AUG
2007
06

Readings from the Book of Hasselhoff

Manolo says, daily readings from Don’t Hassel the Hoff. Today, page 186.

My whole family were extremely proud when I was awarded a star on the Hollywood Walk of Fame. Professionally, however, I felt as though I would be running down the beach in slow motion for the rest of my life. My music career hadn’t taken off in the USA as I had hoped. My fourth album, Is Everybody Happy?, had been released in Europe to big sales, but the American market was still out of reach. My movie career had stalled. i said to Jan McCormack, ‘The only way I’m going to get good reviews is if I play a bad guy.’ She found me a role as a murderer in Avalanche, a TV thriller filmed in Canada. I had internalized all of the bad reviews of Baywatch and used them in my character. It felt so good to let it out in a positive way.

The word of the Hoff!

Kate Spade for the Monday Morning

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Manolo says, the fall is coming, and it is time to prepare with shoes such as this simple, suede, sling-back peep-toe pump the Kate Spade. Not only is it elegant, but the Manolo thinks it is very smart in these two rich colors, the ruby and the navy.

Manolo’s Week in Review

Manolo says, here are the best of the Manolo blogs from the previous week.

Princess Plumcake

I don’t French kiss inanimate objects, it’s just a personal policy. Sure I might get a little snuggly with some flats at a traffic light, and okay if there’s a guy you know who’s in a coma but has a hospital wing named after his family, let me know, but otherwise the rule remains: no pulse, no pucker. That’s just the way I roll.

Francesca

Often we get stuck buying clothes in the same shapes and styles for years and years, not realizing that the passage of time and changes in our bodies, tastes, and shopping opportunities have opened new vistas.

Isidore Gallant

Izzy knows what French President Nicholas Sarkozy (who has quite the narrow lapel, by the way) is thinking: Is that a botched perm?

Never the Bride

You know, there weren’t enough guns involved in the ceremony or reception if you ask me. What’s the point of gettin’ all done up in reedy camo if you can’t plug holes in a few duckies?

AUG
2007
05

Readings from the Book of Hasselhoff

Manolo says, daily affirmation from Don’t Hassel the Hoff. Today’s reading is from page 81.

I had been in South Africa for only twenty-four hours when I noticed that black South Africans would always shake my hand in such a way as to show they had no weapons up their sleeve. I walked onto a segregated bus, even though people warned me not to. I said to myself, “Hasselhoff can’t board that bus, but Michael Knight can!” To the consternation of the security guards, I boarded the bus. Every passenger was black and they began hugging and kissing me; everyone wanted to shake my hand.

The word of the Hoff!

AUG
2007
03

Manolo the Columnist

Manolo says, here is the Manolo’s latest column for the Express of the Washington Post.


Dear Manolo,

My husband tells me that we must attend an important business dinner later this month. My problem is that I’m seven months pregnant, my feet have swollen beyond all measure, and I’ve developed “cankles”. I’m desperate. Please help.

Trudy

Manolo says, the Manolo can only imagine how terrible it must be to be the pregnant woman suffering through the concentrated misery that is the Washington August; the heat, the humidity, the knowledge that the congress peoples will eventually return from their summer vacations. Ayyyyyy!

Worse, the Manolo has noticed that many well-intentioned people now mistakenly believe that the proper way to greet the pregnant lady is with the words “My God, you’ve gotten as big as the house!”

Such rude people should be gently chided and corrected, perhaps with the speeding Metro bus.

And so the Manolo, sympathizes with his pregnant lady friends, and devoutly wishes that he were rich enough to hire air-conditioned sedan chairs for all of them, so that they might be transported from place to place in style.

Look here is the Slipper by Stuart Weitzman, the simple, elegant point-toed flat, the shoe which will be comfortable without calling undue attention to your temporary problem areas.

Slipper by Stuart Weitzman    Manolo Likes!  Click!

AUG
2007
02

Readings from the Book of Hasselhoff

Manolo says, while obsessively reading and rereading the David Hasselhoff’s masterful autobiography, Don’t Hassel the Hoff, the Manolo came to the realization that one could open the book to any random page and find the incredibly entertaining anecdote.

Here then, in proof of this, is the first in what will become the on-going feature, “Readings from the Book of Hasselhoff.”

This created difficulties because we still had to work together. The day after the break-up I had to film a love scene with her in which Casey tries to seduce Snapper, even though she knows he’s married and faithful to his wife. It was very disconcerting. I was waiting for the ultimate slap – I knew it was coming and I knew I deserved it. When I rejected her advances in the scene, she let rip with an almighty whack that rattled my brains. Then she stormed off the set.

The director came up, concerned. “That wasn’t in the script”

“It’s okay—don’t ask.”

I was lucky to get out of it with a slap.

The word of the Hoff!

AUG
2007
02

Whose Shoes Wednesday…Pam Anderson!

Manolo asked, whose shoes?

Pamela Anderson wearing the Uggs

Manolo answers, the Pamela Anderson!

Congratulation to the Manolo’s super fantastic internet friend Long Island who was the first and one of the very few to properly identify the celebrity wearing these shoes.

No Thank You, Please

Manolo says, here is the most depressing story of the week.

Clearly a little run-in with the law isn’t slowing down the Paris Hilton licensing machine. As if sportswear, watches, handbags and fragrances weren’t enough, Hilton now is launching an eponymous line of high-end footwear. “My goal is to create a stylish and fun fashion line from head to toe,” said Hilton in a statement from Antebi Group, a footwear manufacturing company based in New York, which is producing the shoes. “Antebi Group really understand my vision for this line as well as the needs for the fashion-forward young woman.” Platforms, stilettos, wedges and other signature Hilton styles will hit stores early next year.

Once again, the Manolo deplores the whole business of the celebrity “designers”.

Whose Shoes Wednesday

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Manolo asks, whose shoes?