No matter how many times I remind myself it’s a...
Dec 2nd
Meghan sent me this site - LivePerson.com - to check out. I...
Dec 2nd
OMG how adorable is my grandmother?!?? She was wearing the...
Dec 2nd
The Toronto Star: Nothing is off-limits in a...
Dec 1st
Nothing like a Facebook missive like this to brighten your...
Dec 1st
jordanreid:
A Special Offer for NS Readers…
Since the...
Dec 1st
If you were wondering, “Is Julia the kind of person...
Dec 1st
I just went outside for the first time in four days....
Dec 1st
Xmas 1986: fixing little brother Britt’s footed PJs
...
Dec 1st
Listen
Mannheim Steamroller - The First Noel
May your holiday season be filled with so much love …...
Dec 1st
“Don’t ever say you CAN’T live a life you want to...”
Dec 1st
My dad - who is nocturnal (clearly runs in the family) -...
Dec 1st
Me: A twenty-five year old in your father's generation was an adult. A twenty-five year old in my generation is a zygote.
Dad: And that, my friend, is the ugly truth.
Dad: And that, my friend, is the ugly truth.
Dec 1st
Rachel just stopped by with my Christmas presents before she...
Dec 1st
It’s Monday night and you know what that means …...
Dec 1st
Back to brunette with the profile pic! And this one, taken...
Dec 1st
“To avoid criticism, do nothing, say nothing, and be nothing.”
— Elbert Hubbard
— Elbert Hubbard
Dec 1st
What’s that on the back of the paper!?!?
(I have an...
Dec 1st
Dad reading the Chicago Tribune today … and lo and...
Dec 1st
Oh, the life of a dog.
Dec 1st
How I Afford to Travel So Goddamn Much
Money is something I’ve always been really open about, mainly because A) I like being open...
Dec 1st
The pink puff hat Jordan wants me to buy. (I sort of wish it...
Nov 30th
FYI to my readers!
Hello there! I wanted to address the new FTC blogger disclosure laws, coming into effect tomorrow,...
Nov 30th
Just nabbed these over-the-knee boots from … errr...
Nov 30th
Watch
My mom played this for me, and it made me all teary. (Like you’re surprised??)
Nov 30th
Me: Isn’t this bag adorable? Mom: I think bags are...
Nov 30th
Jordan! Check this out :)
Nov 30th
Joey Lekas responds to the vivid portrait of My Very First...
Nov 30th
More Joey Lekas. See? I’M A NORMAL DATE,...
Nov 30th
“A study in the January-February 2009 issue of the journal...”
— NY Times: Health Care Savings...
— NY Times: Health Care Savings...
Nov 30th
Let me ask the print advertising community (or the people...
Nov 30th
It’s so strange to wake up to actual print newspapers...
Nov 30th
My mom made tiny pumpkin custards tonight!! Despite my still...
Nov 30th
Nov 30th
Watch
10 Year H.S. Reunion video that is absolutely worthless ;)
Nov 30th
With Miss Via Osgood, my best friend from high school (who -...
Nov 30th
Dad: What's his name again?
Me: Daddd! Joey Lekas!
Dad: Don't remember him.
Mom: I remember my first date! He's dead.
Me: Well, this conversation has taken a rapid turn to the morbid.
Me: Daddd! Joey Lekas!
Dad: Don't remember him.
Mom: I remember my first date! He's dead.
Me: Well, this conversation has taken a rapid turn to the morbid.
Nov 29th
THIS GUY is Joey Lekas, whom I hadn’t seen in a solid...
Nov 29th
With Miss Billow.
Nov 29th
As if to prove just how small this crazy world of ours is,...
Nov 29th
With two of my best hs girlfriends - Rachel & Molly.
...
Nov 29th
It took everything I had to get through the evening on those...
Nov 29th
Exhausted at the end of the night with Via.
Nov 29th
Little Known JA Fact: I was on the Syncronized Swim Team my...
Nov 28th
Prom 1996 - technically only upperclassmen are able to go to...
