Showing posts with label Celebrity Photo-Ops. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Celebrity Photo-Ops. Show all posts

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Celebrity Photo-Ops

I'm busy behind-the-scenes here at eWillow.com making projects for the upcoming "So You Think You're Crafty" all-star round.  In the meantime, I thought I would show you some fun photos.

My uncle is the founder of the Palm Beach Police Foundation, and just about every year my husband and I have the chance to attend the foundation's fundraising ball.  The ball is held at Mar-a-Lago, which also happens to be the home of Mr. Donald Trump.

It was a fun event!  All of the celebs were happy to pose for photo ops, except for one.  Can you guess who?  Ramona Singer.  I'm not into bashing, but I must say that she was beyond rude.  I don't think she got the memo that if it weren't for her fans, she would be a nobody.  I tried several times to ask her about the beautiful jewelry she was wearing, because if you know Ramona, I'm sure it was for sale.  However, everyone except for Donald, was invisible to her.  Hence, the only way I got a pic of her was with Donald in the mix.



(p.s.  the other pretty lady in the pewter dress is my mom!)

Saturday, December 31, 2011

Who Needs Twitter & Facebook? Not Crazy Susan!


Not "Crazy Susan," that's for sure!  Did you guys ever hear of or watch "Tough Cookies" on the Food Network over the summer?  If not, you can read about it HERE.  My daughter Erica and I fell in love with this show immediately.  I grew up in southern New Jersey and frequented Ocean City, where the show is based, all the time.  I also come from a large Italian family, so when we watched the show, Erica and I felt right at home.

While we were in NJ over the holidays, we decided to venture downed the shore to check out Crazy Susan in person.  Turns out she wasn't there, but that didn't stop us from talking to her "Mack-Daddy," (you'll know who he is if you watch the show...Susan's nephew is married to his daughter) and buying a tray of the most delicious cookies I have ever tasted.





Mack-Daddy filled us in on all the details about how the show "Tough Cookies" came to be, and let me tell you, it was such a refreshing story to hear.  Forget Twitter and Facebook.  Forget all social media for that matter.  All it took for Susan to make it big was a two second Google search by a production team.  Suddenly, her ten years of hard work and perseverance made her an overnight sensation. 

Turns out that there was a need for a summer replacement series for "Cake Boss," and another show about cakes and/or cupcakes was not what was wanted.  The producers decided they wanted a clean-cut alternative to "Jersey Shore"; something with a large Italian family working together and cooking.  Long story short, the producers Googled "Italian family + Jersey shore + cookies" and that's how Susan was discovered.  What a delight to meet her!

We met up with her the next day at her stores second location in Vorhees, NJ.  What a delight she is!  She spoke with us at length about her family and her fun life.  The most refreshing part about her is that she really has no idea what is in store for her in the months ahead...but I do!  She is going to be on QVC in a few months, and she has no clue that once she in on there and 90 million people are exposed to her cookies, she'll have her own cookbook, bake-ware, talk show....you know how it goes.  She doesn't need a Twitter or Facebook account.  Those of us who seem to think we can't get from here to there without letting everyone know every move we make can spread the word for her.  ;)

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