LWS new music mix: truly. madly. deeply

we put up another playlist on www.8tracks.com and this time we are utterly, completely, absolutely enthralled with the idea of love, true love. a love so deep is almost obsessive. a love so true, all else pales in comparison. a love so deep with passion that runs like a river. featuring songs by lamb, death cab for cutie, this mortal coil and depeche mode to name a few.

give it a listen here: www.8tracks.com/longweekendstyle-truly-madly-deeply

fit flops. yes, you read right. fit flops.

if you are a flip flop lover like we here at long weekend style are 10 months out of every year, you absolutely have to try fit flops. they are touted as the shoe with a gym.

and sometimes, fitting in a visit to the gym is just not always possible - this is where the fitflop glides in effortlessly.

fitflops, invented in partnership with marcia kilgore, she of the supa dupa fantastic bliss products line, are similiar to the MBT shoes that have taken the walking as exercise thing to a whole new level, but in the familiar flip flop form we all know dearly and love. fitflops are a literal gift from the shoe gods for those who literally live in traditional flipflops year-round. BUT fitflops are equipped with very crucial arch support that most flipflops lack, so those foot arches won't collapse inward, causing one to drag legs around like some awful zombie. which by the way is not at all attractive. fitflops are reported to make your glutes and thighs work harder as well as use under utilized muscles that actually tone your pins while you walk. fitflops are engineered with wobbleboard technology that magically have you balancing and stepping through the entire foot thus giving calves, glutes, et al a workout while you walk.

since you'd wear shoes anyways, why not get shoes that work for you? truly adding a bit more exercise/toning to your probably already full summer workout regimen. and those shoes should be fit flops. available in casual everyday colors like go-with-everything/so slimming black. sun struck bronze to compliment a tan. boasting 20 plus different styles to suit every girl out there: amped up with jewels, studded punk-rock style, metallic leather, candy colored patent leather or sweetly sorbet suede.

and new for boys, 3 fitflop styles especially for the guys, in all-guy colors. because boys, they can't always get to the gym either.

run, don't walk and unlike the out of the stratosphere price for the MBT sneaks, the basic unadorned fit flop starts at a very affordable $49.95 and is available online http://www.fitflop.com/ or if you simply cannot wait, locally at lady footlocker.

mulitpicity

we here at long weekend style love love love us a two-fer: any product that can be used not once but twice. more than 2 ways = even better.

enter NARS' mulitple in "portofino". the mulitple, so-very-aptly named because the twist up stick about the size of those push-ups that you used to score from the ice cream truk during hot summers is a creamy all-around use color stick that can be used on eyes, lips, cheeks and in a pinch, on pale listless legs

and with pink being the universal go-to color this summer, portofino ticks off all the boxes: pink, totally toteable, and oh, did we mention, the multiple can be used in, ahem, multiple ways, giving your sweet tiny evening clutch a much deserved break?

here's just a few ways to incorporate NARS the mulitple and make life waaaaaaaaay easier this summer: give a pinky flush to cheeks before heading out into the balmy summer night, slick it over eyelids for a midday perk-you-up, give those pale gams a little glamazon glimmer to detract from the fact that the last time your legs saw daylight was in 2008.

besides portofino, NARS the multiple is available in a whole slew of shades from subtle to bold, matte to full on shimmer to compliment your already gorgeous features. go try 'em out at your local sephora or just order one online already. $38.

those are some spicy nuts

LWS spicy cashew recipe - perfect for a snack or to bring to all those summer bbqs . . .

ingredients needed to fulfill this delicious recipe:
- 1lb lightly salted or better yet, no salt cashews
- 1tsp sea salt
- 1tsp chili powder
- 1tsp cayenne powder (yes, the red stuff)
1 tbsp canola oil

pour 1 tbsp canola oil into a shallow pan & set heat to low. add cashews & shake pan to evenly cover cashews with canola oil. heat gently over low heat for about 5 minutes. remove from heat and pour cashews onto a paper towel on top of a plate, to soak up excess oil. dump cashews into a bowl large enough to allow for cashews to be stirred with a large wooden spoon.

