June 5, 2008
The Fab Four; Carly Simon, Pandora, and fake tans
No, we’re not talking the Beatles here, but that other fab four, as in
Carrie, Samantha, Miranda, and Charlotte, and the movie that broke records on its opening weekend. And yes, The Three
Tomatoes were part of the throngs of females to hit the theaters to see Sex and the City. If you have not seen the movie as
yet, we promise we will not give away any of the plot details here. Not that we could anyway, because basically there isn’t a lot of plot to
reveal. But we will tell you what we thought of this long anticipated movie and we’d love to hear your thoughts too,
so take our home page poll this week. We’re
also in a music kind of mood, so we’ll share some finds you might like. And, a few words about those new tan in a can
products. Read on and you'll also find the secret to our killer "Cosmo" recipe.
Comos and Popcorn
First, let us say, we are huge fans of the original Sex and the
City series. It broke ground in bringing topics to the Monday morning water cooler that no
one had talked about before. It made Manolos and cosmos famous. And even its tamed down, re-run version, has
attracted new legions of fans. So what is it about this show that’s garnered such a huge following?
It’s simple. It’s the sincere and honest friendship of four females as they navigate the personal ups and
downs of life. The copy cats like this year’s Lipstick Jungle and Cashmere Mafia, just didn’t cut
it, because they lacked the honesty. So, we like hordes of other fans, were thrilled to catch up with the fab four, especially now
that they’re “women who aren’t kids.”
We joined a group of younger tomatoes at the theater on Saturday night, after
meeting first for cosmos, of course. One brilliant younger tomato had thought ahead and brought water bottles filled with
comos, which she sneaked into the theater along with a few paper cups. And we have to say the thrill of contraband comos in plastic
cups and popcorn is heady stuff. Unfortunately, that was the thrill of the evening, because, sad to say, the movie is
lame. And just saying that makes us feel like we’ve betrayed four good friends. Everything seemed
forced. The plot lines which mostly revolve around Carrie and Big and Miranda and Steve, are just not believable.
We actually stopped caring whether Carrie and Big ever get married. The only funny
lines are delivered by Samantha and you’ve probably already seen those in the trailer. Not to mention that there is too
little sex and city. The “R” rating is there only because of a couple of gratuitous nude scene
“flashes”, which pale in comparison to most of the original episodes. And LA and Mexico seemed to
get as much play as NYC, which was always the fifth star of the show. The clothes and shoes are a treat, but we wanted more from
the fab four.
But do we still love them? You bet.
And the movie is the perfect girls’ night out. So if you haven’t seen it, grab your best friends, buy a bag of
greasy, buttered pop corn, chase it down with a contraband cosmo, and thank your lucky stars that you have great pals to see you through life’s
ups and downs and so- so movies. Now it should be noted that some of the tomatoes in our group, actually loved the movie, but we
think it was the comos talking. Speaking of cosmos, here's our secret. We use the blender. To make four perfect
comsos, pour the following ingredients into the blender: 1 cup of vodka, 1/2 cup of triple sec, 1/2 cup of lime (or lemon juice), add a
few ice cubes and blend for a few seconds. Perfection.
Join us June 9th for another perfect"girls night
out"
Enjoy a sumptuous dinner and preview a (new) show at the theatre
district's hottest eaterie, Tony's di Napoli at147 West 43rd Street, between 6th and Broadway. Featuring a 5 course dinner and wine, AND presenting a
new show called "Spit it Out", that's all about
friendships. Tickets are only $85. Click here for
more info and to purchase tickets.
Carly Simon’s Still Got It
Speaking of girlfriends, Carly Simon is one of those women who
defined another generation. We’ve always loved her music and unique voice, but we’d sort of forgotten about her of late.
And then on our long flight home from Italy we tuned into a CD she released about a year ago , Into White.
Carly sings an unusual collection of songs including You are My Sunshine, Oh Susanna, and Somewhere Over the
Rainbow. Her renditions are beautiful, haunting in some cases, and remind you what a pure voice she has.
And just last month she released a Brazilian themed CD called, This Kind of Love, her first collection of original songs in eight years.
She sounds great, apparently has a new love in her life, and at 62 (or any age for that matter) looks
gorgeous. Let’s hear it for women in rock, who don’t get anywhere near the attention of the guys
like Mick and Paul.
You’ll want to open this Pandora’s Box
Speaking of music, we just discovered a very cool online “radio
station”, Pandora.com.
You create your own stations in a second. Just type in a song or artist, like Carly Simon, and it creates the
“Carly Simon” station and you can listen to her and other music like hers, i.e., Carol King, for hours. We
created several stations, “Frank Sinatra” where we can listen to the great standards by all the great singers for hours, of
“Pavoratti” for hours of classical musical. Check it out at Pandora.com.
Streaks and Tans
Miranda’s forgotten “bikini line” in the movie (a truly funny
moment), reminds us that it’s the time of year when we rediscover our legs. And in our case, we couldn’t get to the fake tanning lotion
aisle fast enough looking for something to mask our pasty white legs which seem to have sprouted an entire family of spider veins in the past year.
And there, appearing before us was a plethora of new tanning products, including one from
Neutrogena, whose products we usually love. This one is a Micro-Mist, billed as an airbrush sunless
tan that”goes on easily and works at any angle for an all-over flawless tan.” Described as a mist that is so light
and fine there is “no need to rub.” Sound too good to be true? Well it
is. We applied per directions, and about two hours later we had streaky legs and uneven coverage.
Honestly, the family of spider veins looked better. We then reapplied, this time rubbing the lotion in, and that
worked so much better. We didn’t get any rub off on our sheets, and it actually lasted about a week too.
But still, the lotion sunless tans work better, and the best one we’ve found so far is Jergens.
So tomatoes, buyer beware.
Well here’s to cosmos, popcorn, rock n’roll forever, and great looking
legs.
‘til next week,
The Three Tomatoes
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