by Musette the Embarrassed American Midwest, circa 1962: we had Hershey’s Chocolate Bars. Life was good. Then came M&M Wafer Bars (the precursor to Kit Kat)…and for a brief period of time, Hostess Fingers (I swear that’s the name of them but this was in the Jurassic Era – the cupcakes were 12cents [...]
March is knee-deep in family stuff (all garden-variety, no Drama – but you know how those days go)…so it’s meeeee! your sweetpatootieMusette, back for another day! Hey! Whereyagoin? GET BACK HERE! It’s The Most Wonderful Time Of The Year! The cookies! The tree! The Hanukkah candles! Fruitcake! The Cheesy Music (you know you [...]
By March (yes! it’s true! I posted this on Saturday, with a Sunday update at bottom. We are fine, just a little yard cleanup. Hope the rest of the East Coast Posse is too.) The air is heavy and still this morning, overcast – not Irene herself knocking at my door, but the weather she [...]
Lately, there’s been a lot of talk about food on this blog. Patty’s incredible raw pizza. Tom’s trip to the Fountain. My green curry, fresh from the garden. I started thinking about Life a few days ago – silly little things like Trash Day beget that kind of reverie. Every Tuesday is Trash Day around [...]
Some days you just let things get away from you, and this was one of them. I should have been diligently testing the perfume I got a sample of on Friday, but I had something happen to me that rarely does; I was socially in demand. So I’ll have to actually save the review of [...]