Falling for Fall (cribbing from Musette)

Reading Musette’s post from yesterday brought it home that Fall is really here. As a matter of fact we are well on the way to winter. So I thought “Tom, you haven’t bored readers rigid with your stories in, like,… Continue Reading

Hermès Twilly and an experiment

Well since both Portia and Cinnamon recently wrote about this who am I to break a pattern? Especially since I had some Nordy points and Nordstrom helpfully sells the small bottle. I’ve been hankering for it for a while and… Continue Reading

Off Topic: A Wedding Story

Since Portia shared her and Jin’s  wedding photos and story I thought I would (maybe rehash?) write about the wedding that I helped make a cake for. This was probably about 20 years ago when my dear (and now sadly… Continue Reading

The Staycation

Hey friends – it’s the tail end of the long Labor Day weekend in the U.S., maybe some of you are reading this at the beach? Or stuck in traffic trying to get home (if you’re driving, put the phone… Continue Reading

#influenced

It’s mid-August. If it’s summer in your locale, folks are on vacation, at the beach, at the pool, stuck at home or the office, eating fresh, ripe tomatoes and the last of the peaches … you get the idea. (If… Continue Reading

When Tech Attacks!!!

My darling Posse! I was at Old Orchard Shopping Mall on the North Shore yesterday, doing some retail therapy… and I was going to tell you allll about it – but everything !!! Every Single Device!!! has turned on me… Continue Reading

What Possessed me? Dossier Aquatic Coconut

I blame Musette. And March. And maybe the moon. After all this talk about Hawaiian Tropic and coconut and coconut scents I went cruising the interwebs looking for.. something. A little coconut balm for the soul that wouldn’t involve calories,… Continue Reading