Nov 28th
Senior Prom, baby
PS. This gown is still hanging in my...
Nov 28th
This is where I’ve stayed all day, curled up in a...
Nov 28th
Reunion Sick 1/3
Nov 28th
Reunion Sick 2/3
Nov 28th
Reunion Sick 3/3
Nov 28th
This is my view, but it’s hard to enjoy, as I have the...
Nov 27th
My friends hired a male stripper for my 22nd bday, then...
Nov 27th
Après Thanksgiving stupor (photo credit: Momsers)
Nov 27th
“I want more turkey!” - Langdon
Nov 27th
Watch
Chef Momsers, after the feast
Nov 27th
HAPPY THANKSGIVING!!!
Nov 27th
Me: So is it pumpkin custard time?
Mom: Yes!
Dad: How about that whipped cream I didn't make?
Mom: HA.
Dad: Just pour milk on it.
Me: Gross.
Mom: Gross.
Dad: I always do that.
Me: What?!
Mom: No you don't.
Me (to Mom): He's probably thinking of something else.
Dad: No he's not!
Mom: Yes!
Dad: How about that whipped cream I didn't make?
Mom: HA.
Dad: Just pour milk on it.
Me: Gross.
Mom: Gross.
Dad: I always do that.
Me: What?!
Mom: No you don't.
Me (to Mom): He's probably thinking of something else.
Dad: No he's not!
Nov 27th
I just pretended to carve the turkey.
Nov 27th
My momsers, who made me catfish because I don’t eat...
Nov 27th
My dad, carving the organic free-range Whole Foods turkey.
...
Nov 27th
A pescatarian thanksgiving (catfish with roasted walnut oil...
Nov 26th
We set a place for Elijah ;) hahah
Nov 26th
TURKEY! (although mom made me catfish)
Nov 26th
Mark & mom before Thanksgiving dinner
Nov 26th
jordanreid:
In Kendrick’s parents’ backyard. I LOVE rope...
Nov 26th
Spotted on my Dad’s office side table. Ha! His review,...
Nov 26th
“Muffins are for people who don’t have the balls to eat...”
— reader Stacy Lindsay
— reader Stacy Lindsay
Nov 26th
meghanasha:
In SF this evening with my favorite ladies in...
Nov 26th
Reading material for my flight home. I know it’s dorky...
Nov 26th
At SFO now - where there were no lines either to check in or...
Nov 26th
On the way to SFO to check in for my flight home for...
Nov 26th
Brunch at Hobee’s with Randi!
Nov 25th
Sugar pit stop at Kara’s Cupcakes in Palo Alto!
Nov 25th
“Vanilla & chocolate”
(Meghan, Randi &...
Nov 25th
Help!! We’ve spent that last three weeks frantically...
Nov 25th
Me: I miss my dog.
Meghan: I miss my cat.
Me: No you don't. You hate your cat.
Meghan: Yeah, he's an asshole.
Meghan: I miss my cat.
Me: No you don't. You hate your cat.
Meghan: Yeah, he's an asshole.
Nov 24th
There’s just something about SF public transport that...
Nov 24th
One of my favorite words. Use it in a sentence today!
Nov 24th
Good morning!
Nov 24th
Guess who’s taking the train into SF?
Nov 24th
At The Farm in Bev Hills with Meghan after our meetings...
Nov 23rd
With the adorable (and so sweet) Ashley Hartman, on the...
Nov 23rd
Please note the bear in the background. Alrighty then.
Nov 23rd
Actually driving the Ferrari. I’m not gonna lie, it...
Nov 23rd
Finished product
Nov 23rd
Nov 23rd
Getting my makeup did ;)
Nov 23rd
Oh yes, THAT would be a Ferrari.
Nov 23rd
Oh, King’s Road Cafe. You never let me down!
Nov 22nd
Just a little Sunday morning mountain climbing ;) okay,...
Nov 22nd
I’m not gonna lie - Meghan booked it up that mountain...
Nov 22nd
With my hiking partner, Miss Megs
Nov 22nd
Top of Runyon Canyon!!
