January 2012
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Things I Bought That I Love: Lucy Hatha Yoga Pant
If you’re like me, you wake up in the morning and put on your exercise clothes immediately so that you incentivize yourself to actually do something athletic. This way, I’m always constantly prepared to break out into a run if I need to. This works about 60% of the time, which is a pretty good percentage for me.
I wish I looked like Eva Longoria when I worked out. Jeez Louise.
The only problem...
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Things I Bought That I Love: Jonathan Adler...
Maybe it’s very Margot Tenenbaum of me, but I love little polo tshirts.
My ideal style of dressing is 80’s aerobics coach meets Maasai tribeswoman, so a really prim, preppy look is not something I do too often. But just as I would wear a House of Harlow headdress jewelry piece to work to see if I could pull it off, I also like to rock a preppy look now and again.
At work, I’ve been told over...
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Things I Bought that I Love: Lamps Plus Modified...
There are many times when my tastes do not match my lifestyle.
Here are some examples. I love insane clutches, like this Alexander McQueen one.
But I don’t have this cool Paz de la Huerta life where I’m alternately getting whisked off on private jets to red carpet affairs, or using my purse as a weapon in a street fight against rival models. For Paz, it would make sense. I only...
December 2011
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Things I Pre-Ordered That I Love: Showtime's...
I work on a show with an awesome ensemble cast. As a writer, it’s so fun to dream up combinations of interactions when you have such a big cast. I love when certain characters interact with each other who don’t very often, like, say, Ryan and Oscar, Dwight and Phyllis, or Creed and a ghost or whatever. John Krasinski and I do about three scenes a season together, and they’re...
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Things I Bought That I Love: Rachel Roy's 54...
One of the best recurring visual jokes on the British comedy Absolutely Fabulous was how Patsy and Edina were such fashion victims.
Patsy was always squeezed into couture in a way where she looked eternally like one of those colorful old ladies at Loehmanns with the liver-spotted decolletage but who have active dating lives.
I’d rather look back at photos of myself and say: “Holy...
November 2011
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Hellogiggles Videochat Karaoke special: Tavi...
I once heard an interview, years ago, with Nelly Furtado. She was talking about who inspired her, musically. She mentioned Green Day as being influential on her, along with some other present day artists around her same age, and some even younger. She added that it bothered her when musicians were asked that question and they only cited older, or dead, musicians as inspiration, and not...
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The Things I Bought That I Love Black Friday...
Welcome to my Black Friday Holiday Gift Round-Up! I spent a long time compiling some of my favorite gifts for the year in a variety of price ranges.
Breaking Bad: The Complete First Season
“Not unlike the drug meth, Breaking Bad is completely addictive!” I’m so sorry I wrote that, that was so dorky. But I just couldn’t not write it once it popped into my mind, like some...
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Get Ready!
In honor of Black Friday, which is basically Christmas for this blog, I’m doing a big holiday gift round-up with special guest star recommendations from some of my splashiest pals.
Happy Thanksgiving, gang.
Love, Mindy
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Things I Bought That I Love: Dean & DeLuca Chicken...
One of the many characteristics I share with Eric Cartman of South Park is our love of pot pies. Here is what I believe is the funniest moment of the South Park pilot, where Cartman’s cat begins to angle for his pot pie. It has zero to do with the plot, and is just a little tangential scene written seemingly to use the priceless phrase “No Kitty, this is my pot pie!” over and...
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Things I Bought That I Love: Minted Stationery
In terms of time wasters during the day, I almost never turn to Youtube. I will on rare occasion enjoy clicking on a Youtube video link if a trusted source has sent it to me, but even then I’m wary. What I find cute and entertaining in a Youtube video is very specific, and if it’s even slightly not right, I am totally turned off of Youtube forever. For instance, I love interspecies...
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Things I Bought That I Love: Melinda Maria
I was recently on the Daily Show to promote my book Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me? Because this is a show where the likes of Desmond Tutu and Doris Kearns Goodwin are known to have made an appearances, I wanted to tweak my usual “Vegas Bachelorette Party” look I have so successfully pulled off for many years for my talk show appearances. I wanted to look like me, but a bit more...
