Look, even Christy Turlington looked like she walked out of a Seinfeld episode

This looks good, no? This moment just killed me.

I do my little turn on the catwalk… Sorry. Right Said Fred circa 1992 has been playing in my head this whole time.

Don’t miss it you hungry DCity book worms and workaholics. This is a fabulous time of year. A three course lunch for $20.10 or dinner for $35.10?

Get your grub on. Make your reservation now on Open Table peeps. Everyone else is salivating too. This city ain’t that big, not for all those taste buds.

Emily’s pick (yes, you care what I think): Oyamel on 7th St. Mexican Cuisine: Tapas Style

It’s normally crowded, so for restaurant week I assume you’ll have to claw your way in. I’ve been growing my nails out for a week now. Last time I went we squeezed our way in and sat at the ceviche bar. This is what I found. Who’s crazy now?

The Ceviche de atun Pacifico is madness. So is the made-at-your-table-guac. Go… eat… drink… be <insert adjective>

Bieber and Kardashian were also photographed having an impromptu photoshoot…

In another one Bieber also appears to be eating a rose…

Scnadelous!?!?! A new May-December romace!?!?! As IF!!! The photos were a part of a Graduate themed photo shoot for Elle Magazine. However, the pairing of the two C-list celebs is a tad odd and uncomfortable??

In other news, Joseph Gordon-Levitt again proved why he is our current obsession. Just when he appears to be selling out and going Hollywood mainstream (we still quite havn’t forgiven him for Gi:Joe) he takes the time to star in a quirky indie short.  The retro six minute long clip entitled Morgan and Destiny’s Eleventeenth Date premiered at the South by Southwest  earlier this month and just went viral. In it, Gordon-Levitt fights Channing Tatum for the true heart of his lady love. The vintage clothing and animated graphics mesh with the old world dialogue straight out of the Jabberwocky. Be patient with the words, eventually it will hypnotise you into a I Heart Joseph Gordon-Levitt dream state. Enjoy!

In closing, I leave you with a humorous reminder of how our childhood photos can come back to haunt us all. Your welcome Jake Glyllenhaal.

- Temporium isn’t your typical over-priced and exclusive boutique and it isn’t an average mom and pop clothing store. Instead, the newest DC fashion marketplace is a pop up boutique that is part clothing store, part hip wi-fi coffee joint and part quirky music lounge. Located in the former R.L. Christian Library, the space highlights local designers and allows them a venue to pawn their goods from home-made jewelry to hipster graphic tees to avant-garde menswear. Each day brings a continued variety of designers and items and on weekends, the boutique and lounge merge allowing for browsing of the racks while DJs spin in the background. Be sure to catch Temporium this weekend as its month long run closes on August 15. Check out temporiumdc.com for more details and read the WashPo article describing their owners.

- Many DC residents have been nearly side-swiped by a rogue bike messenger careening down epic DC hills with their messenger bag swung over their shoulder as they compete for valuable road space with an irrate cab driver. This new DC blog “The Life of a DC Courier and Lindy Hopper” pulls back the curtain to reveal a different perspective on the bike wielding delivery men. The blog includes valuable and humorous insights including DC’s newest and greatest nickname- “The Toilet Bowl.”

- Following last weekend’s metro brawl involving 70 plus DC teens, Washington Post writers spent the night in Chinatown chronicling and observing the lives of its inhabitants from the loiterers to the bored teens to the gun-toting security guards. The vignettes entitled “After the Brawl” are short, but entertaining and revealing. My favorite includes the job description of the Chipotle security guard, whose sole duty includes guarding the soda fountain from teens sneaking lemonade into their free water cups!!

This is an entry that may just make me tickle but it has to be done. I am still running on a particular buzz, the kind that only comes from dancing your feet sore, singing your voice hoarse and throwing your panties on the stage. I went to a concert people. One of the better live shows ive been to all year. The Kings of Leon preformed this weekend at Jiffy Lube Live in VA. It was a nice night, cool air, and cold overpriced beer . To be clear, my love for KoL started in late 2003..i was finishing my senior in high school and my little sister told me about this awesome band i would love… dammit she was right..Youth and Manhood built the fondation…

but Aha Shake Heartbreak became the record the got more than 86 song play counts on repeat..i also used it to recruit my roommates..hell everyone i knew to their ‘epicness’.

It has been an amazing journey musically ..every record growing and maturing, sounding better than the last. They surpirsed us by playing a new song live for the first time and it excites me for their future…

here is the music video that made me fall in love…

Chris and Kathryn here. This marks the premiere of our brand new entertainment column that will question the chaos and the insane of all things Hollywood from our fav new trailers, hot celebrities, hilarious blog posts and a review of just all the jankiness.

Quote of the Week:

“Trying to hold a conversation with Snooki is a little like getting down on your hands and knees with a child. You have to come down to her level, and sometimes you almost think you need to bribe her with a piece of candy to coax her to be more responsive.”

- New York Times’ writer Cathy Horyn describing Snooki in her article entitled “Snooki’s Time.” Cathy’s diabolic profile of the pint sized Jersey Shore guidette refered kindly to Snooki as a “berserck windup toy” and a ” turnip turned on its tip” who is “not capable of serious introspection.” Many felt betrayed by the rather harsh language and blunt honesty not normally reserved for D-list celebs like the MTV phenom. However, Vulture succinctly summed up the debate by applauding the refreshingly non-sugarcoated nature of the piece while also lambasting the Times for taking a “cheap shot” at defenseless Snooki.