Nov 22nd
We arrived!!
Nov 22nd
HURRAY! My bag actually made it on the flight, despite me...
Nov 22nd
The books I’m lugging along with me on my trip(s)
Nov 21st
“I have spent half my life trying to get away from...”
— Hunter S. Thompson, in...
— Hunter S. Thompson, in...
Nov 21st
david:
Patrick Moberg
Nov 21st
In Central Park near The Met. Yes, we’ve been wearing...
Nov 20th
Nov 20th
Nov 20th
Where we are right now
Nov 20th
Nov 20th
On the train
Nov 20th
Watch
I’ve been autotuned: my life is now complete.
(The original commercials, from which the...
Nov 20th
Watch
SONY tv spot #2
Nov 20th
Watch
SONY tv spot #1
Nov 20th
Hi you guys.
I’m MIA due to something Jordan, Megan & I are working on. I’ll be back Friday...
Nov 20th
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tmiweekly:
First Dates: Top Red Flags that Your Date Stinks
Nov 20th
The running joke of My Undatebility as evidenced by my...
Nov 19th
Napping in the van
Nov 19th
Where we are today
Nov 19th
My body is indescribably happy at this moment. Particularly...
Nov 19th
Watch
Now this - THIS, my friends - is the way to propose.
WOW.
Nov 19th
Er … Oops?
PS. That would be Jimmy Choo for H&M,...
Nov 19th
Colored cords at the GAP. How I wish I were the type of girl...
Nov 18th
Walking home, I stopped at the Fifth Avenue GAP to pick up a...
Nov 18th
Aww
Nov 18th
Guess where we are!
Nov 18th
With Jordan today
Nov 18th
With Jordan & Megs
Nov 18th
It occurs to me that I may, in fact, be a hoarder …
...
Nov 17th
I found my perfect winter coat - although, yes, it’s...
Nov 17th
Wearing what may well be my favorite sweater, ever (which I...
Nov 17th
Gettin my meeting on at IAC.
Nov 17th
With Miss Rachel Sklar at the beginning of the evening, at...
Nov 17th
My manager Steven Grossman, with a few of his clients...
Nov 17th
Posing with Miss Jay
Head to Toe: - Chloe & Reese dress...
Nov 17th
Me, in no makeup and no heels, getting fitted at Chloe &...
Nov 16th
At my beloved Laser Hair Removal place on Madison &...
Nov 16th
Friend: I met an astronaut at my Halloween party.
Me: OMG, an ASTRONAUT?!?! Shut UP. Oh, god. I've always wanted to date an astronaut.
Friend: Yeah! ... wait. No! He was DRESSED as an astronaut. For Halloween.
Me: Ohhhhh. Well. Eh.
Me: OMG, an ASTRONAUT?!?! Shut UP. Oh, god. I've always wanted to date an astronaut.
Friend: Yeah! ... wait. No! He was DRESSED as an astronaut. For Halloween.
Me: Ohhhhh. Well. Eh.
Nov 16th
Ever since I discovered Iris Nails - thanks Yelp! - I...
Nov 16th
Oh, the cliche of it all!
With the holidays approaching, I think this post bears repeating: ———— I...
Nov 15th
Sunday morning cappuccino run.
Nov 15th
Up and working on a Sunday morning. It’s just wrong.
Nov 15th
Watch
Do *YOU* have what it takes to become America’s. Next. Top. Art. Critic??
(PS. This was done...
Nov 14th
Listen
Colbie Caillat is singing me to sleep tonight
Nov 14th
HOME, walked the Lillydog, played fetch with her, posted...
Nov 14th
With my girls, in the rain, ending the night in the Lower...
Nov 14th
The birthday girl herself, talented EMMY WINNING on-air...
Nov 14th
With two of my best college girl friends, Kristin & Alex...
Nov 14th
With Kristin & Alex at Back Room
Nov 14th
A three hour dinner date, followed by hot chocolate (er, two...
Nov 14th
Trying something a little different with my hair this...
