My New Year’s Resolution. Number one was/is to blog daily, ehem, more regularly. I missed beginning this at the start of the year due to being in the mountains of Sun Valley and out of wireless range for the first few days, and, well a host of reasons since – like muddling through the literally thousands of emails and invites that accumulated in my absence.

Nonetheless, from here on forward I will, again, make a concerted effort to keep you more regularly updated on my various adventures and random thoughts.

This week alone I’ll be out and about playing at the Critics Choice, People’s Choice and Golden Globes parties – then next week it’s off to my fifth consecutive Sundance Film Festival!

In the meantime, today is also day one of dogsitting! I’ve long wanted to get a dog and decided the responsible thing was trying out borrowing a dog first. So, I’m dog-sitting my friend Genevieve Cortese’s adorable King Charles Indy while she’s on-location filming Supernatural. Dogs are a full-time job, lucky Indy’s cute and stays comfortably curled at my feet while I slave away in front of the computer ;) xo

I was scheduled to be at Diddy, Maroon 5 and Molly Sims parties at Liv and Blade in the Fountainbleu Hotel in Miami tonight. I was also going to stop by the Shore Club, maybe the new Gansevoort South Beach and probably end up at Mokai while party hopping down South Beach in a celebrity-laden haze of debauchery with dozens of my equally party-loving friends.

It felt empowering when I made the spontaneous decision to step out of my comfort zone and instead hop a flight to meet friends in the mountains Sun Valley, Idaho – where I don’t even get blackberry service and the only celebs I’ve seen so far are Jamie Lee Curtis and Clint Eastwood, who are currently sitting across from me in the Sun Valley ski lodge.

Rather than tequila shots and celebs my night will be full of spiced wine and butterscotch schnapps-spiked hot chocolate – at a formal neon ball! Wait until you see my outfit!

The only thing I’ve skipped on this ski trip is, well, the skiing. I’m not willing to step out of the comfort I have with my bones being in tact. Sadly, my friend Gen Cortese -the hot girl dating hot guy Jared Padalecki on CW’s Supernatural (and in real life!) who I’m staying with up here slipped on some black ice and is in a soft cast and a sling so keeping me company off the slopes – although she did take me to a session with her personal trainer Bill Nerge about an hour after I landed.

I was excited to get my blood flowing with a personal training session but I wrongly assumed Bill would go easy on us given Gen’s injury. Not so much. He had me biking, rowing, stair climbing and on a treadmill at 30% incline – all before the workout even started! I’m currently typing this blog while I’m still able to lift my arms – tomorrow I’m not so sure I’ll be able to. I told Bill, “I better wake up tomorrow strong and skinny.’ He laughed. Are all personal trainers closet sadists? But, that would make me a masochist because I’m going back today for more.

Gotta look hot tonight in my black tie dress, pink neon tights and black Converse.
I hope you all have a very happy and healthy, safe, memorable, joyous New Year’s Eve and I’ll babble to you more in the new year – writing more regularly is topping my new year’s resolutions list. ;) xo

This has been a year of a lot of change, yet one thing will remain the same – Dec. 31, as people are formulating their new year resolutions, losing weight/getting fit will once again rank in the top three resolutions of the general population, current company included.

I already eat well (sometimes to the point of being annoyingly neurotic with my picky eating habits) and I work out regularly (to the point my family nearly looked at me like I was crazy when holiday cabin fever led me to break out in jumping jacks and squats in the living room while watching some sappy holiday movie), but writing about celebrities day in and day out and seeing their perfect bodies I always ask, ‘What do they do that I’m not to look like that when I don’t.”

I thought it may be a thyroid problem. My annual thyroid test told me it wasn’t. Some tell me it’s a natural part of aging. To that, I say, “Look at Angelina Jolie, Jennifer Aniston, Heather Locklear and Courtney Cox.” All older than me. Then I’m reminded that they have personal trainers and personal chefs. Although I think I eat well and I think I workout well, I’ve decided this year to try out a personal trainer.

Resolved in the resolution I started a week early when my workout buddy Angela introduced me to her trainer Joshua Love. Joshua is based out of Equinox in Santa Monica and trains a host of celebs (although he won’t indulge me with names) but I do know he got Jodi Sweetin her post-pregnancy physique because she blogged about it when she was an OK! guest blogger for a bit.

Anyway, I was told to meet Joshua and Angela in a park near my house for a quick 30-minute workout. At first I scoffed at 30 minutes so I jogged the 1.5 miles to the park thinking Josh’s 30 minutes wouldn’t be enough as I’m accustomed to an average 80- minute workout. Wrong.

The first thing I noticed about Joshua Love is that he’s pretty cute. It helps, really – especially when eight or so minutes in, somewhere between squats and push-ups, I was thinking, “There’s a fine line between Love and Hate” – and ‘hate’ is my least favorite word. Joshua had Angela and I sprinting, squatting, lunging, lifting and everything but resting during an intense 30-minute mix of strength and cardio training. Afterwards Angela drove me home, I’m sure afraid that my jello-like legs wouldn’t get me there myself before sunset. The ‘good pain’ I felt for the next two, three days after were proof enough that I evidently don’t push myself when left in the gym alone. So, I’m sticking with Love every Sunday for the new year and will let you know how it progresses. Between him and my new Wii Fit I’m aiming for Aniston’s abs by Valentine’s.

Here’s to trying new things, pushing yourself and love in the new year, in whatever form that takes ;) xo

You can check out Joshua Love’s fitness tips yourself at joshualovefitness.com

Twas the day before Christmas and all through the US, the lucky were home with their families – although many bored and blogging. Not that I’m bored, but enough to take notice of others blogging – it is after all cold and rainy here in Long Island and cabin fever is setting in before the 36 or so hours when everything but Chinese restaurants close down even begins but…

Back to those that are blogging. My favorite blog of the year goes to John Mayer. John’s made headlines more for dating Jessica and Jen than for his music but I’ve found a new respect for him, and feel like I’ve learned the most about him (good and odd) through his blog.

Reading John’s blog every now and again I’ve learned he has an obsession with food and photography. I happened to have been sitting next to him and Jen Aniston at dinner with a few friends at Il Mulina in New York’s West Village Friday night and when they were served a table full of desserts John snapped a few photos of the decadent treats before digging a soup spoon into the berries and cream. It doesn’t look like John’s posted these photos but he has a collection of photos of sweet holiday-themed confections he received from his fans. Check them out here, some people got pretty creative. http://www.johnmayer.com/blog

I think John’s most creative blog was his answer to the scandal that took place on the set of Grey’s Anatomy last year with allegations that Isaiah Washington made anti-gay slurs. If you don’t remember John’s proposed resolution, read it here: http://poponthepop.blogspot.com/2007/01/john-mayer-solves-greys-anatomy.html
Too bad ABC wasn’t listening.

Ok, I’m off to try to re-create the zucchini and parmesan latkas my friend heated up from Whole Foods at her Chanukah party the other night. My cooking and baking skills are a far cry from John Mayer and his fans so I’ll refrain from taking photos and sharing.

PS: Lindsay Lohan must be taking some time at home too and letting Samantha Ronson recover from the exhaustion she was hospitalized for the other day because Lindsay also blogged today – confirming her dad’s illegitimate child (her half sister) and sharing her thoughts on Britney Spears. You can check it out here: http://celebrity.myspace.com/index.cfm?fuseaction=celebrity.blog

Happy Holidays ;) xo