Monday, 21 March 2011

Update Your Shizznit, Peeps!!


Notes From A Broad has MOVED!!! My new website is officially open for business!!!
And the blog will be there now!!


So, GO! Look around, the blog lives in the Read Me! section (obvs) but stay awhile! There's so much to see and when you comment on the blog- let me know what you think!
ESPECIALLY if you like it!


Thank you for all the reading and commenting and keep it coming!

Thursday, 17 March 2011

Really, Victoria's Secret? Really?

She should get that hip bone looked at! Her waist has a severe case of AirBrushitis!!!

Either that or those bracelets are really strong!

And yet, I still looked at her and thought, "I would get a belly chain if I had that belly."

Of course, than I thought, "No, I wouldn't" and had some ice cream.

Wednesday, 16 March 2011

In An Effort To NOT Do What I Am Supposed To Be Doing...


...I found this GREAT tee shirt site!! I don't know which tee I love most (or which I am dying to recreate on a baby bib in felt!) But this one... oh, this one!! LOVE!

Get it???

Go laugh at Snorg Tees!

So Tired. Brain Dead.

Party in Nannyland in just 4 days. May scream. May cry. May start drinking now. That is all.

Sunday, 13 March 2011

I Have Been Editing, Kids!

Maybe you were there and forgot. Maybe you didn't know me when I did my one-woman show. Maybe you have never been forced by a drunken me to watch it when I only had it on DVD!? In any case- a little Sunday morning clip of ME for YOU! Enjoy!
...and not just ME- this video also has Matthew Kelty, Elizabeth Gutterman & Ray Fritz as backup dancers and the AMAZING Michael Forman on piano!

Wednesday, 9 March 2011

Yesterday...

...was Two Can Anne's birthday! And soon it will be B.Berry's FIRST!
It's like TCA gave US the present!!
(Nyquil has made me move slower... Or I would have managed to post this yesterday!
Slower but no less heartfelt)

Tuesday, 8 March 2011

Monday, 7 March 2011

Enough Already!!

I was relatively irked when Dora grew up and clearly, explored her weight loss options. I was more than slightly annoyed when it was apparent that Strawberry Shortcake and her lady friends had spent the 90s in a fat camp as they are considerable thinner in their new incarnation. I was I am downright ticked off to hear that Cookie Monster is now saddled with the misnomer "cookie" as he eats veggies now!

But color me pissed, people! Introduced at the 2011 Toy Fair... A SLIMMER MR POTATO HEAD?!?!? Give me a cluckin' break. Are kids really taking their fitness clues from a cluckin' potato?! I say NAY!! NAY, I say!!! Ridonkulous. I want nothing to do with it.

Sunday, 6 March 2011

Funny Stuff I Wish I Was Responsible For!


24th Avenue, Astoria
Granted, I would have spelled compliments correctly but otherwise...

Friday, 4 March 2011

(insert vomit noise here)

Yep. That says BREAST MILK ice cream.
the link above will tell you all you need to know about why Lady Gaga is mad at the name.

Thursday, 3 March 2011

Movin' and Shakin'!!

So, I have been hard at work building a website! OK- I have been hard at work drawing and writing copy and picking pictures and suggesting ideas for a website while the fabulous, Mindy Reznik of DupreeBlue.com does the real building!

Soon, it will be ready for a real preview and when it is- well,
Notes From A Broad will be moving to it! That way all my goods are together!

You will be able to watch videos and look at pictures and read my thoughts- pretty much all the same shit that happens right here just in a new place!

So, get ready! Cuz
www.jennwehrung.com
is almost ready to meet you!


Wednesday, 2 March 2011

Speaking of Ninja Style!

I realized today that I had LOTS of sneak attack pics on my phone! This is Coco. She is waiting for a squirrel. She sits there for the ENTIRE time we are at the park- unless her Mom lifts her to see in the hole. Not even kidding.
Panera Bathroom.
And given how many teens were there- it was either a bad day or a VERY bad day!
More than just a parking rule...
I like chocolate. I like wine. In one bottle? Yeah. No.
At The Rock gym in Astoria. Does NOT make me wanna tan.

OPP- The 2Grand11 Edition!

OPP how can I explain it? I'll take you frame by frame it

As we have been buried under miles of snow for what feels like years, one could barely find anything to begrudge- though I will admit to several bouts of snow blower envy! But now that spring has sprung (fingers crossed) and the snow has melted, I find myself getting a little jeal-ly! And so, in our first O.P.P. post of 2grand11, I give you this...

It is kinda hard to see- as OPP pics are taken ninja style with my cell but while my terra cotta pots were coming apart under the weight of the snow, these super smart MacGyver type folks had a ghetto green house protecting their shit! There are already tomatoes in there, people!! They could have fried green tomatoes for breakfast! (sauce in a couple o' weeks) Flowers are blooming, green is the color of their plants AND my envy, WOW!!!

