Blair's Head Band's Link up :-)

A day late, but BHB (www.blairsheadband.blogspot.com) posted a "link up" yesterday that I thought I would participate in.  I am a bad blogger, as I do not update except for the spring and eartly summer.  She writes:
"I thought that today, 4/11, we could get to know each other a bit better by sharing The 411. I put together some questions and prompts and would love any of you with your own blogs to play along! After the questions, you can post the link to your blog post with your 'answers'!"
So, here are mine!
1. The Basics
Who are you: Coach KC
Where do you blog: A North Shore Pearl
How did you pick your blog’s name: I am from the North Shore of Long Island and I love pearls.

2. Location, location, location
Where did you grow up: the lovely North Shore of Long Island, NY

Where do you live now: A town to the east of my hometown
Where would you live anywhere in the world: Hawaii for the beaches and the summery clothes

3. Let’s talk beauty - what is your favorite or signature:
Lipstick: None...seriously
Mascara: Clinique High Impact 
Perfume: Burberry Brit Sheer

4. Yummies - what is your favorite:
Cocktail: Ketel One and Sprite
Dessert: Carvel Mint Chocolate Chip with rainbow sprinkles
Pizza Topping(s): cheese

5. I always have these three things in my refrigerator:
Un: milk
Deux: egg whites
Trois: random loose beer that is probably bad

6. Get artsy - what is your favorite:
Movie: She's the Man...miss Amanda Bynes's squeaky clean rep and HELLO Channing Tatum
Book: The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton
TV Show: 1995 and forever: My So-Called Life 1999 and forever: Dawson's Creek 2007 and forever: Gossip Girl Now: Pretty Little Liars...I think it is OK to spend an hour a week as a teenager :-)

7. Kid stuffs - three questions about your youth:
What did you want to Be when you grew up? Fifth Grade: President of the United States Middle School: Pediatrician High School: A broadcaster College: no idea...
Who was your favorite teacher and why? Fifth Grade, Mr. Townsend...he loved my writing and every kid he taught.  Sadly, he passed away when I was in college, but in my classroom, I have the book I gave him that his daughters gave back to me.  He had kept it in his personal library and my little fifth grade handwriting is in the cover.
What was your worst sickness/surgery/hospital visit as a kid? I was a healthy kid, but I broke my humorous when I was four.  Before that, I got my ring finger stuck in a door and lost the tip of it.  I vaguely remember the arm, but thank the Lord cannot remember my finger injury.
8. The Pretty Things - what is your:
Favorite color: pink and navy blue
Favorite flower: I used to love sunflowers, but I am a peony and hydrangea lady these days
Favorite artist (painter, photographer, etc.): I feel uncultured, but my little lady's art is my fave.

9. Shop ‘Til You Drop
What’s one thing you buy the most often: Groceries
Do you prefer to shop online or in-store? In-store.  I am all about instant gratification.
Imagine you open your own store - what would you sell? I would open a happy hour wine bar and call it Come Wine with Me.

10. Be a Hater: what are three things you would like to go away?
Ein: tight denim capris
Zwei: LeBron James
Drei: Nicki Minaj

11. The Final Three (x Three)
I hand you a genie - what are your three wishes? Enough money to comfortably retire from my day job so I could just coach basketball.  Thicker hair.  And then I would give a wish to someone who really needs it.  I am not kidding.
List 3 things you can see out of your window right now.  A gloomy sky.  A track.  A seagull.
Who are three people, living or dead, you would invite over for dinner? Bill Clinton (I had a fifth grade crush on him and he was probably the reason I wanted to run for president).  Jay-Z and Michael Jordan.  A male-dominated dinner, but three of the most influential people in my life whom I have never really met.

Another Go at This?

I feel like every year around this time, I want to blog again.  I have a bit more time on my hands and thoughts on my mind.  I am going to try the blog again and see what I can write.

Right now, my thought is that I am starving!  I need a healthy lunch and some recipes for easy-to-make healthy food to keep my heinie in shape.  Leave a recipe for low-cal for me if you're actually reading this!

Be back soon!

<3

FREE AT LAST!

I am absolutely ecstatic over the TomKat divorce.  Katie Holmes is, by far, better off without him.  As is Suri.  I secretly wish Joshua Jackson would come sweep her off her feet and a real-life Pacey/Joey romance would occur, but I understand that just leaving Tom Cruise is enough.  Thank you, Lord!

TMZ posted the most beautiful picture of her today, post-divorce filing.  She is smirking and looks like the Katie of old (circa 1999).  I seriously was (OK, still am) obsessed with Dawson's Creek, so much so that I used to try to dress the part frequently.

In discussions with my friends and family (yes, multiple throughout the weekend and my life), there is a defining Dawson's Creek moment when most people lost respect for Dawson.  Dawson, aka James Van Der Beek (who was like 25 playing 15) was Joey Potter's crush and I mean crush.  They were childhood buddies who had a funny feeling that something was going on once puberty hit.  Dawson tried skirting the issue by courting next-door neighbor/skank, Jen (aka Michelle Williams).  HATED HER (Jen, not the actress) and wanted Joey and Dawson together, until they were together at the conclusion of season one, which is the "cliffhanger" into season two.  Season two LITERALLY picks up where season one left off, leaving the Creek Kids a year behind me in school (which disappointed me, as I thought we would all graduate together).  OK, I digress.  So all respect is lost for Dawson at the conclusion of Season three when Pacey and Joey take off for the summer aboard Pacey's boat (yes, a 16-year-old with a boat) and Dawson does THIS:

Dawson, you literally missed the boat and make me vomit every time I see this screencap.


Congratulations, Katie Holmes.  You successfully avoided that mess above as a teen/early 20 and are now leaving this mess behind:

Hairspiration

I have been DYING (no pun intended) to change my hair. It isn't so much of a change, but an update.  I love the Kardashians' hair.  I am super jealous of it!  I really love Kim's hair on the Oprah interviews.  It looks fabulous and I will absolutely need to copy it.  It is really similar to the way I wear my hair, so good stuff!  I just have a picture to bring with me for the cut and color.

Very boring post, but love it. Love it, KK:-)

Wordless Wednesday

Weekend Edition of Things I am LOVING!

OK---so Friday came and went without a Friday Five, so I am going to post the things I am loving today.

Part of the reason I didn't post on Friday is because of item #1:


1) Luso Restaurant in Smithtown, NY

Luso literally has the best "meats" I have ever had.  I really only order Rodizio (all you can eat meat).  I have gotten the chicken take-out, but nothing is quite like their Rodiz!  If you live in the area, go to Luso.  Make sure you get the Heavenly Whites for dessert!  Oh yeah, WHITE SANGRIA!!!

 

 

 

 

 

 

2) Lancome Flash Bronzer for legs.  Looks super natural.  PS I have no idea why Blogger won't let me format my post as I wanted to;-)

 3) Stony Brook Baseball.  Tough loss on Friday, but they're going to #SHOCKTHEWORLD tonight in the elimination game.  GET IT SEAWOLVES!!!

4) My J.Crew yellow linen shorts.  Super cute!

5) Best end-of-the-year gift ever from one of my students.  I love the Kardashians, especially Khloe.  I do not necessarily love everything they do, but they are fun to watch and they have great hair;-)  So thoughtful!

CHEER ON STONY BROOK TONIGHT @5!  They're on ESPN2 and online @ ESPN3!

Wordless Wednesday

Seawolves/Underdogs to Omaha!