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We’ve been a little concerned this week with the fashion choices of our Boston men. Heather’s collage of elegant to creative menswear in Fashion Forward inspired a search for shoes to boot, pun intended, for a dressy affair.  Step it up a notch with these Puma Black Label “Tux” low tops. Imitating white dress shoes, the spiffy pair adds playfulness to starched suits. Wear them with dark denim wash jeans, and if you’re feeling up to the challenge try them with dress pants for spunk.

+Meggie

Cool Runnings- Ice!

HEATHER: I don’t enjoy the Winter Olympics. There. I said it. All the people who’ve suffered through endless hours of Curling, Men’s Hockey, Women’s Hockey, Luging, Biathlon (ugh) YOU ARE NOT ALONE AND (HALF OF) THIS POST IS FOR YOU. To be fair, I got Chris Talanian to come in for the Olympiad lovers (whoever you are) and we’re here, together, to recount our favorite moments!

CHRIS: Now I’ll be the first to admit it, I haven’t been religiously watching the Olympics.  Like most of America, I’ve been sleepily drifting in and out, watching Bob Costas scramble between events.  Nonetheless, this year’s Olympiad was not without its thrills and chills.

#1 GETTING INSPIRED BY JOHNNY WEIR

Not only is Weir a parishioner of the Haus of Godga but his ice-dancing is unparalleled! Vim and Vigor wilt in the slick path of his sequined skates. And yeah, last week the medal was stolen from his beautifully manicured fingers but it’s about solidarity folks—Johnny Weir is pretty much the Diddy of the Ice Realm and remember, if we’ve learned anything this week, it’s that you can’t keep the crystal enchantress of the ice down for long. (H)

#1 WATCHING GRETCHEN BLEILER’S WARM-UP ROUTINE

You gotta love an athlete willing to be themselves in the spotlight.  Obviously, she does it to stay loose, but watching Gretchen Bleiler go through her psych routine at the top of a pipe was definitely my favorite part of the Olympics.  Boston would swoon when Nomar would religiously adjust his batting gloves before stepping up to the plate, and watching a talented female athlete do it, for me, was just that much more provocative.  She didn’t medal this year, but definitely one of the most entertaining athletes on the slopes.  (C)

#2 FANTASIZING ABOUT SNATCHING THE SOUL PATCH FROM APOLO OHNO’S FACE

Apolo! Why? You have such beautiful bone-structure and we love the DayQuil Ads, we really do but, homeboy, that piece got to GO. You’re not a member of Color Me  Badd. I love your speed-skating suits and I love that you’re almost named after the Greco-Roman Sun God but right now you look like you need to be kept 20-50 ft away (at all times) from playgrounds. If you’re really having early ‘90s nostalgia go for the Dylan McKay look—hell, go for the Jordan Catalano, SHOOT FOR THE STARS! (H)

#2 USA MEN’S HOCKEY BEATS CANADA

I mean c’mon, even if you’re not a hockey fan (ahem, Heather), how can you not love Canada getting bitch-slapped in their home country in a sport THEY INVENTED!  It’s like somebody beating the Swiss at making Swiss Army knives…in Switzerland!  I was happy to see the Women’s team rebound last night, but I mean really?!  Team USA beats Canada 5-3 at…hockey?  No, that can’t happen (C)

#3 PLAYING SPOT THE DIFFERENCE

Seriously. (H)

#3 KIM YU-NA

Both of my roommates seem to have a thing for women’s solo figure skating.  I was a pacifist in the war of the “quadruple-axles,” but after Kim Yu-Na’s performance last night, I’m a fan. There, I said it; I am a fan of women’s figure skating.  If you had to see one routine in your lifetime, this was it.  The announcer said, mid-routine, that it was the best she had ever seen in the Olympics.  Making the 19-year old Yu-Na the greatest figure skater on the planet.  Not only that, she brought home Korea’s first gold medal in figure skating…ever.  When she took the ice before going into her performance you had a gut feeling something was up.  The same feeling you felt when Curt took the mound in Game 7.  Lights out, game over. (C)

#4 REENACTING YOUR FAVORITE WINTER SPORT IN AN OFFICE SETTING

Art Direction: Carol Beggy, Curlmaster: Casey Haight (look at that form!) ;  Note: my over-accentuated cheekbones and Chris looking completely baffled by carpet curling.

xo heather + chris