Take note, Diamond Don- project 876 when you come to play Fix It at the BFG Apartment!

Tuesday, 1 March 2011

Oh. My. Waffle.

So, I met my new friend, Cas at a show we were both on. We both spoke of food and Italians and Italian food and family. And then we ate together. It was as if we shared a brain. Or a stomach...

Recently, Cas- who has a food blog- did an experiment involving random foods and a waffle iron. That's right, people- he made all sorts of food on a waffle iron!!! Find his recipes HERE! But he had me at the very first one he mentioned... Red Velvet Waffles. Sure, he made them with a simple cream cheese frosting and I went for buttercream. And sure, I have no business making myself a plate full of cake based waffles. But DAMN! These were friggin' good!!

RED VELVET WAFFLES

1 Box DUNCAN HINES Moist Delicious Red Velvet Cake mix

3 Large eggs

1/2 Cup butter, melted

3/4 Cup + 2 Tbsp. Water

Mix all the ingredients EXCEPT the 2 Tbsp. water until well blended. If you feel the batter is too stiff at this stage, add 1 Tbsp. of the additional water, and the second if necessary. The day’s humidity may have an effect.

BEAT the batter on high speed for 2 minutes until smooth and velvety.

HOT WAFFLE IRON set or timed to just under maximum wellness. Again, leave room for spread because this batter will rise quite a bit (leave a quarter inch from edges and don’t pile it too high before closing the lid.

When you open, let steam escape for a good minute before trying to remove it from the griddle. During the cool time here, cut the wedges at the seams for easier removal, and gently transfer to serving plate.

These MUST be frosted, and you MUST try the following:

SIMPLE CREAM CHEESE FROSTING:

1/4 Cup butter, at room temp

1/2 Cup (4 oz., or half a brick) regular (not whipped) cream cheese

1 tsp. vanilla extract

1/4 tsp. salt

3/4 Cup confectioners sugar

Whip the butter and cream cheese together until smooth, then add the salt and vanilla, scrape down the sides of the bowl, and beat on high for about a minute until completely smooth.

Add the confectioners sugar, 1/4 cup at a time, fully incorporating each addition. Once all sugar is in, whip the frosting on high for a minute until fluffy.


New Cast of Dancing With The "Stars" Announced!

Among them:
Psycho Mike Catherwood (DJ Who?)
Chelsea Kane (who?)
Romeo Miller (who?)
Petra Nemcova (was she a model?)
Kendra Wilkinson (was she a whore?)
Wendy Williams (my Dad thinks she's a man)
The token sports "stars"- Hines Ward & Chris Jericho & Sugar Ray Leonard

but most notably...
Kirstie Alley and Ralph Macchio!!!

Oh, my.

Sunday, 27 February 2011

I Like Old Pictures.

This is Grandma Celice. In addition to liking her name an awful lot- I think she & I would have gotten along! The blouse? The gloves? Bracelet AND clutch? Pure Sass!
Is it just me or does Uncle Ben look like he will be killing everyone in this picture later?
As I know the spawn of these people- I know he didn't take out all of them!!
Old pictures are fun!

Friday, 25 February 2011

Funny Story...

In order to tell this story, I have to come clean. I drive too fast. I know I do. I always have. I consider myself a very safe driver but I do drive fast. It has been easily 10 years since I have gotten a speeding ticket (except for that one I got picking up Ripley but it was in West Virginia so doesn't count) and for a NYC girl- I drive a lot. Back and forth to the Hamptons, in and out of Manhattan, hither and yon to the 'rents, oh- and that cross country trip to Oregon.

But last summer, I got a ticket. I was rushing from camp to the vet in East Hampton- whatevs. I paid it. I plead guilty (as I was), I forgot about it. Until December. When I got a ticket coming home from the 'rents. The 65 had become a 55, I didn't notice, I paid it. The end.

OK- I got two. I know. Bad. I get it. Slow down. I know. This is not a story about that. This is a story about what happened next.

Two weeks or so ago, I got a letter from the DMV explaining that my license was to be suspended for 31 days starting March 4th. I was to surrender my license at the DMV in Flushing before that date. But then the letter got confusing- for $85, I could have a restricted license. For $50, I could get the suspension lifted. As I had already paid a couple hundred beans in ticket fees, I didn't enjoy the idea of paying more. And also- why did I have to surrender my license? Clearly, the DMV has a computer system. I need it to get into places where I go to be funny. PLUS- I had never heard of any of this happening to anyone! So, I made the trek to the DMV in Flushing (a 20 minute DRIVE) (unless you're me-I can do it in 15) (just kidding.)

