A few weeks ago, my husband and I attended a “block party” event in nearby Pasadena. The shops and restaurants in the downtown area known as “Old Town Pasadena” were opening their doors and offering free champagne, appetizers, wine, and raffle prizes. Free stuff, we’re there. Of course they weren’t doing it out of the […]
Even the Amish…
… have been living beyond their means. The Amish traditionally travel by horse-drawn buggy, wear homemade clothing, and use very little electricity. But in the past few years, some of them have ditched their off-the-grid existence. And after being lured in by the wages and goods of the conventional economy, they’re experiencing the same financial […]
Whoops!
I bought something new. I’m a member of a Book Club. A really awesome Book Club. I like everyone in it, and I’m honored to be a member. I LOVE my Book Club. For the past two or three years, I’ve been getting the Book Club book from the library. They weren’t always that great, […]
Free ice cream
Who doesn’t like ice cream? I’ve never met such a person. FREE STUFF ALERT: Tomorrow, April 15th, get your free scoop of ice cream at Maggie Moo’s ice cream and treatery. I don’t know that brand, but you can click here to find a location near you. It’s a Tax Day promotion, I suppose as […]
Jeans made in heaven?
Anyone who read my previous post about my panicked jean shopping spree on December 31st (Last Day to Shop), the day before I joined The Compact, will understand why I was irritated when I read today’s Daily Candy. With the title “Heavenly Creatures,” we learn that Made in Heaven jeans have arrived in the U.S. […]
Day 43 without shopping: but who’s counting?
The other day I went to the fabulous J. Paul Getty museum with a friend who hadn’t been there. The reason is that she works too much, like a lot of people in Los Angeles. So it was a gorgeous clear day, you could see all the way to Catalina, and we had a great […]