This photo just came in. Another great photo from Debra Somerville…
I just want to thank all my girlfriends at HSN. Especially Bobbi Ray, who I love doing my shows with, Erica for all the help with the styling, and Stacey my most favorite hair and makeup person in the entire world. If I ever get selected for Madame Tussauds, Oprah calls me, or I die with an open casket, please call Stacey for the makeup.
And let me not forget dear Steve… no one can make me up like dear Steve. So it’s an amazing experience to be part of the Happy Shopping Network.
I hope you got to watch and if you did, what did you think?

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Easter in Paris! But no one told me the stores would be closed!
Well the most important store opened for me anyway. I received a special pre-opening at MEL. 8 rue Royal. How can you miss at that address? The official opening was this past Tuesday, but darling Philippe opened on Easter Monday just for me! And I can not say enough about how spectacular this new store is. Well I can start by saying it’s just gorgeous. I would even say the most fabulous shoe store in all of Paris. Certainly a designer’s paradise of inspiration. And if you are just a woman who loves the sexiest glamshoes made, this is the place… and complete with a champagne bar, and a special VIP back room just for your tootsies, a magnificent pedicure salon where you can relax, sip champagne and forget how much money you just spent…oh la la…the French really know how to do it.
 

And talk about Global Warming? How about Global Freezing! It was so cold it was snowing every night. Just amazing. I did the flea market and went to one of my favorite shops: Francine´s. I was there for hours going through all her antique Chinese embroideries. Even better than what I can find in China, well not really but I like to think so. My season has officially begun. Vintage shopping at the Marché Vernasion and a visit to Philippe´s new store for some super high (12 inch) glamshoe inspiration………actually it was a good thing the stores were closed on Easter Monday, as my biggest problem started to become my luggage overweight. I need trunks to travel with, and luxury transatlantic liners. How can a girl go anywhere with limitations in what she can pack? My shoes alone are 25 pounds of joy and happiness.

And talk about contestants for the Mr. Beverly Feldman Beauty Contest, how about this handsome hombre. I am still waiting for Mr. Alessio to submit his photo, but meanwhile Jean Paul is looking better and better every trip I make to his wonderful restaurant. I said I could never ever date anyone that smokes (married to a chimney) but this is looking to good. What do you think?  Would you date a smoker, even though you hate smoke?. No, he would never give it up.
A quiet but delicious Weight Watcher’s approved lunch at Caméléon with Monsieur Jean Paul. thats 6, rue de Chevreuse tel: 1 43 27 43 27. The broccoli soup was delicious. No butter, no creme.
And how am I doing weight wise? I mean if I loose weight, shouldn’t the airlines let me carry on more?. I mean that is a thought isn’t it? I loose 15 pounds, that means I should be able to pack that 15 pounds in my suitcase and not get charged extra. I will have to write them. I am still waiting for Air France to reimburse me for my outfit for my lost suitcases 3 times in a row…

But I am now a size 42 French (almost minus zero in American sizing). Did you ever loose weight and just go out and buy something because it was the next size down and fit? Sure you did. We are all the same. I went to Kenzo and bought myself an outfit. The old rule is never buy a top without a bottom. Well I bought this fabulous sequin top (multicolor) looks just like my shoes, or it will shortly, and then got these super skinny size 42 French pants. The waist comes right up to the bottom of the girls… who are shrinking daily. I can not tell you how much I love shopping, especially in Paris even in sub-zero weather… I always say it’s not raining inside the stores… I actually only bought this outfit, so I could ask for two free cartons so I could ship all my overweight. The airline only accepted 60 kilos (132 pounds). which was really a big problem.

At the airport, I broke the scales with my overweight. Forget the dollar being low. My overweight was so high I had to ship half with UPS and that was almost half the air ticket. But I was flying on miles, so I guess it all evens out. I am sure it was all my new makeup from MAC and Estee.

I am back in sunny Spain. The dogs are thrilled. I saw the beach. I am ready to start the next collection.
¨Too much is not enough¨ except overweight baggage and overweight weight…

Who’s That Girl?

Well it’s not me in a wig, that’s for sure. It’s my friend. It’s my coach. It’s one hot lady doing an off broadway show with 3 other women.
It is really entertaining, fun, touching, and thought provoking. It was all in our girls’ night out from Entourage Part One, but how long can I make one blog entry without you missing work, sleep, or shoe shopping? So this is what we did that famous night before we hit Bruno’s. The night that Bruno’s will never be the same again. And the girl? Cheryl Stern alias Alice B. Toklas. Cheryl by the way, when she is not a Broadway star, songwriter, and superb shoe and handbag shopper, is the director of "get the Queen ready for HSN appearances". She is the experienced coach that sends me out on national TV so very cool, that everyone says, "why do you need a coach, you are so relaxed and natural"… (that is so funny!)

But this is about Cheryl and her wonderful new play 27 Rue de Fleurus and what the critics have to say. My friends saw it and we loved it. Of course if you are married to your girlfriend, you will love it even more, (the truth now, don’t you think you and your best girlfriend would make a great couple?) at least in long car trips you would have something to talk about? But Cheryl sings like a goddess and that alone is worth a trip to 259 west 30 street…

http://www.urbanstages.org/

Have a look at some of the wonderful reviews:

Stern’s respectful, even affectionate portrayal, with her perfect pitch and clarity, wears the role of Alice as gracefully as she carries her period costume … that makes the famously plain house-mouse look smart, serious and very feminine. 

Gertrude (Barbara Rosenblat) and her companion Alice (Cheryl Stern) preside over a fashionable literary salon that attracts artists and writers of international renown, as well as the occasional American feminist and Hollywood movie star.It’s an inviting scene, to be sure.
Variety

Ms. Stern’s Alice is a bright and attractive creature. Strong performance!
New York Times

First-class: Stern’s complex Alice is sympathetic and pleasingly well-sung.
Backstage

Portraying Gertrude Stein (Barbara Rosenblat) and Alice B. Toklas (Cheryl Stern). Both are glorious in their respective roles. And role playing. Gertrude the genius. A demanding genius. And Alice, her subservient typist, fetcher, cook, supporter, muse, friend and wife and to quote her the woman behind the woman.
Talk Entertainment

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