It’s been a minute since our last icebreaker session and there are a lot of new faces around here! (If you’re new here, welcome! A little background on myself and Magpie here!). Please (!) respond in the comments. I absolutely treasure your replies, and have been the beneficiary of much wisdom and insight thanks to them. I also — still — think about the Magpie who shared that she accidentally drank gasoline in response to one of these prompts a few months ago. OMG.
- Have you ever been told you look like somebody famous? Who?
- If you were a season (spring, summer, fall, winter), which would you be?
- Best celebrity run-in?
- If you could re-name yourself, what would it be?
- Things you would always request in a green room if you were famous.
- Favorite ice cream flavor.
- Manicure preference.
- Ideal breakfast.
- Celebrity crush.
I’ll go first —
- Jennifer Love Hewitt, when I was in college. Major compliment; still basking in its glow. To keep it real: my sisters have also never let me forget that I was likened to Jena Malone when I was younger. She is gorgeous but at the time she was known for her role in Stepmom and she had some aggressive bangs…
- Spring — I am a hopeful person, and I love the palette. I’m also much better at beginnings than endings.
- I’ve crossed paths with a few, but the most meaningful was meeting Caroline Kennedy. I was also once stuck in an elevator with Madeleine Albright (she is tiny IRL) and snapped at Ellie Kemper when I was leaving Mass at a Church we both attended on the UWS (“in or out?” I asked, while trying to wheel my daughter out in her stroller).
- Something long/multi-syllable like Jennifer but more unique. Jennifer was the most popular baby name in 1984, the year I was born, and I have always been one of about 32 Jennifers in every class, context, friend group, etc I’ve ever been in. Then again, Jennifer is an old family name — I even inherited a set of silver with the name JENNIE engraved on it, which is rather unusual since most silver bears a monogram. I love that connection to family roots! All in, I probably wouldn’t change if given some alternative universe opportunity. What’s meant to be is meant to be.
- My husband. If the sky’s the limit, I wouldn’t mind good, cold champagne and salty snacks (chips, crackers, marcona almonds, olives).
- Chocolate peanut butter. This is the strangest thing, but as I have gotten older, I have liked sweet things less and less, with the exception of chocolate. I didn’t even like chocolate much until my 30s. Now, if there is an ice cream flavor combining peanut butter and chocolate, I just can’t get enough.
- Very short, very red (usually OPI’s Big Apple Red or Essie’s Really Red).
- Brioche sucree, latte with oat milk, mango.
- Young Robert Redford and Penelope Cruz.
Your turn! Please respond in the comments!
Post-Scripts.
+Icebreakers partie I and partie II.
+Getting to know you and getting to know you better.
+Admittedly boring things made great by design.
+Things I loved about living in NYC.
+On achieving “flow.”
Shopping Break.
+Has anyone tried these resurfacing pads? I keep hearing about them. Curious…
+FYI – some great furniture temporarily marked down at S&L, including these bedside tables.
+Another great Marysia-inspired suit for under $100.
+This combo knit dress is v. chic in a timeless, Twiggy-in-the-60s kind of way.
+Love this little LSF-inspired dress.
+This Horror Vacui top is fab.
+I usually find Outdoor Voices ultra-restricting but I’m intrigued (and love the style of) this longline bra.
+Perfect coming-home-from-hospital dress — reasonably-priced (therefore not devastating if it gets spit up on or whatever), accommodates nursing, loose fit.
+Mango has some cute new items for little ones, including this simple sweatshirt in a great blue shade, these spring leggings, and this diaper set.
+Mini nap dress vibes for under $40.
+Pretty spring scarf.
+My favorite tees in the prettiest new spring colors.
+These Missoni pillows are just joyful.
+Adore this red gingham dress! I have a similar one from last summer. So chic!
+OMG THESE GOLD GLITTER SNEAKS FOR A LITTLE!
+Ultra-random but these clip-on gutter lights are kind of brilliant.
+Sweet garland.
+Adore these pajamas.