My Dossier

{ fleurdeleigh photography, fellow LookingGlassLane girl}

You won't find me here too often these days, as I've shacked up with four talented chicas at our new clubhouse on LookingGlassLane. But I still get all your emails, so feel free to peruse, comment and send me notes. I love them. And obviously, come visit us at the clubhouse. If you like Miss Ive, you'll love Miss Ive times FIVE. Yes I just stole the Body Imposters' tag line.

Meet the girls:

Morgan
Leigh
Ria
Suzanne


Jen's LookingGlass Dossier

Looking Glass Powers:
Finding and gathering extraordinary people. Just look at these girls. Voila.
The ability to simultaneously harness the uncensored voice of Henry Miller and the jaded acerbity of Erma Bombeck, and write it down whilst hanging from the limb of a tree.
The ability to shotgun a beer in such a fashion that even Emily Post would approve and add it to her "Things that will impress your mother-in-law" list.
The ability to reel in a fish and use her charm and wit to find someone else to take it off the hook for her.
The ability to pitch a tent in the pouring rain. And by pitch a tent, she means the canvas-and-pole variety, for the record.
The ability to groom so minimally that something as little as gloss on her lips garners accolades from the Queen. [Curtsy and bow.]

Dress-up Closet:
J.Crew. Hands down. Why? She WAY digs the rubber-boots-with-Irish-linen look. WAY.
J. Peterman Company. Why? She can never remember because the copy always leaves her fanning her face and somewhat disoriented. Yuh HUH.
Farm dresses circa 1940, in any condition, preferably paired with flip flops, in any condition.
Aprons. Any and all. It's a domesticity fetish. Is that oxy-moronic?

Disguise:
Burt's Baby Bee Apricot Oil in copious amounts and their not-to-bee-outdone Beeswax lip balm. Makes her lips tingle and she gets panicky when she can't find hers. Remember Napoleon's pleas to Kip? She's resorted to pinning arms behind backs to get information leading to her missing balm.

Go-To Gadget:
Two. One in each holster. Her iPhone on one side and a roll of duct tape on the other. Although she is currently in talks with Mr. Jobs about developing an app that will dispense duct tape, which would render the latter unnecessary. Cross fingers for major gadget consolidation.

Vice:
People Magazine. One copy can take her out of commission for a good three hours. If Jen and Ben are on the cover, make it four. How DO they keep the magic alive?

Magic Potion:
Starbucks RedEye and Gray Goose vodka, neat. Sometimes both, simultaneously. We don't recommend that she be reintroduced to the public for at least an hour after she's consumed this combination.

Battery-Recharge Hub (other than Looking Glass Lane, of course):
The tip-top of the tallest sand dune overlooking Little Traverse Bay, Michigan, and night trains racing across any open terrain.

Bratty Spoilers:
Extra long runs with no end in sight. Ben & Jerry's Chunky Monkey, microwaved for 37 seconds.

Owner's Manual:
Moby Dick, Melville. She has read Chapter XCIV, The Squeeze of the Hand, 12 and one half times. Also Bridget Jones's Diary, lest she get too full of herself.

Weapon:
First line of defense, her Wilson ProStaff racquet. Never approach the net when playing her. Never. Second line of defense, her overly-sharpened tongue. Again, never approach the net. Evahhhh.

How she gets to the Lane:
In her Mazda3, generally starting in first gear, but skipping 2-4 and shifting directly to 5 for expediency. And if she's extra eager to get to her girls, she'll opt for her Adidas SuperNova's and run through all yards standing in her way. Please watch your small pets.

Secret Ambition
This. Right here. Working creatively and collaboratively with a dream team of powerful DOERS. I heart my LookingGlassLane girls. Please join us as we pull off some seriously outta-this-world sh$%.

And recent inductees who have dared to write their own (so awesome, btw, especially John, the brave male adventurer in very girlie waters.)

Christeen Mary
Nakia
John
Jenn
April
Erin
Steph
Kim
Elora

And our honoree inductee, Rajesh Pancholi of R27 CreativeLab for his amazing design and generosity on LookingGlassLane.com