WTF!?!?!? News of the Week

- Board games replace comic books as the new inspiration for Hollywood films. Coming to theaters are live action adaptions of Candyland, Monopoly and the recently announced Battleship at the helm of Friday Night Lights director Peter Berg. Berg has cast uber hotties Taylor Kitsch (greasy haired, brooding Tim Riggins) and Alexander Skarsgard (blood thirsty Eric). Questionable yet is the casting of Rihanna as the love interest. Really Rihanna you choose this for your acting debut?!?

Photo of the Week

- Spencer Pratt failing pathetically to pull off facial hair a la Brad Pitt. Ashley says, “I don’t usually recommend hair dye for men, but this time I make an exception.”

Video of the Week

- Joshua Jackson proving once again why Pacey Witter was the only reason Dawson’s Creek was watchable while spoofing himself in one of the best Funny or Die clips EVER!!

First Band is ‘Girls’

Our amazing photographer messiah Bayan M introduced me to them in a post wrap haze….Our wrap party was legendary amd deserves a proper shout out. I think this song reflects the feel, the attitude, and love we cared through out filiming of Season Three on Orange Juice. In the trenches, we found good music.

Band Info: Indie rock band formed in San Fran Cali. Its got a shit load of band members.. www.myspace.com/girls

Girls – Lust for Life from Focus Creeps on Vimeo.

The fanciful paint job was actually due to a mistake. Owners Wade Wilson and Robert Banaszak painted their house a fire-engine red, but the sides instead came out the color of gross Pepto Bismal. Eww!! To alleviate the damage, they instead turned the side into a giant watermelon complete with seeds.

Stay tuned for an awesome cameo by the Watermelon House in in the upcoming season of OJBG!!! Tamsin, Libby, Rachel and Remi all journey past the House with their tutus and bikes.

Also, check out an old Washington Post article on the house and its owners.

The beauty of late night craigslist searches and awesome bosses with enough crazy to trust me with costuming for the first time. It was an honor and a pleasure to work on Season Three. I was in middle school during the mid 90′s so I remember feeling the envy of the ‘totally cool’ clothes the upperclassmen wore. This season based in 1996 allowed me to live out my fantasies. I immediately started searching my favorite shows and sitcoms, fashion, and musical icons from the decade. I found it very easy to get carried away.  This seasons main events involved skanking, liquid  and the last bits of grunge. Here are some images I used for inspiration.

Pure Ska in all its glory

The Ska Concert was so much fun to dress, dance, and extra in. The bands made it easy to act like there were 500 people in the room.

Nanananananana CONCENTRATED!!

Rouge Skanking in Comets Parking Lot

RAVERS!!

Ravers!

Pre Party Ladies

What a trippy time. Im still not sure if anything i chose made sense,  but im sure that was the point. Boys in bikini tops and tutus, candy necklaces, pacifiers galore. It was hot and sweaty and after our cast started to dwindle crew jumped in and had showed the kids how to REALLY liquid!.

Crews ALL ABOARD!

Strawberry Shortcake and Tiger

Grunge Up Grunge Down

Singles

Mandatory My So Called Life Inspiration

The older kids too cool to jump into the rave, still hanging out with Cobain.

Plaid is a girls best friend

Just a little insight from my mind this season. This week we’re preparing for a 90′s inspired photoshoot with Brightest Young Things for OJ’s Third Season. I get to dress some of the crew this time around. Cannot wait to see how things come out! Stay tuned for amazing photos!!!

Next week..How and Why the Spice Girls crushed the cool and brought forward the horror that was pre millennium fashion.

]]> http://orangejuiceinbishopsgarden.com/blog/archives/702/feed 0 http://orangejuiceinbishopsgarden.com/blog/archives/643 http://orangejuiceinbishopsgarden.com/blog/archives/643#comments Wed, 14 Jul 2010 21:45:57 +0000 Kathryn http://orangejuiceinbishopsgarden.com/blog/?p=643 WE NEED YOUR HELP!!! The word janky needs to make a comeback. Much in the same vein as Paris Hilton and her now trademarked “That’s Hot!”, we want janky to be the new phrase of this decade. Please see the definition below and start spreading it around. Bonus points for crafting additional uses like jankiness, janked, jankier or jankly.

Janky – adjective

- used to describe a person, place or thing which is questionable, fucked up, wrong, strange, broken down, undesirable, and/or just plain dodgy.

The best Janky moments of Shooting:

1. “Otessa, someone burrittoed on your couch.”

2. Judy Coff thinking we had been evicted. “Do you know where I work?!?!?!”

3. Scrubbing blue hair dye and molasses out of Otessa’s floor, pillows and clothes.

Alot of Blue

4. The 105 degree temp of the Mitchell’s kitchen.

5. The tourists at the Jefferson Memorial who thought Nick and Shawn were actually in the Navy. They wanted a picture. Check out our blog post on this!!

INCOMING!

6. Ben Palacios’ Vibram toe shoes. We love you Ben!

7. Realizing the missing LED light had been on set the entire time.

8. The shear number of times Otessa’s security system said “Front Door”. Almost outdone by the secret “Back Door” breaks.

9. Jesse sneaking away from work to see Twilight: Eclipse!

10. The security guard at Alexandria offices who was upset over the actors yelling and not the 10 kids driving a beat up Firebird around a circle at 40 miles per hour. He was on the phone with his girlfriend.

11. Attending a rave for two days! It was hot and we still see flashing lights when we go to sleep at night.

Crew is Ready to RAVE!

12. Shaggy leading our four tutu clad actresses around the Watermelon House in Sketchy Shaw at 10 o’clock at night

13. A PA finding the time to sunbath and read a magazine in Aviators.

14. Otessa getting her tire slashed and a parking ticket for not parking with a permit when the 8″ by 11″ permit was sitting inside the car window a few inches from the ticket.

15. Our entire motley crew that somehow managed to pull off an amazing season!

Working hard in Gtown on the Canal