TBD recap, Turkey tutorials and Test your Thanksgiving IQ

If you missed out on any of last weeks spectacular events then don't worry, you can catch up right here! Check out the segment on TBDTV with Morris Jones. This week Markette and Vanessa choose their HEEL OF THE WEEK from Shoe Dazzle. Markette rocks out "The Beverly" while Vanessa dazzles in moulin rouge colored heels called "The London." The dynamic duo were also at WTT Smash Hits charity tennis tournament captained by Elton John and Billie Jean King. The two hosts were then off to ArtJamz in Crystal City,Va. where they "unleashed their inner artist" and painted the night away.

HAPPY THANKSGIVING! 
DC ON HEELS is wishing everyone a  Happy Thanksgiving. This year we  have soooo many things to be thankful for. THANK YOU  to all of our fans, viewers, colleagues, friends and family. Without all of YOU-- DCOH would not be the success that it is! So many thanks. This is my favorite holiday of the year. It's all about family, reflecting and helping others in need and having a good meal.  And speaking of food.. how the butterball am I going to get my turkey from THIS...

to THIS...

Thanks to technology and the good ol' World Wide Web, the pressure is off. OK well not completely since I still have to pull off a fabulous feast, but there are so many online tutorials, blogs, and forums to help ease the process and discounts that you can find online! I found this easy tutorial all about thawing your bird from Butterball's Website.

OK that looks pretty simple, now on to the basting, stuffing and cooking tutorials.

And remember, nobody's perfect, you have to march to the beat of your own drum and set your own holiday traditions. I won't be  complaining though if a little beginner's luck is thrown my way. And yeah mom's stuffing may still  be the best, or nobody can top Nana's pumpkin pie but at the end of the day it's still all about reflecting on what you are most thankful for whilst being surrounded by friends, family and FOOTBALL of course. And the BEST part of it all... falling asleep on the couch thanks to all that tryptophan.

And while there will always be mishaps and things that don't  exactly go as planned. (Just ask Paula Dean, remember when she got smacked in the face with a giant Butterball that was tossed directly to her noggin'!!! That wasn't exactly part of the plan, but even the queen of cooking had to roll with the punches (no pun intended.)



And remember if it doesn't quite go as planned..then there's always next year!


GOOGLE TRENDS AND TURKEY DAY QUIZ: FACT OR FICTION?

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And now it's time for our Thanksgiving Quiz. I went to History.com to learn some important facts about this special holiday. Test your knowledge with a little quiz titled FACT OR FICTION?

Fact or Fiction: Thanksgiving is held on the final Thursday of November each year.

Fiction. In 1863, President Abraham Lincoln designated the last Thursday in November as a national day of thanksgiving. However, in 1939, after a request from the National Dry Goods Association, President Franklin Roosevelt decreed that the holiday should always be celebrated on the fourth Thursday of the month (and never the occasional fifth, as occurred in 1939) in order to extend the holiday shopping season by a week.

Fact or Fiction: One of America's Founding Fathers thought the turkey should be the national bird of the United States?

Fact. In a letter to his daughter in 1784 Benjamin Franklin suggested that the wild turkey would be more a more appropriate national symbol for the newly independent United States than the bald eagle. He argued that the turkey was a "much more respectable Bird," a true original Native of America," and "though a little vain and silly, a Bird of Courage."

Fact or Fiction. Native Americans used cranberries, now a staple of many Thanksgiving dinners, for cooking as well as medicinal purposes.

Fact. According to the Cape Cod Cranberry Growers' Association, one of the country's oldest farmers' organizations, Native Americans used cranberries in a variety of foods and also as a medicine to treat arrow punctures and other wounds and as a dye for fabric.

Fact or Fiction: In 1863, Abraham Lincoln became the first American president to proclaim a national day of thanksgiving.

Fiction. George Washington, John Adams and James Madison all issued proclamations urging Americans to observe days of thanksgiving, both for general good fortune and for particularly momentous events (the adoption of the U.S. Constitution, in Washington's case; the end of the War of 1812.)

And did you know?

