Author: Susan Blakey

  • Weekend WIWarrior

    Beginning to look like Autumn round the old homestead… Les weekends are about Getting Stuff Done. Grocery shopping, laundry, cleaning, gardening, grooming dogs, planning and writing…

  • Dans le jardin

    A friend gave us a little fig tree cutting a few months ago and assured us it would do just fine in a container. I’d…

  • Makeup Tips From The Mall

    I don’t know about where you live, but around here when it comes to le maquillage, the words “subtle” and “mall” are rarely uttered in…

  • Stealth Subversive

    Sometimes we all need a bit of Attitude to get through the day…Wendy B “IDGAF” Necklace I’ve loved Wendy’s Swear Rings since she first introduced…

  • Back On The Radar: Coach

    Legacy Candace tote I’ll admit it: if you’d told me a year ago I’d actually step foot in a Coach store of my own volition,…

  • Reality Calls…

    It’s only a paper moon, hanging over an ersatz Vegas Venice. Our long weekend is wrapping up, and we’re making the drive home today. The…

  • Room With A View

    Sunrise over Las Vegas. No we didn’t stay up all night. Las Vegas, is well, Las Vegas. Lots of opulence, lots of OTT style. Lots…

  • Road Trip: Vegas!

    We’re off today for a long weekend in Las Vegas, to celebrate le monsieur’s birthday. There will be eating, a little blackjack, perhaps a spa…

  • Who Do You Think You Are?

    Putting on arias. It’s still a vivid memory. It was second grade and we were lined up outside the auditorium waiting to go inside for…