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Spreading the Ugg Love

I’m a massive fan of Uggs. In fact, my dream would be to have a full-body Ugg suit, which would have to be the warmest and cosiest thing ever and would make me so happy.

 

I also love Shiny Style, but I when I read this article http://www.shinystyle.tv/2009/11/why_wont_ugg_boots_die.html I felt I had to leap to the defense of my favourite footwear. OK, so they’re pretty ubiquitous and samey in London, and you can’t claim they’re the prettiest of footwear, but once you’ve worn them you can never go back. Check out all the comments, it's a contentious issue...:-).

 

You can also read Ashley Norris’s own, anti-Ugg, man-take on it here: http://ashleynorris.posterous.com/why-uggs-are-footwears-answer-to-crystal-meth

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Britney Sexier than Shakira?

That’s the verdict of users of MUZU.TV (a video music website) who recently voted for the most and least sexy music videos of all time. Britney’s video for Toxic came out top as most sexy video, followed by Shakira’s She Wolf  (a song I could not get out of my head the morning of my wedding, to the extent that my bridesmaid’s boyfriend had to sign ‘Agadoo’ at me when I wasn’t expecting it, just to make it just go away).

The least sexy video was Madonna Hung up  (the one where she dances dodgily in a leotard) and other un-sexy songs included Rick Astley’s Never Gonna Give You Up   and the mighty king of mullets Billy Ray Cyrus in Achy Breaky Heart (pre, pre, pre his Hannah Montana days).

 But what’s MUZU.TV I hear you ask? It’s a new music video streaming website which is slightly different in that it has an artist-revenue sharing scheme where 50% of video play profits (generated from advertising) go to the band or singer – even to unsigned acts, which has got to be a fantastic help to them. It also has loads of behind the scene footage – such as this clip I’d never seen before of Elbow celebrating winning the Mercury Music prize http://www.muzu.tv/itn/elbow-elbow-celebrate-winning-the-mercury-prize-music-video/38729 - and can make your own playlist to play on Facebook.

We were discussing this poll in the office, and I had to say that while I agree with most of the least sexy videos, for most sexy I’d go for something slightly more quirky and subtle, like the video for Rabbit Heart by the awesome Florence and the Machine:

 

<br />Florence + The Machine - Rabbit Heart (Raise it Up) on MUZU.

 

 However, what do you think?

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Very random chalk outline on the pavement this morning

Sent from my iPhone

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Can't quite believe this still exists...

On sale in Balham Sainsburys. Loving the sub-head of 'divorce: the new swine flu.'

Think there's also a 'Lady Golfer'...

And! Just seen the competition...to win a 'legal housekeeper' - !

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Christmas lights on Oxford Street (already)

Just saw these on my way to the tube. Wrong, wrong, wrong - it's far too early in the year!

At least they have new lights though (however I'd welcome the freaky Carnaby street snowmen back - in December).

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BitterSweet Alsace Bellini cocktail

Fancy a cocktail? I know I do...Cosmo Online just featured BitterSweet Partnership's Alsace Bellini cocktail, made using Kasteel Cru champagne lager.

For videos of how to make beer cocktail videos (including the Summer Breeze or Chocolate Moon), look at http://www.youtube.com/bittersweetpartner and for more information on women, beer and BitterSweet Partnership, go to www.bittersweetpartership.com

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Having our (honeymoon) cake and eating it

The staff at our amazing hotel in Dubai left us a nice present in our room last night...a honeymoon cake.

Love this hotel (our room is bigger than our entire London flat, it's so high up your ears pop in the lift - hence fabulous views, and there's a constant stream of mini-food) and I'm also a massive fan of cake...so this was a very welcome move.

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Can you tell what it is yet?

A certain fast-food chain logo re-worked into Arabic...

Having an amazing time in Dubai!

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Music they like in The Maldives...

In no particular order:

1) Alicia Keys
2) Lionel Richie
3) Elton John (only 'sorry seems to be the hardest word')
4) Shakira (but only the first half of 'underneath your clothes', at which point the track is stopped and substituted for 1, 2, or 3).

In other news, here was the weather today:

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The view from my (current) bedroom...

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