Gateway Drug: Padparadscha by Satellite

First off, let me say that I hope the East Coast peeps are doing okay this winter has been a total b&*ch for anyone who lives east of practically Phoenix. I remember winters from my 28 years of living back… Continue Reading

Eau de Lacoste L.12.12 Noir

Now I am a big fan of Lacoste. I’ve been wearing the shirts since I was knee high to a grasshopper. I have never however really gone for any of the ancillary products. Although I cannot face life without a… Continue Reading

Out Again

Sorry, the flu I thought I’d beaten back with a stick has merely biding it’s time waiting for me around a blind corner with a sock full of quarters. I’ve been dragging myself out to deal with the work issues… Continue Reading

Regence Kölnisch Juchten

Several years ago when Marina at PST reviewed this scent calling it one of the best leather scents she’d ever smelled I know I had to get a bottle. She described it as almost “meaty” smelling, writing “It is a… Continue Reading

Sniffling in the New Year

Well, I didn’t post the day after Christmas or the day after New Year since I thought most people would not be reading. I thought to myself “self, just collect some things and start back up on the 9th. Then… Continue Reading

Surrender To Chance Cold Water Canyon

Okay, first to the disclosure portion of the program. I don’t have a real connection to Surrender to Chance, but as a perk contributors to this blog get a credit for writing which I have used. Hey, I’m poor and… Continue Reading

Winter Favorites

Well, winter arrived here in the city of the angels in the form of our first big series of rain storms. Rain in the southland is always problematic: being in the worst drought in receded history we obviously need it,… Continue Reading