BLT at the Mirage is Where It's AT

Well, I waited all week to go have my big Day Off and at midnight, I went with my love to the Mirage Hotel and Casino for drinks and low and behold, we were starving! Yes, it's true. So anyhow, we ended up at this restaurant called BLT and ordered gourmet burgers. I suggest the Tandoori Lamb burger. My love had the Shaft's Blue Burger, with excellent bleu cheese and caramelised onions and mushrooms. And I highly suggest the Vidalia Onion Rings, as they are not greasy and soggy, it's almost like they are baked. Everything was excellent and the burgers just melt in your mouth. Don't ever settle for some mediocre burger, boys and girls - get more BANG for your buck and treat yourself really right...in more ways then one, it's so good (wink wink). You know what I mean.

Now, I am not going to subject you to one of my rants, but I must say this - why would you want to put a bunch or crappy food in your beautiful selves when there is so much good, clean and DELICIOUS food out there? What drives me nuts is when people get lazy and just eat ANYTHING. That is so no my style. That is NOT how I roll. If you want your body to feel better overall, be conscious of what you put in it! Have that wonderful gourmet burger, have that fresh handmade pasta with made-from-scratch vodka sun-dried tomato cream sauce, eat that just-baked-today carrot cake with cream cheese frosting, but you bet your ass if I'm eating it, it's going to be FRESH. Ok, I am done.

If you are lucky enough to be a Vegas local or you happen to be blowing through town, visit BLT at the Mirage. And say hey to Kay at the Kokomo. Great Long Islands.

Yes, and I know that the picture today doesn't make any since, but I liked it anyway. Be sure to check out The $100 Diet for delicious gourmet recipes, down home cooking recipes and excellent low fat recipes for those days you have to be a "good girl".

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Give me a ring! (Or you can send me an email too!)

People are sending me emails lately asking for advice....how to lose belly fat, how to lose weight fast, what should they eat or stay away from in the summer months - and I LOVE IT! Keep 'em coming, because this is a subject I like to talk about and I know that we can all do it and be the foxiest we can be!

So please send me emails anytime asking anything at all. If you don't have it already, you can send messages to me personally at info@thepinupgirldiet.com and I will be sure to answer you as soon as I can.

An answer to someone's recent email: In the summertime, I would stay away from the starches and the breads more than usual, as you know girls, it SUCKS when you feel bloated and have to run around in a cute little outfit. You just feel plain fidgety and grumpy. Well, at least I do. So, I stick to more of a low carb diet in the summer.

Catcha later, and I promise, I will get back to regular posts once my current engagement ends!

Say...let's all pack ourselves a picnic to take to work!

I know that I have been away for a few days, boys and girls, but I have been booked SOLID for the last nine days straight! It's either feast or famine, I tell you. I am almost done with my engagement but I had some time (and a revelation) so I thought I would write it for you.

As I have been pretty much a good girl when it came to sticking to my regime the last nine days (except I had two cookies finally yesterday), I have packing my lunch/dinner down to a science. I pretty much have been making a picnic everyday. Now you probably are wondering what I am saying. Well, I'll tell you. Instead of making the boring lunches we all hate to pack for work/gigs, I throw in a hodge-podge of everything....one day I had fingerfoods-olives, cheese, pickles, chicken, apples and rice cakes, and another day I had made cut up tomatoes, onions, cilantro and spinach with rice wine vinegar dressing and smoked oysters and cheese, (which is just one the easy low carb recipes I have under my belt). I actually began to have fun taking the time to pack for lunch/dinner. And I stuck to my regime! Now when this engagement is over, I will thank the stars above and make one of my favorites...mango and chicken salad with bleu cheese dressing. Hooray! And I make the chicken with this secret cumin spice mix that's really good with the mango. But I won't tell! You have to get the book to find out!

I am also about to release an additional cookbook with recipes that are oh-so-decadent but good. I also have a section that contains very tasty, flavorful and easy low fat recipes for those Days On. It should be released on the iPhone and other smart phones within 30 days and the book is called The $100 Diet Presents THE OFFICIAL "Come and Get It" Recipe Book. It'll be fabulous!

Anyhow, try the picnic route....it works when on the go and keeping to your "plans".

Cheers, and yes...thanks a lot

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Bike Ride

I ate the best food tonight! At the Palace Station they have an Oyster Bar called Oyster Bar. Ironic, eh? Anyhow, they are famed in town for the best seafood and gumbo in Vegas. I am not a gambler in this casino, as the vibe is not my bag. But I just went the Oyster Bar tonight (my honey took me) and it was to DIE for. Very heavy on the cream and the seafood was delightful. So, as you can guess, it was a Day Off....fitting for Memorial Day.

Afterward, I went for a bike ride around downtown Las Vegas with my sweetheart and my very good friend Mary Joy. Mary Joy is THE Fashionista of Very Vintage Vegas headed by Jack Levine, who knows a lot about vintage property in Las Vegas. We rode all over the place, and she assists me on my next property acquirements. My point is, after the heavy meal I ate at the Oyster Bar, even though I had exercised that day, I felt GREAT exercising again in a fun way by riding around on my bicycle for over an hour. And at night in Vegas, it's GORGEOUS. I can honestly say that the days can be painful with this kind of heat, but the nights are delicious and perfect to ride a bike everynight...after the sun goes down, of course.

Tuesday, as I have a private modeling function to go to at the Palms Casino and Resort, so I have to get more into the good girl mode....no more fun for me after tomorrow - but I will be making Memphis-style pork ribs with cold white bean and garlic tomato salad...you can find the recipe in my book if you are interested....

Cheers, and the best to everyone coming back from the Memorial Day weekend.

XOXO

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Ok - Today we are going to learn about TIKI Culture, Boys and Girls......

