hey kids! i have some exciting news to share with you - i've been considering adding in more pictures here on popbytes for sometime now - and i finally decided to get the site a photo subscription from WENN which has a great selection of current pictures that will give me plenty more to post on plus i know everyone likes eye candy - and besides i probably write too much on some of my posts - so this will be an opportunity to toss up more fun content (helping to keep it fresh) without having to write a novel!
to kick off the good times i decided amy winehouse will be the queen of my first set of photos! earlier today she was visiting her hubby 'blake, incarcerated' who is still sitting in a jail cell (her nasty case of impetigo was covered with a lot of makeup) i still don't have any clue to when he may get sprung from the slammer - does anybody know? he's been there for awhile now! i love how amy got all crafty on us with her homemade heart pinned to her shirt bearing her lover's name (let's pray she's not hiding drugs inside of it!) lordy she's such high drama but i just adore ms. winehouse (and her grammy winning multi-platinum album back to black) i'm hoping she'll manage to keep her shit together and start working on new material...i can't even deal with the thought of a 'tragedy' - that would be awful! popbytes over & out for now...xxoo!
good evening! i seriously can't believe that popbytes turned four years old today plus i haven't missed a single day of posting in like three years (thanks to inspiring words from my NYC pal CK) sometimes i really want to just come home and do nothing but lay on the couch & watch TV yet i've so gotten in the habit of trying to find something fun & interesting to post on (which i often stress about but it's all good - i do have a lot of fun running this site!) i will for sure keep it up - i have no intentions to stop blogging anytime soon! as you may have noticed i've added in some new fancy community features to the site - check out community.popbytes.com - and please make sure to sign up so you can add your own stuff to popbytes! please bear with us - it's still a work in progress and we're fine tuning everything to be 100% perfect - i think it'll be fun having those extra features available! (many thanks to popbytes' pals jason & mina for bearing with me and my nit picking!)
anyways to celebrate four years of popbytes - i'm heading down to the roxy to catch beth hart - who i've been dying to see live ever since i fell head over heels for her '99 album screamin' for my supper - it should be a terrific night! i also wanted to thank whoever happens to come here on a regular basis - you guys totally rock and i'll keep on trying to rock things here! popbytes over & out for tonight - much love to all as always...xxoo!
PS ok this is so funny - to me at least - i actually hit four years on sept 6th - i should have looked it up! for some reason i kept thinking it was the 12th - oh well - as you can tell i can be a bit scattered sometimes - oh good times! (i totally had to fess up over this small snafu!)
UPDATE i think everything is ok - the upgrade to MT 4.0 went fairly smooth! rock & blog on...i'll check y'all tomorrow!
hey kids!!! oh yes it is friday night - and a three day weekend! i've decided to finally take the plunge into the new movable type version 4.0 - popbytes has been running movable type for so long and i for sure love the software platform but there's a brand new version out with a bunch of new features! i'm really excited but a drop nervous - so please bear with me if you see anything off - i'll update this post once i make it to the other side! popbytes over & out for now - and please wish me luck & keep your fingers crossed that it goes smoothly! xxoo
hey kids! oh i ran all over town today - i wanted to relax and just play my wii & resident evil 4 which is the best game ever but sadly i didn't get much game play in! (i'm on like chapter 3 - it's like playing a movie!) anyways this morning i got a few bloggers together for a brunch down at kate mantilini one of my fave beverly hills restaurants - we had ms. candy from holy candy, lady sasha from evil beet, mr. david from pretty on the outside plus me! it's always such a blast to get together with other bloggers who totally get all the many trials & tribulations involved in blogging! everyone got along great and oh we had plenty to talk about! below is a picture of the four of us plus david's latest hilarious illustration of david beckham with pal tom cruise which we all got to see in person! anyways i hope everyone is having a swell weekend - and a big congrats to 'evil beet' which turns one today! popbytes over & out for tonight...xxoo!
UPDATE it went well! many thanks to those who called - i'm excited to see the condensed version which i should have in a few days! rock & blog on!
it's almost 11am here in los angeles - i will be taking calls live from 11am until noon over at ring my bell! please call 323.603.6312 and ask me anything you want! popbytes over & out for now - oh i do hope to hear from some of you!
hey hey! i need your help - tomorrow i'm going to be live on ring my bell for the second time - exactly one year later from the first time around! (below is the condensed version of my 1st time around) so if you happen to love my site for some reason (or loathe my whole 'gee whiz' vibe) please call me between 11am & 12pm (pacific time) @ 323.603.6312 and ask me anything you want! (suggested topics include: amy winehouse, hairspray, britney, courtney love, nicole richie, david & victoria beckham, and of course tori amos) i'm super excited to be doing this again! popbytes over & out for tonight...xxoo!
good morning! we finally made it to friday - my head is already in weekend mode! (plus i have a screening tonight that i'm very excited over - more details soon!) just yesterday right after snapping pics of barbara walters getting her star i chatted with judy faber who hosts the blogbuzz podcast which runs off of the showbuzz (part of cbs) we talked about the hiltons, britney spears, christina aguilera, nicole richie, and angelina jolie - i had a blast chatting with judy and the interview went live last night! overall i'm totally happy with how it turned out - i just need to watch myself with the phrase 'you know' - anyways you can have a listen by clicking below! many thanks go out to ms. faber for inviting me as her guest - hopefully we can do it again sometime! popbytes over & out for now...xxoo!
good morning my lovelies! a few weeks ago i taped a few segments for AOL's the DL show which has that whole fun '30 seconds to blog' bit! i did do this once before but this time i was a lot more relaxed and just had fun with it - check me out musing below on tori amos (of course!), rock star dolls (pete doherty?!?) and the real world (i'm so not a fan of MTV) i've embedded all three clips below and in case you're wondering - my shirt is by diesel...courtesy of my very own wallet! popbytes over & out for now...xxoo!
oh my gosh! it has been a crazy day here in los angeles! this afternoon my work pals and i headed down to mozza which turned out to be everything we hoped for - simply delicious! especially the appetizers - deep fried squash blossoms with some sort of cheesing filling - a total slice of heaven! warm goat cheese on spinach - i was dying! plus they had this fabulous thirst quencher - basil infused cucumber water - mixed with a bit of lemon and perhaps some lime!
the place is a total recommend if you're local - the pizza was quite decent (i had one with littleneck clams) but just don't pass on appetizers! (plus if you're a salt freak like me - they had amazing salt - probably the best i've ever had...i LOVE salt!)
when we left the restaurant we got all completely freaked out since there were huge plumes of smoking billowing over hollywood & the hills behind! gosh i never saw so much smoke - thank heavens it was some kinda brush fire which seemed to be under control fairly quick! (of course my mind went straight to the worst case scenario) below are some pics that my pal brent took today from our office window and also check out pics from my friends over at the WOW report
i'm off to a concert tonight - the noisettes are opening for TV on the radio - not my normal taste in music but i've heard great things about both bands playing live - so i figured why not go and see them?!? popbytes over & out for tonight...xxoo!
hey y'all! i've been doing a little behind the scenes work here on popbytes and after some tinkering i finally got MT hack's fast search plug-in working - which i'm totally impressed with plus it's much speedier than the old search! go ahead and give it a try...just search for anything in the box at the top of the page - i'm really stoked since before a search on popbytes was deathly slow but now it flys! i'm over & out for now...xxoo!
