tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62012559573570103672024-03-15T00:35:14.491-07:00Home Sweet HollywoodLife in my hometown...Karen at Home Sweet Hollywoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09197897896811872602noreply@blogger.comBlogger45125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201255957357010367.post-68050299253224355852014-04-01T09:12:00.000-07:002014-04-01T09:16:31.765-07:00Design Dilemma {Update}<div align="center">
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">When we last spoke <a href="http://home-sweet-hollywood.blogspot.com/2013/07/design-dilemma-wet-bar.html" target="_blank">(here)</a> about this little space it was looking pretty sad. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The former owners had taken out the wet bar (see the plumbing?) and put in a sweet makeshift "desk" using a piece of plywood covered with peel-n-stick stainless steel sheeting. So chic :)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">The walls were also very yellowish. You can see my paint samples sitting on the mantel. Not yellow. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Everything has since been removed from that little niche, the walls painted a crisp white (BM Distant Gray) and I bought this <a href="http://www.ikea.com/us/en/catalog/products/30053921/#/40214551" target="_blank">little chest</a> that fills the space nicely and provides some great storage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(sorry about the crappy iphone photos)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">You guys gave me a lot of great ideas for the space and some of them are still very strong possibilities. But I needed to get the living room sort of finished and this works for now. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Many of you suggested shelves...like some rough, natural wood floating shelves like these:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">My {adult} kids voted for a bar like the one below. Shocker ;)</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">But since the space is right next to my bookcases where there is already a lot going on, I decided that adding shelves so close to the bookcases just wasn't right for me. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">So there you have it. Design dilemma solved for now.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;"> You know I'm not a designer, so I can't really call it "styling", but I'm always "restyling" <span style="font-size: small;">(aka changing stuff around)</span> here, so it hardly ever looks the same for very long. I change my mind a lot....do you?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">#notaprilfools</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">~Karen~</span></div>
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Karen at Home Sweet Hollywoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09197897896811872602noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201255957357010367.post-3853134648963454692014-03-09T14:18:00.000-07:002014-03-25T13:18:44.793-07:00Around Town {Spring Forward}<div align="center">
<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Blue skies and warm temperatures...it definitely feels like spring. Or early summer. In any case, it's awesome.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Last Wednesday I had lunch with my son at our usual spot which is right near the Capitol Records building. I always want to take a picture of this iconic building. Just can't help myself...it never gets old.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">The stellar cast of August: Osage County was outstanding making it very entertaining. What's not to love about Meryl Streep and Julia Roberts? Not to mention Margo Martindale, Sam Shepard, Dermot Mulroney, Abigail Breslin, Juliette Lewis and Benedict Cumberbatch. So much talent.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">On a side note, how awesome was the piece today on CBS Sunday Morning on Academy Award winner Eva Marie Saint? True movie star. But more importantly, she gets it. No plastic surgery, 89 years old and looks beautiful. Walks every day, married to the same man for 62 years, devoted mother and grandmother. I'll leave you with one of her memorable quotes that is especially appropriate today:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">"America is now obsessed with stars in an unhealthy way. They don't actually deserve this kind of attention. They're only actors, not scientists who are triumphing over cancer or doing some other wonderful thing." - Eva Marie Saint</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">It's located at 4420 Lakeside Drive in the city of Burbank, right down the street from Lakeside Country Club and right across the street from Warner Brothers Studios.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Our special occasion was to celebrate my son (the musician, song-writer, performer, all around music genius) getting his first big success in the very difficult music industry. He sold a song he wrote and recorded to ABC for the show Marvels Agents of S.H.I.E.L.D. It's pretty damn exciting.</span></div>
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Karen at Home Sweet Hollywoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09197897896811872602noreply@blogger.com16tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201255957357010367.post-25646153901983331552014-02-14T14:04:00.001-08:002014-02-14T18:58:07.989-08:00Winter Weekend {So Cal Style}<div align="center">
