Or the shirt. I sort of want one of these shirts. I loved the Norwegians’ curling pants at the Olympics!
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So this isn’t new news. The figure skating outfits this Olympics have been a little crazy looking. We happen to love it though and say the more sequins, chiffon and feathers (oh my!) the better. Bring. It. ON. Ohh it’s already been BROUGHTEN!
Erm, excuse me, yeah what was I saying? Right, costumes. Seriously though, what other event in the Olympics allows you to dress up in head to toe spandex, wrap yourself in streamers and throw up jazz hands to win a medal? You’ve gotta love it. So take a gander at some of our favorites from this year and let us know what you think. Auf Wiedersehen!
And here are a few of our favorite “matching outfits.” Check out their facial expressions too. Words really can’t express how much I love these.
Tags: Blades of Glory, costumes, figure skating, jazz hands, Olympics, outfits
YES!
To follow up our Cool Runnings post from this weekend, we thought we’d post quite possibly the best game of all time – the 1980 Olympic hockey game between the USA and the USSR in Lake Placid. I literally get goosebumps every time I see the game footage. I also get the urge to shout “Beat those Commie bastards!”
I do love me a happy ending. 
Pre-Game Speech
Movie Happy Ending
Real footage
Tags: hockey, Lake Placid, Miracle on Ice, Olympics, USSR
Every time I watch bobsledding at the Olympics, I can’t help but think of the movie Cool Runnings. I loved this movie when it came out. It’s based on a real Jamaican Olympic bobsled team ya know man?
Tags: bobsled, cool runnings, jamaican, john candy, Olympics
Did you ever wonder where this funny little sport came from? Or why curling is considered an Olympic sport, but not shuffleboard or bocce ball? Yea, me too. As odd and awkward as this sport may seem at first glance, I’m proud to say that I got sucked into watching 3 hours of it yesterday while applying for jobs. 3 hours! Willie thought mommy was nuts and eventually gave up trying to play with me and went to sleep in his crate, (yes!). But in all honesty, there’s just something train wreck-ish about this sport that makes you unable to stop watching; and no it’s not only because of the Norwegian men’s sexy team pants. In fact, I’m currently watching the USA women curl-off (?) against the German women in an all out crazy curl match. So let’s break down this elusive sport, shall we, so that you too can enjoy the crazy curling antics.
Curling Basics
Two teams of four players take turns sliding heavy, polished granite stones down the ice towards the house (a circular target marked on the ice). The purpose is to complete each end (round) with their team’s stones closer to the center of the house than the other team’s. Two sweepers with brooms or brushes accompany each stone and use stopwatches and their best judgement, along with direction from their teammates, to help direct the stones to their resting place. Each team has 73 minutes to complete a game of 10 ends.
Olympic Curling
Curling has been an official sport in the Winter Olympic Games since the 1998 Winter Olympics. In February 2006, the International Olympic Committee retroactively decided that the curling competition from the 1924 Winter Olmypics (originally called Semaine des Sports d’Hiver, or International Winter Sports Week) would be considered official Olympic events and no longer be considered demonstration events. Thus, the first Olympic medals in curling, which at the time was played outside, were awarded for the 1924 Winter Games, with the gold medal won by Great Britain and Ireland, two silver medals by Sweden, and the bronze by France. A demonstration tournament was also held during the 1932 Winter Olympic Games between four teams from Canada and four teams from the United States, with Canada winning 12 games to 4.
Cool! Right? No?! Fine. I still think it’s a pretty cool sport and apparently not as easy as you would think! You try pushing one of those brooms consistently for 10 rounds in 73 minutes. Each team has a strict workout regimen, (I’m not kidding). Anyway, if you’re still not a fan, maybe this will change your mind. Ladies, feast your eyes on this hunky German Curling team member. His name is Andreas Lang and me likey.
MEOW. I’d like to “curl” up next to you. I crack myself up.
Tags: curling, Winter Olympics
Not sure what sort of fashion they have in Norway, but the Norwegian men’s curling team is rockin’ some awesome argyle pants this Olympics. Way to wear the pants guys!
Happy Valentine’s Day from the mountains!! (the Catskills and Lake Tahoe). We hope you all are enjoying time with loved ones while we’re freezing our butts off.
I (Lake Tahoe Sister) will be braving a snowmobiling excursion in the mountains. Because nothing says “romance” like speed, fear and snow. I’ve never done this before. Pray for me, and my helmet hair.
Tags: Catskills, Lake Tahoe, snowmachining, snowmobiling, Valentine's Day
Well, folks, the day has come. What day you ask? The day where two bitter rivals will be pitted against one another on the hardwood. The day where the words “Awesome with a capital A,” “Unbelievable” and “Baby” will be completely overused and soon petitioned to be removed from Webster’s Dictionary. And yes, the day where numerous “my team is better than your team” fights will break out via Facebook status updates that could rival your average first grader lunchtime juice box vs. animal cookie fight. Yes, that’s right, you guessed it. Tune in to ESPN tonight at 9:00pm for….
Team “Every time I check the ESPN NCAA basketball scoreboard, I can never find the score of their game. Oh wait, that’s right, they’re not in the Top 25 anymore, so let me adjust my search results to only include the ACC. Yes, there you are! Oh, you lost again.”
vs.
Team “There hasn’t been a single attractive guy on their bench since the days of Chris Collins and even then it was skeptical. And do the players all wear dog collars hooked up to an electrical fence that’s plotted along the three point line causing them to cowardly avoid the easy 2 and repeatedly heave the long shot?”
Or as most people would like to call it THE CAROLINA vs. DUKE game. Oh goody. Another night for the hubsters to throw his shoe at the TV. Poor Willie is going to think that daddy has gone crazy. Maybe I should get some quality video footage of the madness In the meantime, here’s a video that all non-Duke fans will definitely enjoy. Make sure you turn up the volume loud. (Again, you’re welcome Randy.)
Tags: Carolina, Duke, NCAA Basketball
I’m getting a little bit tired of old white guys playing the halftime show at the Super Bowl. Why not bring on some current artists, or at least artists from the last decade? CBS is sooo afraid that there will be a repeat wardrobe malfunction. Speaking of which – I like The Who and all, but that was a little too much “Who belly” being shown by Pete Townsend. Button your shirt man! How about next year we bring on Lady GaGa!? Yeah how awesome (and a little bit scary for middle America) would that be?? Can you imagine? I give you GAGA BOWL:
My poor Photoshopped interpretation of GaGa Bowl.
Tags: Belly, Lady GaGa, Lady GaGa Bowl, Pete Townsend, Super Bowl, The Who
Whew, sorry for the absence. Mommyhood has been keeping me on my toes I used to really hate getting up at 6:00am every morning, but now that I’m greeted with a fluff ball of love, it makes the early wake up call just a little better. While giving Willie his breakfast this morning I watched a segment on The Today Show that was debuting team USA’s Opening Ceremony outfits for the Winter Olympics, (which are in 9 days btw, weee!) Polo Ralph Lauren is the official designer of the outfits and as an extremely preppy girl, with an extremely preppy husband, and a soon to be very preppy doggy…..this just makes me happy. What do y’all think of them?
I freaking love the Olympics and can’t wait to spend 2 weeks watching all of the figure skating, skiing and bobsledding! Jeff and I are already making plans to go to the 2012 Olympics in London. Michael Phelps, I’m comingggggggg!
Tags: Olympics, Polo Ralph Lauren, Team USA
