Friday, January 31, 2014

SOUNDS OF SILENCE

I have a few vices....one of which is a total and complete love of Law & Order.  

I will watch any Law & Order, at any time, regardless of how many times I have seen it, or which one it is...Law & Order


Law & Order: Special Victims Unit

Law & Order: Criminal Intent
(My fave...I admit...the tilt of Vincent D'Onofrio's head, Jeff Goldblum's piano playing, sigh)

Law & Order: Trial by Jury
(Does anyone other than me think it is odd that a lot of this cast is now on Blue Bloods??)
Law & Order: LA

or
Law & Order: UK
I record many of the episodes so if I am disappointed with something on the tele I can have something to watch (ok Chopped is always a "winner, winner, chicken dinner")

As we sit, and you here the classic gavel drop (duh duh), Henry will say "I think that we have seen this?"  I say, "No, I don't think so." and there we sit, watching.  Halfway through, Henry will say--you are right, I don't remember this at all!!  There is something nice about routines.

We were having our usual dinner on Friday night at Italio (think Chipotle for Italian food), and Henry says, "The oddest thing today.  I kept hearing a sound.  It sounded like the gavel on Law and Order.  I looked everywhere.  I thought maybe it was outside...someone doing construction.  It is so annoying!"

I looked at him in astonishment.  "You really have no idea what it is??"  "No," he said,  "it really did sound like Law and Order, you know the duh duh at the beginning."

I started laughing.  Henry, it is my text sound.  Were you texting me?  I checked my phone--during the afternoon alone he had texted me 12 times, much less all of the other texts that I got.  Thank Heavens, it was not a phone, he would have listened to the Raymond Burr theme song every time it rang.

Perhaps that explains why my phone is always on vibrate!!

Friday, January 17, 2014

Flashback to flashback diner!

As a follow up to our hideous experience at Flashback Diner in Boca, there was an article in the paper from the health department that they had to stop sales due to food temperature violations.

This probably happened while people were waiting for their orders to be delivered to the table.

Thursday, January 2, 2014

La de da

In 1978 I went to work for Estée Lauder and began the adventure of a lifetime.

The movie of the year was the always hysterical Annie Hall.


There are so many classic scenes in this movie, but the lobsters will always be a favorite.



...or the bumper cars...



or Marshall McLuhan ... Ahh, I digress.

The reason this is important is that everyone wanted to be Annie Hall...or at least dress like her.  Layering was the way to go. Shirts and vests, and floppy hats.  It was great.  If people could layer their clothes, why not their fragrances...enter the introduction of THE NEW ROMANTICS by Estée Lauder.


This was a new concept for the company and involved the introduction of three independent fragrances that were developed to work together when you layered them:  Pavilion, Celadon, and White Linen.  Only one remains, as the concept was ahead of it's time and still remains elusive today....the clear winner was White Linen.

My clear favorite was Pavilion.

Why did I go off on this tangent you ask??

Well, in sorting through stuff preparing for our move in February I found soap.  Not just any soap--that's right, Pavilion Soap.  It was so precious I did not want to use it and then have no more, so I saved it...for 35 years.  
I have to say that I think it has held up much better than I have. It was nestled nicely with a bar of Azuree (quite simply the best soap ever).
Still unable to tear open the cellophane--I regifted the 33 year old soap.  Won't someone be excited when they receive it!!

I was going to title this Saver or Hoarder, you be the judge!! but I did not really want to hear the answer.

Let's see what I find next.....


Happy New Year!!