Labor Day Monday

Happy Monday, everyone, and if you’re in the U.S., happy Labor Day to you! Since it’s a holiday here and many folks are in and out, traveling, etc., let’s keep this short and sweet. What are your plans for today,… Continue Reading

Heat busters

Aye, Mother Nature, you tricky lass, you. (Can you tell I’ve been reading/watching too much “Outlander”?) Just when we think we are out of the woods for a devastatingly hot summer here, sliding by with temps in the 80s for… Continue Reading

Fantasy Monday: A scented holiday of your choice

It’s mid-August, it’s hot and muggy here (for many of us in the Northern Hemisphere at least) and I’m well ready to be done with summer, and to welcome autumn’s charms with open arms. Even though I know Mother Nature… Continue Reading

Time-travel Monday: What would you wear? (and a birthday shout out)

This weekend, the Starz network launched its miniseries of Diana Gabaldon’s time-travel series “Outlander,” about a World War II nurse who falls through a circle of standing stones in Scotland and finds herself in the Highlands of the 1700s. Thus… Continue Reading

Sipping on the iced tea bandwagon

It’s early August and hot as all get-out (at least here in my neck of the woods in the Northern Hemisphere), so I’m rolling out the iced tea bandwagon. Hop aboard and let me know what you’ve been drinking so… Continue Reading

Call for help Monday: The original Kate Spade

We talked about scent substitutes a while back and I wish I had thought to include this one. A lovely friend of mine at work has a growing interest in perfume; she enjoys Fracas and Kai, among others, but feels… Continue Reading

Branching out: Byredo

Now this is what I call a pleasing coincidence, a happy accident (sort of), and a spot of good timing. If you all recall, we talked about rollerballs last week. Well, a day or two ago I was poking around… Continue Reading