By the Gang I hope it’s Spring wherever you are, my dearests. To the north, there are daffodils struggling in the slushy snow. Where I am, in the lower GI of Illinois, it’s Spring, alrighty, with temps swinging from 38 to 84 then down to the 50s with tornadoes. Ah, Spring – the Bipolar [...]
Warning for anyone looking for a perfume post, this isn’t it exactly. It will touch on smell, but only as it relates to my New Health Kick. So skippity skip skip if you’re wanting something more perfumey today. I’m the resident topic changer. About a month ago I was introduced to my new favorite cooking [...]
By March Over Easter weekend we did that classic mid-Atlantic bump from the rainy mid-50s to the sunny mid-80s in a single day. I was on the eastern shore of Maryland to stay with the country cousins, during which I ate more food than I have in the last three months – steamed spiced shrimp [...]
by TOM This past weekend ScentBar decided to celebrate the upcoming Royal Wedding by having a little gathering celebrating all things Brit, with Penhaligons, Pimms Cups and, well.. something else Brit that begins with “P” that would complete that sentence. Rarely one to pass up free booze (and I love Pimms) of [...]
by Musette I hope everyone has recovered from the sweat and skank and sex of last week’s posts! I had to take to mah faintin’ couch, I was so overcome. When I came to, it was Spring in the Illinois Valley, serious weather moodswings and all the weird hail, snow, wind, rain…and [...]