Nov 14th
“You can certainly medicate yourself regularly with...”
— Dr. Weil, “8 Weeks to...
— Dr. Weil, “8 Weeks to...
Nov 14th
Which one is the stuffed animal?!
Nov 13th
I am leaning strongly towards purchasing these over-the-knee...
Nov 13th
Before SantaCon last year, with Snowball the Reindog.
This...
Nov 13th
Oh hellllllls yes, it’s almost THAT TIME OF YEAR. ...
Nov 13th
Nov 13th
FIVE TIPS TO COMBAT INSOMNIA
Nov 13th
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Quick goodnight video from me.
Excuse the heavy makeup. That was for the mockumentary shoot I did...
Nov 13th
Dinner at Marfa in the East Village with The Brilliant &...
Nov 13th
I left her travel bag on the floor and look what I found...
Nov 13th
Final(ish) word on the Weight subject
From a reader: It should also be totally legit if you truly do want to lose 10lbs. There’s...
Nov 12th
The New York Public Library, summer 2009
Photo by Pickett...
Nov 12th
Walking down the steps of the New York Public Library
Nov 12th
Outside the New York Library, on the steps, summer 2009
Nov 12th
The New York Public Library, summer 2009
Photo by Pickett...
Nov 12th
Someone just wrote me an email about the “I’m...
Nov 12th
Watch
tmiweekly:
First Date Style
Nov 12th
I'm sorry.
So … I wasn’t going to write this tonight, namely because it’s so important, and...
Nov 12th
Reader Email: "I have spent the majority...
From: Jessica Date: November 10, 2009 3:33:32 PM EST To: julia@nonsociety.com Subject: a chance...
Nov 12th
Reader Email: "Imagine what I could...
From: Laura Date: November 10, 2009 3:40:16 PM EST To: Julia Allison...
Nov 12th
Reader Email: "Feeling guilty about food...
From: [redacted] Date: November 10, 2009 3:51:12 PM EST To: julia@nonsociety.com Subject: About...
Nov 12th
Reader Email: "This book has provided me...
From: Anne Date: November 10, 2009 4:07:36 PM EST To: julia@nonsociety.com Subject: re: stupid...
Nov 12th
Ah-ha!! I have found one! Although it’s not quite as...
Nov 12th
Anyone who has read this website for more than a year knows...
Nov 12th
At Big Daddy Diner on the Upper East Side
Nov 11th
Nov 11th
Blind Date: PROM NIGHT
Nov 11th
So, Prom King’s best friend “J” and I have...
Nov 11th
Nov 11th
At the final stop on our New York Tasting Tour: Bond...
Nov 11th
The RIDICULOUSLY DELICIOUS CUPCAKES Prom King brought for me...
Nov 11th
PROM NIGHT!!!
(This photo taken while sticking head out of...
Nov 11th
Singing out of the stretch limo’s sunroof on my Prom...
Nov 11th
He actually MADE A PROM MIX for us to listen to in the...
Nov 11th
Reader Email: "Do it because you want to...
From: Shanna Date: November 10, 2009 5:55:13 PM EST To: Julia Allison...
Nov 10th
Filming one of my individual SONY spots … I have to...
Nov 10th
I’ve never been as nervous in my life as I was when I...
Nov 10th
More behind the scenes at the SONY shoot. They were...
Nov 10th
At the SONY shoot, last June.
I’ve been told my SONY...
Nov 10th
Stupid Weight.
So, as many of you regular readers know, I’ve struggled with a godforsaken ten extra pounds...
Nov 10th
I saw this word in a NYT article tonight, and I want...
Nov 10th
“Why do I write? It’s not that I want people to think I...”
— Jonathan Safran Foer
— Jonathan Safran Foer
Nov 10th
Watch
JSF reminds me a bit of Hipster Lawyer, a bit of Dan.
He is the type of man - not his profession,...
Nov 10th
'Eating Animals' by Jonathan Safran Foer
Nov 10th
Nov 10th
“Games are … well, partly because people are assholes...”
