Not Only For Celebrities

Since I am on "sabbatical," and Louisa has a real job, she kindly passed the torch back to me to keep up the momentum of the blog. I was forced to watch Julia/Julia the other day, and now am inspired that maybe America's Best or Vision Works would like to advertise on our blog, and us two ladies can stay home baking goodies all day like we both fantasize about.

Anyways, instead of having only celebrities cited as looking better in glasses, I wanted to make sure we get a good mix of the real men out there, as well.

I've always been a sucker for men that can pull off slightly girly things with confidence. My first sk8 boarder crush was on a boy that wore pink ralph loren polos on the regular. Therefore, today's nomination is for Johnny "Jingles" McCann, the flautist of the local Chicago band Cooler by the Lake. This man can play the flute like nobody's business. Although CBTL rocked before Jingles' arrival, he certainly added a whole new dimension to the band. Plus, I am a bit indebted to them for playing my favorite song, "Amalgamated," at their last concert especially for me.

However, my only problem is that Jingles is always wearing sunglasses. So, my "pre" picture is not at all how this post was suppose to flow. But, seriously, he looks better in specs. I know that most of you are going to make a judgement call that it is really the beard and not the glasses, but I swear its the specs.

1) Presenting Jingles in his natural CBTL getup

2) His recent appearance in regular glasses at the Mat Arluck Memorial Concert

Better in Glasses: A Nerd's Perspective

As I find free time in my newly deemed state of sabbatical, I decided to go against all previous comments regarding my distaste for blogs as "people who like to hear themselves talk, talk some more on the internet."

However, in a moment of cross-country creative synergy, Louisa and I decided to pull together the highlights of men that just look better in glasses.

For a bit of background, I am a self-proclaimed nerd. I consistently walk the realm between Clark Kent and Superman. Nine out of ten times a person I meet with my glasses on will not recognize me when I am in contacts. I really don't see much of a difference.

But, this all got started when Chris Pine (you may know him as the new Captain Kirk), made it into both Louisa and my "top 5" list. We are both happily married women, and happily keep our top 5 list up-to-date. I will toot my own horn to the fact that I've had a crush on Pine since Smoking Aces (he was one of the neo-nazi hooligan assassins).

Therefore, I present Mr. Chris Pine, as the first of nominee into the "Better in Glasses" Blog-o-Sphere.

1) looking fine at the MTV awards in his 5 o'clock shadow

and 2) looking even finer in glasses while adjusting the package