Awkwardly Social

I’m sure you all remember at the beginning of the pandemic, during lockdown when people began to bake. Yeast was in short supply or just completely missing from shelves so folks began their sourdough gloop. I am not one to bandwagon in the kitchen, so I opted out on baking. For one, it seemed hard. For two, I was not in any mental place to fail at MORE things.

Cut to a few weeks ago, I was looking at my goal of trying 12 new recipes this year. I was perusing the internet as one does and saw a No Knead Dutch Oven Bread recipe that seemed… simple. Particularly because yeast is readily available (no need to do a science experiment!).

So I bought a Dutch oven, I bought some yeast and gave it a go!

Below we have the dough looking a little too dry. (I added about four tablespoons more water and it became the right amount of stickiness.)

Here she is rising like the superstar she is!

OMG, if baking is this easy, SIGN ME UP.

A LOAF OF BREAD. MAGIC. AM I A WITCH?

Breakfast this morning was HOMEMADE BREAD, a fried egg with everything but the bagel seasoning and a little chili garlic paste to dip into. DELICIOUS.

I have not written a thing on this site for almost a year! I write a lot of pithy little things on twitter. But hey, why not write some pithy little things here.

One of those things was a call for earring recommendations. I got my ears re-pierced… 4? 5? years ago and wore the flat backed boring studs only switching them out for a pretty pair of pearl drop earrings S gave me for Christmas if we were going out to dinner. Then he bought me another pretty pair from The Real Real and now I have two pairs! I hated putting the flat backed earrings back on. It is impossibly hard. I finally got some closed hoop earrings and I keep them in my ears 24/7.

Anyway, I put a call out on twitter for nice earrings and boy did folks deliver! (I have an Amazon affiliate account, so Amazon links are affiliate. I… have never made more than like $8 a year with that, so don’t worry, I am not an influencer.)

Here are some of the suggestions:

$0 – $50

Allie Kay – Multi Mini Stone ($20) (These are very cute, but I might not currently have the art teacher vibe going on in my closet to pull them off.)

Kate Spade – NY Women’s Heritage Heart Studs ($36) (Oh, these are just so pretty.)

Amazon – Comfy Earrings ($25) (If I didn’t have such a Hate Hate relationship with flat back earrings, I would probably buy a pair of these!)

J. Crew – Crystal Climber Earrings ($36) (These are in my cart and J. Crew tells me I better buy them soon or they will be sold out! Which is probably a trick, but I probably will buy these tonight.)

Wolf & Badger – Balloon Poodle Threader Earrings ($40) (Are you fun, but also cool? These are great.)

MXM Jewelry (Etsy) – Handfolded Sterling Silver Pinwheel Earrings W/Long Post ($45) (Oh these are so sweet. Jenny sent me to their shop and the paper airplanes are amazing too.) (I will probably buy these today too.)

Uncommon James – Girlboss Earrings ($46) (As Kathleen says, unfortunate name, but fantastic earrings.) (Go be a BOSS boss, not a girl boss, when you wear these to your zoom meeting.)

Ana Luisa – Onda Mini ($46) (Kathleen actually sent me to this page which has so many great earrings, but I narrowed it to these as my faves)

$51-$100

Baleen – Dipped Tulip Hoops – Mint ($56) (I can’t decide if I like the Mint or the Cobalt better but these are so simple but striking)

J Kiss Life Jewelry (Etsy) – Olive Branch Dainty Stud Earrings ($59) (Don’t we all love a “dainty stud”?)

Glass Berries (Etsy) – Glass Pumpkin Earrings ($61) (This caused a bit of a kerfuffle on twitter, but they ARE cute if you need a theme earring)

Cat Bird NYC – Ear Cuff ($78 – for one) (As Jenny and Kate described this – the perfect way to be cool if you’re 42 and don’t want to pierce your cartilage)

Loren Hope – Austin Studs ($88) (I really want something like this.)

Clare V – Layered Stone Statement earrings ($95) (I like these because they look like they could be estate jewelry, but they are only $95)

Wolf & Badger – Solid X Pave Safety Pin Earring ($60) (Gold and rose gold also available.) (Remember when you would put safety pins through the top layer of your skin to look bad ass? Just me? Nevermind.)

Amazon – Long Ass Name for an Earring That is Essentially a CZ Stud ($69) (Nice) (These are great, I need some sparkly studs)

Wanda Jewelry (Etsy) – Vintage 14K Solid Yellow Gold Bee Stud Earrings ($92) (I had a pair of earrings like these, but I cannot find them now)

Amazon – Needlessly Long SEO Amazon name for Pearl Drop earrings ($95) (If one of my three pairs of fancy earrings wasn’t pair of pearl drop earrings these would be on my list)

$101 – $300

Adita Gold – 14K Gold Garnet Drop Earrings ($115) (This was my suggestion. I love GARNETS.)

Polamai (Etsy) – Blue Sapphire Hoop Earrings ($142) (If I weren’t such a garnet stan, I would like a pair of these.)

Mejuri – Pavé Diamonds Long Bar Studs ($250) (These are gorgeous, simple but sparkly.)

Rhea Noa Jewelry (Etsy) – 14k Gold Diamond Huggies ($217) (Can you have too many diamond huggie earrings?)

$301 – $500

Tilda Beihn – Mini Lumen Drops ($460 for a pair) (If you are very fashionable, I bet you could just buy one and be cool with your cool mismatched earrings, but I am elderly and not able to pull that off)

Stones and Gold (Etsy) – Opal Huggie Earrings ($386) (These are gorgeous.)

$501 – Your Husband Died Under Mysterious Circumstances But His Will Was Airtight and the Insurance was Current

Swati Arts Creations (Etsy) – Natural Sapphire and Diamonds Earrings ($546) (A bit out of my budget AND they aren’t garnet, but so pretty.)

