Category: Shiny Things

See previous edition here (at least this time, all the objects of desire are actually human). Dayton Duncan – This earnest-looking, droopy-eyed sweetheart is one of the “talking heads

Yes, I succumbed. But, they are adorable, aren’t they?! The salesman totally buttered me up, saying I had THE foot for this kind of peep-toe, and that they needed a perfect pedicure, like mine. I knew he was laying it on, but I ate it up anyway – it made this girl feel good! He [...]

As in, when I see adorable things like these that actually COME IN MY SIZE! Of course, if I still had my day job, I wouldn’t have the time to sit and browse for these darlings. (Not that I really have the time NOW – but the laundry can wait a few minutes more). And, [...]

cue: New Soul by Yael Naïm At the mall, walking by the Apple store, spying a new MacBook Air in the window. Me: Hey Henry, look at that! You see that? 7-year-old Henry: What? The computer? Me: Yeah! Isn’t that amazing? Henry: It looks just like yours Me: Huh? No, I mean – it’s a [...]

At first, I thought dark nail polish looked weird. Now it has totally grown on me. I decided I HAD to have dark plum on my toes (no, it’s not actually black). Some people have suggested I’m trying to go Goth here in my 30s. [...]

[...]After my dad’s second doppio (with some awesome crema), he struck up a conversation with me about my machine. I told him that I was on my 4th one (thanks, Shona!) and was saving for my dream machine. I also added a lot of blah-blah-brass-boiler-and-grouphead-and-holding-the-steam-pressure-and-
Italian-construction-blah-blah (he reads Tom Clancy, so I figured he liked ODing on technical details).[...]

Lazarus Mr. Coffee (or Signore Coffee, as I like to call him) lives to brew another day After de-scaling my espresso machine another two times, it seems to have (slightly) resurrected. Two out of three shots actually manage to hold the pressure without leaking tons of water into the shot. The shots are still bitter [...]

I am IN LOVE with this china pattern! I have collected a couple cup and saucer sets, a small plate and a cute mint dish over time and I have now decided to collect it in earnest. My inner 8-year-old girl wants a whole set of this because it’s so fabulously pink and girly (gold [...]

I’m adding a new category: Shiny Things – things I am drawn to like moths to a flame…like crows to tinfoil…. …things I think are cool and that I love to drool over. My current excitement is about Food Loops (silicone tying strings). I just ordered them, so they’ll be too late for Thanksgiving, but [...]