— Dan
— Dan
Nov 10th
Gorgeous
Nov 10th
Several ladies have asked me about my makeup routine, which...
Nov 10th
TV Makeup #1
Nov 10th
TV Makeup #2
Nov 10th
TV Makeup #3
Nov 10th
This is a fairly full face of makeup.
Then again, it was...
Nov 10th
Megan: How'd you become friends with David Karp, anyway?
Me: Oh [sighs] ... through Jakob.
Megan: Oh.
[pause]
Megan: Wait, did you sleep with David Karp?
Me: [chokes on food] WHAT?! Oh, god no. No. Nononono. NO.
Megan: Oh, okay.
Me: That would be like sleeping with my brother!!!
Megan: Well, you can sleep with *MY* brother.
Me: Yeah, thanks. I'm gonna pass on that one.
Me: Oh [sighs] ... through Jakob.
Megan: Oh.
[pause]
Megan: Wait, did you sleep with David Karp?
Me: [chokes on food] WHAT?! Oh, god no. No. Nononono. NO.
Megan: Oh, okay.
Me: That would be like sleeping with my brother!!!
Megan: Well, you can sleep with *MY* brother.
Me: Yeah, thanks. I'm gonna pass on that one.
Nov 10th
Jordan has self-control around her food. I, on the other...
Nov 10th
Somewhere in between Boston and New York, we’re at a...
Nov 10th
Just hit 16,000 followers on Twitter!
And 46,193 on...
Nov 10th
Tonight is the Glamour Women of the Year Awards, held...
Nov 9th
Last year at the Glamour Women of the Year Awards, with my...
Nov 9th
I did a fun fall photoshoot with a talented young...
Nov 9th
Trying out the pigtails look. Not sure if it worked.
In...
Nov 9th
Walking along the Boston street where CD lives.
Nov 9th
Schoolgirl Photoshoot Head to Toe:
- Headband, J. Crew -...
Nov 9th
We ate at 75 Chestnut, on Charles Street, which is...
Nov 9th
Sunday night in Boston after the photoshoot, with my college...
Nov 9th
Watching Taylor Swift perform on SNL...
Me (singing along): "She wears short skirts, I wear teeshirts!"Britt: But she's wearing a short skirt!!
Nov 8th
We just watched The Proposal on their new teevs - and it was...
Nov 8th
Saturday night with Miss Allie at her condo (which she...
Nov 8th
With Britt n Allie tonight after our early dinner in...
Nov 8th
At Rendezvous tonight with Britt n Allie!
Nov 7th
Dinner at Rendezvous in Cambridge with Britt n Allie
Nov 7th
Lingbo, who’s a junior at Harvard, and the Infamous...
Nov 7th
Today at the Harvard Intercollegiate Business Conference,...
Nov 7th
Harvard’s Intercollegiate Business Conference - the...
Nov 7th
I’m here!! Record time of 3 hours and 35 minutes.
Nov 7th
There's something inexplicably romantic...
about driving on desolate highways in the middle of the night. Or Bolt Busing, rather - as I am...
Nov 7th
Trying out a slight deviation from my beloved pink - purple!...
Nov 7th
Well, I haven’t actually left yet … I was...
Nov 7th
david:
And we’re off!
I am dripping with envy right...
Nov 7th
My mom’s super healthy, super fast dessert: winter...
Nov 6th
Uh ... Just hypothetically, of course.
Is it okay to email a psychic “You were SO totally wrong & I want my money back!” or...
Nov 6th
Why Noelle Hancock is #3 of The Top 5...
Florist: What do you want the card to say?Noelle: Let’s go with ‘Happy 30th birthday.’
Florist: Anything else?
Noelle: 'And sorry again for vomiting on the floor at your party.'
Florist: [Silence]
Nov 6th
I know, I know, it’s a tired cliche of an...
Nov 6th
“It’s the kind of life which may never be possible...”
— Wouldn’t it be...
— Wouldn’t it be...
Nov 6th
Me: I hate men. I HATE men. Except you. But you're like an elf.