John F. Kennedy was the first president to pardon a Thanksgiving turkey? President George H. W. Bush was the first to officially pardon one? And remember when Obama pardoned the Thanksgiving turkey  "Courage" in 2009? 

 Happy Thanksgiving everyone! 

That's it from DC ON HEELS. "Bringing you the best in food, fashion, and fun, in the metro area."

Besos xoxxoxo Vanessa

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THREADING VS. WAXING AND CELEBRITY DOPPELGANGER--AMBER AFFELDT

TO THREAD OR TO WAX TIS' THE QUESTION?

The answer is easy. TO THREAD.

The benefit of threading that most sets it apart from other hair removal techniques is its precision. While waxing and plucking can often leave unwanted stray hairs around your eyebrows, a threading artist goes through your hair row by row, giving eyebrows a clean and defined shape. Threading only removes hair, not skin, and because it is so exact, it can remove hairs that are finer than those that can be removed by waxing or plucking.

Threading is an ancient method of hair removal practiced by the people of South Asia and Arabia. It is a delicate procedure and  involves hair removal with the means of highly skilled hands using special thread to pluck and pull hair out from the roots. 

Trust me the video makes this even look more painful then it really is. If you can handle waxing or tweezing then you can handle threading. And don't get it twisted, neither waxing nor threading is painless, but threading lasts way longer  than waxing. 

Benefits of Threading

• One of the greatest benefits of threading is that it is less messier and faster as compared to waxing or tweezing for hair removal purposes. Especially hair on the upper lip and eyebrows. (You can thread anywhere you have hair including your chin.) 

• Threading is cheaper than waxing and much cleaner! Wax is used over and over and sometimes the same stick is even used to remove the hair. Sanitation is a huge issue with waxing. With threading only one piece of thread is used per person. They have a whole spool of thread so they would never have a reason to use the same piece of thread over. 

• Waxing causes redness and irritation. With threading no matter how sensitive your skin is you will never get that extreme redness, soreness and  yes sometimes scarring caused by pulling out the follicle of your eyebrow hairs. If the temperature of the wax is not exactly right than that too can cause severe irritation.  In threading the top layers of skin are not peeled or traumatized in the process. 

• Threading allows the beautician to develop the natural arc of your eyebrow as they have closer access to each hair growth since it is done individually.

Threading is a great method of hair removal for both women and men. If it is done regularly it helps to weaken the hair follicle the hair growth becomes less prominent and becomes less dense over time. So of you have one of these going on...

then do yourself a favor and thread it off! Uni-brows are NEVER acceptable.

There are multiple locations in the DC area. I visited Perfect Eyebrows at the  Georgetown Mall. But click here for a directory of threading locations in the DC metro area.  It cost me only 10 bucks+ 20%tip. Now that's a deal to get the perfect shape for your eyebrows for at least two weeks!

Ok so here I am before I get threaded.  

And voila! After the magic. 

OK and now it's time for my favorite weekly segment.

CELEBRITY DOPPELGANGER

 Each week we will be picking a DCOH fan to be the Doppelganger of the week. The chosen fan  will be featured on the blog of course  and also  on our weekly entertainment segment with Mojo on TBDTV. And this week we chose the oh- so- lovely DCOH fan Amber Affeldt.

Amber's #1 look alike is the envy of every man, woman, and animal on the planet. She is only the most popular and desired femme fatal on the planet. Humanitarian, goodwill ambassador, academy award winning actress, alleged hubby stealer, and the woman who is most known for those lustrous lips--It's none other than the one and only --Angelina Jolie.

Coming in strong at #2 with a strong showing at 96% is actress Elisha Cuthbert  most known for her prominent role as Kim Bauer in the  action-thriller television series 24. And my fave celeb look-alike that Amber has a  nice resemblance to is one of the  Gilmore Girls--Lauren Graham!  OK I'm going to go on record to say that Amber probably has one of the most desired Celeb Doppelganger's out there.

Want to be our next Doppelganger? Become a fan on Facebook and send us a message. Tell us who t people tell you what celebrity you look like.

That's all from  DC ON HEELS "Giving you the local hookup to food, fashion and fun in the DC metro area."

   Besos xoxoxo Vanessa

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