Clearly, there was a sale going on. And at the risk of sounding like Diamond Don- it had been posted in every Juan, Chow Fat and Shanequa's hot spots! I was outnumbered, out scented (P.U.) and annoyed before I even joined the FOUR HOUR line!! So, I went upstairs to the Traffic Division. I did, after all, have a traffic matter at hand. I still waited an hour. Standing. Listening to more Derron, Jose and Mohammed's whine and bitch and moan. Torture. And then I got to the window.

DMV folk are not notoriously friendly and my teller/ barista/ bitch was no different. I was chipper and friendly (despite the circumstances) not fighting my punishment just asking for clarification. She was all, "What? Your license is suspended. Buy an ID if you need one." Then she dropped the bomb. "Besides, since you didn't pay your assessment, your license has been suspended since January anyway. You need to go downstairs for that." Sphincter says what? When I asked how would I know about this assessment that I had never heard of, she showed me her computer screen and said, "In a letter. It's right here if you think I am lying." My restraint at this point should be noted cause all I wanted to do was punch her. Instead, I politely remarked that I had not received such a letter so could not have known about this assessment. She informed me that "in this state when you get 6 points, you have to pay to drive. Next." For the record, I hate her. Remember the line downstairs was FOUR HOURS LONG.

I was done. Fork. Stuck. Done. So, I went home and blew my diet with a cupcake and vowed to handle it the next day. Little did I know, the sale at the DMV would be at the Harlem branch, too!

I arrived at that branch (via public transport, for the record) at 11AM. I didn't get seen until 2:15. They made me throw away my coffee. I read Dean Koontz. I listened to Adele. I played solitaire. I texted my boss. I listened to people argue in more languages than I knew existed- with each other, with someone on the phone, with the DMV staff. "I've been here two hours!" "Baby, I said I was sorry. I am at the DMV." "If you just told me what to do I could do it, bitch." Good times. By the time my number (D845, in case you are wondering) arrived and I could approach window 11, I was almost delirious. It is only by the grace of the Baby Jesus that my teller was lovely. At one point she asked me to get out of her window cause she couldn't laugh anymore. For the record, I love her.

Here's the breakdown, people. Because I didn't pay installment numero uno of the $300 assessment I didn't know about, I got further penalized. Then I got another ticket. So, I made it worse. It didn't matter that I paid my tickets like a good girl, didn't fight them with some crazy ass story, was polite to the officers. In short, it didn't matter that I accepted my consequences with grace- I got to accept them with money! I am not sure how me paying $300 should be called a Driving Assessment. It should be called a Bank Account Assessment. And then the fact that they added another $350 should be called Assault with a Deadly Fee. I haven't felt so violated since I walked off a Disney ride (that I paid $50 to get into the park and ride) and into a Gift Shop that I wasn't escaping without a $75 magnet!!!

It was when I asked if she was getting a cut that she told me to get out of her window. Then she dropped the bomb. "You can keep your license if you need it for ID and now that you paid the $750, it is valid for driving until March 4th but before the 31 days is up- you need to come back and pay $50 to have the suspension lifted."

WHAT?!?!?! How is this state broke? Seriously. I am stunned. I burst out laughing- a sound all 450 people in the DMV seldom heard, I am sure. My new BFF was tickled that I found it all so funny. I said, "it's either laugh or punch you in the face." So, I have to pay a fee to end the punishment I paid a fee to enjoy after paying fees in the first place!!!

I can't wait to hear what my shrink has to say about this next week, Since I missed my appointment with her to experience this afternoon delight. My appointment was at 2:30 and at 2:00 they were on D842, I wasn't going. I was singing And I Am Telling You and mentally calculating the fee for canceling at the last minute.

Moral of the story? a) don't speed/get caught speeding and 2) FIGHT IT! Everytime. Kick, scream, learn another language and scream in that, too.

Have you ever heard a funnier story? I mean, really. I should charge you a fee just for reading it!


Wednesday, 23 February 2011

Really?!?!?


Vivienne Westwood Line
London Fashion Week
2011

She CHOSE this!!


Monday, 21 February 2011

Ch Ch Ch Ch Changes!

What a difference a weekend makes...

Sunday, 20 February 2011

I like my cotton candy like I like most things....


...warm, dry & non-sticky!!!
Kaufman Astoria Theater Lobby

"I told you to take the Wizard's staff!!"

OK- I know, it's too early to even jam him into the soil but the daffodils are peaking and I couldn't resist! This is my new gnome, Gandalf!
"You shall not pass!"
"Fly, You Fools!"
Playing the part of The Balrog- Ripley, of course!

Friday, 18 February 2011

Some Friday Fun For YOU!

Ripley & I enjoying apples and peanut butter on my NEW plates!!
B.Berry, Bills Fan!
Bitch. Step Off My Pheasant.
Ripley, Attack Mode* in the Hamptons!
*this is her new "lazy attack mode" in which she sits and then goes into her low creepy stalker pose...

