"We want our oscar! Give us our oscar. Rats rock."

At this point the evening became a little chaotic and all the rat chefs ran to the stage demaning an oscar at once or they would rampage our best restaurants and have them shut down.

"Well that is downright dopey" this elegant frock coated gentleman said," and confusing for all of us here. Now me, anyone can see from a mile off what I am."

"The first ever Oscars judge?" I asked.

"Hey SP, Can I do the gourmet dinner for ten for you, I know some great Scottish recipes."

Stefan had got a little confused and combined both the chef and the Little Rat Chef in his costume as a two for one costume package idea, original certainly.

"I couldn't decide which character I preferred so I decided to be them both," he explained.

The MGM lion won the prize for the only person in an MGM lion costume. Being a leo myself I thought this was a very deserved prize.

"Sweeny Todd will still be playing somewhere in 2018, my calendar is clear that whole year."

My friends really help out.

Ok ladies Sweeny Todd tomorrow night? anyone in?
'I've got coaching calls to do tomorrow night SP no can do," said Claudinsky.
"I am brushing my teeth, brushing my hair and watching paint dry,"said Sash "otherwise I would come with you for sure. We hear that movie is super violent and a barrel of laughs. It is very high on my to do list for 2018."

"Stop being such a bully you Mr Todd. Go back to Broadway we hear the show is better than the fim," I told him.

"Have you seen my film yet,SP? You had better go and see it tomorrow if you know what is good for you. A good review in your blog would do wonders for the crappy reviews, got it lady?"

"Coming right up Sir, luckily I have no plans other than to see your film tomorrow night." I lied.

Sweeny Todd threatened this dashing cavalier lad with a nasty neck injury if he did not hand over an oscar to him immediately.

Fluff decided to dress as the SP which I thought was very flattering but I had to remind him he needed his tiara to complete the look, the white gloves was an elegant and princess like touch which scored him some points but not quite enough for an oscar sadly. This night can be very disappointing but he took it well and is still smiling despite being prizeless as opposed to priceless.

Poor Lars had moustache issues all night.

Lars and the Real Girl sported by Captain Dave, you may remember his Snakes on a Plane outfit from last year won the much coveted I need Rehab prize. We saw this movie together so obviously he wore the costume for me and so he had to win a prize. He did say afterwards that was the only film he saw all year but none the less I like to claim credit for this prizewinning costume.

Jules and Wheylan the KK It couple looked divine in incredible matching reflective new coats created especially for this very party.
One hopes they argue constantly at home as they are WAY TOO HAPPY everytime I see them making the rest of us look and feel comparitavely miserable.

Knowing how partial I am to fine dining many people picked the Ratatouille chef theme. This chef promised to prepare me a splendid meal at home for ten if I would only just post his picture in my world famous blog. I am quite fussy so he is working on his menu for the next few weeks. All loyal subjects and SP followers are invited to the East Village to sample his gourmet French cuisine.

Juno deserves a prize for making it acceptable and cool to be pregnant and still at school, for sheer bravery she should win.

Oscar night is a big thing in New York as usual as the SP, I got to pick the Kostume Kult Alt Oscars winners.

Here is the moutainside Catskill view you are allowed to look at it for ten minutes in between karma yoga tasks.

Swami Vishnu Devananda whispered as I walked past"Did you skip 6am meditation this morning, tsch tsch, young lady. It would have done you the world of good, cleared your mind of all that Sandman nonsense that has been troubling you for months."

How does he know?

"Swami, I am sleep deprived 6am is the middle of the night why not have meditation after breakfast for a change, it is way more civilised at 10am than 6am and I am sure you would get much better attendance. I know all the New Yorkers in the van slept through it, not just me. We are trying to relax."'

"Karma yoga for you is cleaning the mens toilets, you don't mind do you?", the Swami replied with a glint in his eyes.

"Not at all, I clean the mens toilets all the time, have you not got a more original karma yoga job for me, like playing with Blackie in the snow or sitting in the lovely sauna sweating out all my bad karma?"

"I'll stick to the men's toilet you will make them glisten I am sure."

Ok so that is yoga vacations for you.

I am not sure what this means exactly but I think it is Welcome Beloved SP to the Sivananda Yoga Ranch.

In between meditations and head stands and gourmet vegetarian food I took a quiet walk in the woods to think about life, love, world peace, Obama and Clinton, the things on everyone's mind this side of the pond.

I promised I would post his picture as he fancies a career in movies or television and has seen the success of other dogs featured in this blog. He is very dapper and I think his chances of making it to Hollywood are strong.

At the ashram I found an SP blog fan, Blackie the ashram dog.
He is a big follower of the dog fashion pieces but at the ashram he is not allowed any fancy coats so just has to shiver au naturel.

Well snow is very moreish, you have a taste of it and you want more and more. I decided to jump on the van to Sivanada Ashram way up in the Catskills to see some real deep snow before global warming makes snow a thing off the past forever.The snow is all the way up to my knees, thank goodness for Mark Jacobs designer wellington boots, my feet are dry , Uggs are banished.

Walking to work I had a horrible realization - Uggs are not waterproof. You can see all that slush which ruins all footwear forever other than wellington boots.

Good news global warming has not completely taken over our climate yet.

It finally snowed in New York City. Here is Union Square on a Friday morning with a few inches of real snow.