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">The history of this place is pretty fascinating. If you google, you can read more if you're interested.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">And here is the view from my friend Judy's balcony, right by the San Clemente pier. I don't think I'd ever leave the balcony. Can you imagine the sunsets?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">I got the idea to use two Ikea Expedits from Meg Lonergan's four stacked units in the photo below. I'm sure everyone has seen this by now...it's been around for awhile and in many publications.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">So brilliant. I mean really, that's a LOT of books. And I think they look fantastic!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">I don't have nearly as many books, but I wanted them all in these units. As you know, </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">I'm not a fan of clutter, so I needed this space to look clean and organized. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">I've had this big empty corner to work with. I've tried a few different things here but nothing too thrilling. I think I've finally found a winner with this new <a href="http://www.westelm.com/products/adjustable-metal-floor-lamp-w236/?pkey=e%7Cfloor%2Blamp%7C12%7Cbest%7C0%7C1%7C24%7C%7C1&group=1&sku=2561470&cm_src=PRODUCTSEARCH||NoFacet-_-NoFacet-_-NoMerchRules-_-" target="_blank">floor lamp</a> from one of my favorite stores, <a href="http://www.westelm.com/" target="_blank">West Elm</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">I recently (probably a year ago now, because time flies like a mother these days) started crushing on this great little stool and could not figure out why I couldn't buy one. Not available in the US. Why? </span><span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">It's always been available in the UK and all over Europe, but not here. Not fair. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Recently I've read in several places that it's coming back on February 1, 2014 as part of Ikea's new spring collection, Brakig. This is pretty exciting. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">If you are new to the blog or haven't previously read about my mad love for the painting, you can check it out <a href="http://home-sweet-hollywood.blogspot.com/2013/02/cougar-town-set-designepic.html" target="_blank">here</a> and <a href="http://home-sweet-hollywood.blogspot.com/2013/06/cougar-town-painting-crush-omega-cinema.html" target="_blank">here</a>.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">I bring this up because I've recently found another friend with a similar attraction to the painting. Liana of Woodyliana Textiles! You may know her from her former etsy shop and I blogged about her awhile ago when I bought these <a href="http://home-sweet-hollywood.blogspot.com/2013/01/betwixt-bothered-bewildered.html" target="_blank">Betwixt beauties</a> from her.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">So imagine my surprise when Li texted me this morning and sent a picture of this:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">How awesome is this? Li painted it after being inspired by the original Cougar Town painting she saw on TV and by the one my friend painted for me that Li had seen in my living room. She customized the size to fit a specific space in her home (that corner in her living room where she used to photograph her pillows for her etsy shop, for those of you who remember that). I love this size and now I want it! </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">I sent the fabric to Li and voila, a glorious package arrived.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">They are soft and cozy....the perfect wintery touch in my mostly white living room <span style="font-size: small;">(it's 84 today, but whatever).</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">~Karen~</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">It has been so long! Hope you are well. Did not plan to take such a long hiatus, but, you know....moving is hard!</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Where were we last time? Oh yeah, you all were kindly helping me with this <a href="http://home-sweet-hollywood.blogspot.com/2013/07/design-dilemma-wet-bar.html" target="_blank">design dilemma</a>...the ugly former wet bar turned cheesy half-assed desk. Funky in a bad way.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">You all had some fantastic ideas! If you missed them, check back to <a href="http://home-sweet-hollywood.blogspot.com/2013/07/design-dilemma-wet-bar.html" target="_blank">the post</a> and see all the great suggestions.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">As per usual for me, I cannot make a decision without taking F-O-R-E-V-E-R, so here is what the space currently looks like:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">I had the upper cabinet and everything else (except the plumbing) taken out. With the fresh paint, it looks really clean and fresh, which I like. This will do for now. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">A small chest with a tall arrangement and some art would fill the space nicely and give me some much needed storage. Been looking for one that is just the right size.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">I had hoped to put a bookcase on this wall to the right of the awkward former wet bar (below) but I don't want it to be too busy in that corner.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">1. Have a proper cabinet installed in lower half of awkward space.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Last Sunday night while watching Mad Men, I caught a glimpse of the Cougar Town painting in a scene. I practically jumped out of my chair, rewind, rewind! WTF?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Here's the deal....since Cougar Town is on a loooong hiatus, they had returned the painting to the prop rental house, Omega Cinema Props. Being the lunatic stalker that I am, this got me thinking. So that day at lunch I decided to pop over to Omega and see if I could see the real painting...in person! It's only four miles from my office....why not?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Talked to a super nice man and he led me to a corner of the warehouse. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(Seriously, I DID hear angels singing in my head and I got goosebumps. I am SUCH a nerd.)</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">This one is very pretty and I would love to have it also, but it doesn't make me behave like a fool like the other one does.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">After looking at the painting for a ridiculously long time, I decided to take a look around the prop house. It's gigantic...I just saw one building. There are several buildings...I was only looking at the "residential decor" building. There are buildings with commercial props, medical props, etc. </span><br />
