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Things I Loved / Hated This Week #60

February 15, 2014by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

LOVE: Will & Grace: I have been meaning to rewatch (why isn’t rewatch a word? I don’t understand. I say it all the time, everybody says it all the time. […]

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comedy, cooking, Dolly Parton, hair, Harry Styles, shopping, Target, television, Will & Grace

Why Don’t You #21

January 27, 2014by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

Monday: Why don’t you spend the day celebrating the oeuvre of one of the musical talents you love and haven’t heard in ages? Today, I’m listening to all of Amy […]

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Amy Winehouse, fashion, food, interior design, music, shoes, travel

Things I Loved / Hated This Week #54

December 21, 2013by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

LOVE: Beyoncé, Obviously: I’m still not over Bey’s surprise album. None of us are. It was so unexpected and so glorious and so wondrous and so magnificent and so perfect. […]

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Beyonce, food, Hollywood, interior decorating, Joan Fontaine, music, Target, tumblr, writing

Things I Loved / Hated This Week #51

November 29, 2013by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

LOVE: Lentil Soup: I have a deep love affair with lentils. I think they’re the most perfect food in the world. They are so good for you, too, which confounds […]

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baking, cooking, fashion, food, movie, music, shopping, singing

One Direction’s “Midnight Memories”: A Review

November 25, 2013by Benjamin Phillips 6 Comments

I’m fairly certain I have something of a Benjamin Button complex. I was 60 before I was 16. Have you ever heard that expression? It’s one of my very favorites […]

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1D, Harry Styles, Louis Tomlinson, music, One Direction, review, Zayn Malik

Things I Loved / Hated This Week #45

October 18, 2013by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

Before we get started, I want to show you something I love more than anything in the entire world. Words can’t explain. YOU MUST SEE TO BELIEVE. Oh. My. God. […]

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Anne Rice, Dolly Parton, food, music, Paris, shopping, Tom Daley, vegetarian

Things I Loved / Hated This Week #40

September 13, 2013by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

LOVE: “The Last Time I Saw Paris”: The first time I heard this song, it was one o’clock in the morning and I was walking down Melrose in West Hollywood […]

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Anne Rice, England, food, hate, interior design, kitten, life, love, writing

Things I Loved / Hated This Week #38

August 31, 2013by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

LOVE: Pesto: I have a shocking confession to make to you. I’ve never made basil pesto. Well may you gasp! I made pesto out of arugula last year and it […]

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Apple, cooking, hate, love, music, sleep, summer

“But y’are, Blanche!”

July 18, 2013by Benjamin Phillips 2 Comments

After my triumphant trip to Joan Crawford’s house, I decided to continue on in a similar vein and seek out another building that meant something to me. All of Bette […]

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Bette Davis, California, Gloria Swanson, Hollywood, Joan Crawford, Los Angeles, travel, trip

Things I Loved/Hated This Week #35

June 21, 2013by Benjamin Phillips Leave a comment

LOVE: Amazon Subscription: I am a bitch about espresso. I drink a ton (literally, I consume tons!) of it and I’m always running out. I haven’t had a chance to […]

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art, California, hate, Joan Crawford, love, music, reverend, shopping, tan, train, travel

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