More Paris
Paris was full of surprises for me – things I’d not seen or done or noticed on previous trips. One day Angie and I took the Metro up to the canals which are I think in the northeast part of… Continue Reading
Month: April 2010
SJP NYC
Yeah, I know; I should be tied to a tree and pelted mercilessly with rotten eggs. Haven´t we already established that SJP NYC is just another addition to the vast pile of fruity floral bombs that doesn´t need any more… Continue Reading
Lash me.
Some of you may remember a couple of years ago, I decided to do eyelash extensions. I have plenty of eyelashes, they’re long enough and thick enough, but they are blond and fine. If I don’t throw on some kind… Continue Reading
Guerlain with a Side of Serge
I take it all back – the French are hateful. They made me eat all sorts of things in Paris. I was walking ten hours a day and I still managed to gain four pounds. It was outrageous – when… Continue Reading
Andy Tauer Orange Star – giveaway!
The absolutely lovely, generous, sweet, talented Andy Tauer, in conjunction with Franco at Luckyscent wants one of you to have a bottle of his newest perfume creation, Orange Star. Just one of you, don’t hyperventilate yet. Let’s go to the… Continue Reading
Infusions — Paris and Prada
This was, I think, my fifth trip to Paris. I was in eighth grade the first time I went, one of the many kids from our middle school’s French and Spanish classes (I was taking Spanish) slogging through those two… Continue Reading
Assailed by scent
On still days the garden, until recently, was near overwhelmed by the beautifully clean white floral aroma of Daphne bholua ‘Jacqueline Postill’. Defoliated in our unusually cold winter, its flowers arrived later than usual, but with their always unsettling purity… Continue Reading