There is Candy at the end of this post. But first there is Trouble.   On Saturday I smelled trouble. In our house I often smell trouble rather than hear it, because trouble is preternaturally quiet; in fact, the absence of the usual level of screaming is a good sign in itself that trouble is [...]

I have this post all ready to go, but — okay, has anyone noticed the nose-picking dude on the right frame area of our blog? The Decant City ad? I keep trying to decide if it’s some sort of elaborate practical joke. If the senior-level management of this highly regarded blog weren’t in the Outer [...]

   I’m not really writing this on vacation, I’m writing this before I leave.  Did I fool you?  This is one of those vacations with a bunch of other friends. We rented a huge mansion-type house with six or seven bedrooms, a swimming pool, game room, and 100 yards from the ocean.  Since we did this [...]

For those of you who´ve been following along, recently (in a fit of madness) I constructed for Marina of Perfume-Smellin´ Things three samples of her potential Holy Grail fragrance, with varying degrees of success. Marina has since invited me to propose my own Holy Grail, for her construction. While I do not have the poetry [...]

Makeup counters can be scary places.  Full of products without visible price tags.  Lots of colors, each one in matte, gloss, shine. You look at your face and don’t know where to start, what looks good. Tentatively you approach one of the immacutely made-up ladies behind the counter to get advice and help.  She asks you [...]