OK, you can tell from the headline on this post that I have already decided about Jeffrey Scott, and can’t imagine how even magician/defense attorney Leslie Ballin will get him off. Wanted to be sure that you are keeping up with the trial the best way — by reading the live blogging that’s going on. Clay Bailey, longtime reporter at The CA, is setting the standard, and I’ve even heard that other journalists covering the trial are following him for their stories. Here’s the link to his live blog. What do you think? Will Jeffrey Scott walk?

Before there was Lady Diana Spencer — soon to be HRH the Princess of Wales, and eventually the Princess of People’s Hearts, there was her foremother, Lady Georgiana Spencer, the Duchess of Devonshire. You’ve probably heard about the new movie, opening mid-October, starring Kiera Knightley and Ralph Fiennes. Now’s your chance to see a preview for free next Thursday, Oct. 2. Click this link for a printable PDF movie pass for you and a pal — theduchess.pdf. Sponsored by skirt! magazine, lover of formidable women from every generation. (Click the link at right to find out where to get your free copy.) See you there!

The shoes might not be purple platforms (or maybe they will), but there will be loads of dresses, shoes, handbags and belts for sale to the public beginning tomorrow at noon at the What’s N Your Closet All Seasons and All Sizes Ladies Consignment Sale. It’s too late to consign your stuff, but not too late to shop — head to the Agricenter tomorrow through Sunday. The $1 entrance fee goes to the Commission for Missing and Exploited Children, and buy special designer items to benefit them, too. Kelli and Maureen — the pals who started the sale — can’t wait to see you there.

If you’re like me, you’ve gotten pretty sensitive to the mountains of styrofoam packaging that’s involved in a lot of take-out or pre-packaged food. So I’ve started to look for restaurants and delis that are trying to “go green,” using paper or other, less permanent ways to package their food and drinks. Last night at Soul Fish, one of my favorite spots in Cooper-Young, I noticed that they’ve dumped their foam cups (length of time they take to degrade: forever) in favor of something called Greenware, which sounds a little less, um, permanent, and seems to work just as well as foam did.

Where have you noticed a serious commitment to using more “green” stuff, and to making less trash? Let’s see if we can compile a list of environmentally sensitive restaurants, delis and coffee shops. Then let’s push to get the rest to come along with us.

Sometimes you come across a story that you just can’t believe, and here is my gasp-inducing story for today: From the Today show (hat tip to poynter.org, every journalist’s must-read) comes an amazing story about increasing trend of pre-teen girls getting BIKINI WAXES! OMG, it’s bad enough when you’re a grown-up to have to worry about “unwanted hair,” but how many ways can we come up with to make our daughters feel bad about themselves? There’s even someone quoted in the story about how if you wax “virgin hair” (can’t believe I’m even typing those words), you can get rid of it permanently in 2-6 treatments. That means waxing has to start at 8. Gawd.

I know that the place I get my pedicures has “Little Ms. Diva” manicures, and though I get why they are fun, it still seems like trying to make little girls into big girls too soon. But this? Can you imagine letting your tween daughter get a bikini wax? Maybe I’m just out of the loop … what do you think?