Man Candy Monday

This week's hunk of Man Candy goodness hails from New Castle, Deleware. Matthew Ryan Phillippe or as we all know him, Ryan Fillippe.

Fun Fact: He got his start on the soap opera One Life to Live. His ground breaking roll was that of Billy Douglas, the first gay teen on daytime TV!
He is also a black belt in Tae Kwon Do
I had to use this pic of he and fellow hottie Channing Tatum from Stop Loss.
He worked at a BBQ and Crab place before making it big.
A shot from Cruel Intentions

I love the chest/palm tree mix here.

And the smile here.

Mmmmm the serious look and nekid chest are hot!

I really like the mohawk!

I understand a bit of natural curl.

Ryan married Reese Witherspoon at a very young age.

Probably around when this was taken.

They had 2 kids but they are divorced now.

He is dating again but it isn't me so we won't mention her here.
Merry Belated Christmas!

This makes for the happy new year...He does the military roll very well. The baby dogtags are a nice touch.

I totally have a thing for men who smoke!

Our lesbian lick this week hails from Hell's Kitchen in New York City!

Alicia Augello Cook, stage name: Alicia Keys

She began playing the piano at age 7!

Her debut album, Songs in A Minor sold more than 12 million copies making her the best selling artist of 2001!

She also dabbles in acting.

She was nominated for a NAACP Image award for her roll in The Secret Life of Bees, of which I am reading right now!

Alicia has an eclectic mix of heritage. She is: Scottish, Irish, Italian and African American.

At age 4 she played one of Rudy's playmates on The Cosby Show for 1 episode.

She is also the cofounder and global ambassador of Keep a Child Alive, a non-profit that provides medicine to families with HIV and AIDS in Africa.

Last year she recorded a theme song for then presidential hopeful Barack Obama.

She was honored in 2009 with a BET Humanitarian Award for her work on the song and campaign.

She was also on Seasame Street in 2005!

And she's sexy

Fresh

With a little ghetto flare

And a sense of humor!

Hip

Happening

I love a woman with a gun!

Classic beauty

Welcome 2010!

New Years Eve 2009 was super chill and exactly what I needed this year. Last year I went all out. 2 girlfriends and myself did an all-you-can-drink deal at a local bar. Needless to say, we got WASTED. From what I remember it was fun. I fell on my ass and bruised my tailbone which was of no consequence a the time but the next morning did not serve me well. I was pretty pissed off when my drunken stupor cleared and I realized that my drunk friend drove us home instead of the cab we all agreed to. I spent New Years Day 2009 on the couch eating mashed potatoes (all-time best hangover food) and watching old classic movies. It wasn't horrible but this year definitely topped it.

I went to my BFF's parents house as planned. There was lots of food, family and fun. My sister did not make it due to illness but her wife came to see everyone and enjoy in the festivities with us. My dad and his wife were no shows. Big shock there. Mom and her sister came but no step dad. I wasn't broken up about that either. We had adults (45 and up) upstairs while the kids (40 and under) took over the basement. We had a fire and all just sat around catching up. Manda and I have been friends for 30 years so our friends all know each other and enjoy getting together when we can to all reconnect.

Here is me and Dawn at her house prior to going to the party. We forget to take our photo so much anymore I wanted to capture one early to be sure. Good thing. It is the only one of just the 2 of us!

Here is D again in front of the family Christamas tree downstairs in the "kids" area.
Sarah and Oliver having all kinds of pee-a-boo fun with Manda's leg.
Manda, Oliver and David
Dawn, Sarah, me and Manda. This is the first of it's kind in a while but I have 15 years worth of poses just like this!
Dawn, Sarah, me, Manda and Jen (my sister-in-law)

Old Roomies!

Jake and Dawn

The family building a ginger bread house on New Years Day. Manda's mom, niece and brother.

Little Ollie with his favorite hat on. He LOVES hats and I love that he isn't fazed by his cousin's pink bike with the baby seat on back. (He secretly wanted someone to ride with him. He even patted the seat to invite us all aboard!)

Family photo: David, Oliver, Poppi, Manda and Nonnie. Too stinkin' cute.

I spent most of New Years Day with Manda and Oliver. I also went by last night to say farewell and ended up playing dominos until 9pm. Manda and Co. have been on the road since mid December between David's parents in Georgia and all of us here. I am sure they are ready to get home to their mountain oasis but we are sure going to miss them. Oliver learned my name this trip. I am not going to lie, I melted the first time he said it. I also taught him to say "real" and "got it" which were new words to him so that was pretty exciting stuff. Next time we meet on their turf!