Dan: Thank you.
Dan: Thank you.
Nov 6th
Watch
I filmed this months and months ago, but had to put it on private, because Gary hadn’t yet...
Nov 6th
Watch
Ah-ha! You didn’t think I knew anything useful, eh?
Clear nail polish on the ends of...
Nov 6th
Bolt Bus for Boston leaves tomorrow at 9 am. And no, of...
Nov 6th
Walking back to my place from Jordan’s parents place,...
Nov 6th
PINK SPARKLE PUMPKIN!!!!
Nov 6th
There’s really no love lost between Jordan’s...
Nov 6th
Megan & I worked over at Jordan’s parents place...
Nov 6th
Chipotle!!! Yeah, baby. I get the veggie bowl, all healthy...
Nov 6th
Megan & Lillydog today, picking me up from Next New...
Nov 6th
meghanasha:
My favorite picture of the night, Megan and...
Nov 6th
“Waiting for mommy to get ready to go over to Next New...
Nov 5th
Watch
Oh, my favorite subject: Crying during sex!
Not that I’m doing much of the “sex”...
Nov 5th
Listen
This song makes me inexplicably happy.
(Sleepyhead by Passion Pit)
Nov 5th
Another shot of Princess Lilly from her baby days in 2003.
Nov 5th
Happy belated sixth birthday to the love of my life, my...
Nov 5th
Nov 5th
Spotted in the LAX security line. A bit much for air travel,...
Nov 4th
Heading home …
Nov 4th
Headed to the airport, a little freaked out at the traffic...
Nov 4th
Morning juice at Beverly Hills Juice, found through Yelp.
Nov 4th
Breakfast burrito at Kings Road Cafe with Jack Newcombe,...
Nov 3rd
En route to another morning hike in Runyon Canyon, then...
Nov 3rd
Dinner at the sushi bar of my favorite LA sushi place -...
Nov 3rd
En route to pick up Erin, then hike it up at Runyon Canyon!
Nov 2nd
My Sunday evening: finally reading Eat, Pray, Love - two...
Nov 2nd
I just got The. Most. Incredible. Massage thanks to Mary...
Nov 2nd
Max: You’re tweeting about your latte? This is a new...
Nov 2nd
Nov 1st
The ridiculous amount of ballet gear I bought or brought for...
Nov 1st
Halloween 2009: The (Not Even Particularly Slutty) Ballerina
Nov 1st
Halloween Head to Toe:
- Tiara (bought at 6:45 pm on...
Nov 1st
Um, I don’t know why I thought wearing pointe shoes...
Nov 1st
Halloween 2009: with Shira!
Nov 1st
With my Halloween partner in Slutty Space Crime, Shira Lazar
Nov 1st
Halloween 2009: LA
Outside the hotel, gearing up for a long...
Nov 1st
Oh, the car.
Nov 1st
Halloween 2009: LA House Party #1, kicking off the evening...
Nov 1st
Halloween 2009: LA House Party #1 at Miles Fisher’s...
Nov 1st
Halloween 2009: LA House Party #1 - at Miles Fisher’s...
Nov 1st
Watch
Do NOT get your expectations up for this video. It is crap. But I found it sort of hysterical...
Nov 1st
Watch
No one understands when it’s a video, damnit!
Nov 1st
In the car. Driving.
Which is where I spent the majority...
Nov 1st
At Party #2.
I have no idea who this dude is, but...
Nov 1st
Halloween 2009: LA House Party #2, with Shira & her girl...
Nov 1st
With Shira at Party #2
Nov 1st
Watch
Halloween 2009: LA House Party #2
Nov 1st
Halloween 2009: LA House Party #3, up in the Hollywood...
Nov 1st
With Miss Leven Rambin, aka Sookie Stackhouse (from True...
Nov 1st
Lev just landed a recurring role on Grey’s Anatomy!!
Nov 1st
Frankly, these two cuties were my favorite part of Halloween...
Nov 1st
Ending the night at the obscenely early hour of 2:18, back...
Nov 1st