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Karen at Home Sweet Hollywoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09197897896811872602noreply@blogger.com13tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201255957357010367.post-84309880254890212602013-06-18T09:41:00.001-07:002014-03-26T16:08:32.288-07:00Picking a Paint Color ~ White ~ It's Tricky!<div align="center">
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">I need to pick a paint color for my new place & I need help!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">I want all the walls, trim & cabinets to be the same</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">My refrigerator is white, exactly like the one above. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Below are my cabinets now...I think they are too beige with my white fridge. The granite will eventually be going bye bye in favor of some white ceasarstone with white subway tile backsplash.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">So what's the best white to acheive a </span><br />
<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">bright, clean and crisp space?</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Is there a chance of going too white and looking sterile and cold?</span><br />
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Karen at Home Sweet Hollywoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09197897896811872602noreply@blogger.com19tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201255957357010367.post-8734424105000245592013-06-03T15:55:00.000-07:002013-06-20T11:54:14.399-07:00Jonathan Adler Score!<div align="center">
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Of course the sales people said they didn't have either pillow. Good thing I don't give up that easily. "Are you sure...can you please check in the back? What's that? You want me to come back there and help you? Sure!" </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">There were hundreds of pillow covers in the back room....stacked on many many shelves. Just when I was about to give up (salesgirl kept saying she was sure they didn't have that colorway anymore) there it was!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Then she had the nerve to tease me by saying the Melrose store had the other pillow. She called them, they said they would hold it. Hmmm....Saturday afternoon trekking across Wilshire from Santa Monica to West Hollywood? Yikes. But I was tricky and decided to take Mulholland from the 405 over the canyon to Laurel Canyon. Little bit more miles but no trafffic!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">Seriously, the waiting is killing me! I want escrow to close and I want to be moved so I can commence decorating.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">What a long strange trip it's been....Grateful Dead anyone? </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: Arial; font-size: large;">It's not a fixer, but it does have granite <span style="font-size: small;">(you know how I feel about that)</span> so that may have to go eventually. Why do they use granite for the backsplash? Oy vey. At least it's gray...and it's actually much lighter gray in person than my iphone picture shows (and way less pink, it's not pink at all).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">(all images via </span><a href="http://www.greyandscout.com/" target="_blank"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Grey and Scout</span></a><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;"> with permission from lovely Liz)</span></div>
Karen at Home Sweet Hollywoodhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/09197897896811872602noreply@blogger.com14tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6201255957357010367.post-86649197109835556252013-03-18T11:10:00.000-07:002013-04-05T10:14:23.540-07:00Luck of the Irish?<div align="center">
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<span id="goog_1302858083"></span><span id="goog_1302858084" style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Despite all the wonderful prayers and good wishes from everyone, alas the 1929 West Hollywood Spanish condo was not meant to be. The owner got a little greedy with all those offers flying. Whatever. There are more fish in the sea.</span></div>
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<span style="font-size: large;"><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">Saw this Jeff McNamara image on Pinterest the other day and did the whoa whoa whoa thing. Then started to break it down. It's so simple. I can do this. My basic bedding is all white. </span><span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif;">I have been called a dog with a bone...when I want something I will hunt.it.down.</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Or here is the actual lamp in the photo, it's this one from Circa Lighting:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Herein lies the challenge. What are some suitable (and by suitable I mean "normal" price range) substitutes? I'm taking suggestions...email me photos please.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: x-large;">ARGO!!!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Woohoo!!! How did you enjoy the show? I thought:</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;"> Seth was adorable and very funny. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Barbra made me bawl! #memories #hubbell</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Jennifer Lawrence charming and deserving.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">Daniel Day Lewis..Brits can really make a good speech.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "Helvetica Neue", Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: large;">~Karen~</span><br />
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