A damn signature on my special events application for this city-wide, benchmark event that has gone on for 15 years. You'd think these kinds of events don't have to go through the usual rigmarole, but they do. My office is responsible for the annual 4th of July parade and fireworks, the National Cherry Blossom Festival, the Fringe Theatre festival (in conjunction with the Capital Fringe office itself, of course), etc; we do MAJOR events for this city. But I have to run around in 90 degree, humid heat to get one measly signature!

I am so unbelievably bitter right now. Gah! Alright...I got that out, time to return to the happy Tammi I usually am.

I'll probably call up my friend to meet for lunch. She just got back from Cairo and I haven't seen her in a while. Plus, it'll take my mind off of this morning, and everything I'll have to do on Monday. AND this weekend.

Working on the weekends...UGH!

Cheers to bureaucracy! This week has been like living in "The Hitchhiker's Guide to the Galaxy"!

xoxo

Look at what I just bought!! And I really, really, really want these - if I didn't have student loans, I'd find a way to make them mine! I assure you.

If only I bought this dress last week, it would be here in time for Saturday's party at MCCXXIII (that's 1223 for folks who don't remember their Roman numerals).

Anyway - I just spent my entire day running around. And I'm tired! Ohhh, and last night, I went to turn on the big TV at home at 9pm sharp, only to discover that our platinum package does NOT include the SoapNetwork, which hasn't been a problem in the past, but now that I want to watch "The Fashionista Diaries", it's a big honkin' problem. So, I had to call my friend to Tivo it, much to his dismay, and I'm supposed to go over there tonight to watch it (because he can't bare to have it on his "Recorded Programs" list for more than 24 hours from fear of humiliation -- I'm like "Who the hell goes through your Tivo recordings list other than me?!!?!"). I might have to call and cancel, but threaten him with the fire of a thousand swords so that he DOESN'T delete it. Plus I'm supposed to meet someone right after work for s'mores at Cosi. We'll see if I even make it out of the office by 8.

Okay...ciao, bellas!

I feel so honored to have the featured "What to" list!!! Yay!! It's made my day - which says a lot.

I still hate permits. 

Loves,

Tammi