Summer. Summersummersummer. You know what’s weird about summer? It’s a horse of a totally different color, depending upon where you are and who you are (or used to be). I spent the last 50o years of my life in an Urban… Continue Reading
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
I had originally titled this essay “Serge Revisited”. I had no idea Patty was going to blog on the new L´eau scent. So, since I´ve got nothin´ else right now, we´ve gone from a revisit, to all Serge, two days… Continue Reading
It’s Sunday night and I got nuthin’. I’m not even going to lie. I’ve spent the past week enveloped in some long-outstanding tax stuff requiring insanely tedious amounts of detailed preparation and copying and trips to the post office. I’ve… Continue Reading
The past couple of weeks have been an all-out stressfest for many of us; even though I no longer live in the DC area, I feel for everyone dealing with the aftermath of “snowpocalypse” and all the resulting annoyances that… Continue Reading
When I went to Sniffa in October, I went a day early so I could go to CB I Hate Perfume in Brooklyn. I met a couple gals there, and we sniffed all sorts of fun things. But it was… Continue Reading
Yes, ladies and gentlemen — it’s that time of the year again, when we all put forth our Top Ten Fragrances of Winter. These are scents that may be new, or just new to us — or perhaps rediscoveries or… Continue Reading