Saturday, 12 February 2011

Gnomeo & Juliet: A Wee Review!

So, yesterday was the big day! 2:25, Real D 3D, popcorn & cherry coke and
GNOMEO & JULIET!!!

What a sweet, charming little movie! Just adorable. The girls in front of me giggled at the gnomes almost smooching, didn't get the Shakespeare references, and gasped at the dramatic ending! They were very cute. Tybalt was still a dirty, sexy, bad boy gnome despite his flowered belly. Nannette was the dippiest frog and Paris her perfectly dippy match. Featherstone was the lawn flamingo I have always wanted! And 'Shroom reminded me why I love mushrooms but don't eat them! Tunes by Elton lent a lovely touch- as did the Dolly Gnome! And the steamy romance of Gnomeo & Juliet? Gnome-tastic!!

My 2 cents? It needed more! MORE! It is a very British movie and it needs to be. I can't imagine a ShakeGnomian Tale not being British. And as we all know, I got a thing for the Brits- so it worked for me. The problem is it needed an American edit. A BAM! A kick it up a notch! A little extra frosting AND sprinkles! I wish they had asked- I would have helped! :) And also- TOYS!!! Where are the toys?!


Friday, 11 February 2011

Some Friday Sweetness for You!

Tootie & Don Don
January '11

Tuesday, 8 February 2011

And The GOLD for My Favorite Super Bowl Commercial Goes To....

the Silver Medal?

Cram It In The BOOOOOT!

and the Bronze goes to....

(though I am not sure why Kramer got the Bills jersey!)

Newest, Funnest Etsy Find!

How great is this art?! So stylistically fab!!
This one is called Lumberjack Breakfast
And this one is called Count Abernathy Was An Avid Bird Watcher
All painted by a fella calling himself Matte Stephens and available on Etsy HERE!
He also has a BLOG....
Go, look around and enjoy!!

Monday, 7 February 2011

R U Kidding ME?!

Until yesterday, I was only vaguely aware of who voiced the characters in the breathlessly anticipated Gnomeo & Juliet. I knew that the drop dead gorgeous Emily Blunt & James McAvoy were the leads and that Elton John was musically involved... But while googling for toys related to the flick (Um, donde esta said toys, Touchstone? ), I was thrilled to see that ridiculously awesome Ashley Jensen is the voice of Nanette! But then I saw the greatest news of all....

My second husband-to-be, Jason Statham, is the voice of Tybalt!!!! Friday can't get here fast enough!!!

ps... my sweet pal, Miki, pointed out in a finely outraged way this weekend that this should have been MY movie! I should have thunk of it, wrote it, voiced it, directed it- and DAMN if she isn't right!! I love her for her faith in my talent (among a slew of other reasons) and I will kick myself daily!

Friday, 4 February 2011

Seriously? Seriously.

How cute are these????
The crafter described them as such:
"An eco-friendly response to your predatory needs!"
This is a special kind of felting that I don't know how to do but if I did, I would totally make these first! Ridonkulous!
And handmade in Poland... Get them here!

Wednesday, 2 February 2011

More Icy Goodness!

Although, it was not the least bit fun walking the dog on the ice rink the sidewalk had become by 7AM but after the mad rush to get her business done had passed and I found my footing- I couldn't help but notice how delightful everything looked in it's icy shell!


Tuesday, 1 February 2011

My New Crush!

Some people have crushes on stars, office mates, local baristas but not long ago I was introduced to the Fire King and I can't stop hoping to see more. Google, Etsy, eBay.... I am searching high and low. Afraid to commit. But yesterday, I broke a plate. And it was like a sign. My new (old) Fire King is on the way! It is just the beginning. There is so much more to embrace.

That's right. I have a crush on a vintage dish line. Produced only from 1960-1962. Dainty, feminine pink & red flowers with grey leaves. And somehow, the milk glass, Primrose pattern remind me of my Grandmothers.

I haven't loved a King this much since the Arctic King. And My King, Christopher, of course!

I can't wait until my random "filler" set arrives! And to build my collection from there!!

Saturday, 29 January 2011

According to Diamond Don...


Monirae's also has Midget Tossing nights. Sweet Mother of All Nightmares.

Friday, 28 January 2011

As If Home Made Ice Cream isn't Sweet Enough...

...making it with my niece & nephew requires a salt lick!!





Where's Ripley?!


The Hamptons, January 2011

Thursday, 27 January 2011

Poker, Poop, & Family... OH MY!

Lordy, Lordy.... With the Poker Party in Nannyland behind me (thousands upon thousands of bucks, months of planning, 100+ a-holes in attendance and a giant pain in my ass) and the explosive poop Ripley added to that day (in her crate, no less).... I could head to the hills of Central New York to see my fam!! My Bro and his crew had come to town and
mad, jammy happiness ensued!!!

Happy Family
January 2011