SARAH BALL: Archive

SARAH BALL

February 2012

2 posts

January 2012

2 posts

December 2011

1 post

November 2011

1 post

October 2011

3 posts

August 2011

1 post

“There was initially some confusion over whom she married, but on Monday, Reid...”

– Ah, the old “who I married” elucidation-statement-press-release. Textbook.

July 2011

1 post

June 2011

1 post

Signs Your Boyfriend’s Little Brother Has Hijacked Your Phone: I found about fourteen of these in the camera.

May 2011

3 posts

April 2011

3 posts

atrocities against women: madewell.

Look at this, this… utility playsuit thing. Per Madewell, it’s the “Kenny Powers as Jiffy Lube Manager Jumpsuit” “Heritage Premium Worksuit in Bighorn Wash.” Bighorn Wash! With vestigial belt loops. (Doesn’t this look like it boasts big old X-ray smock levels of heaviness? And that, if you got caught in the rain, you’d feel kind of like you’d peed in your jeans? All over your entire...

March 2011

9 posts

malia obama: preteen queen

Saidi: remember those adorable nude flats with the snakeskin cap and chartreuse embellishment that we saw in jcrew?
me: yes
Saidi: malia obama has them
me: of course she does
 i feel like "malia obama has them" might apply to a lot of things
 within and without of j.crew
Saidi: the attention of the leader of the free world
 a really cute dog
me: a michael s. smith-designed bedroom
 unlimited organic veggies
Saidi: an army of staff not really at her disposal
 a literal army, also not at her disposal
me: pierced ears
Saidi: legacies at princeton, harvard, and columbia
me: "i want to be malia obama" —girls everywhere
Saidi: correction: women everywhere

calvin trillin is the most lovable writer ever. →

Ten Turns of Phrase, Allegedly Self-Aware, From...

Lauren Santo Domingo supplied a monologue about her beauty habits this week to Into the Gloss. A recurring list by Sarah Ball and Saidi Chen. (10.) “I just can’t be bothered to do it myself.” (9.) “Not like I wash my own hair, I can’t even remember the last time I washed my own hair.” (8.) “[T]here’s something I find so unappealing about lipstick on coffee cups, Starbucks cups. Whenever I see...

“Of course, that was in the Mesozoic era, and we had no end of trouble keeping...”

– Gail Collins is so lovable.

February 2011

8 posts

(from Little Women) No sooner had the guest bowed himself out than Jenny, under the pretense of asking an important question, informed Mr. Davis, the teacher, that Amy March had pickled limes in her desk. … “Bring the rest immediately.” With a despairing glance at her set, she obeyed. “You are sure there are no more?” “I never lie, sir.” “So I see....

“It’s a picture of the dream catcher that hangs over her bed with four...”

– As a journalism subgenre, the Anonymously Sourced Description of the Meaning of a Celebrity Friend’s Tattoo is vying for my favorite. [People]

January 2011

14 posts

“People ask me, ‘How do you do it all? Work, three kids, a great marriage.’ And...”

– —the Kelly Ripa Tressant Supreme commercial: such a classic.

“Look online for a photo of Grace Kelly on the day she had her first meeting with...”

– —a pearl of e-wisdom from my mother today, on bridesmaids dresses. What’s better: the barely perceptible shudder at the thought of a McCall’s Easy Sew pattern, or the laying bare of actual flaws in Grace Kelly’s trousseau?

“Worst DVD Movie of 2010 When Watched In Two Dimensions: Avatar. When stripped...”

– Hi my name is Sarah, and I’m addicted to reading Drew Magary.

Still Not Going To Do This Every Day: In Which We... →

markcoatney: I have a friend who maintains that a Tumblr’s theme provides a vital clue as to whether that particular blog is worth a follow. His reasoning is that if someone has taken the time to choose a nice theme, or tweak a theme to match their own needs, that’s a good indication that their Tumblr… thanks coat!

vanityfair: Shriek!, as they say.

December 2010

18 posts