Wednesday, January 26, 2011

excited!

In less than two weeks I will be DC bound for CPAC! (Conservative Political Action Conference)

And tonight, my roomie and I registered for a luncheon with Conservative Woman of the Year MICHELLE DUGGAR!


She's the mom from 19 Kids and Counting on TLC! I'm sure it will be a really interesting event. The luncheon is for college females that are registered for CPAC, so whatever she has to say should be tailored for me and my people!

So exciting.

TLC is also part of our trip in another way. And it's because of this place....

GEORGETOWN CUPCAKE!

They make cupcakes with cute little GOP elephants on them in November for elections, but we're gonna call and see if we can try and pre-order some pretty pachyderm pastries. :)

AND! We're going on a White House Tour! Although I have zero interest in its currant occupant, it will be amazing to see a few bits of the inside!

Of course we'll be doing lots more and hearing a bunch of different speakers and seeing lots of interesting stuff.

Can't wait!

Sunday, January 23, 2011

GREEN with Envy!


Lately, much of my affection have been devoted to all things green, more specifically emerald green.

At night I dream of my own Emerald City, a house with emerald green walls, an emerald green wedding (and ring to match), emerald shoes, emerald bag, emerald scarf, and anything else emerald.

At this year's Golden Globes, I was not the only one seeing green, Mila Kunis wore this amazing Vera Wang dress that was my absolute fave!

Other celebs like Catherine Zeta-Jones, Angelina Jolie, and Elisabeth Moss donned similar hues of green.

But like I said before, my newfound appreciated for green does not start nor does it end with glam gowns.

Tiffany's makes a glitzy green ring, that makes me seriously cringe at the thought of its retail price.


And of course, one of the best dressed celebrities (in my opinion) Jessica Simpson has a couple of glorious green bags that I just adore!

Of course they are both expensive, designer, and wayyyy out of my budget. But, a little envy never hurt anyone.

In a world of bland beige cookie cutter houses, I find myself wanting a bolder and more colorful pallet to surround myself with, and that's where rooms like these come into play...

Anyone that has seen Confessions of a Shopaholic knows of Rebecca Bloomwood's most prized possession, her green scarf. (More than likely made in Finland.) Its hard not to watch and want a green scarf of your own. (Thankfully I have a green scarf of my own now)



So....GO GREEN! In the most fashionable way possible!

Paging Dr. Patel?

For the past 3 weeks, any spare moment that my roomie and I share, we spend it watching Grey's Anatomy.

We just finished season 5 last night, and started season 6 a couple hours ago. We were talking about the cast, and how diverse it is, when I thought, where is the Indian doctor?

According to Wikipedia there are over 35,000 Indian doctors in the United States. Sure, there are a lot of other doctors that represent a lot of other ethnic groups, but 64% of Indian Americans have a Bachelor's degree (compared to national average of only 28%) and 40% of all Indian Americas have a Master's, Doctorate, or other professional degree! (Compared to the 5% national average!)

So why Shonda Rhimes, why is there not an Indian doctor on Grey's or Private Practice for that matter.

If America believes that total knock outs like Ellen Pompeo (Dr. Meredith Grey), Sandra Oh (Dr. Christina Yang), Chyler Leigh (Dr. Lexie Grey), and Sara Ramirez (Dr. Callie Torres) chose to be a doctor rather than marry one, I think its beyond realistic to see at least one Indian doctor.

And not all of my beloved medical dramas have chosen to ignore such a significant ethnic group.

Flastback to 2003, or 1994 if we really want to go back to the beginning of it all, to television's ER. It ran for 15 seasons, and over that time the cast has some variety. One of my favorites on the show (I use to sit at the top of the steps while my mom watched back in the 90s, and I caught a few episodes on my own once my tv viewing developed out of the cartoon era) was Dr. Neela Rasgotra, portrayed by Parminder Nagra. Totally beautiful, and Indian.


So can we count on a little curry flavor to spice up medical dramas this season!? I sure hope so!