Lindsey Leigh – Graduated Diamond Huggies ($1,145) (You might already know that ‘huggies’ are hoops that hug your ears. I did not. I am now a cool mom, not a regular mom.)

White Bird – Anaconda Rosary 5 Momo tourmaline earrings ($750 Euros)

Estate Diamond Jewelry – Batley Earrings ($5300) (Oh, you have a jewelry safe. You have galas to attend. You are a woman about town.)

Estate Diamond Jewelry – Canonsburg Earrings ($78,000) (Look, you are a widow under mysterious circumstances, but that should not stop you from looking nice.)

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For those of you unfamiliar with the infertility parlance, let me introduce you to the 2ww, or in normal English, the two week wait.

I am 5dp5dt, five days past a five day transfer. I take a pregnancy test at the doctor’s office on the 30th. I would much rather never know if I am pregnant or not, just ignorantly go along with my life and nine months from now look down at my body and say either, well, that worked, or it didn’t.  Instead of waiting anxiously for my notoriously delayed results from the lab on a Sunday morning, ready either to get to drinking and sexing or to start my next 2ww while we hope and pray this time we’ll at least see a heartbeat.  It’s a mugs game. And I want no part in it.  I’d rather know today, or not at all.  Since that isn’t a possibility, I have been doing some ‘therapy,’ which has included watching a lot of Parenthood on Netflix streaming.  Believe me, I understand what may or may not be the irony or the premonition of doing this.  There was nothing else streaming that I was interested in.  It has nothing to do with me wanting to be a parent.  Or DOES IT?

I like the story, the characters are mostly believable, and the necklaces, oh you guys, the NECKLACES! I must have each and everyone of them.  But my research has come up short.  Its seems Zoe Chicco has done a couple of pieces for them, but the others I cannot find.  My internet searching abilities have come up dry.  So, here’s where you gaze upon the necklaces from Parenthood, and call your dear friends in the wardrobe department at Parenthood and get their sources and report back to me.  What’s that?  You aren’t friends with anyone in the wardrobe department at Parenthood?  Well, now is the perfect time to strike up that relationship, isn’t it.  Do it for me!  Do it for all of our pretty but bare necks who are calling out for pretty dainty gold necklaces. Laura Goldsmith, costume designer for season 1, CALL ME!

So, without further ado, I present you with several screen grabs from Season 1 and Season 2.
This is Haddie, played by Sarah Ramos, she is the oldest (and only) daughter of Peter Krause and Monica Potter. She is maybe my favorite character. MAYBE. And this is not her “signature necklace” but I love it. I love it so much. It’s so simple, but SO IMPOSSIBLE TO FIND.

This is her signature necklace. It is probably something I wouldn’t wear, but it was the one necklace I found that I had a screen grab for that I found online. It goes for a cool $352 at Zoe Chicco.

This is Gabby, played by Minka Kelly, she is Peter Krause and Monica Potter’s autistic (Asperger’s) son’s behavioral therapist. (Believable in this roll? Um, I don’t know, but she sure is pretty!) And I love this necklace.

Oh, and this one too!

Then there is Kristina, played by Monica Potter, I think she comes in a close second to Lauren Graham in the best necklace department.  Here are a few of my favorites.

This first one looks suspiciously like the one Haddie is wearing in the first photo, which is believable, because if my mom had an awesome necklace like this I would have worn it, too. (Haddie is Kristina’s daughter. KEEP UP!)

This is Christina’s “Date Night” look, which is Season 2, and a little over the top, but I think with a simple black tank and a soft leather jacket these layered silver necklaces would look boss.

Yet another disk suspended from a chain. Why do I love this look so much? Why won’t my internet searches provide me with links. I’ve got money to spend here lady!

My least favorite character is Julia, played by Erika Christensen, maybe because I see the most of myself in her. Her necklaces are also not my favorites on the show, they seem a little too corporate, or something.  Which fits her character! So kudos, once again costume department.

Here is my favorite of her looks.  I love two necklaces together, one long, one not, but I don’t seem to have any necklaces in my jewelry box that would work this way.

This one is also really pretty, so simple.

And finally there is this one, it also appears to be two necklaces worn together. I mean, seriously, they could do an episode on the untangling of necklaces in the Braverman women’s jewelry boxes. They have so many!

This is Sarah, played by Lauren Graham, she is the fuck up sister and the one I find most endearing (I just love me some Lauren Graham), yet also wonder the most about her parenting skills. This necklace is seen in a couple of scenes, and I love that it has two charms on it.

Here it is again, but this time the other charm is in front.

This is my favorite of her necklaces. It has three charms on it. If you tell me you hate it, you are no longer my friend.

This big chunky butterfly cutout necklace is also a favorite. It think this would be hard for me to pull off, but I am willing to try if someone would just find me the damned link!

Here are random disk necklaces, that might be the same one, but they all sort of look different, so… I say this necklace, if someone would find it for me, would be a perfect necklace, because it would always look slightly different. Try searching “hammered gold disk necklace” and you will shoot yourself, just like I almost did.

 

Oh, here is one more! Are you sick of this yet?

Craig T. Nelson (Papa Braverman) is!

In fact, it has driven him to drink!

Or maybe it’s because Mama Braverman is always asking him to untangle her necklaces…

So, go forth and find me some necklaces! Or, the phone number for the Parenthood wardrobe department. I MUST know their sources.

UPDATE: Eee! Pinterest saves the day! (Well, at least part of it.) Lauren Graham and Erika Christensen are pictured here on Maya Brenner Design’s website! So, at least two of the pretty necklaces are tracked down.  And yes, that did make my day.

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