January 2010

October 4th 2009
December 30, 2008

My Dearest HOLLYWOULD Girls, After nine years of lots of work and loads of fun, HOLLYWOULD and I are taking a nice long vacation. In 2009 you may find us surfing off the beaches of Brazil, skiing in the mountains of Switzerland, sailing near the shores of Italy, and sunning on the sands of Palm Beach, and wherever we are, we’ll be thinking of you. When will we be back? Maybe very soon, but hopefully not until we’ve had time to master our surf & snowboard skills, write at least one book, learn at least one new language, visit at least 3 exotic places, and learn how to dance the tango. As far as fabulous shoes, handbags, and dresses are concerned, your vintage HOLLYWOULD will have to suffice for a while, and in the meantime we would love to have you join our facebook group “I LOVE HOLLYWOULD”. Much Love & Happy 2009, xoxo Holly PS – Huge, Mega, Insane, Super-Big, Uber, Ultra Gigantic Awesome THANK YOU to everyone who has ever worked at HOLLYWOULD (we have a special facebook group for you too, called “I WORKED AT HOLLYWOULD”) and to The Original HOLLYWOULD Gang who made it all happen: Leslie Ternes Smith Isa Moneypenny Erin Mullaney Ashley Auchenbach Bartolotta Derrick Miller You guys rock. xoxo Hol

December 30th 2008
Nolita, NYC

My Dearest HOLLYWOULD Girls,

After nine years of lots of work and loads of fun, HOLLYWOULD and I are taking a nice long vacation.  In 2009 you may find us surfing off the beaches of Brazil, skiing in the mountains of Switzerland, sailing near the shores of Italy, and sunning on the sands of Palm Beach, and wherever we are, we’ll be thinking of you.

When will we be back?  Maybe very soon, but hopefully not until we’ve had time to master our surf & snowboard skills, write at least one book, learn at least one new language, visit at least 3 exotic places, and learn how to dance the tango.

As far as fabulous shoes, handbags, and dresses are concerned, your vintage HOLLYWOULD will have to suffice for a while, and in the meantime we would love to have you join our facebook group “I LOVE HOLLYWOULD”.

Much Love & Happy 2009,

xoxo Holly

PS – Huge, Mega, Insane, Super-Big, Uber, Ultra Gigantic Awesome THANK YOU to everyone who has ever worked at HOLLYWOULD (we have a special facebook group for you too, called “I WORKED AT HOLLYWOULD”) and to The Original HOLLYWOULD Gang who made it all happen:

Leslie Ternes Smith

Isa Moneypenny

Erin Mullaney

Ashley Auchenbach Bartolotta

Derrick Miller

You guys rock.

xoxo

Hol

December 17th 2008
Manhattan

xoxo Big Shout-Out to everyone who came out to HOLLYWOULD’s Christmas Kegger on Sunday!  Thanks for coming out to help us tap it in style.

My Sunday began at my church in Brooklyn, which is conveniently located just next to the only keg distributor in NYC who is open on Sunday.  I’m not sure how often this comes in handy for other church members, but it certainly made life easy for me.  I had enlisted my friend Hannah to help me pick up the kegs after church, where we had planned to meet a “Man With A Van” I had hired to help us transport our lager back into Manhattan. 

I am no stranger to the whole “Man With A Van” system, so I was prepared for the usual beat up white van to arrive with an older-than-you’d-expect man who, despite his apparent age of nearly 75, is able to lift 250 lbs barbells over his head with one hand.  As you can imagine, Hannah and I were quite dismayed when instead of one strong 75 year old Popeye, three high-as-kites 35 year old Rastafarians arrived in a graffiti-covered U-Haul truck and told us to get in the windowless back, or let them transport the kegs without us.  Call me what you will, but there was no way in Hades I was getting into the back of a windowless U-Haul with 3 Rastafarians at the helm, and certainly not a chance in Heaven I was going to let them take my beer without me.

Desperate for a solution, we spotted two handsome young lads returning empty kegs to the store, and despite the fact that they looked severely & brutally hung over, begged them for a ride back into Manhattan.  Before we knew it we had crammed 2 kegs, 2 body bags of ice, and 5 grown adults into a small black Jetta, cranked up some Biggie Smalls, and were headed towards freedom over the Brooklyn Bridge.  Big Ups to Eduardo and the boys for saving the day.  Next time CNN has their “CNN Heroes” special, I am going to nominate you. 

From there the rest is history, and hopefully the party photos suffice to let you know an excellent time was had by all.

My next adventure is a wild boar hunt in Tuscany, so stay tuned for updates from Italia….