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Things I Bought That I Love: American Apparel Puff...
I once heard that Steve Martin, when he found an item of clothing he liked, he would buy 10 of them so he had them in every one of his houses and could replace it for years. I love that kind of borderline obsessive behavior. Well, to be more accurate I guess I just like most things Steve Martin does— this is what’s hanging on the wall of my house when you walk down the hall.
I have...
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Things I Bought That I Love: Urban Decay Naked...
I surprisingly travel very light. This is because there is no hell greater than waiting for luggage at baggage claim. It’s just such a snoozy chafe of a time, like waiting for fingernails to dry at a manicure. I’d rather travel with a backpack full of mini travel-sized Purell and men’s deodorant than check in my full-sized bottles of stuff I actually love. And there’s no...
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Things I Bought That I Love: You're Hanging Out...
Here’s a small example of why I’m an extremely lucky person. Besides living in America, having parents who put a premium on higher education, having my health and all of those larger, incredible, very macro Mindy Is Lucky factors, I’m also lucky to have great friends.
In honor of my book coming out last Tuesday, my lovely and busy pal Samantha Ronson made a mix CD in honor of...
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Things I Bought That I Love: Pink Sneakers
I love working out, but only if it’s completely on my terms. I can only work out solo. I‘m not one of those cool people who is totally fine with someone asking if they can join me on a run. For me, I’m like: “Why? Why would I want to have you run with me, and bear witness to my slowness and the intense look on my face as I’m thinking of elaborate revenge fantasies to get me through my short...
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Things I Bought That I Love: Gap 1969 Snakeskin...
The legging jean has ruined life for me. I don’t remember the last time I wore proper jeans. And jeans without stretch? What are those even? Gross.
I, like most Americans, love the Gap. Besides having Christmas ads that single-handedly usher in the season without annoying people (like no other company has ever done), they have the best basics at the best prices.
Isn’t that cozy and Christmas-y...
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Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Mindy?
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Things I Bought That I Love: Is Everyone Hanging...
A year and a half ago I started writing a book that comes out today.
I am so terrified, you guys. Not because I don’t think the book is great-– which it really is, I swear-– but because it is the first thing I’ve ever done creatively that is 100% me. There hasn’t been a more complete representation of who I am then this book. So win or lose, it’ll all be on me.
Remember this summer, when that...
October 2011
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Things I Bought That I Love: The Body Shop Cactus...
Let’s talk about the softness of women’s skin. Skin softness is a common preoccupation for dark-skinned women. I swear there must be (and should be!) a documentary about lotions and the dark-skinned woman. I have dark brown skin, and no fancy department store moisturizer seems to be moisturizing enough to keep my legs from goin’ gray midday. I have to use the CVS special Eucerin or Lubriderm...
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THINGS I BOUGHT THAT I LOVE: CLARISONIC BRUSH
There is an omitted chapter from my book called “Robo-Bath”. It was based on an idea I’ve had since I was a teenager about a device that would bath you to your specifications, all while you lay in it, sleeping or zoning out. (Unsurprisingly, this idea was invented during a time in high school when I was trying to get into college and staying up really late to do homework, and waking up super early...
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Cool Press For "Is Everyone Hanging Out Without...
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THINGS I BOUGHT THAT I LOVE: HOUSE OF HARLOW...
Since I turned twelve or thirteen, my parents started giving me gold jewelry for my birthday. If you’re an Indian woman— warning, I’m about to make a massive generalization— if you’re not wearing at least two items of gold jewelry at a time, then my assumption is you were adopted by white Americans. Rocking gold bling is a huge cultural symbol of femininity in India.
But I never...
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Things I Bought That I Love: Chicken Banh Mi...
My favorite two kinds of sandwiches are Banh Mi and eggplant parmesan. My friend Brenda and I used to cook up eggplant parm subs from scratch back in New York in the early 2000’s, but that was when I was in my early 20s and could spend four hours to make the fixings for a hot sandwich. I learned that eggplant parmesan is time-consumptive but very hard to mess up, which is a recipe for buying...