add 1 tsp chili powder, 1 tsp cayenne, and 1 tsp sea salt. toss or stir cashews to even coat. eat one and adjust spices to suit your personal heat or salt level.

almonds, pecans, walnuts or peanuts can be used in place of the cashews, should cashews not be your speed of nut.

pour into a bowl and enjoy!

it's P-O-C-K-Y!!!

while it sounds more like some bizarre condition one would contract in a foreign country, pocky is actually a delicious japanese treat.

made by glico, the original and by far, most favorite pocky flavor is the chocolate cream (which is milk chocolate for all the choco conoissuers out there).

well, what, long weekend style, exactly is pocky that you speak of?

it's a crisp, biscuit consistency cookie about the size of a #2 pencil. approximately 3/4 of it has been dipped in chocolate. a 1" section has been left intentionally non-choco-coated so that one can enjoy pocky without the messy transfer of chocolate to one or all 5 fingers.

pocky are quite addictive and one can eat an entire packet of pocky (there are about 20 pocky sticks in eack packet) without realizing it.

pocky is also available with strawberry instead of chocolate, chocolate with almonds and our favorite, "mens" which is dark chocolate. apparently godzilla must be a fan of pocky because glico also makes giant pocky which is the same as the original but just sized for hands that could smash the chrysler building or all of tokyo.

pocky is available at japanese markets, like mitsuwa, nationwide or online through www.amazon.com and retails for $1.99 for the 2 pack pictured above.

get wild, get pocky people!

get her to the rodeo!

nope, no joke. no typo. you read right:

get this girl to the rodeo!

please help this very talented singer and friend of long weekend style, stephanie quayle, realize her lifelong dream of performing at the college nationals finals rodeo in casper, wyoming.





LWS was in the process of writing an entry about stephanie, her music and her mad song writing skillz when we received her proposal through the kickstart foundation (more info on kickstart coming later folks) to help her raise funds to get herself and the band out to the cnfr. stephanie is a country music dynamo with an amazing voice, who writes all her own songs, plays guitar and is just an all around awesome girl. we met stephanie a few years back when she was just getting started and since then, have constantly been awed and inspired by her growth as an artist





so here's the scoopy-scoop: stephanie and her band were slated to debut "rodeo life" as well as our country's national anthem at the first ever cnfr concert, scheduled for this sunday june 12th. due to last minute, unforseen circumstances, the financial sponsorship that was to get stephanie and her band to casper has fallen through, leaving the entire band to foot the bill to get themselves to casper, wyoming for the performance and back.





now, the promised info about kickstart: http://www.kickstart.com/ works under a really simple yet absolutely brilliant premise: an artist submits a proposal (to record an album, to design a fashion collection, paint a series of paintings for a gallery show, you name it) and sets the monetary amount that will allow the artist to reach his/her goal. anyone and everyone can become a "backer" and pledge an amount to donate (the minimum is $5) to the cause BUT your donation will only be collected IF the entire amount requested by the artist is reached.





www.kickstart.com/projects/stephaniequayle/get-us-to-the-rodeo-lets-launch-this-movement-from?ref=email is the link that will take you directly to stephanie's page where she has so kindly provided more information about her life and mission statement about her dedication to music.





we so know times are tough and even if you aren't a country music fan, if you can donate just $5 to the cause - every little bit helps. it really does.





on behalf of stephanie and the band, long weekend style says thank you for your support!

dat new "new"

long weekend style likey this one from kid cudi, titled dat new "new" . . . not sure why it hits us right there but we find we have it on repeat throughout the day

www.youtube.com/watch?v=6dtMI96zc0s

parental advisory: this song contains what would be considered strong language or just plain out cursing, so you probably want to save this one for the after 9 listening set. or just tell the kids "earmuffs" . . .