2009 Red Carpet Face Off

It's that time of the year again, when the stars model their carefully chosen looks on the mother of all red carpets, this time also providing us much needed respite from all the gloomy financial headlines. You can follow my full story here (in Portuguese)...

...or, check out some highlights:

The Gorgeous "Grace" Winslet

The Queen Bee
(and my "I-wish-I had-this-gown" gown)

The bad girl gone good

The Architectural Masterpiece

The Jaipur Jewel

The Haute Couture Victim

The Goth Bride

Splash!

Sources: E online, Oscar.com, Handbag

Winter pret-a-por-tea

Form and substance:
matcha tea & mochi (yummy Japanese rice cake) at Minamoto Kitchoan

Two shades of green:
matcha and green icing chocolate cupcake at home

Two shades of yellow:
Lime cupcake and a pot of English Breakfast tea
from the Primrose Bakery

Londongrad melts

I realize I have only been posting picspams of late but there I was... Golders' Hill, a beautiful Wednesday morning, a not-too-shabby phone camera and hoping it was not too late to capture traces of the freaky weather:

Here's to a taste of Siberia

Frostbitten girl versus...

...Eskimo girl