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THINGS I BOUGHT THAT I LOVE: STILA CREAM BLUSH
There’s a specific kind of agony that is losing your makeup bag. It’s awful because it takes forever (and can be expensive) to accumulate the best combinations of makeup and tools. It’s also sad because no one really cares if you lose your makeup bag, especially guys. When I have lost my makeup bag - which happens about once yearly, sadly-– the first thing I replace is my Stila convertible color...
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THINGS I BOUGHT THAT I LOVE: TRADER JOE’S PRENATAL...
I’ve written before that if it were not for my multi-vitamins I would be teetering close to death. I eat abominably. Take this for example: last Monday at work, I was running a small room for a rewrite. For breakfast I chose to eat a heaping serving of spicy sweet Thai Doritos (these exist, and they’re life-changing), two apricot fruit leathers, and a glass of Diet Coke. I loved it so much I did...
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THINGS I BOUGHT THAT I LOVE: BLISS SPA FACIAL &...
I love free samples. When I lived in New York, I would take the subway into the East Village just to go to Kiehls for their free samples. If you targeted the right employee at Kiehls (person under 30 who looks like they want to party, versus older more responsible adult-type), you could walk away from there with half a years worth of Kiehls.
A few months ago I was visiting my parents in Boston...
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Things I Bought That I Love: BCBG Leopard Pencil...
I can’t believe it. It finally happened. I now live in a world where leopard print can be considered a “basic”. Yes, it was exciting when gold shoes became a staple, and who could forget when even the most conservatively dressed woman owned a pair of fitted red pants? But finding leopard print in more and more American women’s closets? That’s amazing.
It would be...
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The Back Of My Book!
When you don’t look like in a model in real life you cherish great photos of yourself. When I was on Facebook, approximately 1/3 of my life was untagging bad photos of myself and sending messages to their uploaders saying: “WTF, you guys? Put another grim photo of me on the internet and I will fucking kill you.” So when I had to make my book cover, I wanted to look like myself,...
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Best Friends Rights & Regulations Winners
I had so much fun reading people’s Best Friend Rights and Responsibilities under the #BBFrights hashtag. It made me laugh and miss all my friends. It was extremely hard to narrow it down, but these were my absolute favorites. Congratulations! Winners will be contacted this week for their shipping information to receive their signed copy of my book. Thank you all for participating!
Winners...
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Things I've Bought (on Ebay) That I Love: Missoni...
People may or may not know that when Target ran out instantly of their Missoni line, and when their website went down for the entire launch day, I was Nancy Grace-level furious. I was like Nancy Grace and Target was Casey Anthony. I’m serious. I was pissed.
That was all very immature because, well, it’s just material goods and that is a really stupid thing to get upset about. But...
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Things I Bought That I Love: Regency Tangle-Free... →
I was the ripe old age of 28 when I realized that if you want to have long, fine, hair, you need to comb it out while it’s wet, or otherwise you will tear out large clumps of it. I always used a wide-tooth comb, then every few months or so, I’d clean out the tangles of stray hair so no one could steal it for a voodoo doll.
I like having long hair, but it’s hard, man. I live in...
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Things I Bought That I Love: Zingerman's Reuben...
This spring I shot a movie called Five Year Engagement that Jason Segel and Nicholas Stoller (@nicholasstoller) wrote, and Nick directed. I shot all my scenes in Ann Arbor, Michigan, which I had never been to but had heard was a gorgeous and fun college town. I also got a feel for it when I watched a documentary on the Fab Five, a highly interesting college basketball phenomenon from the...
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Things I've Bought That I Love: Dogeared Lotus...
One of the least expected and most charming trends that started in mid-2009 was the advent of the ratty little rope bracelet as a fashion forward accessory. Alyssa Norton did the designer, It-Girl swanky version:
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September 2011
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Welcome!
About four years ago, I started a blog called “Things I’ve Bought That I Love”. I know, I know. You’re like: Mindy, of course we know your blog. We all lived and died to your postings on that site, you don’t have to tell us. We love you. You’re an angel.
For those of you not lucky enough to have seen my old, very materialistic blog, there’s a link on this...
