We Broke Our Shiny Toy. Sorry.

Hello, poppets! Well, this blog host transitioning hasn’t gone quite as smoothly as one hoped.  On the upside, apparently I’m back to being able to upload images — that’s Daphne Guinness right there in all her streaky, feathered glory. On… Continue Reading

Taking the Cure?

March issued her challenge last week – take the consumer cure, stop buying anything that was not an essential for one week.  I’m thinking, how hard can that be?  It’s seven days. I just write the stuff down I want… Continue Reading

Consumed

This isn’t the post I’d planned, but it’s the one you’re getting. After Louise left Paris, Angie and I spent a fair amount of time on our long walks those last few days talking about what we were bringing home… Continue Reading

Random Sunday: Ink

I’ve been thinking about getting a tattoo.  In some discreet spot, probably a place that nobody would see unless they shared a locker room (or a bedroom) with me.  Why have I been thinking this?   I have no idea. There… Continue Reading

Travelogue – Costa Rica

Note to anyone expecting a perfume post for today. This will touch on smell, but it’s mostly a Travelogue. Our trip to Costa Rica was wondrous.  You never really believe a place can be that lush and almost untouched, until… Continue Reading

Swag Wank

As some of you are aware, last fall the FTC made rules requiring that bloggers disclose any freebies, or monetary payments they receive from companies for reviewing their products, all in the name of Blogger Transparency.  (I’ll note here that,… Continue Reading

Technical Difficulties…

Yes, we know — the blog’s been up and down for a couple of days, we’re trying to sort out what the problem is… we hope to vanquish the gremlins soon!