Following Portia

Since I have had some success on these pages following my co-conspirators in reviewing things (don’t you love getting second opinions?), this time around it’s a drop d’issey, which Portia reviewed two week ago. I grew up with lilacs and… Continue Reading

New Frederic Malle: Contre-Jour

While my lemming days might be over as far as jumping through hoops of fire, spending more than I do on insurance, or browbeating friends into inconvenient trips involving the post office (aren’t you glad I’m not your friend?) there… Continue Reading

What I did this Sunday (and some perfume too)

So this Sunday was spectacular: after a few rainstorms we had a weekend that turns out photographers both amateur and professional to get that shot of LA with snow-capped mountains in the background. Temps weren’t much above 60F so the… Continue Reading

Rainy Day

Well, the rains came finally. There’s a line in the beginning of “Sunset Blvd.” that’s something along the idea that the rains come in February: A big package of rain that floods the streets and causes traffic to back up… Continue Reading

Nail Polish- an experiment

I don’t normally wear nail polish (and the results will show you why I don’t) but there was a tic-toc thing going on about metallic nail polish and using an Apple Watch charger to manipulate the metallic flakes into French… Continue Reading

Stressbusters: Arpège

Well it’s been a few weeks. We have had a few things at work go wrong in ways that have had me seriously getting my inner Miranda Priestly on and one that made me almost get my Lucy Harbin on.… Continue Reading

Walking around..

After a couple of weeks of on and off rain we had a decent Saturday so I decided to go for a walk. Now, walking doesn’t mean not shopping, so there were a few stops. First was Santa Maria Novella… Continue Reading