Too Darned Hot

Yes, I am lazy.

I do have some samples of things but it’s hot out and I am too lazy to put the effort into trying them on. I know that in comparison (as is usual) we here on the West Side of Los Angeles are touched lightly by the heat. While it might hit 90 degrees here it will be much hotter in parts of town like Van Nuys or Boyle Heights. And lest you think that it’s a case of a tony address keeping it cool note that both San Marino (home to Old Money WASP-y Angelenos) and places like Calabasas (home to New Money Kardashians and their ilk) will be hitting triple digits. But my ability to whine at the slightest hint of discomfort is unabated. Since I keep it to the epistolary, I hope it is amusing.

Birthday Roses

So last week was my birthday and I did end up working. I had planned on taking it off but there were things I had to do that put me in the office. The air conditioned office. A friend of mine sent me the most gorgeous bouquet of roses (I think she might read these blatherings of mine) and a giant box of cookies. The cookies I shared.. Another friend took me out to dinner to the local Cheesecake Factory. Now I know that the gourmets out there will be clutching the pearls and sniffing “really?” at the idea of having dinner at someplace so plebian when there are so many more, better places to dine in Beverly Hills.

Yeah, there are. But you don’t have to dress for the Cheesecake Factory. They have a giant menu so my friend could have an “impossible” burger, her husband a jambalaya, and a nice omelet for me. I am trying to be good after all, even on my birthday. We didn’t even order cheesecake. Would it have been better if the spirit of Julia Child made my omelet and the shade of Paul Prudhomme made the Jambalaya? Maybe. (I think the Impossible burger was just impossible, but that’s me) But there’s a reason that there are more than 300 of the across the US and it’s not just the endless bread. You know what you’re going to get, and sometimes that’s a good thing.

Rupert, in his sun bonnet

It was also doggy weekend in my world. Most of my neighbors have dogs (“emotional support animals” to get around that pesky “no Pets” thing) and all of them make a point of stopping in the office to get fussed over when I am there. It’s kind of funny when they see me where they don’t expect- they act like they won something. Saturday it was going to be blistering so I decided to get to Trader Joe’s early and beat the heat. I could see through the garage gate that my neighbor was “walking” their wiener dog Rupert. I say “walking” because Rupert was flat out of the shady part of the driveway with an air of “I am DONE” while his mom chatted on the phone and tried to cajole him into movement. When I pulled out however his demeanor changed he jumped up and ran towards the car, clearly wanting a car ride, a pup cup, a top down cruise through Beverly Hills so he could greet his public and perhaps an Egg McMuffin after all that exertion.

He was not pleased that I left and he didn’t get the pup cup.

Jackson, giving side-eye since I stopped rubbing his tummy to take a photo

Sunday afternoon was dog sitting Jackson, a King Charles something or other owned by the friends who took me out to dinner. They were going to another birthday dinner- their kid’s and they couldn’t take Jackson since they didn’t know how the daughters German Shepherd would get along. As I explained when they asked me, it’s hardly an imposition to be going exactly what I would be doing on a Sunday night anyway albeit in a different location: watching TV, reading, and sucking up AC. They have a bigger TV and better AC, and Jackson is very cute.

Finally! Perfume!

So after all this you would be forgiven if you thought “Is this Perfume Posse or Pup Posse?”

Yes, and the one I have been reaching for the most is Alvarez Gomez Aqua di Colonia Concentrada. I actually have a couple of bottles- one in the office and an industrial sized one in the house that I decant. All props to alityke for turning me onto this inexpensive wonder. It’s Annick Goutal goodness at Jean Nate prices.

Are you getting baked in the heat? What are you doing to beat it? More importantly, what are you wearing? Let us know in the comments.

Alvarez Gomez is available at Amazon in various sizes. I purchased mine there. Photos are mine or sent to me by the author