OK....anybody who's anybody knows what it means when something is referred to as Tiki, RIGHT?

Well, I guess not....but it is one of the stylistic things I like from the past and still enjoy today. I thought I would just give a bit of the history behind Tiki make you cats fall further in love with it and appreciate it all the more. Ready?

"Tiki exotica was introduced with Martin Denny's Waikiki nightclub combo cum jungle noises cover of Baxter's Quiet Village. Tiki rode a wave of popularity in the late 1950s and early 1960s marked by the entrance of Hawaii as the 50th state in 1959 and the introduction of Tiki hut bars and restaurants around the continental United States.

Soon came integration of the idea into music by artists like Les Baxter, Arthur Lyman, and Martin Denny, who blended the Tiki idea throughjazz augmented with Polynesian, Asian, and Latin instruments and "tropical" themes creating the Exotica genre. This music blended the elements of Afro-Cuban rhythms, unusual instrumentations, environmental sounds, and lush romantic themes from Hollywood movies, topped off with evocative titles like "Jaguar God", into a cultural hybrid native to nowhere.

Tiki exotica has enjoyed a resurgence in popularity, and Tiki mugs and torches that once collected dust in thrift stores are now hot items, largely because of their camp value."

See, now that wasn't so bad! It's always fun to learn! HA!

And I apologize for it being a few days, I was visiting family out of town and couldn't get the time to myself to write. But now I am back.

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Make-Over Weekend A Comin'

SO -

I am visiting my baby sister this weekend and we are going to have a pow-wow make-over weekend, complete with manicures, pedicures, hair treatments, skin exfoliation and the works. We do this every time we see each other and have alone time so we can look extra hot for our significant others. And we have a lot of laughs and a few cocktails. It's great.

I am saying this early so if anyone wants to make plans by the weekend and have nothing going on, this may be something to do! It's lots of fun and very relaxing. And it's a great time especially with your siblings, mother, aunt, whatever.

By the way, me and my significant other have been watching Bewitched on DVD the last couple of days and it's fantastic. Talk about fantasy and fun. Remember that show? I used to watch re-runs of it on Channel 13 in L.A. when I was a kid at my grandmother's house. I used to even watch it with my great grandmother back then. She lived well into her nineties eating her See's Candies and drinking iced coffee, vodka, cream and ice cubes at every happy hour. Funny.

My fourth album is picking up steam and I am spending time finishing that in the next couple months and I shall be performing in Vegas. So I have to stay trim and fit and FOXY. Which I will, of course.

One of my tracks from my EP is on an EMI Europe Comp selling in Greece right now. Yikes!

Rambling now, gotta get some sleep. Happy Thursday, Everybody!!!

Cheers,

RCJ

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Be a Pin Up for the Day (if you're visiting Cupertino!)

I found a great place in the Bay Area for those gals located up there and I was impressed with this modern day photographer's style. If you are interested in being photographed by someone that seems to care a great deal about the art of pin up and the overall look, you may want to give her a call.

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kelisiao@gmail.com

408-329-2511

Or if in my Hometown, I like these folks:

http://www.iconicpinups.com/

Say cheese.......

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Vintage 1949 Exercise and Health Video. Very Interesting......

I was reading in several fashion magazines all of these ways to save money in today's economy. They listed several methods, as everyone across the board is affected. But one in particular when it came to the topic of exercise caught my attention.

In the book The $100 Diet, I illustrate exercise plans that WORK without the cost of monthly fees at the gym or expensive exercise equipment. Funny, I experimented with several exercise routines and wrote the book before the economy took it's dive, so it's ironic that doing it how the book says actually makes more sense now more than ever! Ha!

Anyhow, I thought I would share with you cool cats this vintage video make in 1949 I found on YouTube.

EXERCISE AND HEALTH VIDEO - 1949

PLUS a friend told me that she downloads for FREE exercise videos to her computer every day and watches them and works out this way. I think this is the site:

http://www.women-workout-routines.com/free-workout-routines.html

Enjoy enjoy enjoy and I am continuing my search for all things free and retro for my readers so if you know of any hot tips, drop me a line!

I am preparing for my big "Day Off" tomorrow....I think something old -fashioned with chicken sounds nice.

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Retro Food Recipe - circa 1968

As I am a HUGE fan of food and yes, I am living in a previous era, I thought I would share a recipe that falls within the diet, even on your "Days On".

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Avocados with Prawns Recipe

INGREDIENTS

3 Ripe Avocados 1 1/2 oz (45g) Small Cooked & Peeled Prawns or White Crab Meat Lemon Juice Salt & Pepper For the sauce: 1 tsp Lemon Juice 2 tbsp Olive Oil 1/4 tsp Dijon Mustard Pinch of Salt Pinch of Pepper

3 tbsp Red Tomato Chutney 1 tsp Tabasco Sauce

METHOD

Halve the Avocados and place on six individual serving plates. Squeeze a dash of Lemon Juice over each one and sprinkle with freshly grounded Salt & Pepper. Set aside.

For the sauce: Put the Lemon Juice, Dijon Mustard and Salt into a bowl and beat together until the Salt has dissolved. Slowly pour in the Olive Oil, continually beating. Add the Pepper. Add the Red Tomato Chutney. Add the Tabasco Sauce. Beat a little more until thoroughly mixed.

To this mixture now add the Prawns or Crab. Combine well. Adjust seasoning if necessary.

Spoon a serving of this mixture into each Avocado.

Serves 6 as a Starter.

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Well, I say eat two on a bed of lettuce and that's no starter, that's dinner! Believe me, it will be very filling and the combination of avacado and seafood is devine!

For more oh-so-good-for-you recipes for your Days On or your Days Off, check out http://www.retrofoodrecipes.com/

Come and get it....

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